Type of Technology
- Electrical...:
Category of technologies using electric fields to store and restitute energy.
- Double-Layer Capacitor:
Category of technologies using a Helmholtz double layer to store and restitute energy
- Superconducting Coil:
Category of technologies using a magnetic field to store and restitute energy.
- Double-Layer Capacitor:
- Electrochemical...:
Category of technologies using a reversible electrochemical reaction to store and restitute energy.
- Flow Batteries:
Category of technologies that includes all type of redox flow batteries.
- Secondary Batteries...:
Category of technologies that includes all type of rechargeable batteries
- Alkaline Cells and Batteries:
Category of technologies that include all type of Alkaline cells and batteries
- Lead Acid Cells and Batteries:
Category of technologies that includes all type Lead-Acid Cells and Batteries.
- Lithium Cells and Batteries:
Category of technologies that includes all type of Lithium-ion cells and batteries
- Molten Salt Batteries:
Category of technologies that uses molten salt as electrolyte, such as Sodium Sulphur, and Sodium Nickel Chloride. It also includes Liquid-Metal separated by molten salt.
- Nickel Cadmium Batteries:
Category of technologies that uses nickel oxide hydroxide and metallic cadmium as electrodes
- Nickel Metal Hydride Batteries:
Category of technologies that uses nickel oxide hydroxide and a hydrogen-absorbing alloy as electrodes
- Zinc Air Batteries:
Category of technologies that uses zinc and an air-cathode.
- Alkaline Cells and Batteries:
- Electrolyzers/Fuel Cells:
Category of technologies that uses water electrolysis to convert electricity to hydrogen, store it, then uses fuel cells to convert the stored hydrogen back to electricity.
- Flow Batteries:
- Mechanical...:
Categories of technologies that uses kinetic or potential Energy to store and restitute energy.
- Compressed Air:
Category of technologies that uses adiabatic compression to store compressed air in large volume underground or underwater.
- Flywheel:
Category of technologies that uses a flywheel to store and restitute energy.
- Pumped Hydro:
Category of technologies that uses open or close loop pumped water to store and restitute energy.
- Compressed Air:
- Thermal:
Category representing a wide variety of technologies using heat capacity and/or latent heat to store energy.