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Batteries in History at Key Moments
It’s all too easy to forget the role that batteries played at key moments in…
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Molten Salt Batteries in a Class of Their Own
Molten salt batteries, as the name suggests, use molten salts as electrolyte that becomes liquid…
Battery Technical
Molten Batteries – Potential for Green Aviation
MIT News featured an interview with two battery visionaries in January 2016. They were on…
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Lead-Acid Battery Separator Low Down
Lead-acid batteries – almost all batteries in fact – comprise an anode, a cathode, a…
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History of Alkaline Batteries Goes a Way Back
Single cell, alkaline batteries first reached world markets in the late 1960’s. Their electrodes were…
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Forgotten Solar Panel World of Frank Shuman
The late 1800’s were a dirty, smoky world in the United States. Demand for energy…
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Compressed Air Storage Past and Present
The world of batteries includes any mechanism for storing energy for future use. Our lead-acid…
Battery Basics
Alternating Between Types of Electric Current
There are two kinds of electric current invented – or should we say discovered –…
Battery Technical
Iron-Air Batteries on Watch List
Metal-air batteries have pure metal anodes, but use ambient air for their cathodes. Their electrolytes…
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Flow Battery Power Airship La France
News reports follow what’s hot in editors’ minds, and batteries were more the stuff of…