# High-temperature batteries and Nickel

High-temperature batteries needs nickel; their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/high-temperature-batteries-and-nickel/

[High-temperature batteries](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_hightemp_batt/) (energy) and [Nickel](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/nickel/) (commodity): 2 relationships.

## How they are linked

### 1. Material need

*Physical flow · Direct · Nickel → High-temperature batteries*

Building or running High-temperature batteries needs nickel.

### 2. Price link: electrode metal

*Cost and price · Weak · Both ways*

Sodium-nickel chloride cells use a nickel cathode, so nickel is their main metal cost. The broad US battery proxy shows no link to nickel, with monthly moves at -0.02 and yearly moves at 0.23.

- **-0.02** monthly change correlation
- **0.23** 12-month change correlation
- **-0.09** fitted elasticity

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.