Here’s an article from the Physics World website about a new approach to energy storage which is one of the biggest challenge facing the effort to move the electric grid to be powered by mostly renewable sources of electricity:
A battery that “freezes” its stored chemical energy for several months has been developed by Minyuan Li and colleagues at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in the US. Their battery uses a molten salt electrolyte, which remains solid at room temperatures, and thaws out when heated.
Technical details can be found at this article in the journal Cell Reports Physical Science
Freeze-Thaw Molten Source Battery for Energy Storage
Here’s an article from the Physics World website about a new approach to energy storage which is one of the biggest challenge facing the effort to move the electric grid to be powered by mostly renewable sources of electricity:
https://physicsworld.com/a/freeze-thaw-battery-could-help-store-solar-and-wind-energy/
Technical details can be found at this article in the journal Cell Reports Physical Science
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666386422000911