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Moritz von Jacobi Demos First Electric Boat
Moritz von Jacobi was a Prussian engineer working largely in the Russian Empire, and an…
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World’s First Zinc Chlorine Flow Battery
Flow batteries store their chemicals in external tanks, and circulate them through their cells when…
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Tissandier and Chromate Acid Cells Fly
The chromate acid cells we also call bichromate of potash batteries, were a great innovation…
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M Stanley Whittingham Father of Intercalation
Developing the lithium-ion battery was far from being the flash of inspiration that occurred with…
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Lightweight Lithium Metal Takes Center Stage
Lithium is the metal with lowest density, meaning least compactness. It also has the greatest…
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First Nickel-Metal Hydride Batteries Arrive
The first Nickel-Metal Hydride batteries of commercial grade entered markets in 1989. They were an…
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Nickel-Hydrogen Batteries Appear in Satellites
Nickel hydride batteries gained a firm foothold in the post-war consumer market. However, the technology…
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The Kordesch Hydrogen Fuel Cell
Karl Kordesch was a front runner of a new wave of energy storage pioneers. He…
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Lewis Urry and the First Alkaline Battery
Zinc-carbon batteries such as Gassner pioneered became popular primary cells, although it was not possible…
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Edison Nickel-Iron Battery Energy Cycle
We continue to explore the workings of the Edison nickel-iron battery, following the advice in…