The use of renewable resources as providers to the electrical grid is hampered by the intermittent and irregular nature in which they generate energy. Electrical energy storage technology could provide a solution and now, by using an iterative design process, a promising anolyte for use in redox flow batteries has been developed.
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Wang, W., Sprenkle, V. Redox flow batteries go organic. Nature Chem 8, 204–206 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2466
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