Proposal for a closed-loop process for sustainable organic sodium ion batteries based on electrode materials made from polyaromatic hydrocarbons that can be extracted from natural resources and recycled.
A compostable battery, produced at low cost and with the same performance as conventional lithium-ion batteries: what sounds like the perfect solution could be a reality in a few years' time. Our group is working on developing a battery based on organic materials and sodium ions. These are materials that have a high theoretical capacity, can be produced cheaply, are non-toxic and biocompatible, which in turn offers the great advantage that batteries produced in this way can be recycled more easily.