Comment by hunterpayne

2 days ago

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Pretty that’s just not true.

Sodium ion batteries are less energy dense than lithium ion and are not prone to dendrite formation. They are also more thermally stable and less likely to do thermal run away reactions.

Also, since they are less energy dense they don’t store the same potential energy.

You are probably thinking of metallic sodium batteries which are completely different.

You must work for a LiPo company. This is the opposite of truth. Sodium doesn't behave like lithium at all. The chemistry is very different. Imagine if table salt had an exo reaction in water

> This is bad in that when the battery malfunctions, the energy is released at 30x the rate

Got a study you can link about that?

What? All the data suggests that sodium ion batteries are safer than lithium ion batteries: it is harder to set them into thermal runaway and they are less violent when they do so.

What bullshit are you spouting sodium batteries are safer and do not have the same thermal runway concern that lithium batteries do.