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Redox-flow technology: With a new variant of the redox-flow battery, a German company from Jena wants to cut todays power storage prices in half over the next three years. What will make this possible are so-called redox polymers, which are not only economical but also offer environmental benefits.

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Mirco Sieg

19 Sep 2016

Combining polymers, pH-neutral saltwater, and a simple size-exclusion membrane into a redox-flow battery was completely new in 2011, explains Ulrich Schubert. The company JenaBatteries, cofounded by the University of Jena professor and inventor of the technology, wants to do more with this approach than merely change the pricing paradigm. Another goal of the so-called polymer …

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