Vanadium redox flow batteries: A technology review

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 889-918

  Cunha, Álvaro ^a   Martins, Jorge ^a   Rodrigues, Nuno ^b   Brito, F P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b Parque Industrial de Ponte   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Electric mobility; Energy storage; Flow battery; Peak shaving; Vanadium; Vanadium redox flow battery; VRB; VRFB

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY STORAGE; FAST CHARGING (BATTERIES); UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SYSTEMS; VANADIUM; WIND POWER;

CONVENTIONAL BATTERIES; ELECTRIC MOBILITY; FAST CHARGING STATIONS; PEAK SHAVING; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; STATIONARY ENERGY STORAGES; VANADIUM REDOX FLOW BATTERIES; VRFB;

FLOW BATTERIES;

EID: 84927799307     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: 1099114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.3260     Document Type: Review

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