Batteries- love ’em or hate ’em, they’re ubiquitous in our mobile-technology world. Is the battery in your phone the same kind that is in your car? Why do things get so hot when you charge them? How can a battery be powered by acid?? Answers to that and more, in the actual episode.
Sources:
How (Rechargeable) Batteries Work:
- HowStuffWorks.com, Updated: 11 February 2021, Accessed: 9 June 2021, “How Batteries Work”
- Panasonic-eneloop.eu, Accessed: 9 June 2021, “How do (rechargeable) batteries work?”
Nickel-Based Batteries:
Lithium-Ion & Polymer:
- Android Authority, 8 May 2021, “Lithium-ion vs lithium-polymer: What’s the difference?“
- BellTestChamber.com, 8 July 2020, “Why does the lithium ion battery explode?”
- How-To Geek, Updated: 16 January 2018, Accessed: 9 June 2021, “Why Do Lithium-Ion Batteries Explode?“
- BatteryUniversity.com, Accessed: 9 June 2021, “Is Lithium-ion the Ideal Battery?”
- BatteryUniversity.com, Accessed: 9 June 2021, “BU-410: Charging at High and Low Temperatures”
- Clean Energy Institute – University of Washington, Accessed: 9 June 2021, “What is a lithium-ion battery and how does it work?”
- Dfrsolutions.com, 24 May 2018, “Why Do Lithium-Ion Batteries Swell?”
- US Department of the Interior, 2012, “Lithium Use in Batteries” (PDF)
Lead-Acid Battery:
- Nationalmaglab.org, Accessed: 9 June 2021, “Plante Battery – 1859”
- BatteryUniversity.com, Accessed: 9 June 2021, “BU-201: How does the Lead Acid Battery Work?”
- AltEnergy.org, Accessed: 9 June 2021, “Introduction to Lead-Acid Batteries”
Supercapacitors:
- The Verge, 17 August 2018, “Supercapacitors power the Note 9 stylus — but are they ready to replace batteries?“
- Gizmodo, 2 September 2015, “A Supercapacitor Stylus Is The Best Thing About Lenovo’s New Laptops“
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