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After reading the Vanadium post, I am sure its pretty clear that VRFBs are expensive but they are one of the oldest, most stable, most deployed and proven redox flow battery chemistry yet. So, I feel its worth giving Vanadium another chance before dismissing it fully. Vanadium Supply Chain As of 2026, global Vanadium production is 100,000 metric tons, that may sound like a lot, but its tiny, to put that in perspective, we produce 3x more Lithium and we still need to discover and open new lithium mines, and Lithium supply chains are considered to be volatile.  Since we are talking about supply chain, its obvious to see when you buy Lithium or Vanadium ores, where exactly are they being dug up. Lithium producing countries- Source Vanadium producing countries - Source I'll be honest even I am a little surprised, I imagined Lithium to be produced in China, and its an obvious assumption, if the biggest lithium ion battery makers are Chinese, it would be obvious to think that its produce...

Search flow batteries anywhere on the internet, you'll find Vanadium's monopoly, ask any AI model about flow batteries and they'll assume vanadium and give you all the information. That's because Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries (or VRFBs in short) are already being commercialized, or at least they're trying their best.  I'll try to explain why, but before i move further, i forgot to explain the redox part in the last 2 posts. All Batteries are Redox Batteries- Batteries have 3 basic parts, positive side (cathode), negative side (anode) and a membrane or separator. So, when you connect a charger to your phone, the charger takes electrons from positive and gives it to the negative side, but if the positive and negative mix together they will neutralize each other, so they need to be separated by separator (or membrane). The word "redox" is made of two words : Reduction- gaining of electrons (by the negative side) Oxidation - loss of electrons (by the posit...