Solar container communication station flow battery illumination value

Are solar flow batteries a solution to solar intermittency?

Nature Communications 12, Article number: 156 (2021) Cite this article Converting and storing solar energy and releasing it on demand by using solar flow batteries (SFBs) is a promising way to address the challenge of solar intermittency.

Are solar flow batteries efficient?

Solar flow batteries (SFBs) can convert, store and release intermittent solar energy but have been built with complex multi-junction solar cells. Here an efficient and stable SFB is shown with single-junction GaAs solar cells via rational potential match modeling and operating condition optimization.

Are solar charging photoelectrodes a useful metric?

The photoelectrodes, redox couples, and the corresponding energy capacity of SFB are displayed near each work. In addition to the efficiency and stability, the solar charging photocurrent density is also a valuable metric for SFBs but has received much less attention so far.

What are the key parameters of a solar cell?

Several key parameters are compared: SOEE (horizontal axis), the current density of the photoelectrode (vertical axis), demonstrated cycling lifetime (the radius of the circles). The solar cell structure of each work is marked by the symbols of the red triangle (for single junction) and green pentagon (for tandem junction), individually.