1748: Benjamin Franklin coins the term "battery" in order to describe a series of charges glass plates
1780-1786: Luigi Galvani demonstrated the electrical basis of nerve impulses and provided cornerstone research for later inventors like Volta to create batteries
1800: Alessandro Volta invented the Voltaic Pile and discovered the first practical method of generating electricity. The Voltaic Pile is constructed of alternating discs f zinc and copper with pieces of cardboard soaked in brine between the metals, and this produces a current and is known as the first "wet cell battery."
1836: John F. Daniell invented the Daniel Cell that used two electrolytes: copper sulfate and zinc sulfate. This lasted longer than Volta's invention, and the Daniel Cell was used to power technology for over 100 years.
1839: William Robert Grove created the first fuel cell, and the fuel cell produced electricity by combining hydrogen and oxygen.
1839-1842: Bunsen and Grove invented the most successful batteries by creating improvements in batteries that used liquid electrodes.
1859: Gaston Plante developed the first practical storage lead-acid battery that could be recharged.
1866: Georges Laclanche created the carbon-zinc wet battery cell and then the first dry cell, which made the battery transportable.
1881: J.A. Thiebaut creates the first battery with both negative electrodes and porous pot placed in a zinc cup.
1881: Carl Gassner invented the first commercially successful dry cell battery.
1899: Waldmar Jungner invented the first nickel-cadmium rechargeable battery.
1901: Thomas Alva Edison invented the alkaline storage battery.
1949: Lew Urry developed the small alkaline battery, which lasts five to eight times longer than zinc-carbon cells.
1954: The first solar battery is invented by Gerald Pearson, Calvin Fuller, and Daryl Chapin, and this battery converts the sun's energy into electricity.
1964: Duracell was incorporated!
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