Battery Basics
Why Some Fruit and Veg Conduct Electricity
That old fruit battery experiment comes around each year, as regular as Thanksgiving, Christmas, and…
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Battery Basics
Battery Basics
Overall Battery Potential Determines Voltage
We spoke about electrode potential in a previous post, and the need to balance it…
Battery Basics
The Chemistry of an Electric Battery
A battery stores chemical energy, and converts it to electricity when a device draws it.…
Battery Experiments
How To Make Your Own Ice Tray Battery
A battery contains a cathode and an anode. These rest in an electrolyte that both…
Battery Technical
The Secret Battery Manager Electrolyte
Our first two posts in this short series spoke of the electrodes in a battery,…
Battery Technical
How the Chemistry in a Battery Works
The chemistry in a battery is remarkably simple in theory, yet what makes it tick…
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Battery Separator from Seaweed Nanoparticles
Battery separators are located between cathodes and anodes to prevent those active components touching, while…
Battery Technical
New Type of Battery from Crab Shells
All batteries contain electrodes between which ions shuttle, and electrolyte that manages the process. Therefore,…
Battery Technical
Wider Temperature Range for Lithium Sulfur
Engineers at University of California, San Diego developed a new electrolyte performing well at freezing…
Battery Basics
Solid State Lithium Batteries Without Dendrites
Researchers at Indian Institute of Science made a breakthrough discovery Tech Explore says could replace…