Questions tagged [battery]

A device for storing electricity in a convenient compact form usually via chemical processes.

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Does the 3M mouse pad extend battery life up to 50% or 75%?

The 3M company has a product called 3M™ Precise™ Mouse Pad with Repositionable Adhesive Backing and Battery Saving Design, MP200PS that claims to: Battery saving design extends battery life of wireless mice up to 50%† Precise™ surface enhances the…
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Nanoscale hydrogen batteries that use water-splitting technology

It was claimed in this article in 2019 that a nano-battery using water splitting technology is developed. It is described as: The battery gains its charge by interacting with water molecules present in the surrounding air. When a water molecule…
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Charging Lithium-Ion batteries

I often listen people saying that this battery's first charge has to be in 24 hours, others says at least 8 hours... So I have some doubts... Is it true that the first charge has to last 24 hours? Does it need to be charged continuously? (Can I…
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Did researchers create a graphene device that drew "free" power from the ionic thermal motion?

A 2012 pre-print, Self-Charged Graphene Battery Harvests Electricity from Thermal Energy of the Environment claims that a graphene device was used to generate a voltage of 0.35V by capturing some of the energy of ionic thermal motion in a solution…
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