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"The freeze-thaw phenomenon is possible because the battery’s electrolyte is molten salt - a molecular cousin of ordinary table salt. The material is liquid at
by seltzered_ 5y ago
"The freeze-thaw phenomenon is possible because the battery’s electrolyte is molten salt - a molecular cousin of ordinary table salt. The material is liquid at higher temperatures but solid at room temperature. The freeze-thaw battery was shown to retain 92 per cent of its capacity over 12 weeks."
Any relation between this and 'sodium-ion' battery companies like the recently acquired Faradion? (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2PmRT3akGk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2PmRT3akGk )
- maxerickson 5y agoThe electrolyte is sodium aluminum and chlorine, which sounds pretty different than sodium-ion. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666386422000911 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266638642... The PNNL article is somewhat better than the current link. https://www.pnnl.gov/news-media/freeze-thaw-battery-adept-preserving-its-energy https://www.pnnl.gov/news-media/freeze-thaw-battery-adept-pr...
- cupofpython 5y agomolten salt is a form of long term energy storage being used by some companies. One example is below https://www.maltainc.com/our-solution https://www.maltainc.com/our-solution Some alternative methods and related companies: https://www.greenbiz.com/article/big-money-flows-long-duration-energy-storage https://www.greenbiz.com/article/big-money-flows-long-durati...