Researchers at POSTECH have made a groundbreaking discovery in battery technology, developing a high-energy, high-efficiency all-solid-state sodium-air battery.
A research team has successfully led the development of a high-energy, high-efficiency all-solid-state sodium-air battery. The uniqueness of this battery is that it can reversibly make use of sodium and air, without utilizing any special equipment.
One of the main drawbacks of these kinds of batteries is that they require additional equipment like oxygen permeation membranes to either purify oxygen or make selectively make use of atmospheric oxygen. The carbonate issue needed some good tackling and thus the research team employed Nasicon, a Na superionic conductor and a solid electrolyte which can handle the carbonate issue.
As a result, the reversible electrochemical reaction involving carbonate increased the cell’s energy density by raising the working voltage and significantly reducing the voltage gap during charging and discharging, thereby enhancing energy efficiency.
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