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Timeline for Refillable battery chemistry

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Dec 3, 2020 at 13:57 comment added pgvoorhees The second material is going to either be a solid or liquid electrolyte. Gotta have a second material to generate the potential difference required to strip off the electron from your electrolyte.
Dec 3, 2020 at 13:11 comment added Björn Morén @pgvoorhees: Thanks. Yes something similar to a flow battery, but with one electrolyte only, not two. Perhaps it is physically impossible to have a single electrolyte generate current.
Dec 3, 2020 at 12:58 comment added Chris Stratton Also see Fuel Cells but they are not easy to do.
Dec 3, 2020 at 12:14 comment added pgvoorhees Hi Bjorn, it sounds like what you are describing is called a "Flow Battery" with the modification of omitting a pump. There is a decent enough wikipedia entry on it, and there is a battery university chapter.
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