Battery Basics
How Capacitors Team with Batteries
Capacitors can’t produce their own electrons, so they have to rely on external sources. We…
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Battery Basics
Battery Basics
What is a Capacitor in Simple Terms?
A battery is a store of electro-chemical energy it releases as electricity on demand. We…
Battery Basics
Very Simple Guide to Electrons
We use the word ‘electron’ casually when we say chemical energy in a battery sends…
Battery Basics
Recharging a Battery if Electrodes Allow It
We have been focusing on single-use batteries whose electrical life ends after they surrender most…
Battery Basics
Balancing Flow of Ions in the Electrolyte
On first sight the electrolyte plays a secondary role in a storage battery. However, when…
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 Technical
The Miracle of Recharging a Battery
We have reached a point in our story where a battery has cycled most of…
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…