Intercalation of alkali metal cations, like Li+ or Na+, follows the same three‐stage mechanism of the interfacial charge and mass transfer irrespective of the nature of the electrolyte, electrolyte composition or electrode material.

The development of electrode materials for Na-ion batteries has been substantially accelerated recently with respect to application in grid energy storage systems. Specifically, development of Na-ion batteries operating in aqueous media is considered more promising for this application due to safety issues. Many different types of cathode materials for aqueous Na-ion batteries have been proposed; however, the number and performance of contemporary anode materials are still insufficient for practical deployment. In this work, we demonstrate that electrochemically deposited Na x Mn­[Mn­(CN)6] thin films are very promising anode materials for aqueous Na-ion batteries. Na x Mn­[Mn­(CN)6] films exhibit (i) very low half-charge potential ca. −0.73 V vs SHE (ca. −0.93 V vs SSC) being one of the lowest among those reported in the literature for the electrode materials, which also inhibit hydrogen evolution reaction; (ii) a specific capacity of ca. 85 mA h g–1; and (iii) only ∼3% loss of capacity and high round-trip efficiency (99.6%) after 3,000 cycles. Surprisingly, the choice of the electrolyte composition has a very strong influence not only on the intercalation process but also on the long-term performance of battery anodes and their electrode surface morphology.

Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication is seen as one of the main enabling technologies for automated vehicles. Collective perception is especially promising, as it allows connected traffic participants to “see through the eyes of others” by sharing sensor-detected objects via V2X communication. Its benefit is typically assessed in terms of the increased object update rate, redundancy, and awareness. To determine the safety improvement thanks to collective perception, the authors introduce new metrics, which quantify the environmental risk awareness of the traffic participants. The performance of the V2X service is then analyzed with the help of the test platform TEPLITS, using real traffic traces from German highways, amounting to over 100 h of total driving time. The results in the considered scenarios clearly show that collective perception not only contributes to the accuracy and integrity of the vehicles’ environmental perception, but also that a V2X market penetration of at least 25% is necessary to increase traffic safety from a “risk of serious traffic accidents” to a “residual hypothetical risk of collisions without minor injuries” for traffic participants equipped with non-redundant 360° sensor systems. These results support the ongoing worldwide standardization efforts of the collective perception service.

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