Energy Storage Science and Technology ›› 2018, Vol. 7 ›› Issue (S1): 8-16.doi: 10.12028/j.issn.2095-4239.2017.0182

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Development course and future direction of chemical power sources

TONG Huan1, ZHANG Bei2   

  1. 1 State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China;
    2 Center of Fundamental Natural Science Experiment, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2017-12-29 Online:2018-12-05 Published:2018-12-05

Abstract: The chemical power source, or battery, which serves as an energy-carrying device or system, plays a very important role in the development and utilization of new energy resources, either in field of transforming chemical energy stored in materials into electrical energy, or storing the excess electricity as the chemical energy. In this paper, the principle, performance, application as well as history of 12 different types of chemical power sources are reviewed, and the future development directions of these chemical power sources are also prospected based on the current demands of China's mobile power supply and large-scale grid energy storage.

Key words: chemical power source, battery, primary battery, secondary battery, fuel cell, energy storage battery

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