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Problems

One of which is the environmental impact that mining for these rare materials may pose. While it is true that SSBs can be better for the environment than traditional lithium-ion liquid batteries, the point still stands that rare materials are needed for technologically advanced batteries to properly operate.

Solutions

Although, by using Sodium as the solid electrolyte in the SSB, we can minigate the enviornmental impacts of mining as sodium is abundant in ocean water. Through electrolysis, a process in which you pass an electric current through the compound until it separates the chlorine and sodium. To provide the salt needed for the process of electrolysis, desalination may become viable, in addition to gaining fresh water.

Currently, there are no active production plants for mass-producing any type of SSB, as most SSBs are currently being made in a lab by researchers. This makes the mass production of SSBs something that may not be able to be accomplished so easily.

New factories will emerge as new methods of automating the process of creating components of SSBs. One promising technique is the roll-to-roll process, in which two cylinders roll at varying intervals to create a form of an automated assembly line