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Sodium is the new lithium

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In the intensive search for novel battery architectures, the spotlight is firmly on solid-state lithium batteries. Now, a strategy based on solid-state sodium–sulfur batteries emerges, making it potentially possible to eliminate scarce materials such as lithium and transition metals.

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Fig. 1: Oxysulfide glass enabling the use of Na metal anode in solid-state sodium–sulfur batteries.

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  1. Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan

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  2. Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Münster (WWU), Münster, Germany

    W. G. Zeier

  3. Institute of Energy and Climate Research (IEK), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Münster, Germany

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Ohno, S., Zeier, W.G. Sodium is the new lithium. Nat Energy 7, 686–687 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-022-01084-9

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