Influit Energy, a spinoff from Illinois Institute of Technology, is going commercial in a big way. They claim to have developed a “rechargeable electrofuel – a non-flammable, fast-refueling liquid flow battery that already carries 23 percent more energy than lithium batteries, at half the cost.” Reporting by Loz Blain in New Atlas.com notes the company plans “to commercialize its ultra-high density liquid batteries.” The firm’s “nanoelectrofuel,” a motor-oil consistency liquid, would refuel a vehicle with a special four-point nozzle. The process would allow users to be on the road or in the air in a few minutes, rather than a few hours as with batteries. Like a battery, the liquid comes with a positive and negative component – two liquids – an anolyte and a catholyte instead of a more solid anode and cathode. The system requires four tanks – one each for incoming positive and negative liquids and one each for spent liquids that return to the supply source …
