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2022
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Neat News 2022-127 (added 2022-05-07)
Freeze-thaw molten salt battery
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| Storing surplus energy over a long time is a challenge in moving to renewable electricity and cannot be solved with traditional batteries, which decharge themselves over time. However, freezing a molten salt solution allows to store the energy for a long time and the decharging happens only when it is thawed again. related: #battery #energy_storage |