Silver oxide cell

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Alkaline cell

The common 1.5 V single-use cell, with a zinc negative electrode and manganese dioxide positive in potassium hydroxide electrolyte. It is the reference point for most people’s idea of a battery, and is not rechargeable.

Coin cell

A small disc-shaped cell in a crimped steel case. Besides powering watches and key fobs, it is the standard laboratory format for testing a new electrode material against lithium metal.

Primary cell

A cell designed to be discharged once and not recharged, such as an alkaline or lithium–manganese dioxide cell. Its reaction is not reversible in practice, unlike the secondary cells this glossary is mostly about.

Silver–zinc battery

A rechargeable alkaline cell with a silver oxide positive and zinc negative, about 1.5 V, with exceptional energy and power for its era. High cost and a life of tens to hundreds of cycles kept it to missions where performance outweighed both, such as torpedoes, missiles and the Apollo lunar module.

Voltage plateau

A stretch of the voltage curve where voltage barely changes while charge passes, because the electrode is moving between two phases at a fixed potential. LFP has one long plateau; graphite shows several small ones.

References & further reading

Further reading on this topic

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1. Promise and reality of post-lithium-ion batteries with high energy densities

   Jang Wook Choi, Doron Aurbach · Nature Reviews Materials · 2016

   Topic background · Post-lithium-ion materials and battery concepts, including practical cell-level limitations; historical 2016 perspective.

2. DOE/EPRI 2013 Electricity Storage Handbook in Collaboration with NRECA

   Sandia National Laboratories · 2013

   Topic background · Storage technologies and grid services. The publisher notes that its historical cost and deployment figures are outdated.