Scientists develop a better redox flow battery
USC scientists have developed a new battery that could solve the electricity storage problem constraining widespread use of renewable energy.
Apr 9, 2020
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USC scientists have developed a new battery that could solve the electricity storage problem constraining widespread use of renewable energy.
Apr 9, 2020
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The share of energy from renewable sources is constantly on the rise in Germany. At the beginning of 2020, for the first time ever, renewable energy was able to cover more than half of the electricity consumed in Germany. ...
Sep 25, 2020
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Researchers at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Linköping University, have for the first time demonstrated an organic battery. It is of a type known as a 'redox flow battery," with a large capacity that can be used ...
Oct 15, 2020
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In recent years, researchers have been exploring the potential of a wide range of new battery technologies, including so-called redox flow batteries. Redox flow batteries, also known as flow batteries, are battery cells that ...
A low-cost, high-performance battery chemistry developed by University of Colorado Boulder researchers could one day lead to scalable grid-level storage for wind and solar energy that could help electrical utilities reduce ...
Jul 25, 2019
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Because the sun does not shine at night but all our screens do, we need energy storage to shift solar energy production during the day to when it is needed in the evening. To cope with this intermittence of renewables, we ...
Monitoring the health of flow batteries in real time is a challenge. Argonne researchers have designed a fluorescent molecule for the purpose.
Feb 3, 2021
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A technique based on the principles of MRI has allowed researchers to observe not only how next-generation batteries for large-scale energy storage work, but also how they fail, which will assist in the development of strategies ...
Mar 2, 2020
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists have developed a crucial component for a new kind of low-cost stationary battery system utilizing common materials and designed for grid-scale electricity storage.
Jul 25, 2018
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The need for reliable renewable energy is growing fast, as countries around the world—including Switzerland—step up their efforts to fight climate change, find alternatives to fossil fuels and reach the energy-transition ...
Aug 30, 2021
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