| EPSRC Reference: |
EP/L014289/1 |
| Title: |
Lower Cost and Longer Life Flow Batteries for Grid Scale Energy Storage |
| Principal Investigator: |
Brandon, Professor NP |
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| Department: |
Earth Science and Engineering |
| Organisation: |
Imperial College London |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research |
| Starts: |
30 June 2014 |
Ends: |
29 June 2017 |
Value (£): |
940,689
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| Panel History: |
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04 Nov 2013
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UK China Grid scale storage
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Announced
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Summary on Grant Application Form |
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Flow batteries are a form of electrochemical energy storage in which electrical energy is stored via the generation of a physically separated reductant and oxidant, and electrical energy generated when required by the re-combination of this redox couple. Unlike other forms of electrochemical storage, flow batteries are characterised by the ability to de-couple power and energy, allowing significant cost savings as energy requirements increase, and offering the potential for MW/MWhr scale storage. Considerable progress has been made on this technology recent years, especially within China and the UK, but challenges remain to understand and improve lifetime and performance in the currently used all vanadium approach, and to explore novel approaches which offer significantly reduced cost. This proposal addresses the issue of both cost, performance and lifetime within flow batteries, to develop significantly improved all vanadium systems, and to explore novel approaches.
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http://www.imperial.ac.uk |