China unveils ultra-cheap ‘all-iron battery’ for renewable energy storage

Wait 5 sec.

Chinese scientists have achieved a breakthrough in “all-iron flow battery” technology that could sharply reduce the cost of storing renewable energy while significantly extending battery lifespan.Lithium costs over 80 times more than iron as a raw industrial material at present. An iron battery may offer a potential solution to one of the biggest bottlenecks in the global energy transition, according to the researchers.A team from the Institute of Metal Research under the Chinese Academy of...