Flow Battery Research Collective

Video of the talk is now available here! https://video.fosdem.org/2026/aw1126/3EEZZB-open-source-batteries.av1.webm

Made a longer-form video explaining our open-source battery project and diving into the details of the kit and chemistries we're working with! It would really help our project out a lot if you could share this with interested folks. YouTube link (feed the algorithm): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhWBX1eLDr8 And of course, PeerTube: https://spectra.video/w/4wTobcS16Ww5UAZVMWrC9E Please let me know what you think, comments, criticisms, suggestions---first time I've made a video like this and I have a lot to learn.

It's the same electrolyte formulation as currently in the docs

I'm no chemist, so this may not apply here, but I've been looking at info on different batteries. I looked at Nickel/Iron because of their known long life. One change mention from original Edison design is adding a little Lithium oxide or dioxide ( forget exactly) to the electrolyte To extend the life of the Iron electrode. There was also something about making plates (instead of just using sheets of iron) using iron powder with carbon (for conductivity) and something else which I forget that reduced the production of hydrogen.