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How Leak-Proof Batteries (Almost) Happened
We had to add the ‘almost’, since they say the only definite things in life…
Browsing: Historical Personality
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William Robert Grove’s Fuel Cells
We find it amazing how some brilliant ideas take centuries to catch on while others,…
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Gaston Planté’s Lead-Acid Cell Battery
Gaston Planté was a physicist born 22 April 1834 in Orthez, France near the Spanish…
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Is Thales of Miletus the Father of Electricity?
It is sometimes hard to imagine there was a time without electricity. Although it is…
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John Goodenough for Lithium Battery Technology
Few students at the University of Texas spare John Goodenough, aged 94 a second thought.…
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The First Batteries in Space Were Silver-Zinc
General Eisenhower began the Space Race when he announced plans to launch the world’s first…
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Whittingham – The Grand Daddy of Lithium-Ion?
We might not have our laptops, smartphones, and tablets but for M Stanley Whittingham. On…
Battery Basics
Why Do We Call a Battery … A Battery
What’s in a name? Nothing, until we associate it with something concrete. Before 1799, a…
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Was Otto von Guericke a Battery Visionary?
Otto von Guericke was the first person to demonstrate static electricity. This is a condition…
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‘Ancient Battery’ from the Parthian Period
The Parthian Empire controlled the Middle East and Central Europe from 247 BC to 224…