Thermal battery cost scaling analysis: minimizing the cost per kW h

Authors: Jordan D. Kocher, Jason Woods, Adewale Odukomaiya, Allison Mahvi, Shannon K. Yee

Published: 2024-02-13

DOI: 10.1039/d3ee03594h

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Abstract

Thermal and cost-scaling analyses provide the tools to optimize the geometry of thermal batteries based on cost. Figures-of-merit comprised of storage material properties are derived as the quantities that should be maximized when different components dominate cost.