Basics every battery user should know:Facts about batteries Sharing battery knowledge When was the battery invented? Battery chemistries What's the best battery? The nickel-based battery, its dominance and the future - The nickel-cadmium battery - The nickel-metal-hydride battery Is lithium-ion the ideal battery? - The lithium-ion battery - The lithium polymer battery Can the lead-acid battery compete in modern times? Will the reusable alkaline battery have a future? What's the role of the supercapacitor? Packaging and safety Battery packaging - a look at old and new systems - The cylindrical cell - The button cell - The prismatic cell - The pouch cell - Battery packs for portable devices Safety circuits for modern batteries Serial and parallel battery configurations - Singe cell applications - Serial connection - Parallel connection - Serial/parallel connection - Charging and discharging lithium-ion batteries - Household batteries Charging Charging nickel-based batteries - Charging nickel-cadmium -Charging nickel-metal-hydride Charging lithium-ion batteries -Preparing new lithium-ion for use -State-of-charge reading based on terminal voltage Charging the lead-acid battery - Charging lead-acid batteries with a power supply - State-of-charge reading based on terminal voltage - Battery as a buffer Charging at high and low temperatures - Ultra-fast chargers How to charge-when to charge table Discharging Discharging at high and low temperatures - Pulse discharge Discharge methods - What is C - rate? - Depth of discharge - What constitutes a discharge cycle? Calculating the battery runtime - The Peukert numbe