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The company's website quotes a storage density of 3.5 kWh/kg and a storage system taking up 3 cubic meters beving able to store 100,000 kWh: https://www.photoncycle.com/technology
I tried to find the patent but it sounds like the application process isn't complete yet.
These are the kind of claims you hear from a startup seeking its next round of funding. I'd take it with a huge grain of salt.
the numbers do seem absurdly high. That's 5 times higher energy density than the current state-of-the-art
I'd take it with an amount of salt resembling the Dead Sea. This is absolutely fake.