Scientists use toxic hogweed to make anode material for cheap sodium-ion batteries for wind farms

Researchers from MSU and Skoltech have transmuted a pesky poisonous weed into high-grade anode material for sodium-ion batteries. These are an emerging cheaper alternative to lithium-ion batteries for uses where compact size is not crucial, such as on solar and wind farms. The study was published in Batteries.

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