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Solar Redox Flow Batteries: Flow and Thermal Modelling

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This lecture explores the optimization of thermal fluid design for solar redox flow batteries, focusing on the modeling of fluid dynamics and thermal effects to enhance the electron-time performance of the cell. It addresses challenges in solar redox flow batteries and proposes new cell geometries and redox-spatial distribution optimizations, as well as investigates the impact of temperature on battery performance.

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