{"id":2406,"date":"2025-04-12T02:19:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T02:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rldpower.com\/?p=2406"},"modified":"2025-04-12T02:19:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T02:19:24","slug":"lithium-battery-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rldpower.com\/es\/lithium-battery-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithium Battery Tech Boom 2024: Lithium Dominates While Sodium Patent Share Hits 20%"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Global <strong>Lithium<\/strong> Battery Patent Growth: Lithium Maintains Lead Amid Sodium&#8217;s Rise<\/strong><\/h2><p>The latest&nbsp;<strong>World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) mid-year report<\/strong>&nbsp;reveals explosive growth in battery innovation, with global patent filings increasing&nbsp;<strong>40% year-over-year<\/strong>&nbsp;in the first half of 2024. While&nbsp;<strong>sodium-ion battery patents now represent 20%<\/strong>&nbsp;of filings (up from 12% in 2023),&nbsp;<strong>lithium-based technologies continue dominating R&amp;D<\/strong>, particularly for EVs and consumer electronics.<\/p><p>This data confirms that despite sodium&#8217;s rapid advances in cost-competitive applications,&nbsp;<strong>lithium remains the core focus<\/strong>&nbsp;for high-energy-density breakthroughs.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"862\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/rldpower.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Lithium-battery.webp\" alt=\"Lithium battery\" class=\"wp-image-2407\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rldpower.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Lithium-battery.webp 862w, https:\/\/rldpower.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Lithium-battery-300x211.webp 300w, https:\/\/rldpower.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Lithium-battery-768x541.webp 768w, https:\/\/rldpower.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Lithium-battery-18x12.webp 18w, https:\/\/rldpower.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Lithium-battery-600x423.webp 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px\" \/><\/figure><hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Lithium Battery Patent Trends: Lithium vs. Sodium<\/strong><\/h2><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. Lithium Batteries: Solid-State and Fast-Charging Drive Innovation<\/strong><\/h3><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>>60% of all battery patents<\/strong>\u00a0focus on lithium technologies, led by China (58%), Japan (22%), and Europe (15%).<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Solid-state lithium patents surge<\/strong>, with oxide electrolytes dominating (65% share) as sulfide alternatives decline due to safety concerns.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Extreme fast-charging (XFC) solutions<\/strong>: CATL, Panasonic, and others filed patents for\u00a0<strong>nickel-rich + silicon anode systems<\/strong>\u00a0targeting\u00a0<strong>10-minute 80% charging<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>2,000+ cycle life<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. Sodium Batteries: Low-Cost Energy Storage Breakthroughs<\/strong><\/h3><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>21% of battery patents<\/strong>\u00a0now cover sodium-ion tech (vs. 12% in 2023), primarily for\u00a0<strong>grid storage and micro-mobility<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>China leads development<\/strong>: Companies like CATL and HiNa Battery advanced Prussian blue analogs and polyanion cathodes.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>30-40% cost advantage<\/strong>: Sodium expected to reach\u00a0<strong>&lt;$70\/kWh<\/strong>\u00a0by 2025, making it viable for mass-market storage.<\/li><\/ul><hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Lithium&#8217;s Future: Energy Density vs. Affordability<\/strong><\/h2><p>While sodium gains ground,&nbsp;<strong>lithium maintains strategic advantages<\/strong>:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Nickel-rich + solid-state<\/strong>: Targeting\u00a0<strong>400+ Wh\/kg<\/strong>\u00a0for premium EVs (e.g., QuantumScape&#8217;s prototypes).<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>LFP optimizations<\/strong>: Enhanced conductivity keeps lithium competitive in energy storage and entry-level EVs.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>AI-accelerated R&amp;D<\/strong>: MIT&#8217;s machine learning models discovered\u00a0<strong>3 new solid electrolyte materials<\/strong>\u00a0in 2024.<\/li><\/ul><hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Market Impact: Complementary Technologies Emerging<\/strong><\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>EVs<\/strong>: Lithium dominates performance segments; sodium may power urban\/short-range models.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Energy Storage<\/strong>: Sodium could capture\u00a0<strong>30% of grid storage by 2030<\/strong>\u00a0due to pricing.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Regulations<\/strong>: EU Battery Passport may boost lithium recycling patents.<\/li><\/ul><p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Lithium Battery Patent Growth: Lithium Maintains Lead Amid Sodium&#8217;s Rise The latest&nbsp;World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) mid-year report&nbsp;reveals explosive growth in battery innovation, with global patent filings increasing&nbsp;40% year-over-year&nbsp;in the first half of 2024. While&nbsp;sodium-ion battery patents now represent 20%&nbsp;of filings (up from 12% in 2023),&nbsp;lithium-based technologies continue dominating R&amp;D, particularly for EVs and&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/rldpower.com\/es\/lithium-battery-2\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lithium Battery Tech Boom 2024: Lithium Dominates While Sodium Patent Share Hits 20%<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2407,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy-storage-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rldpower.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rldpower.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rldpower.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rldpower.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rldpower.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rldpower.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2408,"href":"https:\/\/rldpower.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406\/revisions\/2408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rldpower.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rldpower.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rldpower.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rldpower.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}