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The first battery recorded to be invented, made between 250BC - 224AD. The artifacts consist of terracotta pots approximately 5 in tall containing a copper cylinder made of a rolled-up copper sheet, which houses a single iron or rod. At the top, the iron rod is isolated from the copper by bitumen plugs or stoppers, and both rod and cylinder fit snugly inside the opening of the jar, which bulges outward toward the middle. Discovered in 1938 by the German archeologist Wilhelm König and others.
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Alessandro Volta invented the Voltaic Pile and the First pratical way of generating electricity, around 1800. Constructed of alternating discs of zinc and copper with pieces of cardboard soaked in brine between the metals, the Voltic Pile produced electrical current. Alessandro Volta's voltaic pile was the first "wet cell battery" that produced a reliable, steady current of electricity.
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The Voltaic Pile could not deliver an electrical current for a long period of time. John F. Daniell invented the Daniell Cell that used two electrolytes: copper sulfate and zinc sulfate. The Daniel Cell lasted longer then the Volta cell or pile. This battery, which produced about 1.1 volts, was used to power objects such as telegraphs, telephones, and doorbells, remained popular in homes for over 100 years.
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Inventors created improvements to batteries that used liquid electrodes to produce electricity. Bunsen (1842) and Grove (1839) invented the most successful.
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William Robert Grove developed the first fuel cell, which produced electrical by combining hydrogen and oxygen.
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French inventor, Gaston Plante developed the first practical storage lead-acid battery that could be recharged. This type of battery is primarily used in cars today.
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Georges Leclanche patented the carbon-zinc wet cell battery called the Leclanche cell. Georges Leclanche then further improved his design by substituting the ammonium chloride paste for liquid electrolyte and invented a method of sealing the battery, inventing the first dry cell, an improved design that was now transportable.
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Carl Gassner invented the first commercially successful dry cell battery (zinc-carbon cell).
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J.A. Thiebaut patented the first battery with both the negative electrode and porous pot placed in a zinc cup.
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Waldmar Jungner invented the first nickel-cadmium rechargeable battery.
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Thomas Edison invented the first Alkaline Storage battery. Using Iron as an anode (-) material and Nicklic Oxide as a cahtode (+) material.
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Everedy invents a new, small sized, alkline battery that has a lifespan of six to eight times of a plain Alkline battery.
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Eveready introduces the first mini batteries for hearing aids.
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Eveready produces the first 9-volt battery. Commonly used in smoke alarms today.
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Eveready introduces the first commercial watch battery.
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First commercialy avaliable cylindrical alklkine battery. Revolutionized portable power.
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Energizer inroduces the world first Lithium AA battery. Very long lasting.
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Lithium-ion Polymer rechargeable batteries are commercially produced.
