<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-events/stories/2024/december/12202024-canepa-batteries.php" dsn="news"><featured/><top-stories/><homepage/><pubDate>12/20/2024 12:00:00 AM</pubDate><title>Breakthrough New Material Brings Affordable, Sustainable Future Within Grasp</title><subtitle>UH Part of International Team Working to Make Sodium Batteries Better</subtitle><description>Researchers have developed a new material for sodium-ion batteries, sodium vanadium phosphate, that delivers higher voltage and greater energy capacity than previous sodium-based materials. This breakthrough could make sodium-ion batteries a more efficient and affordable alternative to lithium-ion, using a more abundant and cost-effective resource.</description><author>Rashda Khan</author><author-email>rkhan20@uh.edu</author-email><author-phone>713-743-7587</author-phone><image><img src="/news-events/_images/canepa-batteries-spiff.jpg" alt="canepa-batteries-spiff.jpg"/></image><categories>Science[COMMA] Energy &amp; Innovation</categories></item>