Researchers in the U.S. have repurposed a commonplace chemical used in water treatment facilities to develop an all-liquid, iron-based redox flow battery for large-scale energy storage. Their ...

Iron-chromium redox flow batteries are pivotal in addressing the challenges of renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind, which often suffer from inconsistency in energy supply. These batteries ...

RICHLAND, Wash.— A commonplace chemical used in water treatment facilities has been repurposed for large-scale energy storage in a new battery design by researchers at the Department of Energy’s ...

A team of Chinese researchers has demonstrated an all-iron flow battery that endured 6,000 charge-discharge cycles in laboratory testing, a figure that works out to approximately 16 years if the ...

A research team is exploring new battery technologies for grid energy storage. The team's recent results suggest that iron, when treated with the electrolyte additive silicate, could create a ...

The Institute of Metal Research at the Chinese Academy of Sciences has unveiled an "all-iron" flow battery that can last for 16 years. Like other flow batteries, this new invention uses liquid ...

Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands is testing an unusual kind of battery that could prove to be a better, cheaper way to store wind and solar energy. Developed by US startup ESS, the device is known ...

We've long relied on lithium-ion batteries for long-term energy storage, but they can be expensive to produce and maintain over the years. California-based startup Inlyte wants to offer a scalable ...

The vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) technology is the most commercially deployed flow battery chemistry. However, high electrolyte costs have inhibited the wider market penetration of the ...

Iron-air batteries use a reversible rusting process to store and release electricity using abundant materials like iron and water. These “100-hour batteries” could solve renewable energy’s biggest ...

A giant pit in Switzerland will soon house the world's most powerful redox flow battery In northern Switzerland, a construction team is hard at work excavating a hole in the ground that will end up ...