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A wet cell is a galvanic electrochemical cell with a liquid electrolyte. A dry cell, on the other hand, is a cell with a pasty electrolyte. Wet cells were a precursor to dry cells and are commonly used as a learning tool for electrochemistry. It is...
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A dry cell is a galvanic electrochemical cell with a pasty low-moisture electrolyte. A wet cell, on the other hand, is a cell with a liquid electrolyte, such as the lead acid batteries in most cars.
While a dry cell's electrolyte is not truly...
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| x Molten salt battery |
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Molten salt batteries are a class of primary cell and secondary cell high temperature electric battery that use molten salts as an electrolyte. They offer both a higher energy density through the proper selection of reactant pairs as well as a...
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| x Galvanic cell |
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A Galvanic cell, named after Luigi Galvani, is an electrochemical cell that derives electrical energy from chemical reactions taking place within the cell. It generally consists of two different metals connected by a salt bridge, or individual half...
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| x Electrolytic cell |
An electrolytic cell decomposes chemical compounds by means of electrical energy, in a process called electrolysis; the Greek word lysis means to break up. The result is that the chemical energy is increased. Important examples of electrolysis are...
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| x Fuel cell |
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A fuel cell is an electrochemical cell that produces electricity from a fuel tank. The electricity is generated through the reaction, triggered in the presence of an electrolyte, between the fuel (on the anode side) and an oxidant (on the cathode...
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| x Microbial fuel cell |
A microbial fuel cell (MFC) or biological fuel cell is a bio-electrochemical system that drives a current by mimicking bacterial interactions found in nature. Mediator-less MFCs are a much more recent development and due to this the factors that...
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| x Water fuel cell |
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The water fuel cell is a purported perpetual motion machine invented by American Stanley Allen Meyer (August 24, 1940 – March 21, 1998). He claimed that an automobile retrofitted with the device could use water as fuel instead of gasoline. The fuel...
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| x Solid-oxide fuel cell |
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A solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) is an electrochemical conversion device that produces electricity directly from oxidizing a fuel. Fuel cells are characterized by their electrolyte material and, as the name implies, the SOFC has a solid oxide, or...
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| x Phosphoric-acid fuel cell |
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Phosphoric acid fuel cells (PAFC) are a type of fuel cell that uses liquid phosphoric acid as an electrolyte. The electrodes are made of carbon paper coated with a finely-dispersed platinum catalyst, which make them expensive to manufacture. They...
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| x Molten-carbonate fuel cell |
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Molten-carbonate fuel cells (MCFCs) are high-temperature fuel cells, that operate at temperatures of 600°C and above.
Molten carbonate fuel cells (MCFCs) are currently being developed for natural gas and coal-based power plants for electrical...
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| x Direct-methanol fuel cell |
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Direct-methanol fuel cells or DMFCs are a subcategory of proton-exchange fuel cells in which methanol is used as the fuel. Their main advantages are the ease of transport of methanol, an energy-dense yet reasonably stable liquid at all environmental...
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| x Proton exchange membrane fuel cell |
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Proton exchange membrane fuel cells, also known as polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells (PEMFC), are a type of fuel cell being developed for transport applications as well as for stationary fuel cell applications and portable fuel cell...
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| x Flow battery |
A flow battery is a form of rechargeable battery in which electrolyte containing one or more dissolved electroactive species flows through an electrochemical cell that converts chemical energy directly to electricity. Additional electrolyte is...
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| x Voltaic pile |
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A voltaic pile is a set of individual Galvanic cells placed in series. The voltaic pile, invented by Alessandro Volta in 1800, was the first electric battery. Building on Galvani's 1780s discovery of how a circuit of two metals and a frog's leg can...
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| x Alkaline fuel cell |
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The alkaline fuel cell (AFC), also known as the Bacon fuel cell after its British inventor, is one of the most developed fuel cell technologies and is the cell that flew Man to the Moon. NASA has used alkaline fuel cells since the mid-1960s, in...
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| x Electro-galvanic fuel cell |
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An electro-galvanic fuel cell is an electrical device used to measure the concentration of oxygen gas in scuba diving and medical equipment.
A chemical reaction occurs in the fuel cell when the potassium hydroxide in the cell comes into contact with...
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| x Direct borohydride fuel cell |
Direct borohydride fuel cells (DBFCs) are a subcategory of alkaline fuel cells that use a solution of sodium borohydride for fuel. The advantage of sodium borohydride over conventional hydrogen in an alkaline fuel cell is that the highly alkaline...
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| x Protonic ceramic fuel cell |
The Protonic ceramic fuel cell or PCFC is based on a ceramic electrolyte material that exhibits high protonic conductivity at elevated temperatures.
PCFCs share the thermal and kinetic advantages of high temperature operation at 700 degrees Celsius...
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| x Direct-ethanol fuel cell |
Direct-ethanol fuel cells or DEFCs are a subcategory of Proton-exchange fuel cells where, the fuel, ethanol, is fed directly to the fuel cell.
