2014-01-08

Re: Flow Battery

Could the liquid act as fuel for an electric car?  A lot would depend upon the energy density. 

<larry.r.trout> wrote:

'A team of Harvard scientists and engineers has demonstrated a new type of battery that could fundamentally transform the way electricity is stored on the grid, making power from renewable energy sources such as wind and solar far more economical and reliable…

 

The paper reports a metal-free flow battery that relies on the electrochemistry of naturally abundant, inexpensive, small organic (carbon-based) molecules called quinones, which are similar to molecules that store energy in plants and animals.'

 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140108154238.htm

 

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