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XL Batteries is using petrochemical infrastructure to store solar and wind power
The startup has commissioned a demonstration unit of its organic flow battery.
Organic batteries, which are built from some of the most abundant chemicals here on Earth, including carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen, has been perhaps the most frustrating failure. Newer models have helped boost energy storage, but they’re still relatively expensive because the fluids they use are corrosive, necessitating costly materials for the pumps and other equipment. He got a glimmer of hope during his research at Columbia University when an organic compound he was investigating broke the record for the highest number of electrons accepted into a single molecule.
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