Modeling Potential and Species Distribution in a Li||Bi Liquid Metal Battery Using the Finite Volume Method

The abstract submitted to the 241st ECS meeting deals with the principle of liquid metal batteries (LMB), their pros and cons and the occuring flow phenomena in general. A special focus is set on Li||Bi cells as well as on occuring overpotentials when operating the battery. A numerical approach that is used to investigate the cell using the tool OpenFOAM is presented. Further, a validation study is performed and an application case is studied. Attached, the full abstract can be found.