We highlight the challenges and opportunities in organic redox flow battery research, underscoring the need for collaborative research efforts. The synergy between computation and experimentation holds the potential to expedite progress in this field and can have far-reaching impacts beyond energy storage applications.
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This research was undertaken thanks to the University of Torontoâs Acceleration Consortium funding from the Canada First Research Excellence Fund CFREF-2022-00042. A.A.-G. thanks A. G. Frøseth for his generous support. A.A.-G. also acknowledges the generous support of Natural Resources Canada and the Canada 150 Research Chairs program.
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Cao, Y., Aspuru-Guzik, A. Accelerating discovery in organic redox flow batteries. Nat Comput Sci 4, 89â91 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43588-024-00600-z
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