Research and Progress on Material Systems and Related Technologies of Liquid Metal Battery
As a new type of energy storage technology,liquid metal batteries,with unique structures,are considered to be one of the most promising so-lutions for large scale fixed energy storage due to their advantages such as low cost,high magnification,long lifespan and ease of manufac-turing and amplification.Since proposed by professor Donald Sadoway in 2006,liquid metal batteries based on various types of material systems have been extensively studied.In this summary,after a detailed introduction of the working principle and material selection criteria of liquid metal batteries,materials recommendation system on high-temperature liquid metal batteries(>300 ℃),medium temperature liquid metal batteries(100-300 ℃),and room temperature liquid metal batteries(<40 ℃)were discussed.Meanwhile,depending on the open-published literature,a systematic review was conducted on the present research situation in liquid metal batteries including packaging technology in recent years.Fi-nally proposed some possible research directions on liquid metal batteries in the future.
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