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Could Zinc-Air Batteries Beat Lithium-Ion?
Primary zinc-air batteries, as the name suggests, have alkaline electrolytes and negative zinc anodes, but…
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Battery Basics
Primary and Secondary Battery Cell Secrets
Most battery users have little, or no idea what happens inside their batteries. They should…
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Johann Wilhelm Ritter – First Secondary Cell
Johann Wilhelm Ritter born 1776, was a German chemist, physicist and philosopher. He signed up…
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Gaston Plantés Lead-Acid Battery
A scribe at Harvard University describes how the genius of one man invented the first…
Battery Basics
Different Battery Types & What Happens Inside
This is the first part in a short series detailing the different battery types and…
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Recycling Various Batteries Correctly by Type
There is no global standard for recycling, or otherwise disposing of batteries. Even authorities in…
Battery Basics
Popular Types of Batteries in Use Today
There are two popular types of batteries readily available to consumers. The first of these…
Battery Basics
Your Introduction to The World of Batteries
Batteries have become more important in the past two decades for two fundamental reasons. In…
Battery Basics
Repurposing Materials in Secondary Batteries
It’s hard to believe we still don’t recycle all the minerals from millions of rechargeable…
Battery Basics
Phenomenon of Battery Self-Discharge & Why
One of the less-efficient aspects of rechargeable batteries, is their chemistry is a two-edged sword.…