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What's the difference between a flow battery and a fuel cell?
by sidpatil 4y ago
What's the difference between a flow battery and a fuel cell?
- Turing_Machine 4y agoFlow batteries are electrochemical cells, same as regular batteries or fuel cells. Fuel cells run using fuel and atmospheric oxygen (though it can come from a tank in spacecraft). Normal batteries have all the electrolytes self-contained. Flow batteries use liquid electrolytes that pass through the battery. The big advantage of the flow battery is that you can refill the electrolyte tanks and go on your way.
- sidpatil 4y agoWhat differs the flow battery's liquid electrolyte from the fuel cell's fuel? If I called the liquid electrolyte fuel, would that mean the flow battery is just a fuel cell?