{"id":24694,"date":"2022-08-19T14:12:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T13:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=24694"},"modified":"2022-08-19T14:12:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T13:12:46","slug":"fennac-charging-a-safe-and-sustainable-future-through-sodium-ion-batteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/fennac-charging-a-safe-and-sustainable-future-through-sodium-ion-batteries\/24694\/","title":{"rendered":"Fennac: Charging a safe and sustainable future through sodium-ion batteries"},"content":{"rendered":"
Founded in 2017, Swedish innovator Altris produces highly sustainable cathode materials for rechargeable sodium batteries in a bid to support a renewable future. The company carries out research focused on the development of electrodes that are comprised entirely of highly abundant and safe materials.<\/p>\n
Its product, known as Fennac<\/a>, is an iron- and sodium-based electrode material suitable for sodium-ion batteries applied for stationary energy storage. Large-scale production and processing of its product on a battery pilot line is currently underway.<\/p>\n In conversation with The Innovation Platform<\/em>, Altris<\/a> CTO Dr Tim Nordh explains more about the company\u2019s product offering, sustainable values and practices, and future plans.<\/p>\n Altris is a technological and materials company, which currently produces a cathode material and an electrolyte material. We also help to develop and build battery cells for our customers. Our products are built around sodium-ion technology, using only sustainable materials. Our goal is to supply the technological support and materials needed to build cells.<\/p>\n The type of batteries we work with are similar to lithium-ion (Li-ion), we switch the Li-ion to Na ion, and the cobalt, nickel and manganese to iron. The key benefits of sodium-ion batteries include an improvement of the overall sustainability of the battery, a reduction of fluorine chemistry, a reduced cost to produce, a reduced environmental impact, an increased safety of the battery, improved recyclability, and an ability to produce batteries from materials that are available in abundance. These features make the batteries environmentally friendly, very safe, and mean that they can be produced at a reduced cost compared to lithium-ion batteries. In the battery value chain, there are many elements that impact cost, and we see that we are adding value all along the value chain.<\/p>\n Safety of the materials we produce is an intrinsic value for our sodium-ion chemistry. A lot of battery fires and explosions with lithium-ion batteries are due to a chemistry where you have an exothermic break-down process that can give a thermal runaway, which means you have oxygen and then a fuel for the fire already inside the battery. With our chemistry, we do not have an exothermic breakdown nor any oxygen; removing both self-propagation, heat, and fuel from the battery, so we cannot have the big explosion or battery fires that lithium batteries have. This is how we ensure the safety of the materials that we produce. We choose cell designs to reflect this approach and have also developed and patented our electrolytes to be extra safe. Furthermore, with sodium-ion chemistry you can also discharge the battery completely during transport.<\/p>\nCan you tell us more about Altris as a company and your key product offering?<\/h3>\n
How does your technology work and what are the key benefits?<\/h3>\n
How do you ensure the safety of the materials you produce?<\/h3>\n
How important are sustainable practices within your organisation and how can your product support a greener future?<\/h3>\n