Types of Battery

Battery types vary according to the nature and design of their electrochemical cells. What follows is a list of primary and secondary cell batteries:

Primary batteries

  • Alkaline battery
  • Aluminium battery
  • Atomic battery
  • Bunsen cell
  • Chromic acid cell
  • Clark cell
  • Daniell cell
  • Dry cell
  • Earth battery
  • Galvanic cell
  • Grove cell
  • Leclanché cell
  • Lemon battery
  • Lithium battery
  • Lithium air battery
  • Mercury battery
  • Molten salt battery
  • Nickel oxyhydroxide battery
  • Organic radical battery
  • Paper battery
  • Reserve battery
  • Silver-oxide battery
  • Solid-state battery
  • Voltaic pile
  • Water-activated battery
  • Weston cell
  • Zinc-air battery
  • Zinc-carbon battery
  • Zinc chloride battery


Secondary Batteries

  • Dr30 battery
  • Flow battery
  • Fuel cell
  • Lead-acid battery
  • Lithium-ion battery
  • Lithium iron phosphate battery
  • Lithium-sulfur battery
  • Lithium-titanate battery
  • Molten salt battery
  • Nickel-cadmium battery
  • Nickel hydrogen battery
  • Nickel-iron battery
  • Nickel metal hydride battery
  • Nickel-zinc battery
  • Organic radical battery
  • Polymer-based battery
  • Polysulfide bromide battery
  • Rechargeable alkaline battery
  • Sodium-sulfur battery
  • Super iron battery
  • Zinc-bromine flow battery
  • Zinc matrix battery