FBRC Blog

Come see FBRC at FOSDEM 2026!

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The Flow Battery Research Collective will be presenting at FOSDEM in Brussels on Saturday, January 31, at 12:30 local time

Jan 23, 2026
Kirk Pollard Smith, Daniel Fernandez Pinto

Updates on development kit, large-format cell, roadmap

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Development kit stable with Zn-I chemistry and certified by OSHWA, presentations and articles on FBRC, large-format cell R&D, all-iron electrolyte exploration

Oct 15, 2025
Kirk Pollard Smith, Daniel Fernandez Pinto

Progress update on development kit

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Moving to improved second version, zinc-iodide preliminary results, future chemistries, large-format cell design…

Jan 6, 2025
Kirk Pollard Smith, Daniel Fernandez Pinto

Roadmap, FAQ, and a forum!

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Check out our development timeline and help start the community discussion

Sep 24, 2024
Kirk Pollard Smith, PhD, Daniel Fernandez Pinto, PhD

We got funding from NLnet!

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Excited to announce our first-ever institutional financial support

Apr 23, 2024
Kirk Pollard Smith, PhD, Daniel Fernandez Pinto, PhD

Participation in the Flow4U Battery Conference

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The first in-person gathering of the FBRC, and a successful workshop!

Apr 20, 2024
Kirk Pollard Smith, PhD, Daniel Fernandez Pinto, PhD, Josh Hauser, Prof Sanli Faez, PhD

Introducing the Flow Battery Research Collective

Hello, world! We are two scientists passionate about developing affordable, sustainable batteries for clean energy storage. We met online while independently researching…
Apr 19, 2024
Kirk Pollard Smith, PhD, Daniel Fernandez Pinto, PhD
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