Lithium-antimony-lead liquid metal battery for grid-level energy storage

Nature

Volumn 514, Issue 7522, 2014, Pages 348-350

  Wang, Kangli ^a   Jiang, Kai ^a   Chung, Brice ^a   Ouchi, Takanari ^a   Burke, Paul J ^a   Boysen, Dane A ^a   Bradwell, David J ^a   Kim, Hojong ^a   Muecke, Ulrich ^a   Sadoway, Donald R ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; ELECTROLYTE; LEAD; LITHIUM;

ANTIMONY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROLYTE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LEAD; LITHIUM; MELTING; STORAGE;

ARTICLE; BATTERY INDUSTRY; COST; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; MELTING POINT;

EID: 84908143439     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13700     Document Type: Article

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