Sodium-ion batteries are real in China. BYD to build 30 GWh sodium battery plant (carnewschina.com)
from yogthos@lemmy.ml to technology@lemmy.ml on 22 Nov 2023 00:59
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Szymon@lemmy.ca on 22 Nov 2023 01:16 collapse

Can reject/waste from desalination plants be used for sodium batteries?

argentcorvid@midwest.social on 22 Nov 2023 01:51 collapse

Would have to do extra refining, since there are other dissolved things besides table salt.

phx@lemmy.ca on 22 Nov 2023 02:20 collapse

Still, they’d likely have to separate out impurities from mined sodium deposits as well, so it sounds like a good use of the by-product from the desalination process where possible

Szymon@lemmy.ca on 22 Nov 2023 02:27 collapse

Exactly, it’s just being dumped right now as a pollutant.