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I was mostly thinking of this research at Ohio State https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150801082647.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/

by dv_dt 11y ago

I was mostly thinking of this research at Ohio State https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150801082647.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150801082647.h... But I think there may be other areas that I'm not finding specifically right now... ("solar battery" is a poor search term for this research...)

epistasis 11y ago
This sounds fantastic: - a redox flow battery coupled directly to solar charging - super high specific energy, ~0.33kWh/kg which is right on par with traditional solid lithium ion batteries My remaining questions are: - Compared to PV solar + lithium ion battery, how much insolation is required to store a kWh? - What is the cost/kWh of the lithium iodide? - What is the cost/kW of the solar charger, discharger? - Can the anode and cathode be used to charge the battery from standard electricity, in addition to the (more efficient) solar method? Thanks for this pointer, this gives me even greater optimism about the future of storage!
ZenoArrow 11y ago
You might find this video interesting: http://youtu.be/rsuB-6-n-MM http://youtu.be/rsuB-6-n-MM