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Canadian EV Battery Recovery Expands
The Canadian EV Battery Recovery Program rolled out in Quebec in 2023, but is now expanding nation-wide. The joint initiative…
The First Rechargeable Lead Acid Battery
All battery cells were single use devices, until Frenchman Gaston Planté invented the first rechargeable lead acid battery in 1859.…
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The Miracle of Recharging a Battery
We have reached a point in our story where a battery has cycled most of its electrons to the cathode.…
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The Secret Battery Manager Electrolyte
Our first two posts in this short series spoke of the electrodes in a battery, and how they compete for…
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Standard Potentials for Half Reactions
We described how the chemistry works in a battery in our previous post, and we link to that article below.…
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Benjamin Franklin’s Early Electrical Experiment
Benjamin Franklin was a pioneer American writer, scientist, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher. He also played a significant…