Baghdad Battery
Date of
discovery: 250 BCE to CE 250
Major use of
battery: No known use. Some believe was used as a battery
Basic chemical
principles in the reaction: asphalt, iron, copper, and vinegar (1.1 volts)
Drawing/picture/description:
A clay jar \/
Allesandro Volta
(Voltaic pile)
Date of discovery:
1800
Major use of
battery: First stable reliable battery to carry electrical currents over far
distances
Basic chemical
principles in the reaction: zinc and copper
Drawing/picture/description:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/VoltaBattery.JPG
Michael Faraday(electromagnetic induction)
Date of discovery:
1831
Major use of
battery: A generator of energy
Basic chemical
principles in the reaction: 2 wires and a copper disc
Drawing/picture/description:http://www.teachspin.com/instruments/faraday/farradayrotation_big.jpg
John Daniell
(Voltaic Battery
Date of discovery:1836
Major use of
battery: A voltaic pile that could sustain longer periods of time
Basic chemical
principles in the reaction: zinc copper mercury (emitted hydrogen)
Drawing/picture/description:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Galvanic_cell_with_no_cation_flow.png
William Grove
First (Grove cell)
Date of discovery:
1839
Major use of
battery: double the voltage of the daniell battery, telegraphers used it
Basic chemical
principles in the reaction: zinc in dilute sulfuric
acid and platinum in concentrated nitric acid
Drawing/picture/description:
http://chestofbooks.com/crafts/metal/Metal-Worker-Assistant/images/Grove-s-Battery-322.jpg
Second (gas voltaic battery)
Date of discovery: 1839
Major use of
battery: Industry
Basic chemical
principles in the reaction: Water. Making the process of water produce
eletricity
Drawing/picture/description:
http://openclipart.org/people/sunblaed/Grove_Gas_Battery.svg
Gaston Plante
Date of discovery:
1859
Major use of
battery: large currents of electricity
Basic chemical
principles in the reaction: rubber, sulfuric acid, and lead
Drawing/picture/description:
http://www.corrosion-doctors.org/Biographies/PlantelBio.htm
Georges Leclanche (Wet cell)
Date of discovery:1866
Major use of
battery: First major world widely used battery
Basic chemical
principles in the reaction: ammonium chloride,
zinc, and carbon
Drawing/picture/description:http://www.batteryfacts.co.uk/images/History/LeclancheCell3.jpg
Lead acid storage
cell
Date of discovery:1859
Major use of
battery: Rechargeable battery
Basic chemical
principles in the reaction: calcium lignosulfate,
lead dioxide, sulfuric
acid, and lead
Drawing/picture/description:
http://www.docbrown.info/page07/addhoc07/cell9.gif
Nickel- Iron cell
Date of discovery:1910
Major use of
battery: Extremely long battery life, but replaced by other batteries
Basic chemical
principles in the reaction: nickel III oxide-hydroxide, iron, and potassium
hydroxide
Drawing/picture/description:
http://www.nickel-iron-battery.com/ni-fe-1.jpg
Reference: http://www.nickel-iron-battery.com/
Mercury cell
Date of discovery:1943
Major use of
battery:
stable voltage output.
stable voltage output.
Basic chemical
principles in the reaction:Mercuric Oxide and zinc
Drawing/picture/description: http://www.mercury.utah.gov/images/625.jpg
Nickel- Cadmium
cells
Date of discovery:1899
Major use of
battery: An improved Nickel Iron cell battery
Basic chemical
principles in the reaction: nickel oxide hydroxide and cadmium
Drawing/picture/description:http://www.ustudy.in/sites/default/files/images/nickel%20cadmium%20cell.gif
Reference: http://www.nickel-iron-battery.com/
Lithium Cells
Date of discovery:1912
Major use of
battery: low maintenance used mainly today to charge anything that needs power
Basic chemical
principles in the reaction: Lithium (ion and metal)
Drawing/picture/description:
http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/lithium-ion-battery-5.jpg
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