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Energy storage and retrieval

The Secondary battery route

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Harnessing sunlight for the production of electrical energy is an engrossing prospect. The crucial concept underlying the success of solar power stations is energy storage and its retrieval on demand which can be most effectively achieved with storage batteries. This article highlights the chemistry of existing and emerging battery technologies.

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  1. Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, 560 012, Bangalore, India

    A. K. Shukla

  2. Department of Chemistry, Central College, Bangalore University, 560 001, Bangalore, India

    P. Vishnu Kamath

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Shukla, A.K., Kamath, P.V. Energy storage and retrieval. Reson 1, 61–68 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02834368

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