1890, Thomas Edison invented the rechargeable iron-nickel battery.
1896 mass production of American dry batteries.
1896 invented the d battery.
1899 Waldmar Jungner invented the nickel-cadmium battery.
Commercial production of rechargeable iron-nickel battery in 19 10.
19 1 1 year China established a factory to produce dry batteries and lead-acid batteries (battery factory of Shanghai Ministry of Communications).
19 14 Thomas Edison invented alkaline battery.
1934 Schlecht and Akermann invented the sintered plate of nickel-cadmium battery.
1947 neumann developed a sealed nickel-cadmium battery.
1949, Lew Urry (Energizer) developed a small alkaline battery.
1954 Gerald Pearson, Calvin fuller and Darryl Chapin developed solar cells.
1956 strength. Made the first 9 volt battery.
1956 the first nickel-cadmium battery factory (Fengyun equipment factory (755 factory)) was built in China.
1960 or so, Union Carbide Company commercialized alkaline batteries, and China began to study alkaline batteries (jointly developed by Xi 'an Tsinghua Factory and other three companies).
Maintenance-free lead-acid batteries appear around 1970.
Practical application of primary lithium battery before and after 1970
1976, scientists at Philips Research Center invented the Ni-MH battery.
The stable alloy for Ni-MH battery was developed around 1980. .
1983, China began to study nickel-hydrogen batteries (Nankai University).
1987, the technology of nickel-cadmium battery was improved in China, and the battery capacity was increased by 40% by using foamed nickel.
Before 1987, China commercialized primary lithium batteries.
1989 The research of Ni-MH battery in China has been included in the national plan.
Corner (chewing gum) battery appeared before 1990.
1990 commercial production of nickel-hydrogen batteries.
199 1 Sony. Commercial production of rechargeable lithium ion batteries.
Karl Kordesch, Josef Gsellmann and Klaus Tomantschger obtained the patent of alkaline rechargeable battery in 1992.
1992 battery technology company produces alkaline rechargeable batteries.
1995 the commercial production of nickel-hydrogen batteries in China has begun to take shape.
1999 commercial production of rechargeable lithium polymer battery in 2000, lithium ion batteries were commercially produced in China.
After 2000, fuel cells and solar cells have become the focus of new energy development in the world.