The Zinc/Bromine Flow Battery Materials Challenges and Practical Solutions for Technology Advancement /

• Main Authors: Rajarathnam, Gobinath Pillai (Author), Vassallo, Anthony Michael (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Energy,
• Subjects: Energy.; Energy storage.; Electrochemistry.; Electric power production.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Energy Storage.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Energy Technology.

This book presents a detailed technical overview of short- and long-term materials and design challenges to zinc/bromine flow battery advancement, the need for energy storage in the electrical grid and how these may be met with the Zn/Br system. Practical interdisciplinary pathways forward are ident...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Description of the Zn/Br RFB System
• Revisiting Zinc-Side Fundamental Electrochemistry
• Zinc Electrodeposition Morphology
• Bromine-Side Electrode Functionality
• Strategies to Study and Improve the Zn/Br RFB
• Conclusions.