Improving materials to increase storage capacity for a home-use salt battery

For several years now, energy storage in salt batteries has been advertised as an environmentally friendly concept that can help accelerate the heat transition. However, product development has only truly hit its stride since recently, says Jelle Houben, Ph.D. candidate at TU/e. He investigated how to improve materials in order to increase the battery’s energy storage capacity, and recently developed a salt battery—in collaboration with spin-off Cellcius—that will be used for real-world tests in residential homes.