DEFC uses Ethanol in the fuel cell instead of the more toxic methanol. Ethanol is an attractive...
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| x Reformed methanol fuel cell |
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Reformed Methanol Fuel Cell (RMFC) or Indirect Methanol Fuel Cell (IMFC) systems are a subcategory of proton-exchange fuel cells where, the fuel, methanol (CH3OH), is reformed, before being fed into the fuel cell. RMFC systems offer advantages over...
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| x Direct carbon fuel cell |
A Direct Carbon Fuel Cell (DCFC) is a fuel cell that uses a carbon rich material as a fuel. The cell produces energy by combining carbon and oxygen, which releases carbon dioxide as a by-product. The efficiency of this fuel cell is about 70% (twice...
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| x Daniell cell |
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The Daniell cell (var. sp. Daniel cell), also called the gravity cell or crowfoot cell was invented in 1836 by John Frederic Daniell, who was a British chemist and meteorologist. The Daniell cell was a great improvement over the voltaic pile used in...
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| x Leclanché cell |
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Georges Leclanché invented and patented in 1866 his battery, the Leclanché cell. It contained a conducting solution (electrolyte) of ammonium chloride, a cathode (positive terminal) of carbon, a depolarizer of manganese dioxide, and an anode ...
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| x Grove cell |
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The Grove cell was an early electric primary cell named after its inventor, British chemist William Robert Grove, and consisted of a zinc anode in dilute sulfuric acid and a platinum cathode in concentrated nitric acid, the two separated by a porous...
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| x Bunsen cell |
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The Bunsen cell is a zinc-carbon primary cell (colloquially called a "battery") composed of a zinc anode in dilute sulfuric acid separated by a porous pot from a carbon cathode in nitric or chromic acid.
The Bunsen cell voltage is about 1.9 volts...
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| x Chromic acid cell |
The Chromic acid cell was a type of primary cell which used chromic acid as a depolarizer. The chromic acid was usually made by acidifying (with sulfuric acid) a solution of potassium dichromate. The old name for potassium dichromate was potassium...
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| x Clark cell |
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The Clark cell, invented by English engineer Josiah Latimer Clark in 1873, is a wet-chemical cell (colloquially: battery) that produces a highly stable voltage usable as a laboratory standard.
Clark cells use a zinc, or zinc amalgam, anode and a...
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| x Weston cell |
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The Weston cell, invented by Edward Weston in 1893, is a wet-chemical cell that produces a highly stable voltage suitable as a laboratory standard for calibration of voltmeters. It was adopted as the International Standard for EMF in 1911.
The anode...
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| x Zinc-carbon battery |
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AA battery |
A zinc-carbon dry cell or battery is packaged in a zinc can that serves as both a container and negative terminal. It was developed from the wet Leclanché cell (pronounced /lɛklɑːnˈʃeɪ/). The positive terminal is usually a carbon rod or graphite rod...
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| x Alkaline battery |
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No | Duracell AA battery | AA battery |
Alkaline batteries and alkaline cells (a battery being a collection of multiple cells) are a type of disposable battery or rechargeable battery dependent upon the reaction between zinc and manganese (IV) oxide (Zn/MnO2).
Compared with zinc-carbon...
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| x Aluminium battery |
Aluminium batteries or aluminum batteries are commonly known as aluminium-air batteries or Al-air batteries, since they produce electricity from the reaction of oxygen in the air with aluminium. They have one of the highest energy densities of all...
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| x Lithium battery |
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Lithium batteries are disposable (primary) batteries that have lithium metal or lithium compounds as an anode. Depending on the design and chemical compounds used, lithium cells can produce voltages from 1.5 V to about 3.7 V, up to twice the voltage...
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| x Mercury battery |
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A mercury battery (also called mercuric oxide battery, or mercury cell) is a non-rechargeable electrochemical battery, a primary cell. Due to the content of mercury, and the resulting environmental concerns, the sale of mercury batteries is banned...
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| x NiOx battery |
Nickel oxyhydroxide battery (abb. NiOx) is a new type of primary (non-rechargeable) cell. Batteries of this chemistry are sold under the brand names Duracell Power Pix and Panasonic Oxyride. NiOx batteries excel in high-drain applications such as...
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| x Silver-oxide battery |
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A silver oxide battery (IEC code: S), also known as a silver–zinc battery, is a primary cell (although it may be used as a secondary cell with an open circuit potential of 1.86 volts). Silver oxide batteries have a long life and very high energy...
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| x Dry pile |
The Zamboni pile (also referred to as a Duluc Dry Pile) is an early electric battery, invented by Giuseppe Zamboni in 1812.
A Zamboni pile is an "electrostatic battery" and is constructed from discs of silver foil, zinc foil, and paper....
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| x Zinc-air battery |
Zinc-air batteries (non-rechargeable), and zinc-air fuel cells, (mechanically-rechargeable) are electro-chemical batteries powered by the oxidation of zinc with oxygen from the air. These batteries have high energy densities and are relatively...
