Chapter 1498: Sodium Ion Battery
ps: anti-theft
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"Reserves are the biggest advantage of sodium-ion batteries. The content of sodium in the earth is 2.75%. In comparison, the lithium element required for lithium-ion batteries, which is currently our mainstream research, is only 0.0065% in the crust, a difference of 423 times. And , This is only a theoretical gap. In fact, compared with the sodium element that humans can extract unlimitedly from the oceans that occupy 70% of the earth's surface, the world's currently proven lithium resources are simply pitiful."
"The direct impact of reserves is the cost."
"Taking the two metals as an example, the current price of sodium metal is US$750 per ton, while that of lithium metal is as high as US$82,000, a difference of 109 times. Because sodium-ion batteries are still in the laboratory stage, the gap in commercial prices in the future will be temporary, but , Our team estimates that if one day in the future, the production of the two batteries is large enough, the price difference will be at least ten times."
"Big enough, that's exactly what sodium-ion batteries are for."
"First of all, it is undeniable that the shortcomings of sodium-ion batteries are obvious. Compared with lithium-ion batteries, the best performance under current laboratory conditions is only about half of the energy density of the latter. But if the battery is made large enough, Far beyond the milliamp-hour (mah) level of current portable electronic products, reaching the megawatt-hour (mwh) volume, sodium-ion batteries will completely crush lithium-ion batteries in terms of comprehensive cost and other aspects."
"It can be said that decades later, once there is a shortage of traditional fossil energy sources, the combination of the ultra-large photovoltaic power generation matrix currently being researched by Solarcity and the ultra-large sodium-ion battery energy storage matrix in cooperation with our recttery company will It is an important solution for mankind to get rid of the energy crisis in the future."
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San Francisco.
&nbtery Bay Area Branch.
This is the morning of May 29th.
The time is Saturday.
Simon deliberately took out a whole morning today to listen to the technical director of the Recttery Division here report on the progress of a series of research projects of the company. One of the key points is a sodium-ion battery research project that was officially approved last year.
This is a project included in the 3G plan by Simon.
As for the reasons, resource reserves, manufacturing costs, environmental protection factors, application environment, etc., in short, except that the energy storage density cannot be compared with lithium-ion batteries, there are many other advantages.
Speaking of which, the research on batteries related to the two elements actually appeared at about the same time. The reason why people only know about lithium-ion batteries and have hardly heard of sodium-ion batteries is that the key is precisely the energy density. Because the main application field of traditional batteries is portable electronic devices, because of portability, the battery cannot be too big and heavy, so it needs to be as small as possible while storing more energy, so lithium-ion batteries stand out.
However, if you take a longer view, Simon feels that sodium-ion batteries are a key future.
As the technical director said, the ultra-large photovoltaic power generation matrix combined with the ultra-large sodium ion electronic energy storage matrix will be an important solution for human beings to get rid of the energy crisis in the future.
In comparison, lithium resources are really scarce.
Perhaps just like the two directions of the display screen, the LCD is facing the small screen, and the plasma is moving towards the large screen, and each develops separately.
However, it is hard to say that the two types of batteries may be the same as LCDs and plasmas in the future. After all, before Simon’s rebirth, the dispute between the two types of screens had already been settled. Quickly eliminated. In the future, once the gap in energy storage density is no longer huge, perhaps, lithium-ion batteries will be eliminated sooner or later.
Only time will tell.
After the morning meeting, Simon left Recttery's branch building located in Eaglet Park, Mountain View, and rushed to a private villa near the bay for dinner.
Arriving at the villa, Girl D and Little Jenny had arrived ahead of schedule.
The main reason is... there was another one recently, girl D is also pregnant, that is, the last time, the two little guys with fine waist and fine legs were born, and Simon returned from China.
In short, anyway, don't be afraid of biting, don't worry.
Simon had just chatted with the two girls, and Miss C dragged Alice Ferguson to the villa. A certain workaholic girl looked very reluctant, as if she felt that it was too much to have a meal in the residential area from the work area. Time-wasting high-frequency state. Then, Emmanuel Brandt, the tall red-haired female president in charge of fusiontimes, also came to join in the fun.
