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
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