Battery Basics
How Redox Works in Batteries Simplified
Redox is the abbreviated short form of ‘reduction-oxidation’, which occurs as electrons transfer between substances…
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Preventing Explosions In Lithium Batteries
Lithium batteries come in a range of varieties nowadays. However they all have two things…
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Anodes and Cathodes and Their Roles
Anodes and cathodes in batteries have different roles, although these reverse depending on whether they…
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How A Battery Works – The Basics To Know
An electron is a stable, sub-atomic particle found in all atoms, and with a charge…
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Battery Electrode Roles – How They Flip
Terminals are the most obvious components of sealed electrochemical batteries. Most battery users connect them…
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Bipolar Battery Dual-Purpose Electrodes
Bipolar batteries use an electrode that is both an anode and a cathode. This potentially…
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Iron-Air Battery with Four Day Run Time
Ask most any phone user, and they’ll likely tell you “it’s a great device, but…
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Flow Battery Technology Versus Battery Cells
Conventional batteries contain anodes, cathodes, separators, and electrolyte in one containment. Flow battery technology changes…
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How A Gain in Electrons is a Reduction
An electrical battery contains one or more electrochemical cells. Each of these cells has two…
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Electrode Chemistry Inside a Storage Battery
We established in a previous post how electrons travel between electrodes in a battery to…