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<p>The transition to a society without fossil fuels means that the need for batteries is increasing at a rapid pace. At the same time, the increase will mean a shortage of the metals lithium and cobalt, which are key components in the most common battery types. One option is a sodium-ion battery, where table salt and biomass from the forest industry make up the main raw materials. Now, researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, show that these sodium-ion batteries have an ...

Sweden issues €5m call for battery studies Researchers have just under four weeks to apply for backing for their projects, in areas including battery reuse and recycling, circular manufacturing and supercapacitors.Researchers have until February 3 to apply for a slice of the latest SEK50 million (€4.97 million) tranche of battery innovation funding offered by the Swedish energy authority. The latest round of the Batterifondsprogrammet, or Battery Fund, will give particular emphasis to proje...