Raising the Bar for Membraneless Flow Batteries.

Developing the membrane less flow battery.

Membraneless flow batteries are emerging as a promising kind of low-cost battery for large-scale energy storage. But if they are to achieve commercial success against other energy storage solutions, they must be designed with scalability in mind.

Many of today’s membraneless flow batteries are designed at the micro-level, at a size no bigger than the palm of your hand. These batteries store and release energy efficiently, but when scaled to a size large enough to generate and store the amount of energy needed to power a single household, they prove ineffective.

To help advance the research and development of membraneless flow batteries, Masdar Institute Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering Dr. Saif Al Mheiri has developed a method for determining whether or not a membraneless flow battery design has the potential to be commercialized. He has presented his findings in a review paper co-authored by his PhD student Musbaudeen Bamgbopa and Dr. Hong Sun from the Shenyang Jianzhu University. The paper was published in the journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews in November 2016.

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