EU project SMHYLES develops novel salt- and water-based hybrid energy storage systems (HESS) on an industrial scale

The consortium includes 16 partners from seven countries

29-Feb-2024 - One of the greatest challenges of the 21st century is the transition to climate-neutral energy sources. Here, reliable energy storage plays a key role, as production and load peaks in the electricity grid require flexible storage systems that can be used for a wide range of applications. The ...

This is a battery

Two colored liquids bubbling through tubes: Is this what the battery of the future looks like?

15-Nov-2023 - Non-toxic and scalable water-based flow batteries would be a good solution for storing renewable energy in urban areas – if it weren't for their very low energy density. Empa researcher David Reber wants to remedy the situation with clever materials design. Two colored liquids bubbling through ...

New battery holds promise for green energy

Redox-flow battery eliminates costly and inefficient membrane

11-Sep-2023 - Jimmy Jiang envisions a future where every house is powered by renewable energy stored in batteries. In his chemistry lab, Jiang and his students at the University of Cincinnati have created a new battery that could have profound implications for the large-scale energy storage needed by wind and ...

Dual-Use Rechargeable Battery

Hybrid Battery Stores Electricity and Produces Valuable Chemicals at the Same Time

29-Jun-2023 - Rechargeable batteries store electricity in their electrode materials, while redox flow batteries use chemicals stored in tanks attached to the electrodes. Researchers have now developed a battery system based on a hybrid cell, which not only stores and provides electricity but also produces ...

Clean-tech startup launches to create grid-scale battery infrastructure for greater use of wind and solar power

An innovative redox-flow battery

24-Oct-2022 - A new startup, Quino Energy, aims to bring to market a grid-scale energy storage solution developed by Harvard researchers to facilitate more widespread adoption of renewable energy sources. About 12% of U.S. utility-scale electricity generation currently comes from wind and solar sources, which ...

CSIC presents its prototype vanadium battery for large-scale electrical energy storage

10 kW redox flow demonstrator paves the way for a 50 kW flow battery

01-Apr-2022 - A team of CSIC researchers has developed a 10 kilowatt (kW) vanadium redox flow battery prototype to demonstrate its viability as a large-scale electrical energy storage system, especially for renewable energies. This 10 kW prototype (10 kW of power and 20 kWh of energy) makes it possible to ...

Novel ion exchange membrane improves performance of vanadium redox flow batteries

Researchers have developed a hybrid membrane based on two-dimensional nanohybrid materials

15-Nov-2021 - The vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) is a promising sustainable energy storage system. In a VRFB cell, an ion exchange membrane (IEM) is used to prevent formation of a cathode/anode short circuit and avoid electrolyte crossover and side reactions, while allowing proton conduction to keep the ...

Hybrid redox-flow battery with a long cycle life

Researchers use the abundant chemical element manganese as active material

02-Jun-2021 - Redox‑flow batteries store electrical energy in chemical compounds that are dissolved in an electrolyte. They are a particularly promising alternative to lithium‑ion batteries as stationary energy storage. A team headed by Prof. Dr. Ingo Krossing from the Institute of Inorganic and Analytical ...

Advancing aqueous redox flow batteries through molecular engineering

28-May-2021 - Helping to advance the potential of aqueous redox flow batteries - which could provide safe grid-scale energy storage - researchers have engineered a new class of molecules to provide energy storage for this battery type. "We have demonstrated here the ability to pursue and exploit accelerated ...

Redox flow batteries: A step toward the mass market

Lighter, smaller and more cost-effective

10-May-2021 - Redox flow batteries are perfect for storing large quantities of renewable energy, but they have always been too expensive for the mass market. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT have now completely redesigned the heart of a redox flow ...