So a lively table.
After hearing about Simon's schedule in the morning, Miss C first expressed her doubts: "Boss, I was thinking, if controllable nuclear fusion is realized in the future... well, at least before the exhaustion of traditional fossil energy, you are aiming at photovoltaic power generation and energy storage. Isn't the battery research going to waste?"
Little Jenny added: "Or, Simon, you are not optimistic about the future of controlled nuclear fusion?"
Simon smiled and shook his head: "I didn't say I'm not optimistic, this is just one of the solutions for the future, you know, in my opinion, the current human society is like an increasingly complex machine, you all understand , The more complex the machine, the more unstable it actually means, not the more stable most people subconsciously think, so it is definitely better to have more solutions to deal with certain potential crises.”
A certain workaholic girl is holding a tableware and eating with her head down.
Summarized softly as if speaking by himself: "The pessimist."
Girl D, who was able to easily grab Simon's side because of her pregnancy, couldn't help laughing.
Simon also laughed, and retorted: "I can only say that you are too optimistic."
Emmanuel, who was quietly trying to integrate into this circle, helped: "I think that even if controllable nuclear fusion is realized, there are still many application requirements for photovoltaic power generation and energy storage batteries, such as space exploration. If we want to build the moon or Mars In terms of base and energy, photovoltaic power generation combined with energy storage batteries is undoubtedly the most feasible solution, and unless we can realize the miniaturization of controllable nuclear fusion power plants, it is not realistic to simultaneously build nuclear power plants in outer space in the short term.”
Little Jenny said: "A small fission device can be used, has it been realized?"
Simon said: "As an environmentalist, I think it's better not to send fission devices that may cause serious pollution to the moon or Mars."
The workaholic girl answered in a strange manner again: "I agree."
"Actually," Emmanuel said again: "According to Kardashev's cosmic civilization level setting, the realization of controllable nuclear fusion is only a complete first-level civilization, and the symbol of a second-level civilization is similar to that of photovoltaic plus. Energy storage combined with the idea of a Dyson sphere that fully utilizes star energy, after all, no matter how powerful the controllable nuclear fusion power generation device manufactured by us is, it cannot reach the level of one billionth of the energy released by stars."
Girl c bit the bread with caviar on it, and said, "Isn't this a bit too far?"
Emmanuel said: "Because of the technological explosion, even a hundred years ago, everyone in this world probably could not imagine our current life. Similarly, once controllable nuclear fusion is realized, the new energy solution of photovoltaic plus energy storage will be obtained. With the support of promotion and unlimited productivity, we may soon achieve the second technological explosion, and in this case, the topics we just discussed are certainly not too far away.”
Girl d said: "I think things shouldn't be that simple."
"Yeah," Simon nodded, seeing the girls at the dinner table all looked over, and said with a smile, "Because the ideal model always encounters too many unpredictable variables, the biggest variable is us humans. Not everyone wants to Those who see technological progress, such as the vested interests of traditional fossil energy, if they know that we are about to achieve controllable nuclear fusion in a short period of time, they may stop it at all costs, including using the most extreme methods.”
What Simon said was plain, but Miss D couldn't help shrinking her neck, and Little Jenny looked at it with an obvious worried look.
Simon noticed the women's reactions, smiled, shook his head and said, "Don't worry, as the richest capitalist in the world, I'm not incapable of fighting back."
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Perhaps just like the two directions of the display screen, the LCD is facing the small screen, and the plasma is moving towards the large screen, and each develops separately.
However, it is hard to say that the two types of batteries may be the same as LCDs and plasmas in the future. After all, before Simon’s rebirth, the dispute between the two types of screens had already been settled. Quickly eliminated. In the future, once the gap in energy storage density is no longer huge, perhaps, lithium-ion batteries will be eliminated sooner or later.
Only time will tell.
After the morning meeting, Simon left Recttery's branch building located in Eaglet Park, Mountain View, and rushed to a private villa near the bay for dinner.
