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Aqueous batteries as grid scale energy storage solutions

Jorge Omar Gil Posada, Anthony J.R. Rennie, Sofia Perez Villar, Vitor L. Martins, Jordan Marinaccio, Alistair Barnes, Carol Glover, David Worsley, Peter J. Hall

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Volume: 68, Pages: 1174 - 1182

Swansea University Authors: Carol Glover, David Worsley

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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.rser.2016.02.024

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Energy storage technologies are required to make full use of renewable energy sources, and electrochemical cells offer a great deal flexibility in the design of energy systems. For large scale electrochemical storage to be viable, the materials employed and device production methods need to be low c...

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Published in: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
ISSN: 1364-0321
Published: 2017
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