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| x Air-fueled lithium-ion battery |
Type of lithium-ion battery, invented by researchers at the University of St Andrews with partners at Strathclyde and Newcastle, which utilizes additional component that uses oxygen extracted from the air during discharge, replacing one chemical...
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| x Lead-acid battery |
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Lead-acid batteries, invented in 1859 by French physicist Gaston Planté, are the oldest type of rechargeable battery. Despite having the second lowest energy-to-weight ratio (next to the nickel-iron battery) and a correspondingly low energy-to...
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| x Lithium ion battery |
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Lithium-ion batteries (sometimes abbreviated Li-ion batteries) are a type of rechargeable battery in which the cathode (positive electrode) contains lithium, and the anode (negative electrode)is made of a type of porous carbon. During normal...
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| x Lithium ion polymer battery |
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Lithium-ion polymer batteries, polymer lithium ion, or more commonly lithium polymer batteries (abbreviated Li-poly, Li-Pol, LiPo, LIP, PLI or LiP) are rechargeable batteries (secondary cell batteries). Normally batteries are composed of several...
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| x Lithium iron phosphate battery |
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The lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) battery (also designated "LFP") is a type of rechargeable battery, specifically a lithium ion battery, which uses LiFePO4 as a cathode material.
LiFePO4 was discovered by John Goodenough's research group at the...
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| x Lithium sulphur battery |
The lithium sulfur battery (Li-S battery) is a rechargeable galvanic cell with a very high energy density. By virtue of the low atomic weight of lithium and moderate weight of sulfur, Li-S batteries are relatively light; about the density of water....
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| x Lithium-titanate battery |
The Lithium-titanate battery is a type of rechargeable battery, which has the advantage of being faster to charge than older Lithium-ion batteries. Some analysts speculate that Lithium-titanate batteries will power electric cars of the future.
A...
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| x Nickel-cadmium battery |
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The nickel-cadmium battery (commonly abbreviated NiCd or nicad) is a type of rechargeable battery using nickel oxide hydroxide and metallic cadmium as electrodes.
The abbreviation NiCad is a registered trademark of SAFT Corporation, although this...
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| x Nickel hydrogen battery |
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A nickel hydrogen battery (NiH2 or Ni-H2) is a rechargeable electrochemical power source based on nickel and hydrogen. The difference with a nickel-metal hydride battery is the use of hydrogen in a pressurized cell of up to 1200 psi (82.7 bar).
The...
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| x Nickel-iron battery |
The nickel-iron battery (NiFe battery) is a storage battery having a nickel(III) oxide-hydroxide cathode and an iron anode, with an electrolyte of potassium hydroxide. The active materials are held in nickel-plated steel tubes or perforated pockets....
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| x Nickel metal hydride battery |
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Yes | Toyota Prius NHW11 Battery | AA battery |
A nickel-metal hydride cell, abbreviated NiMH, is a type of secondary electrochemical cell similar to nickel hydrogen cell. The NiMH battery uses a hydrogen-absorbing alloy for the negative electrode instead of cadmium. As in NiCd cells, the...
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| x Nickel-zinc battery |
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The nickel-zinc battery (sometimes abbreviated NiZn) is a type of rechargeable battery that may be used in cordless power tools, cordless telephone, digital cameras, battery operated lawn and garden tools, professional photography, electric bike and...
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| x Rechargeable alkaline battery |
Rechargeable alkaline battery (also known as Alkaline Rechargeable or Rechargeable Alkaline Manganese (RAM)) is a type of alkaline battery that is rechargeable. The first generation rechargeable alkaline technology was developed by Battery...
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| x Sodium-sulfur battery |
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A sodium-sulfur battery is a type of molten metal battery constructed from sodium (Na) and sulfur (S). This type of battery has a high energy density, high efficiency of charge/discharge (89–92%) and long cycle life, and is fabricated from...
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| x Vanadium redox battery |
The vanadium redox (and redox flow) battery is a type of rechargeable flow battery that employs vanadium redox couples in both half-cells, thereby eliminating the problem of cross contamination by diffusion of ions across the membrane. The present...
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| x Zinc-bromine flow battery |
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The zinc-bromine flow battery is a type of hybrid flow battery. A solution of zinc bromide is stored in two tanks. When the battery is charged or discharged the solutions (electrolytes) are pumped through a reactor stack and back into the tanks. One...
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| x Polysulfide bromide battery |
The PolySulfide Bromide battery (PSB) is a regenerative fuel cell involving a reversible electrochemical reaction between two salt-solution electrolytes: sodium bromide and sodium polysulfide.
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VRLA stands for valve-regulated lead-acid and is the designation for low-maintenance lead-acid rechargeable batteries. Because of their construction, VRLA batteries do not require regular addition of water to the cells. VRLA batteries are commonly...
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| x Zinc matrix battery |
The zinc matrix battery is a rechargeable silver-oxide battery designed by Zinc Matrix Power. The chemistry consists mainly of zinc, silver, and water. The battery has been designed to be free of thermal runaway, which has been the main downside for...
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