New Na-ion Battery - Wiki Page

Hiya Everyone,

My colleague at Faradion (with help from our friends at Tiamat Energy) has updated the Na-ion Battery Wikipedia page. This was long overdue as the last version contained a lot of errors and half-truths (and that is being polite!). It now looks really good. Take at look here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium-ion_battery

Na-ion Batteries - a new Energy Storage Technology? Not Really!

Hiya,

It often gets quoted that Na-ion Batteries (not to be confused with Na metal anode cells - which are a completely different beast!) is a relatively new energy storage technology. In fact, these types of batteries have been under development for a great many years.

Below is a paper I published (with my good friends and colleagues, Yazid Saidi and Jeff Swoyer) in 2003 - it was the first report of a full-functioning and commercially-viable Na-ion cell using a hard carbon anode material. We used a fluorophosphate cathode active material, NaVPO4F. We also filed some IP around this concept.

As you will know, Faradion has now developed this Na-ion battery technology, using a layered oxide cathode material, to the point where it is performance competitive with commercial Li-ion batteries. But, in addition........sustainable, no lithium, no cobalt, no copper, lower materials costs, 0 V transportation and better intrinsic safety!! What's not to like?

International Conference on Sodium Batteries - 2019

Hiya,

I will be giving an invited presentation at the upcoming International Conference on Sodium Batteries -2019 (ICNaB-2019) in Chicago, November 2019. It should be a great meeting.

More details on the conference here:

https://web.cvent.com/event/1358c800-43e4-4b16-9429-9bed7ca5de16/summary

Jerry

Faradion - One of the top 4 Electric Vehicle Battery Startups out of 600

Hiya,

Nice mention and recognition for Faradion:

https://www.startus-insights.com/innovators-guide/4-top-electric-vehicle-battery-startups-out-of-600/

Interesting that one of the other startup companies is listed as LithiumWerks - the new name for Valence Technology - one of my old companies. Hardly a startup - it was founded in the late 1980's! Still it's good news for Faradion to be mentioned and to acknowledge all the great work we are doing in this sector.

Honorary Professor at University of St. Andrews

Hiya,

Just a short note to let people know that I have recently been appointed an Honorary Professor within the School of Chemistry at the University of St. Andrews. What a fantastic university!!

https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/jerry-barker(04d16545-2fa1-463c-9834-e3cd5d075817).html

Check out the university website and the Guardian university league tables for 2020:

https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/

https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2019/jun/07/university-league-tables-2020

A special thanks to everyone at St. Andrews for this wonderful honour - especially Prof. John Irvine.

Presentation at Universite Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France

Hello,

Earlier this month (May 2019) I gave an invited talk on Faradion's Na-ion Battery Technology at the Universite Picardie Jules Verne in Amiens, France.

https://www.lrcs.u-picardie.fr/en/news-seminars/

Thanks to Prof. Christian Masquelier for the kind invitation.

See here:

Here is the Energy Hub:

Here are some pictures of the Gothic-style Cathedral in Amiens (Basilique Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens):

Jerry Barker: Background Experience

Hiya,

This was a slide I included in a recent presentation and it summarises (some of) my background experience:

The Scale-up and Commercialization of Nonaqueous Na-ion Battery Technologies

Hiya,

I recently published a paper in Advanced Energy Materials with my colleagues and friends

at Novasis Inc. on the commercialization of our respective Na-ion cell chemistries:

ICNaB Presentation

Hiya,

I recently gave a talk at the 5th International Meeting on Na Batteries (5ICNaB) at St. Malo, France. Fantastic conference at a wonderful location.

IBA-2019 Photo's

Hiya,

Here I am at the IBA-2019 meeting with my good friend and legend of Li-ion Batteries, Mike Thackeray:

Check out (and buy!) Mike's excellent book, Running with Lithium - Empowering the Earth:

https://www.archwaypublishing.com/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?Book=785344

And here is a nice one of the IBA-2019 conference venue at La Jolla: