Presents uparalleled coverage of Na-ion battery technology, including the most recent research and emerging applications
 
Na-ion battery technologies have emerged as cost-effective, environmentally friendly alternatives to Li-ion batteries, particularly for large-scale storage applications where battery size is less of a concern than in portable electronics or electric vehicles. Scientists and engineers involved in developing commercially viable Na-ion batteries need to understand the state-of-the-art in constituent materials, electrodes, and electrolytes to meet both performance metrics and economic requirements.
 
Sodium-Ion Batteries: Materials, Characterization, and Technology provides in-depth coverage of the material constituents, characterization, applications, upscaling, and commercialization of Na-ion batteries. Contributions by international experts discuss the development and performance of cathode and anode materials and their characterization - using methods such as NMR spectroscopy, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and computational studies - as well as ceramics, ionic liquids, and other solid and liquid electrolytes.
 
* Discusses the development of battery technology based on the abundant alkali ion sodium
* Features a thorough introduction to Na-ion batteries and their comparison with Li-ion batteries
* Reviews recent research on the structure-electrochemical performance relationship and the development of new solid electrolytes
* Includes a timely overview of commercial perspectives, cost analysis, and safety issues of Na-ion batteries
* Covers emerging technologies including Na-ion capacitors, aqueous sodium batteries, and Na-S batteries
 
The handbook Sodium-Ion Batteries: Materials, Characterization, and Technology is an indispensable reference for researchers and development engineers, materials scientists, electrochemists, and engineering scientists in both academia and industry.

INTRODUCTION
Na-Ion Batteries Introduction and Electrochemistry
Na- versus Li-Ion Batteries
 
ANODES
Graphite
Graphene and CNTs
Hard Carbons
Soft Carbons
Alloys
Conversion Anodes
2D Materials
Organic Materials
 
CATHODES
Layer Transition Metals
Tunnel-Type Oxides
Phosphates and Mixed Polyanions
Prussian Blue Analogues
High Voltage Cathodes
Fe and Mn Based Cathodes for Na-Ion Batteries
 
ADVANCED CHARACTERIZATION OF NA-ION BATTERY ELECTRODES
Advanced "in Operando" X-Ray Characterization Methods for Na-Ion Batteries
Neutron and Muon Studies on Na Ion Battery Materials
NMR and MRI Applied to Na-Ion Batteries Characterization
Computational Studies on Na-Ion Electrode Materials
Mössbauer Spectroscopy
 
ELECTROLYTES
Carbonates vs Glmyes
Ionic Liquids
Ceramics/Nascion
Polymers
 
OTHER EMERGING NA TECHNOLOGIES
Na-Ion Capacitors
Aqueous Na Batteries
Na-O2 Systems
Na-S Batteries
Beyond Na: K- and Mg-Based Technologies
 
SAFETY, ECONOMICS, AND UPSCALING
Dendrite Formation and Failure of Na Batteries
Na-Ion Batteries Manufacturing
Battery Packages
Cost Analysis of Na-Ion Batteries Components
Commercialization of Na-Ion Batteries