Battery Basics
Why a Battery Is Not Just Any Battery
It can be tempting to think we can mix any battery with what we already…
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John Goodenough’s Solid State Battery Breakthrough
Do you remember John Goodenough? He is the fellow who invented lithium-ion batteries around twenty…
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Lead Sulfation & Practical Steps to Slow the Process
Lead sulfate crystals accumulate on negative electrodes of lead-acid batteries as we discharge them. This…
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The UltraBattery Role in Australia Energy Storage
We can store energy in many ways, over and above the form we find it…
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When the Battery is the Car, Not the Accessory
Electric car battery research has been on a sterile plateau for a while. Scientists have…
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Massive Battery Blaze Near Perth, Scotland
A six-hour inferno at the Viridor recycling plant in Perth shocked the city in the…
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Please Think Carefully Before You Trash Your Devices
We stumbled over a post in Digital Trends on May 22, 2018 that we thought…
Battery Experiments
Life Tags: Solar Tags Track Migration Patterns in Birds
The sight of a bird soaring effortlessly across a clear blue sky epitomizes the idea…
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What Does a Battery Do In Relation to the Coil?
A lead-acid battery’s original purpose was to replace the cranking handle, and start the auto…
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KLM Incident Was a Timely Reminder of Lithium’s Risk
On Tuesday, May 8th 2018, a mobile phone overheated on KLM Flight 809 from Amsterdam…