• hark@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Exciting to see all sorts of batteries for different applications. Is lithium-ion still standard for home power backup? I’ve heard characteristics of the new sodium-ion batteries being ideal for that use case.

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      3 months ago

      It really is exciting to see alternative battery systems beginning to see wider commercialization.

      I am not aware of sodium-ion batteries for home use, I believe it’s mostly for industrial-scale battery systems. I could be wrong though, would be interested in learning more.

      In an apartment setting, IMO the current gold standard is LiFePO4 (Lithium iron phosphate) batteries.

      I live in Ukraine and we have constant problems with electricity supply (thank you dear russians). At times you have 1-2 full charge/discharge cycles per day on a 1 Kilowatt-hour battery system. Several LiFePO4 systems in my extended family seem to work close to baseline even after 1.5 years (not used daily though).

      I have not seen any options for sodium-ion batteries for home use, but this maybe a local thing.

      In a more rural/suburban setting, generators work as backup power supplies for most people. Typically only the well off get a high capacity LiFePO4 systems for house setting.