T-Pain Is On A Boat: [Electric Boats] Re: battery has 4 times the energy of Li ion

Sunday, June 9, 2013

[Electric Boats] Re: battery has 4 times the energy of Li ion

It's still a lithium battery, though, and my concern is with the availability and cost of the raw materials. Sodium is one of the more common elements and the oceans are full of it. As far as I know, contemporary sodium-sulfur batteries do have to be kept hot, but once that hurdle is overcome I think they'll make a powerful, CHEAP battery.

Willie

--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, Aaron <akenai@...> wrote:
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> Willie
> I think you may want to re read the article
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> This game-changing shift from liquid to solid electrolytes eliminates the problem of sulfur dissolution and enables us to deliver on the promise of lithium-sulfur batteries,"
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> Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-06-all-solid-sulfur-based-battery-outperforms-lithium-ion.html#jCp
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> Aaron
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> From: greenpjs04 <forums@...>
> To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, June 8, 2013 5:48 AM
> Subject: [Electric Boats] Re: battery has 4 times the energy of Li ion
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> Oops. The new battery uses sulfur instead of lithium. No sodium. Sorry for the confusion.
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> --- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "greenpjs04" <forums@> wrote:
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> > I'm no expert, but I think older sodium technologies did require a heat source because the sodium needed to be molten. This one stressed "solid" so maybe that's the breakthrough.
> > Pat
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> > --- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, Kevin Pemberton <pembertonkevin@> wrote:
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> > > correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't sodium require a heat source?
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> > > Kevin Pemberton
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> > > On 06/08/2013 05:42 AM, stmbtwle wrote:
> > > > That sounds like a great advancement, but it seems to me that the
> > > > future is going to be in sodium, not lithium. Lithium is lighter and
> > > > probably "better", but it's also relatively rare and expensive. Sodium
> > > > is common and cheap. If we're ever going to have electric vehicles
> > > > (including boats) we're going to have to have an affordable battery.
> > > >
> > > > Willie
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> > > --
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