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BTR is the current largest lithium ion anode producer and is expected to remain so into 2030, according to Benchmark’s Anode Forecast.",{"type":579,"attrs":749,"content":750},{"textAlign":49},[751],{"text":752,"type":584},"In March BTR signed a technical cooperation agreement with Huayu New Energy Technologies, a new energy battery developer, to jointly work on sodium ion batteries using BTR’s hard carbon anode material.",{"type":579,"attrs":754,"content":755},{"textAlign":49},[756],{"text":757,"type":584},"In May, BTR released its first sodium ion hard carbon anode material based on biomass.",{"type":579,"attrs":759,"content":760},{"textAlign":49},[761],{"text":762,"type":584},"BTR also works in the cathode space, though isn’t as large a player there as it is for anode materials. It is also developing sodium ion cathode materials based on layered oxides and Prussian white.",{"type":579,"attrs":764,"content":765},{"textAlign":49},[766],{"text":767,"type":584},"“Everyone wants to take part in the sodium ion battery competition for ESS and low end EV applications,” Li said.","Some of the world’s largest companies across the battery supply chain in China are backing sodium ion batteries, which have the potential to lower costs for energy storage, low-end electric vehicles, and micro-mobility applications. CATL and BYD, two of the world’s largest cell producers, are working on sodium ion cell production while China’s Ronbay and […]",[770],{"slug":567,"name":568,"content":771},{"job_title":570,"image":772,"bio":573,"linkedin":574},{"filename":572},"\u003C!--#storyblok#{\"name\": \"article\", \"space\": \"\", \"uid\": \"2abdb89e-c9fa-4244-9248-0bdcd41464a8\", \"id\": \"\"}-->","article",[776,779],{"slug":777,"name":778},"batteries","Batteries",{"slug":780,"name":781},"battery-technology","Battery Technology","private",{"id":49,"alt":784,"name":784,"focus":784,"title":784,"source":784,"filename":785,"copyright":784,"fieldtype":786,"meta_data":787,"is_external_url":51},"","https://a.storyblok.com/f/287943243085208/62dd64010e/bm-shutterstock-2292804607-1.jpg","asset",{"alt":784,"title":784,"source":784,"copyright":784},"Jun 16, 2023","16th June 2023",[],[],1780500965766]