Due to our ever-increasing reliance on electronics, researchers are always on the lookout for battery materials with more ...

Given the limited supply and high price of battery-grade lithium and other advanced battery materials, alternative battery chemistries are being researched. Some avenues, such as sodium-ion batteries, ...

Chemists from CNRS have synthesized and studied new compositions of materials for positive electrodes in sodium-ion batteries, which represent a sustainable alternative to lithium-ion batteries. These ...

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While lithium-ion batteries have been the go-to technology for everything from smartphones and laptops to electric cars, there are growing concerns about the future because lithium is relatively ...

In the study conducted on more than 4000 people evaluated the relationship of salt intake and the development of heart failure. For the study, the scientists used 24 hour sodium extraction, which is ...