Abhishek Bhardwaj of Interesting Engineering writes about the efficiency of solid-state batteries.
Australia-based Altech Batteries has announced that its first Cerenergy ABS60 battery prototype is online and operating successfully at its joint venture partner Fraunhofer IKTS’ test laboratory in Dresden, Germany.
The prototype 60 kWh sodium chloride solid-state battery energy storage system has been integrated into a specially designed test station.
The integration is aimed at enabling daily charging and discharging cycles to assess the battery’s efficiency on a regular basis. It will also allow checking it for stability, and overall performance under real conditions.
The Cerenergy batteries do not contain lithium; instead, they use sodium ions from common table salt. The cathode consists of salt (sodium chloride) and nickel.
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