Battery Basics
How Lithium-Ion Batteries Really Work
Lithium-ion batteries are so common nowadays we sometimes wonder whether hardware stores sell batteries with…
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Battery Basics
Battery Basics
Battery Intercalation & How It Works
Battery intercalation is a complex topic. However we dedicated this website to explaining battery basics.…
Battery Basics
Lithium Battery Technology & What Makes It Special
When we browse for batteries on the internet and in shops, we hope to balance…
Battery Basics
What Are Electrodes & What Do They Do?
If you think of an ‘elect-rode’ as being an electric rod, you are close to…
Battery Basics
No Need to Eat Our Socks
All batteries have three basic bits that make our phones work, our cars start, and…
How To Test A Battery
From a previous post, we learned about the electrolyte in a battery and how important…
New Electric Car Battery Decay Caused by Heat
Electric vehicles are the best way to combat rising air pollution and carbon emissions.…
Battery Basics
Magnesium-Ion Batteries: One Step Up From The Li-Ion Technology
The technology of li-ion batteries may be the best energy storage yet. Considered as today’s…
The Difference Between Galvanic Cells and Electrolytic Cells
Oxidation-reduction, or redox reactions, takes place in electrochemical cells. There are two different types…
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Nanocrystals: The Source Of Degradation In Lithium-Ion Batteries
Batteries degrade over time for many reasons. Among them are temperature, overcharging and deep-cycling. The effect…