Recent advances with UNSW vanadium-based redox flow batteries

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 182-189

  Skyllas Kazacos, Maria ^a,b   Kazacos, George ^b   Poon, Grace ^a   Verseema, Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b V Fuel Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Energy storage

Indexed keywords

ALL VANADIUM REDOX FLOW BATTERY; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRIA; COMPLEXING AGENTS; COST STRUCTURE; CYCLE LIVES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE; ENERGY DENSITY; ENERGY STORAGE APPLICATIONS; FIELD TRIAL; HIGH EFFICIENCY; LOW ENERGIES; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; REDOX BATTERIES; REDOX FLOW BATTERIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; STACK MATERIALS; UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES; VANADIUM REDOX FLOW;

BROMINE; ENERGY STORAGE; FLYWHEELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); LITHIUM BATTERIES; SECONDARY BATTERIES; VANADIUM; VANADIUM ALLOYS;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

EID: 75749113388     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: 1099114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.1658     Document Type: Article

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