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A few weeks back in TEN we covered a paper that explores a novel organic cathode for use in Sodium Ion batteries. A cathode that has the advantage of being made from super accessible and cheap materials, and potentially produces a battery with an incredible service life.
Y’all asked us to look at the paper and go into a bit more depth – explaining exactly what it shows, what they found, and why it’s important.
Your wish is our command.
Well, if we want to.
Which we did.
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00:00 – Introduction
02:16 – Apology to visual learners
03:32 – The 10000ft overview
04:26 – Why are Sodium Ion batteries of interest at all?
06:30 – The weakness of Sodium Ion batteries
08:44 – This paper’s subject
09:32 – Reminder about Prussian blue
10:54 – The basics of the TAQ electrode
14:46 – Bandgaps – what they are, why they matter, and the TAQ electrode’s Bandgaps
18:40 – The results
22:14 – Conclusions
23:35 – Thanks and Credits
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https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.4c17713 – High-Energy, High Power Sodium-Ion Batteries from a Layered Organic Cathode.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10811468/ – Cycle capacity Lithium Batteries (research aimed at extending it)
https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/advs.202301874 – Cycle capacity Lithium batteries (research aimed at different doping methods to extend it)
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Script: Kate Walton-Elliott, Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield
Presenter: Kate Walton-Elliott
Editor, Colorist: Kate Walton-Elliott
Art and Animation: Erin Carlie
Producer: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield
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