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world’s first anode-free sodium solid-state battery – a breakthrough in inexpensive, clean, fast-charging batteries (pme.uchicago.edu)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

A little pedantic note, LiPo is still a type of Li-Ion (maybe I got that right)

and the bigger recent breakthrough was LFP (Lithium iron phosphate / LiFePO4)

And probably safe to call Sodium-Ion and solid state the next big phases of development

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

LFP is actually a relatively old battery technology, it's only now that the patent is expired that it's starting to breakthrough (outside of China, they somehow got a license if I understand it correctly).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

You can buy sodium ion cells online right now. It's not the next phase, it's here.