title: The emerging chemistry of sodium ion batteries for electrochemical energy storage.
abstract: Energy storage technology has received significant attention for portable electronic devices, electric vehicle propulsion, bulk electricity storage at power stations, and load leveling of renewable sources, such as solar energy and wind power. Lithium ion batteries have dominated most of the first two applications. For the last two cases, however, moving beyond lithium batteries to the element that lies below-sodium-is a sensible step that offers sustainability and cost-effectiveness. This requires an evaluation of the science underpinning these devices, including the discovery of new materials, their electrochemistry, and an increased understanding of ion mobility based on computational methods. The Review considers some of the current scientific issues underpinning sodium ion batteries.
authors: Department of Chemistry & Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1 (Canada).
authors: Dipan
authors: D
authors: Kundu
authors: Elahe
authors: E
authors: Talaie
authors: Victor
authors: V
authors: Duffort
authors: Linda F
authors: LF
authors: Nazar
keywords: anodes; cathodes; energy storage; grid storage; sodium ion batteries