TY - GEN
T1 - High power density redox flow battery cells
AU - Perry, M. L.
AU - Darling, R. M.
AU - Zaffou, R.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Redox flow batteries possess several key advantages that make them well suited for grid-scale energy-storage applications. However, the capital cost of flow batteries has been a major barrier to commercialization of this technology. One attractive path to cost reduction is the development of flow-battery cells with substantially higher power densities than conventional flow-battery cells. The cost of the cells comprises a significant portion of the total flow-battery system cost, especially at low production volumes, since cell parts are custom-built components. UTRC has developed high power density vanadium-redox battery cells utilizing a material set similar to conventional cells. This advanced cell technology can theoretically be applied to other flow-battery chemistries as well. This breakthrough in cell performance should motivate additional development of flow-battery technologies, since a realistic path to substantial cost reduction, which can be realized even at low production volumes, has now been demonstrated.
AB - Redox flow batteries possess several key advantages that make them well suited for grid-scale energy-storage applications. However, the capital cost of flow batteries has been a major barrier to commercialization of this technology. One attractive path to cost reduction is the development of flow-battery cells with substantially higher power densities than conventional flow-battery cells. The cost of the cells comprises a significant portion of the total flow-battery system cost, especially at low production volumes, since cell parts are custom-built components. UTRC has developed high power density vanadium-redox battery cells utilizing a material set similar to conventional cells. This advanced cell technology can theoretically be applied to other flow-battery chemistries as well. This breakthrough in cell performance should motivate additional development of flow-battery technologies, since a realistic path to substantial cost reduction, which can be realized even at low production volumes, has now been demonstrated.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84885640526&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1149/05307.0007ecst
DO - 10.1149/05307.0007ecst
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84885640526
SN - 9781607683803
T3 - ECS Transactions
SP - 7
EP - 16
BT - Stationary and Large Scale Electrical Energy Storage 2
T2 - Stationary and Large Scale Electrical Energy Storage 2 - 223rd ECS Meeting
Y2 - 12 May 2013 through 16 May 2013
ER -