Progress and perspectives of liquid metal batteries

S Wu, X Zhang, R Wang, T Li - Energy Storage Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
The increasing demands for the penetration of renewable energy into the grid urgently call
for low-cost and large-scale energy storage technologies. With an intrinsic dendrite-free …

Recent advances in the modeling of fundamental processes in liquid metal batteries

D Agarwal, R Potnuru, C Kaushik, VR Darla… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Liquid Metal Batteries (LMBs) have a potential to emerge as a cost-effective
solution for grid-scale energy storage to overcome the intermittency of renewable energy …

[HTML][HTML] Fluid mechanics of Na-Zn liquid metal batteries

C Duczek, GM Horstmann, W Ding… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Liquid metal batteries have been introduced as promising option to address the needs for
new energy storage technologies. Currently, batteries based on sodium and zinc are under …

Reusable cell design for high-temperature (600 C) liquid metal battery cycling

M Sarma, J Lee, W Nash, T Lappan… - Journal of The …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents the cycling of a novel low-cost Na-Zn liquid metal battery. Its 600 C
operating temperature presents multiple challenges that must be overcome to achieve …

Investigation on electro-thermal behavior of liquid metal batteries under various abusive conditions

Y Zhang, L Fan, H Li, B Li, K Wang, M Zhou, K Jiang - Applied Energy, 2025 - Elsevier
Liquid metal batteries (LMB) are one of the most promising solutions for grid-scale energy
storage due to their characteristics of long life and low cost. On account of the all-liquid …

Solutal buoyancy and electrovortex flow in liquid metal batteries

W Herreman, S Bénard, C Nore, P Personnettaz… - Physical Review …, 2020 - APS
Solutal buoyancy has a large impact on the flow of the alloy phase composing the positive
electrode in liquid metal batteries. During discharge solutal buoyancy creates a stabilizing …

Cell voltage model for Li-Bi liquid metal batteries

N Weber, C Duczek, GM Horstmann, S Landgraf… - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Lithium-bismuth bimetallic cells are amongst the best explored liquid metal batteries. A
simple and fast quasi-one-dimensional cell voltage model for such devices is presented …

[HTML][HTML] A continuous multiphase model for liquid metal batteries

OE Godinez-Brizuela, C Duczek, N Weber… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Liquid metal batteries (LMBs) are a promising candidate for large-scale stationary storage of
renewably generated energy. Their Earth-abundant electrode materials and highly …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-field coupled model for liquid metal battery: Comparative analysis of various flow mechanisms and their effects on mass transfer and electrochemical …

X Zhou, C Gao, Y Shen, H Li, S Yan, H Zhou, K Wang… - Energy Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
The operation of a liquid metal battery involves multiple physical fields, such as
electrochemical reaction, mass transfer, heat transfer, fluid flow, magnetic field, etc. It is of …

Layer coupling between solutal and thermal convection in liquid metal batteries

P Personnettaz, TS Klopper, N Weber… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
For longer than one decade, liquid metal batteries (LMBs) are developed with the primary
aim to provide economic stationary energy storage. Featuring two liquid metal electrodes …