Liquid Metal Electrodes for Energy Storage Batteries

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (14) ◽  
pp. 1600483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haomiao Li ◽  
Huayi Yin ◽  
Kangli Wang ◽  
Shijie Cheng ◽  
Kai Jiang ◽  
...  
2016 ◽  
Vol 723 ◽  
pp. 572-578
Author(s):  
Li Fu ◽  
Qi Chi Le ◽  
Xi Bo Wang ◽  
Xuan Liu ◽  
Wei Tao Jia

In recent years, the development and utilization of renewable generation have attracted more and more attention, and the grid puts forward higher requirements to the energy storage technology, especially for security, stability and reliability. The liquid metal battery (LMB) consists of two liquid metal electrodes and a molten salt electrolyte, which will be segregated into three liquid layers naturally. Being low-cost and long-life, it is regarded as the best choice for grid-level large-scale energy storage. This paper describes the main structure and working principle of the LMB, analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of the LMB when compared with the traditional batteries, and explores the feasibility and economy when it is used as a kind of large-scale energy storage applied in the power grid. The paper also makes a comprehensive comparison on the performance of several LMBs, and points out the LMB’s research and development in the future.


ACS Nano ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 5659-5667
Author(s):  
Min-gu Kim ◽  
Byeongyong Lee ◽  
Mochen Li ◽  
Suguru Noda ◽  
Choongsoon Kim ◽  
...  

Micromachines ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 769 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wang ◽  
Zhang ◽  
Gao ◽  
Wang ◽  
Deng ◽  
...  

This paper proposes a novel microdroplet generator based on the dielectrophoretic (DEP) force. Unlike the conventional continuous microfluidic droplet generator, this droplet generator is more like “invisible electric scissors”. It can cut the droplet off from the fluid matrix and modify droplets’ length precisely by controlling the electrodes’ length and position. These electrodes are made of liquid metal by injection. By applying a certain voltage on the liquid-metal electrodes, the electrodes generate an uneven electric field inside the main microfluidic channel. Then, the uneven electric field generates DEP force inside the fluid. The DEP force shears off part from the main matrix, in order to generate droplets. To reveal the mechanism, numerical simulations were performed to analyze the DEP force. A detailed experimental parametric study was also performed. Unlike the traditional droplet generators, the main separating force of this work is DEP force only, which can produce one droplet at a time in a more precise way.


2016 ◽  
Vol 307 ◽  
pp. 361-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu Wang ◽  
Yuzhen Han ◽  
Xiao Feng ◽  
Junwen Zhou ◽  
Pengfei Qi ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 217-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongchang Zheng ◽  
Kai Kang ◽  
Fucun Xie ◽  
Hanyu Li ◽  
Meng Gao

Author(s):  
Hirokazu Konishi ◽  
Hideki Ono ◽  
Eiichi Takeuchi ◽  
Toshiyuki Nohira ◽  
Tetsuo Oishi

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 2810
Author(s):  
Binxin Zhu ◽  
Hui Hu ◽  
Hui Wang ◽  
Yang Li

A multi-input-port bidirectional DC/DC converter is proposed in this paper for the energy storage systems in DC microgrid. The converter can connect various energy storage batteries to the DC bus at the same time. The proposed converter also has the advantages of low switch voltage stress and high voltage conversion gain. The working principle and performance characteristics of the converter were analyzed in detail, and a 200 W, two-input-port experimental prototype was built. The experimental results are consistent with the theoretical analysis.


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