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Aluminum-air battery
The aluminum-air battery, or Al-air battery, is a primary metal-air electrochemical cell that generates electricity by oxidizing an aluminum anode while drawing oxygen from surrounding air.
Aluminum-ion battery
An aluminum-ion battery is a rechargeable battery that uses a metallic aluminum anode with chloride-based electrolytes, promising high capacity and safety but not yet commercially viable.
Aluminum–sulfur battery
An aluminum–sulfur battery (Al–S battery) is a rechargeable battery pairing an aluminum anode with a sulfur cathode, typically in molten salt or ionic liquid electrolytes.
Aqueous zinc-iodine battery
An aqueous zinc-iodine battery is a rechargeable, water-based battery using zinc and iodine electrodes, valued for low cost and safety but limited by the polyiodide shuttle effect.
Aqueous zinc–manganese dioxide batteries
Aqueous zinc–manganese dioxide batteries are rechargeable batteries pairing a zinc metal anode with a manganese dioxide cathode in a water-based electrolyte such as zinc sulfate.
Calcium battery
A calcium battery is a rechargeable battery that uses calcium chemistry, most desirably with a metallic calcium anode; none exists commercially yet, as research remains at the laboratory proof-of-concept stage.
Calcium–sulfur battery
The calcium–sulfur battery is a rechargeable battery concept pairing a calcium anode with a sulfur cathode, offering a high theoretical specific energy of 1802 Wh kg⁻¹.
Chloride-ion battery
A chloride-ion battery (CIB) is a rechargeable battery in which chloride anions, rather than metal cations, carry charge, first demonstrated at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
Fluoride-ion battery
A fluoride-ion battery (FIB) is a rechargeable battery in which fluoride anions, rather than metal cations, carry charge, first made rechargeable at Karlsruhe in 2011.
Iron-air battery
An iron-air battery is a rechargeable metal-air battery that stores energy by reversibly oxidizing iron. Its very low cost makes it a candidate for multi-day grid-scale storage.
Magnesium battery
A magnesium battery is a rechargeable cell using a magnesium metal anode, first demonstrated by Doron Aurbach in 2000, promising high capacity and safety but blocked by cathode and electrolyte limits.
Magnesium-sulfur battery
The magnesium-sulfur battery (Mg-S battery) is a rechargeable battery pairing a magnesium anode with a sulfur cathode, first demonstrated in 2011 by Toyota researchers and still in early laboratory development.
Metal–air battery
A metal–air battery is an electrochemical cell that oxidizes a metal anode while drawing its cathode oxygen from the air, giving it some of the highest theoretical energy densities of any battery family.
Molten-salt battery
A molten-salt battery is a battery using molten salt as an electrolyte, ranging from primary thermal cells to rechargeable types such as the sodium-sulfur and sodium-metal halide (ZEBRA) batteries.
Non-nucleophilic magnesium electrolytes
Non-nucleophilic magnesium electrolytes are liquid electrolytes for rechargeable magnesium batteries whose magnesium-carrying species do not attack electrophilic cathodes such as sulfur, unlike early Grignard-based electrolytes.
Organic radical battery
An organic radical battery (ORB) is a rechargeable battery that uses nitroxide radical polymers such as PTMA instead of lithium-ion intercalation, allowing very fast charging.
Potassium-ion battery
A potassium-ion battery is a rechargeable battery in which potassium ions move between cathode and graphite anode; it is a low-cost lithium-ion alternative for grid storage, still in development.
Prussian blue analogue sodium-ion battery
A Prussian blue analogue sodium-ion battery is a rechargeable battery whose cathode is an open-framework Prussian blue analog, prized for low cost, simple synthesis, and rapid charging.
Prussian blue sodium-ion battery
A Prussian blue sodium-ion battery is a rechargeable sodium-ion battery using Prussian blue analog electrodes, offering high power, long cycle life, and low cost but low energy density.
Rechargeable zinc–manganese dioxide battery
A rechargeable zinc–manganese dioxide battery pairs metallic zinc with a manganese dioxide cathode in aqueous electrolyte; Kang and co-workers proposed the modern rechargeable design in 2011.
Sodium metal chloride battery
A sodium metal chloride battery, best known as the ZEBRA battery, is a high-temperature rechargeable battery using molten sodium, a ceramic separator, and a metal chloride electrode.
Sodium-air battery
A sodium-air battery is a metal-air electrochemical cell that oxidizes a sodium anode and reduces oxygen at the cathode, studied as an inexpensive, high-energy alternative to lithium-ion batteries.
Sodium–sulfur battery
The sodium–sulfur battery (NaS battery) is a rechargeable battery with molten sodium and sulfur electrodes separated by a ceramic electrolyte, commercialized by NGK and TEPCO in 2002.
Solid-state sodium battery
A solid-state sodium battery is a rechargeable battery in which a solid electrolyte replaces the flammable liquid between electrodes, offering sodium's low cost, improved safety, and higher energy density.
UltraBattery
UltraBattery is a hybrid energy storage device combining an asymmetric supercapacitor with a lead-acid battery in a single cell, developed by Australia's CSIRO under Lan Lam.
Zinc-ion battery
A zinc-ion battery (ZIB) is a rechargeable battery that uses a zinc metal anode and, typically, a water-based electrolyte, aimed mainly at low-cost, grid-scale energy storage.
Zinc–iodine battery
The zinc–iodine battery is a rechargeable battery that couples reversible iodine conversion at a carbon cathode with zinc plating at the anode, usually in a water-based electrolyte.