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• @kirk@social.coop 2026-04-28 13:03

  @65dBnoise I will! Often my impression is that these sorts of papers are real, but the university PR and/or science-hype-websites blow things way out of proportion. From the abstract it sounds like an alkaline all-liquid asymmetric flow battery. Which is cool but nothing new---mostly ligand engineering. There are other academic groups and startups already working on this type of system. 6000 cycles sounds like a lot, but it depends to what state-of-charge, charge density, current density, etc. Also it will almost certainly need an ion-exchange membrane by default---a critical component not found in any commercially successful battery (in my opinion of commercial success: not in Li-ion, lead-acid, V, Fe/Cr, Zn/Br flow...) Usually the authors in the paper itself are much more measured, and don't make the same claims without context that are made in the science-hype outlets.

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