Be the First to Multi-color silkscreen at JLCPCB: https://bit.ly/49of813 Join our Facebook & Get A Coupon: https://www.facebook.com/groups/JLCPCB You can get Sodium-Ion Batteries here: (affiliate link) https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DCIjXol Previous video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IFSPqSr6t8 My Li-Ion Safety video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNNWbm681AI Another Li-Ion Safety video worth watching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUgbmCSmSNY Sodium-Ion Nail Puncture video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1ya_ls1zkA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greatscottlab Twitter: https://twitter.com/GreatScottLab Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/great.scott.lab/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@greatscottlab Discord: https://discord.gg/zuAvkAuhsY Support me for more videos: https://www.patreon.com/GreatScott?ty=h In this video we will be having a look at the possible future of battery technology, sodium-ion batteries. Unlike lithium batteries, the material of sodium batteries is much easier to find and thus cheaper and more environmental friendly. I was finally able to find some on AliExpress. Now the question is whether those are real and how they compare to more traditional lithium batteries. Let's find out! Websites that were used/shown during the video: https://hakadibattery.com/collections/sodium-ion-battery-cells-3v https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0592/3694/2029/files/HKD_18650-1300mAh-20C.pdf?v=1703754781 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsenergylett.0c02181 https://www.akkuteile.de/lithium-ionen-akkus/18650?facets=82 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5ce5vDCG1uyZFlNa1hHdmFyYWs/view?resourcekey=0-cLOIGS2Opu5Ubc3oydOxbw Thanks to JLCPCB for sponsoring this video. Visit https://jlcpcb.com/ to get professional PCBs for low prices. 0:00 Salt Batteries? 1:40 Intro 2:41 Is Sodium-Ion Real?? 3:10 Charge/Discharge Curve 5:13 Pros/Cons of Charge/Discharge Curve 6:25 Energy Density of Sodium-Ion 7:37 How to Charge them? 8:27 Battery Management System? 8:59 Maximum Input/Output Power? 10:10 Safety? 10:59 Cycle Life? 11:30 Verdict