“Despite the fact that clean energy solutions are a necessity, the reliance on cobalt mining from war-torn countries, and the relatively high price and rarity of both lithium and cobalt, is a stain on their sustainability record.
Researchers from Washington State University (WSU) and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) created a sodium-ion battery that works as efficiently as some commercial lithium-ion batteries.”
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