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New sodium-ion battery skips mechanical cooling with 97.9% efficiency
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this post was submitted on 09 Aug 2026
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Sodium ion batteries are asymmetrical, pushing charge current hard can drive the anode negative enough to deposit metallic sodium causing formation of dendrites which destroys the battery