Flow Batteries
Fundamentals, Technological Advancement and Challenges
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 5. February 2026
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-1-032-81939-6 (ISBN)
Description
Flow Batteries presents a comprehensive examination of this critical energy storage technology at the forefront of renewable energy integration.
Compiling all the major topics in one book, chapters are authored by experts in energy areas, providing state-of-the-art information about flow batteries, their challenges, and applications. Detailed coverage is given to the chemistry and electrochemical characteristics of flow batteries, as well as offering insight into tuning the properties of redox-active materials to improve their electrochemical performances. It provides new directions to scientists, researchers, and students to better understand the principles, technologies, and challenges in flow batteries.
This is a timely resource for students studying materials science, as well as for researchers working in the green energy, materials, and nanotechnology industries.
Compiling all the major topics in one book, chapters are authored by experts in energy areas, providing state-of-the-art information about flow batteries, their challenges, and applications. Detailed coverage is given to the chemistry and electrochemical characteristics of flow batteries, as well as offering insight into tuning the properties of redox-active materials to improve their electrochemical performances. It provides new directions to scientists, researchers, and students to better understand the principles, technologies, and challenges in flow batteries.
This is a timely resource for students studying materials science, as well as for researchers working in the green energy, materials, and nanotechnology industries.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Academic and Professional Reference
Illustrations
3 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 1 Farbfoto bzw. farbiges Rasterbild, 22 s/w Zeichnungen, 81 farbige Zeichnungen, 10 s/w Tabellen, 25 s/w Abbildungen, 82 farbige Abbildungen
10 Tables, black and white; 81 Line drawings, color; 22 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Halftones, color; 3 Halftones, black and white; 82 Illustrations, color; 25 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
905 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-81939-6 (9781032819396)
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02/2026
CRC Press
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02/2026
CRC Press
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Available for download
Person
Dr. Ram K. Gupta is an Associate Professor at Pittsburg State University. Dr. Gupta's research focuses on conducting polymers and composites, green energy production and storage using biowastes and nanomaterials, optoelectronics and photovoltaics devices, organic-inorganic hetero-junctions for sensors, bio-based polymers, flame-retardant polymers, bio-compatible nanofibers for tissue regeneration, scaffold and antibacterial applications, corrosion inhibiting coatings, and bio-degradable metallic implants. Dr. Gupta has published over 240 peer-reviewed articles, made over 300 national, international, and regional presentations, chaired many sessions at national/international meetings, edited many books, and written several book chapters. He has received over two and a half million dollars for research and educational activities from many funding agencies. He is serving as Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editor, and editorial board member of numerous journals.
Content
1. Introduction 2. Fundamentals of Flow Batteries 3. Materials and Chemicals of Flow Batteries 4. Materials for Flow Battery: Chemical Structures, Compositions, and Chemistries 5. Molecular Engineering Strategies for Flow Batteries 6. Electrocatalysts for Flow Batteries 7. Electrolytes for Flow Batteries 8. Advancements in Electrocatalysts: Powering the Future of Flow Battery Technology 9. Recent developments in Membrane for Flow Batteries 10. Microfluidic Flow Batteries 11. Performance Evaluation and Modeling of Flow Batteries 12. Flow Battery Dynamics: Analyzing Performance and Modeling 13. Flowing Power: Innovations in Alkaline Batteries 14. Alkaline Flow Batteries 15. Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries (VRFB) 16. Zinc-Nickel Flow Batteries 17. Current Progress and Perspective of Rechargeable Zinc-Bromine Flow Batteries 18. Organic Solar Flow Batteries: Prospect, Feasibility and Challenge 19. Other Flow Battery Chemistries 20. Emerging Applications of Flow Batteries 21. Challenges and Limitations