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Researchers make new breakthrough with 50-year-old battery technology: 'I didn't know they were still around'

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Researchers make new breakthrough with 50-year-old battery technology: 'I didn't know they were still around'

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Green Energy@slrpnk.net · 7 months ago

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A Stanford doctoral graduate is investigating the potential of sodium-metal-halide batteries, which were first pioneered around five decades ago.

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nezbyte@lemmy.world
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Wikipedia entry for this type of battery: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZEBRA_battery
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Have to be kept hot, above 150C, typically 300C.
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  Hmmm, maybe add heavy insulation similar to that sand thermal battery prototype?
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Isn’t this sodium ion?