Basics every battery user should know:Facts about batteries Sharing battery knowledge
When was the battery invented?
Battery chemistries What's the best battery?
The nickel-based battery, its dominance and the future
- The nickel-cadmium battery
- The nickel-metal-hydride battery
Is lithium-ion the ideal battery?
- The lithium-ion battery
- The lithium polymer battery
Can the lead-acid battery compete in modern times?
Will the reusable alkaline battery have a future?
What's the role of the supercapacitor?
Packaging and safety Battery packaging - a look at old and new systems
- The cylindrical cell
- The button cell
- The prismatic cell
- The pouch cell
- Battery packs for portable devices
Safety circuits for modern batteries
Serial and parallel battery configurations
- Singe cell applications
- Serial connection
- Parallel connection
- Serial/parallel connection
- Charging and discharging lithium-ion batteries
- Household batteries
Charging Charging nickel-based batteries
- Charging nickel-cadmium
-Charging nickel-metal-hydride
Charging lithium-ion batteries
-Preparing new lithium-ion for use
-State-of-charge reading based on terminal voltage
Charging the lead-acid battery
- Charging lead-acid batteries with a power supply
- State-of-charge reading based on terminal voltage
- Battery as a buffer
Charging at high and low temperatures
- Ultra-fast chargers
How to charge-when to charge table
Discharging Discharging at high and low temperatures
- Pulse discharge
Discharge methods
- What is C - rate?
- Depth of discharge
- What constitutes a discharge cycle?
Calculating the battery runtime
- The Peukert numbe