How to read our monthly sodium battery price records
The definitions behind our material and cell quotations: specification, period, unit, trade terms and evidence.
Source: Fastmarkets: published price methodology
CHINA SODIUM BATTERY
Understand sodium-ion
Clear explanations of the technology, materials and applications behind sodium-ion batteries.
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From announcement to production: reading sodium battery project progress
A consistent way to separate planned capacity, pilot manufacturing and commercial operation when following global projects.
Source: US DOE: Beta Prototype and Test Plan, Module 4A
Sourcing sodium-ion batteries from China: an RFQ checklist
Turn a broad product enquiry into a comparable request covering specifications, evidence, delivery and after-sales responsibilities.
Source: UNECE: UN Manual of Tests and Criteria, Rev.8 and Amendment 1
Following global sodium-ion progress without confusing plans and results
Use dates, source attribution and event types to follow developments in China, Europe, the United States and Australia.
Source: US DOE: Platform Technologies for Transformative Battery Manufacturing selections (2024)
What is a sodium-ion battery? A practical starting point
Understand the cell, its materials and the questions that matter when moving from a chemistry headline to a real application.
Source: CATL: first-generation sodium-ion battery announcement (2021)
NFPP, layered oxides and Prussian blue: reading sodium-ion material routes
A short guide to positive-electrode families, hard-carbon anodes and why a chemistry label is only the beginning of a specification.
Source: Journal of Materials Chemistry A: crystalline NFPP cathode research (2024)
How to read a sodium-ion battery performance claim
Capacity, energy density, cold-weather operation and cycle life become useful only when the measurement boundary and test conditions are clear.
Source: Sandia National Laboratories: testing commercial sodium-ion cells (2025)
Evaluating sodium-ion energy storage: begin with the duty cycle
A practical framework for comparing storage proposals by power, duration, usable energy and whole-system cost.
Source: PNNL: Energy Storage Cost and Performance Database