Anode-free sodium metal batteries as rising stars for lithium-ion alternatives

Tingzhou Yang; Dan Luo; Yizhou Liu; Aiping Yu; Zhongwei Chen

doi:10.1016/j.isci.2023.105982

Anode-free sodium metal batteries as rising stars for lithium-ion alternatives

iScience. 2023 Jan 18;26(3):105982. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.105982. eCollection 2023 Mar 17.

Authors

Tingzhou Yang¹, Dan Luo^{1

2}, Yizhou Liu², Aiping Yu¹, Zhongwei Chen¹

Affiliations

¹ Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave. W., Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada.
² School of Information and Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangdong, 510006, China.

Abstract

With the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown, global supply chain crisis, and Russo-Ukrainian war, an energy-intensive society with sustainable, secure, affordable, and recyclable rechargeable batteries is increasingly out of reach. As demand soars, recent prototypes have shown that anode-free configurations, especially anode-free sodium metal batteries, offer realistic alternatives that are better than lithium-ion batteries in terms of energy density, cost, carbon footprint, and sustainability. This Perspective explores the current state of research on improving the performance of anode-free Na metal batteries from five key fields, as well as the impact on upstream industries compared to commercial batteries.

Keywords: electrochemistry; energy systems; material application.

Publication types

Review