Pathways to low-cost electrochemical energy storage: a comparison of aqueous and nonaqueous flow batteries
Energy storage is increasingly seen as a valuable asset for electricity grids composed of high fractions of intermittent sources, such as wind power or, in developing economies, unreliable generation and transmission services. However, the potential of batteries to meet the stringent cost and durabi...
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| author | Darling, Robert M. Gallagher, Kevin G. Ha, Seungbum Kowalski, Jeffrey Adam Brushett, Fikile Richard |
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| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering Darling, Robert M. Gallagher, Kevin G. Ha, Seungbum Kowalski, Jeffrey Adam Brushett, Fikile Richard |
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| description | Energy storage is increasingly seen as a valuable asset for electricity grids composed of high fractions of intermittent sources, such as wind power or, in developing economies, unreliable generation and transmission services. However, the potential of batteries to meet the stringent cost and durability requirements for grid applications is largely unquantified. We investigate electrochemical systems capable of economically storing energy for hours and present an analysis of the relationships among technological performance characteristics, component cost factors, and system price for established and conceptual aqueous and nonaqueous batteries. We identified potential advantages of nonaqueous flow batteries over those based on aqueous electrolytes; however, new challenging constraints burden the nonaqueous approach, including the solubility of the active material in the electrolyte. Requirements in harmony with economically effective energy storage are derived for aqueous and nonaqueous systems. The attributes of flow batteries are compared to those of aqueous and nonaqueous enclosed and hybrid (semi-flow) batteries. Flow batteries are a promising technology for reaching these challenging energy storage targets owing to their independent power and energy scaling, reliance on facile and reversible reactants, and potentially simpler manufacture as compared to established enclosed batteries such as lead–acid or lithium-ion. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/968972022-09-28T09:29:21Z Pathways to low-cost electrochemical energy storage: a comparison of aqueous and nonaqueous flow batteries Darling, Robert M. Gallagher, Kevin G. Ha, Seungbum Kowalski, Jeffrey Adam Brushett, Fikile Richard Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering Kowalski, Jeffrey Adam Brushett, Fikile Richard Energy storage is increasingly seen as a valuable asset for electricity grids composed of high fractions of intermittent sources, such as wind power or, in developing economies, unreliable generation and transmission services. However, the potential of batteries to meet the stringent cost and durability requirements for grid applications is largely unquantified. We investigate electrochemical systems capable of economically storing energy for hours and present an analysis of the relationships among technological performance characteristics, component cost factors, and system price for established and conceptual aqueous and nonaqueous batteries. We identified potential advantages of nonaqueous flow batteries over those based on aqueous electrolytes; however, new challenging constraints burden the nonaqueous approach, including the solubility of the active material in the electrolyte. Requirements in harmony with economically effective energy storage are derived for aqueous and nonaqueous systems. The attributes of flow batteries are compared to those of aqueous and nonaqueous enclosed and hybrid (semi-flow) batteries. Flow batteries are a promising technology for reaching these challenging energy storage targets owing to their independent power and energy scaling, reliance on facile and reversible reactants, and potentially simpler manufacture as compared to established enclosed batteries such as lead–acid or lithium-ion. 2015-05-04T15:12:25Z 2015-05-04T15:12:25Z 2014-09 2014-07 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1754-5692 1754-5706 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96897 Darling, Robert M., Kevin G. Gallagher, Jeffrey A. Kowalski, Seungbum Ha, and Fikile R. Brushett. “Pathways to Low-Cost Electrochemical Energy Storage: a Comparison of Aqueous and Nonaqueous Flow Batteries.” Energy Environ. Sci. 7, no. 11 (2014): 3459–3477. © 2015 Royal Society of Chemistry https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7361-6637 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7334-0936 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4ee02158d Energy and Environmental Science Creative Commons Attribution http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ application/pdf Royal Society of Chemistry Royal Society of Chemistry |
| spellingShingle | Darling, Robert M. Gallagher, Kevin G. Ha, Seungbum Kowalski, Jeffrey Adam Brushett, Fikile Richard Pathways to low-cost electrochemical energy storage: a comparison of aqueous and nonaqueous flow batteries |
| title | Pathways to low-cost electrochemical energy storage: a comparison of aqueous and nonaqueous flow batteries |
| title_full | Pathways to low-cost electrochemical energy storage: a comparison of aqueous and nonaqueous flow batteries |
| title_fullStr | Pathways to low-cost electrochemical energy storage: a comparison of aqueous and nonaqueous flow batteries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pathways to low-cost electrochemical energy storage: a comparison of aqueous and nonaqueous flow batteries |
| title_short | Pathways to low-cost electrochemical energy storage: a comparison of aqueous and nonaqueous flow batteries |
| title_sort | pathways to low cost electrochemical energy storage a comparison of aqueous and nonaqueous flow batteries |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96897 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7361-6637 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7334-0936 |
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