As Asian and Western battery manufacturers see India as a super attractive consumer market, India itself is trying to empower its own domestic battery producers. According to Prof. Amreesh Chandra, a growing part of India's young battery industry takes a bet on a specific domestic battery material mix: Sodium-ion batteries.
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These cell innovations rely on sodium carbonate, sodium hydroxide (electrolyte) as well as aluminum (current collectors), iron phosphate (cathode) and hard carbons (anode). "All of these materials can be mined, produced and deployed by companies in India, says Prof. Amreesh Chandra. His research at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) proves the following advantages of sodium-ion batteries for electric bikes:
India's Sodium-Ion Batteries 1) Enough energy density for electric bikes 2) ~30% cheaper than lithium-ion battery imports 3) Sustainable mining, production and manufacturing 4) Great rechargability power density characteristics