A multitude of markets will require advanced battery technologies through the next two decades including transportation (electric vehicles and trains), alternative energy, and mobile. For example, wind and solar power generation represent two of America's best options for reducing its dependence on foreign oil; however, both suffer from the same problem - power is not produced at a constant rate. Therefore, both can benefit from, and indeed need, some form of power storage system in order to distribute the power produced more evenly. Additionally, the grid inefficiency could be improved immensely by the incorporation of on-grid battery storage. A solution for power storage has to incorporate features such as high power density (high watts stored per unit weight and unit volume), deep charging capability (high amperage capability per unit time when storing or delivering power) and the capacity for a very high number of recharge cycles without diminished capacity. Another highly desirable characteristic would be scalability from large to small applications including portability, or at least mobility.
Heretofore, NaS batteries have not been implemented due to a need to operate at very high temperatures which are needed to overcome the use of a thick ceramic electrolyte in the battery that enables the electrochemical power storage reactions. Natrion Energy Corporation, a subsidiary of Trans Ionics Corporation, is developing a radically different NaS battery technology that is much more practical, because of its ability to operate at temperatures as low as 25 °C. The Company has developed and patented NaS battery configurations based on very thin electrolyte films coupled with other enhancements that set its technology apart from other manufacturers.
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