Renewable materials build low-cost batteries to store wind energy
January 14, 2026
January 14, 2026
AMES, Iowa, Jan. 14 -- Iowa State University issued the following news release:
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Renewable materials build low-cost batteries to store wind energy
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AMES, Iowa - Steve W. Martin, who has studied better materials for better batteries for four decades at Iowa State University, lists the cheap raw materials campus researchers are considering for one of their latest battery projects:
* Sodium. ("Sodium is 1,000 times cheape . . .
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Renewable materials build low-cost batteries to store wind energy
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AMES, Iowa - Steve W. Martin, who has studied better materials for better batteries for four decades at Iowa State University, lists the cheap raw materials campus researchers are considering for one of their latest battery projects:
* Sodium. ("Sodium is 1,000 times cheape . . .
