| ALKALINE |
Alkaline |
Battery dependent upon the reaction between zinc and manganese dioxide. |
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| CARBON_MONOFLUORIDE_LITHIUM |
Carbon monofluoride lithium |
The lithium–carbon monofluoride system has been among the more successful early commercial lithium miniature batteries. It has been used extensively in cameras and smaller devices, providing about 3.2 volts per cell, high power density, and long shelf life. |
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| CARBON_ZINC |
Carbon Zinc |
Zinc carbon batteries are dry cell primary batteries that deliver about 1.5 volts of direct current from the electrochemical reaction between zinc and manganese dioxide. |
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| LEAD_ACID |
Lead acid |
Batteries which use sponge lead and lead peroxide for the conversion of the chemical energy into electrical power, are called lead acid batteries. They are most commonly used in power stations and substations because they have higher cell voltage and lower cost. |
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| LEAD_CALCIUM |
Lead calcium |
Calcium batteries are a form of lead acid battery which are usually sealed and maintenance free. Calcium replaces antimony in the plates of the battery to give it improved resistance to corrosion, excessive gassing, less water usage and lower self discharge. |
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| LITHIUM_AIR |
Lithium air |
Lithium air batteries are described as the "ultimate" batteries because they provide a high theoretical energy density of up to ten times the energy offered by regular lithium ion batteries. |
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| LITHIUM_COBALT |
Lithium cobalt |
Lithium ion batteries utilizing cobalt are primary used in laptop computers. |
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| LITHIUM_ION |
Lithium ion |
A lithium-ion battery or Li-ion battery (abbreviated as LIB) is a type of rechargeable battery. Lithium-ion batteries are commonly used for portable electronics and electric vehicles and are growing in popularity for military and aerospace applications. |
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| LITHIUM_ION_POLYMER |
Lithium Ion Polymer |
A type of battery in which lithium ions move from the anode to the cathode during discharge, and from the cathode to the anode when charged. |
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| LITHIUM_MANGANESE_OXIDE |
Lithium manganese oxide |
Lithium batteries are primary batteries that have metallic lithium as an anode. These types of batteries are also referred to as lithium manganese batteries. They stand apart from other batteries in their high charge density (long life) and high cost per unit. Depending on the design and chemical compounds used, lithium cells can produce voltages from 1.5 V (comparable to a zinc–carbon or alkaline battery) to about 3.7 V. |
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| LITHIUM_NICKEL |
Lithium nickel |
Lithium ion batteries utilizing nickel and cobalt are primary used in automotive and power tool products. |
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| LITHIUM_PHOSPHATE |
Lithium phosphate |
Lithium ion batteries utilizing phosphate are primary use in automotive and power tool products. |
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| LITHIUM_THIONYL_CHLORIDE |
Lithium thionyl chloride |
Lithium metal batteries utilizing thionyl chloride are primary used in portable electronics and memory backup. |
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| LITHIUM_TITANATE |
Lithium titanate |
Lithium ion batteries utilizing titanate are primary used in automotive products. |
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| MERCURY_OXIDE |
Mercury oxide |
Mercury batteries (also called mercuric oxide battery, mercury cell, button cell, or Ruben-Mallory) are non-rechargeable electrochemical batteries, primary cells with primary uses in portable devices. |
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| METAL_LITHIUM |
Metal Lithium |
A lithium battery that used metallic lithium as anode. |
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| NICKEL_CADMIUM |
Nickel Cadmium, NiCd |
A type of rechargeable battery using nickel oxide hydroxide and metallic cadmium as electrodes. |
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| NICKEL_METAL_HYDRIDE |
Nickel Metal Hydride, NiMH |
A type of secondary electrochemical cell similar to nickel hydrogen cell. |
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| NICKEL_OXIDE |
Nickel oxide |
Nickel oxide, made from iron, batteries are a rechargeable battery having nickel(III) oxide hydroxide positive and iron negative plates, with an electrolyte of potassium hydroxide. |
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| NICKEL_OXYHYDROXIDE |
Nickel oxyhydroxide |
Nickel oxyhydroxide batteries are a type of primary cell. It is not rechargeable and must be disposed after a single use. They can be used in high-drain applications such as digital cameras. |
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| NICKEL_ZINC |
Nickel zinc |
Nickel zinc batteries are a type of rechargeable batteries similar to nickel metal hydride batteries. |
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| OTHER |
Other |
A battery technology not on otherwise on this list. |
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| SILVER_CALCIUM |
Silver calcium |
Silver calcium alloy batteries are a type of lead-acid batteries with grids made from lead calcium silver alloy, instead of the traditional lead antimony alloy or newer lead calcium alloy. They stand out for its resistance to corrosion and the destructive effects of high temperatures. |
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| SILVER_OXIDE |
Silver Oxide |
Silver oxide batteries are common low capacity button cells with a nominal voltage of 1.55V. They have a higher open-circuit voltage than mercury batteries, and a flatter discharge curve than standard alkaline batteries |
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| SILVER_ZINC_OXIDE |
Silver zinc oxide |
Silver zinc oxide batteries share most of the characteristics of silver oxide batteries, and in addition, are able to deliver one of the highest specific energies of all presently known electro-chemical power sources. This type of battery has silver oxide as the positive electrode (cathode), zinc as the negative electrode (anode), plus an alkaline electrolyte, usually sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide metallic silver. |
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| ZINC_AIR |
Zinc air |
Zinc air batteries (non-rechargeable) are metal air batteries powered by oxidizing zinc with oxygen from the air. They have high energy densities and are relatively inexpensive to produce. |
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| ZINC_CHLORIDE |
Zinc chloride |
Zinc chloride batteries are an improved version of zinc carbon batteries. Zinc chloride batteries are generally labelled as a heavy duty battery. These batteries contain only zinc chloride paste as electrolyte and provide more current, more voltage and more life than general purpose zinc carbon batteries. |
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