

🌐 Battery & Energy Storage Meetup — Sodium Ion Battery Fundamentals with Benjamin Rupert
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Curious who's who and who's doing what in the battery industry? Join us for the second 🌐 Battery Cluster meetup hosted by The Battery Saloon at 9Zero. And guess what? This will happen EVERY month!
Topic: Na-Ion Battery Fundamentals — Fundamentals with Benjamin Rupert, CTP at PowerNap.
What is the Fundamentals Series?
Every quarter, we’ll dive deep into a core topic in batteries and energy storage, breaking down the technical fundamentals with leading experts. Our goal is simple: everyone should leave with meaningful, practical 101-level knowledge they can build on.
About The Speaker:
Benjamin Rupert is co-founder and CTO of PowerNaP Energy, which is developing energy-dense and domestically sourceable sodium-ion batteries. Ben is a PhD chemist with over a dozen years of experience at battery startup companies, as well as experience developing solar cells and novel sensors for nuclear non-proliferation applications.
See you soon!
The Battery Saloon is a San Francisco-based non-profit technical innovation studio focused on deep tech battery commercialization. Founded in August 2024, we've built a wide network of industry leaders, supporting early-stage founders to build products designed for manufacturability, standardization, and scalability from the outset.
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