Sugar-fueled flow battery could transform renewable energy storage [TechSpot]

The discovery comes from the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, which published a paper titled ‘Proton-regulated alcohol oxidation for high-capacity ketone-based flow battery anolyte’ in the scientific journal Joule. The study used a dissolved simple sugar called β-cyclodextrin, a derivative of starch, to enhance battery longevity and…Read Entire Article