Energy From Bogs: Estonian Scientists Use Peat to Make Batteries

Energy From Bogs: Estonian Scientists Use Peat to Make Batteries
Tartu University's Professor Enn Lust and student Patrick Teppor work on carbon-based batteries using peat, in Tartu, Estonia, on Sept. 30, 2021. Janis Laizans/Reuters
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TARTU, Estonia—Peat, plentiful in bogs in northern Europe, could be used to make sodium-ion batteries cheaply for use in electric vehicles, scientists at an Estonian university say.

Sodium-ion batteries, which do not contain relatively costly lithium, cobalt, or nickel, are one of the new technologies that battery makers are looking at as they seek alternatives to the dominant lithium-ion model.