Sodium-Ion Batteries as a Lithium Alternative: A Review of Energy Density Against Supply Security
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22672981Keywords:
Sodium-Ion Batteries as a Lithium Alternative; Next-generation R&D; Evidence synthesis; Reproducibility; Research methodologyAbstract
Sodium-Ion Batteries as a Lithium Alternative has moved quickly from a niche engineering question to something a wider
community can now investigate with reasonably reliable tools, but the evidence behind it has not always kept pace. We pull
together the current evidence for sodium-ion batteries as a lithium alternative, covering the methodological, practical, regulatory
and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where engineers and reviewers are still largely working
it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific adoption looks better supported by the evidence gathered here than either broad
rollout or blanket avoidance.
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