Vanadium flow batteries are one of the most promising technologies for large-scale energy storage, due to their long cycle life, excellent recyclability, and low fire risk. However, their uptake is ...

The redox flow battery — an emerging energy-storage technology — could enable diesel-powered microgrids to run off renewable energy instead. Solar- or wind-powered microgrids are a hot topic in many ...

Scientists have found a way to push zinc–bromine flow batteries to the next level. By trapping corrosive bromine with a ...

A group of scientists from the German research institute Fraunhofer Umsicht claims to have reduced the production costs of redox flow batteries by redesigning one of its main components – the stack.

A firm in China has announced the successful completion of world’s largest vanadium flow battery project – a 175 megawatt (MW) / 700 megawatt-hour (MWh) energy storage system. The Xinhua Ushi ESS ...

Are liquid, virtually fireproof, recyclable batteries the future of grid-scale storage? There’s a century-old battery technology that’s taking the grid-scale market by storm. Based on water, virtually ...

The 1980s were vested in exploring the use of vanadium species in flow batteries. Sum et al. (1985a; 1985b) investigated the use of vanadium (II), (III), (IV), and (V) in ...

A redox flow battery operates on the electrochemical principle of storing and generating electricity through oxidation and reduction reactions between distinct active materials, hence called "Redox" ...

Grid-scale flow batteries have a large number of applications which help the storage, access, and deployment of reliable energy. MADISON, WI, USA, January 17, 2023 ...

Recently, a research team led by Prof. LI Xianfeng from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) developed a 70 kW-level high power density vanadium ...