The Zinc/Bromine Flow Battery Materials Challenges and Practical Sol

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

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Gobinath Pillai Rajarathnam Anthony Michael Vassallo

The Zinc/Bromine Flow Battery Materials Challenges and Practical Solutions for Technology Advancement 123

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Gobinath Pillai Rajarathnam Anthony Michael Vassallo

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

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Gobinath Pillai Rajarathnam School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering The University of Sydney Sydney, NSW Australia

ISSN 2191-5520 SpringerBriefs in Energy ISBN 978-981-287-645-4 DOI 10.1007/978-981-287-646-1

Anthony Michael Vassallo School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering The University of Sydney Sydney, NSW Australia

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Preface

This book began as a literature review to fulfill Gobinath Pillai Rajarathnam’s Ph.D. candidature requirements. Over time, as more references were added and more publications reviewed, the manuscript evolved into a detailed technical overview of short- and long-term materials and design challenges to zinc/bromine (Zn/Br) flow battery advancement. It explained the need for energy storage in the electrical grid and how major issues arising from such an endeavor might be met with the Zn/Br system. Practical interdisciplinary pathways forward were then identified via cross-comparison and comprehensive review of significant findings from a growing list of more than 300 published works spanning initial flow battery development to state-of-the-art research in related systems up until as recent as May 2015. Promising strategies were developed on vari