Sodium-ion batteries: History, development, and overview on market and application

The battery global demand is growing at a fast pace and calls for improved cell technologies able to satisfy a variety of application requirement. Owing to their potential lower cost and higher sustainability, sodium-ion batteries represent the next generation energy storage technology. In this chapter, we give an overview of the historical development of this technology as well as a summary of the most investigated and promising electrode and electrolyte materials for sodium-ion battery application. Recent developments toward commercialization are also presented, with a summary of the most promising commercial efforts presently investing in the technology with associated market applications.