The University of Cincinnati has developed a new, water-free redox flow battery design that operates at four volts, eliminating the need for expensive membranes and offering safer and cost-effective energy storage solutions.
A University of Cincinnati chemist envisions a future where every house is powered by renewable energy stored in safer low cost redox flow batteries. Jimmy Jiang and his team described their novel design in the journal Nature Communications. They have created a new battery that could have profound implications for the large-scale energy storage needed by wind and solar farms. Jiang envisions a future where every house is powered by renewable energy stored in batteries.
“They can’t separate the positive and negative sides completely, so there is always crossover.” The group has submitted provisional patent applications. “There is still a long way to go,” Jiang said. But he said we are hurtling toward a battery revolution in the next 20 years. “I am confident about that. There is a lot of intense research going into pushing the boundaries of battery performance.” His students are equally enthusiastic.