New concept turns battery technology upside-down Boston MA (SPX) May 30, 2016 - A new approach to the design of a liquid battery, using a passive, gravity-fed arrangement similar to an old-fashioned hourglass, could offer great advantages due to the system's low cost and the simplicity of its design and operation, says a team of MIT researchers who have made a demonstration version of the new battery. Liquid flow batteries - in which the positive and negative electrod ... more

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