The ZEBRA battery is a rechargeable molten salt battery built from commonly available, low-cost materials: nickel metal, sodium and chloride from ordinary table salt, and a beta-alumina solid electrolyte. It is technically known as the sodium-nickel-chloride battery, and is also sometimes called a sodium-metal-halide battery. Its common name comes from the Zeolite Battery Research Africa project that developed it, begun in South Africa in 1985.
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MaturityTRL 9: Actual System Proven in Operational Environment 1 Invented Year Sources
1. Wikipedia: ZEBRA battery
History
with the first patent granted in 1978
In Group: Flow and Molten Salt Batteries, Lead
The ZEBRA battery is a type of rechargeable molten salt battery based on commonly available and low-cost materials, primarily nickel metal, the sodium and chloride from conventional table salt, as well beta-alumina solid electrolyte.
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