Is Going Organic The Future of Sodium Ion Batteries?

A few weeks back in TEN we covered a paper that explores a novel organic cathode for use in Sodium Ion batteries. A cathode that has the advantage of being made from super accessible and cheap materials, and potentially produces a battery with an incredible service life. Y'all asked us to look at the paper and go into a bit more depth - explaining exactly what it shows, what they found, and why it's important. Your wish is our command. Well, if we want to. Which we did. ----- 00:00 - Introduction 02:16 - Apology to visual learners 03:32 - The 10000ft overview 04:26 - Why are Sodium Ion batteries of interest at all? 06:30 - The weakness of Sodium Ion batteries 08:44 - This paper's subject 09:32 - Reminder about Prussian blue 10:54 - The basics of the TAQ electrode 14:46 - Bandgaps - what they are, why they matter, and the TAQ electrode's Bandgaps 18:40 - The results 22:14 - Conclusions 23:35 - Thanks and Credits ----- https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.4c17713 – High-Energy, High Power Sodium-Ion Batteries from a Layered Organic Cathode. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10811468/ - Cycle capacity Lithium Batteries (research aimed at extending it) https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/advs.202301874 – Cycle capacity Lithium batteries (research aimed at different doping methods to extend it) ----- Script: Kate Walton-Elliott, Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield Presenter: Kate Walton-Elliott Editor, Colorist: Kate Walton-Elliott Art and Animation: Erin Carlie Producer: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield Music supplied through Artlist.io © Transport Evolved LLC, 2025 ----- Links: PLEASE help support the channel (if you are going to use Amazon) by using our Affiliate link: https://amzn.to/40xOyjm As amazon affiliates, we will earn money from qualifying purchases made using this code. ----- Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC675NhQ4EU5TzwCMwYp5XCw/join This video was made possible thanks to the kind donations of our supporters on Patreon and Ko-fi. Join them in supporting us. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/transportevolved Buy the team a coffee -- or a meal! https://ko-fi.com/transportevolved Donate using bitcoin: BC1QRZRGCCXUKPDZ2DZ9KX9JYJXMZDYHYGFZ0MN4WH Support us by buying some merch at https://www.redbubble.com/people/TransportEVd/shop Follow our 'second' channel - Transport Evolved Take Two, at https://www.youtube.com/transportevolvedtake2 Join our Discord server at https://discord.gg/U3tnkGNfCA Follow the show on Mastodon: https://mastodon.transportevolved.com/ Follow the show on PeerTube: transport_evolved_main@peertube.tv Use the TE Aptera referral code - i.refs.cc/zz56EbIi - but watch our explainer video FIRST: https://youtu.be/mwzwEssgqNI Sign up for EnergySage at https://www.kqzyfj.com/click-101290941-16952262