Natron’s batteries are manufactured using the same tools and equipment used for lithium-ion manufacturing. Natron has not yet revealed the intended production capacity. The Clarios facility in Meadowbrook, Michigan, is expected to become the largest sodium-ion battery manufacturing facility in the world when volume production begins in 2023. In the USA, sodium-ion battery manufacturer Natron Energy and Clarios, a producer of low-voltage battery technologies for mobility, are collaborating on the production of the sodium-ion batteries.

The company says this makes it a more sustainable and cost-efficient alternative. According to Altris, using iron as an electron source and completely filling the material with sodium provides a theoretical capacity of 170 mAh/g and an average output voltage of 3.2 V.Īltris says it is making use of its new method for manufacturing Fennac that uses low temperature and ambient pressure.

The large pores inside the material allow a number of atoms or molecules to be trapped and stored. The Ferrum plant in Sandviken will be Altris’ third site, joining the company’s headquarters and research laboratory in Uppsala and a sales office in Guangzhou, China.įennac cathode material, often referred to as “Prussian white” by battery researchers, is a framework material consisting of sodium, iron, carbon and nitrogen. Production at the 1,800 square metre facility, called the Ferrum plant, is expected to start in early 2023. The Altris plant should be able to produce 2,000 tonnes of Fennac cathode material annually, which is enough for 1 GWh of sodium-ion batteries per year. In Sweden, Altris, a developer of cathode material for sodium-ion batteries, wants to implement its manufacturing in the city of Sandviken, almost 200 kilometres north of Stockholm, in cooperation with Sandvik Materials Technology, a developer and manufacturer of stainless steel, special alloys and carbide. Over in the USA, a project for the production of sodium-ion batteries is also becoming concrete with the collaboration of Natron Energy and Clarios. In Sweden, Altris has announced its first industrial-scale cathode material production facility. Altris Clarios fennac Ferrum Meadowbrook Michigan Natron Energy Sandvik Materials Technology Sandviken sodium-ion battery Sweden USA

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