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Safer, More Powerful Batteries for Electric Cars, Power Grid

News Article, March 15, 2022 • Solid-state batteries with little liquid electrolyte are safer than lithium-ion batteries Solid-state batteries, currently used in small electronic devices like smart watches, have the potential to be safer and more powerful than lithium-ion batteries for things such as electric cars and storing energy from solar panels for later use. However,...

Sandia National Laboratories engineers, examine a lithium-ion battery in front of a specially designed battery testing chamber.

Sodium-ion battery safety research: Advancing the next generation of energy storage technology

News Article, June 25, 2024 • Sandia National Laboratories’ Battery Abuse Testing Lab, the Department of Energy’s core facility for battery safety, is investigating the safety of sodium-ion battery technology. Due to sodium’s abundance and an electrochemistry that resembles lithium-ion batteries in some ways, sodium-ion batteries are being considered for grid storage and automotive applications. The...

Women@Energy features Sandia’s Dr. Yuliya Preger

News Article, August 17, 2021 • This month, the Department of Energy’s STEM Rising initiative features a Q&A with Sandia National Laboratories’ Dr. Yuliya Preger. Dr. Yuliya Preger is a Senior Research and Development Chemical Engineer at Sandia National Laboratories in the Energy Storage Technology and Systems Group. Since joining Sandia in 2018, she has led research...