The term battery has evolved to indicate the product powering a device regardless of the fact that it contains one or more cells. A cell converts chemical energy into electrical energy by virtue of electrochemical reactions occurring at its electrodes.
Chapter 1 BASIC BATTERY CONCEPTS 1.1. Cells and Batteries: Components A cell is the basic electrochemical unit converting the chemical energy stored in it into electrical energy. A battery is composed, strictly speaking, of two or more such cells connected in series or parallel.
To understand the basic principle of battery properly, first, we should have some basic concept of electrolytes and electrons affinity. Actually, when two dissimilar metals are immersed in an electrolyte, there will be a potential difference produced between these metals.
There are three main components of a battery: two terminals made of different chemicals (typically metals), the anode and the cathode; and the electrolyte, which separates these terminals. The electrolyte is a chemical medium that allows the flow of electrical charge between the cathode and anode.
The terminals of the individual cells are connected together by link connectors as shown in figure 2-9. The cells are connected in series in the battery and the positive terminal of one end cell becomes the positive terminal of the battery. The negative terminal of the opposite end cell becomes the negative terminal of the battery.
The cell is the fundamental unit of the battery. A simple cell consists of two electrodes placed in a container that holds the electrolyte. In some cells the container acts as one of the electrodes and, in this case, is acted upon by the electrolyte. This will be covered in more detail later.
20.1: Batteries and Simple Circuits
Solution. We start by making a circuit diagram, as in Figure (PageIndex{7}), showing the resistors, the current, (I), the battery and the battery arrow.Note that since this is a closed circuit with only one path, the current through the battery, (I), is the same as the current through the two resistors. Figure (PageIndex{7}): Two resistors connected in series with a battery.
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