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Comment by SoftTalker

5 months ago

Not a battery in the chemical sense. Energy storage through phase change of a gas coupled with a mechanical generator to make electricity.

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datameta  5 months ago

A thermal sand battery and gravity-water battery are both non-chemical so the term battery extends beyond "vessel with redox reaction".

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