• DocumentCode
    1477801
  • Title

    Batteries that go with the flow

  • Author

    Patel, Prachi

  • Volume
    47
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    5/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    18
  • Lastpage
    18
  • Abstract
    If we´re ever to run our electric grid on the on-again, off-again power that wind and sun provide, we´re going to need better batteries. About half a dozen types of batteries are now grid-ready, but a 30-year-old technology known as a flow battery could be the best bargain.
  • Keywords
    Batteries; Copper; Detectors; Germanium; Optical computing; Optical devices; Semiconductor device noise; Superconducting integrated circuits; Superconducting photodetectors; Wire;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.2010.5453127
  • Filename
    5453127