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How Batteries Power the Modern World - With Paul Shearing

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This talk traces battery development from early experiments such as the voltaic pile and lemon batteries to modern lithium-ion batteries. It explains how batteries work and examines safety, energy density, cost, and durability.

Syllabus

Introduction
Batteries in the Electric Motor
Building Blocks of Batteries
How a battery works
The history of batteries
The frog
Thevoltaic pile
Lemon batteries
Lithiumion batteries
Nobel Prize
Metallic Lithium
Xray Imaging
Safety
Nail penetration test
Energy density
Cost
Durability
The Rocky Road
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