Arriving at the villa, Girl D and Little Jenny had arrived ahead of schedule.
The main reason is... there was another one recently, girl D is also pregnant, that is, the last time, the two little guys with fine waist and fine legs were born, and Simon returned from China.
In short, anyway, don't be afraid of biting, don't worry.
Simon had just chatted with the two girls, and Miss C dragged Alice Ferguson to the villa. A certain workaholic girl looked very reluctant, as if she felt that it was too much to have a meal in the residential area from the work area. Time-wasting high-frequency state. Then, Emmanuel Brandt, the tall red-haired female president in charge of fusiontimes, also came to join in the fun.
So a lively table.
After hearing about Simon's schedule in the morning, Miss C first expressed her doubts: "Boss, I was thinking, if controllable nuclear fusion is realized in the future... well, at least before the exhaustion of traditional fossil energy, you are aiming at photovoltaic power generation and energy storage. Isn’t the battery research going to waste?”
Little Jenny added: "Or, Simon, you are not optimistic about the future of controlled nuclear fusion?"
Simon smiled and shook his head: "I didn't say I'm not optimistic, this is just one of the solutions for the future, you know, in my opinion, the current human society is like an increasingly complex machine, you all understand , The more complex the machine, the more unstable it actually means, not the more stable most people subconsciously think, so it is definitely better to have more solutions to deal with certain potential crises.”
A certain workaholic girl lowered her head to eat while holding a cutlery, and concluded softly as if she hadn't spoken by herself: "Pessimist."
Girl D, who was able to easily grab Simon's side because of her pregnancy, couldn't help laughing.
Simon also laughed, and retorted: "I can only say that you are too optimistic."
Emmanuel, who was quietly trying to integrate into this circle, helped: "I think that even if controllable nuclear fusion is realized, there are still many application requirements for photovoltaic power generation and energy storage batteries, such as space exploration. If we want to build the moon or Mars Base, in terms of energy, photovoltaic power generation combined with energy storage batteries is undoubtedly the most feasible solution, and unless we can realize the controllable nuclear fusion power station
Miniaturization, otherwise, the simultaneous construction of nuclear power plants in outer space in the short term is not realistic. "
Little Jenny said: "A small fission device can be used, has it been realized?"
Simon said: "As an environmentalist, I think it's better not to send fission devices that may cause serious pollution to the moon or Mars."
The workaholic girl answered in a strange manner again: "I agree."
"Actually," Emmanuel said again: "According to Kardashev's cosmic civilization level setting, the realization of controllable nuclear fusion is only a complete first-level civilization, and the symbol of a second-level civilization is similar to that of photovoltaic plus. Energy storage combined with the idea of a Dyson sphere that fully utilizes star energy, after all, no matter how powerful the controllable nuclear fusion power generation device manufactured by us is, it cannot reach the level of one billionth of the energy released by stars."
Girl c bit the bread with caviar on it, and said, "Isn't this a bit too far?"
Emmanuel said: "Because of the technological explosion, even a hundred years ago, everyone in this world probably could not imagine our current life. Similarly, once controllable nuclear fusion is realized, the new energy solution of photovoltaic plus energy storage will be obtained. With the support of promotion and unlimited productivity, we may soon achieve the second technological explosion, and in this case, the topics we just discussed are certainly not too far away.”
Girl d said: "I think things shouldn't be that simple."
"Yeah," Simon nodded, seeing the girls at the dinner table looking over, he said with a smile, "Because the ideal model always encounters too many unpredictable variables, the biggest variable is us humans. Not everyone wants to Those who see technological progress, such as the vested interests of traditional fossil energy, if they know that we are about to achieve controllable nuclear fusion in a short period of time, they may stop it at all costs, including using the most extreme methods.”
What Simon said was plain, but Miss D couldn't help shrinking her neck, and Little Jenny looked at it with an obvious worried look.
Simon noticed the women's reactions, smiled, shook his head and said, "Don't worry, as the richest capitalist in the world, I'm not incapable of fighting back."