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Tudor Introduced Practical Lead-Acid Batteries
Lead-acid batteries had become more useful by the early 1880s. Planté had shown that lead could form a rechargeable battery.…
World’s Biggest Battery (To Date)
A Swiss company is busily preparing the site for what it claims will become the world’s biggest battery. This system…
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Intercalation in Battery Chemistry
One way to visualize intercalation in battery chemistry, is to imagine a multistory parking garage with hundreds of empty spaces. Cars…
Battery Basics
Breath of Fresh Air For Some Batteries
When we labeled this post a breath of fresh air for some batteries, we were thinking specifically of lithium-air chemistry.…
Battery Basics
Can THAT Battery Go In The Trash?
We all use batteries, although they don’t last forever. That leaves us with a problem of what to do with…
Renewable Power Sources
Heavier Cars Draining EV Batteries
We remember our fathers complaining that our family guzzlers used more gasoline on holidays. Do you really need all that…