1800 Alessandro Volta invented the world's first battery.
1802 Dr. William Cruikshank first designed to facilitate the manufacture of batteries.
1836 John Daniell to provide a stable discharge current of the battery has been improved
1859 Gaston Planté invention rechargeable lead-acid batteries.
1868 George Leclanché developed using electrolyte battery
1881 J. A. Thiebaut made battery patents.
1888 Dr. Gassner develops the first dry cell.
1890 Thomas Edison invention rechargeable nickel-iron battery
1896 battery production in the United States
1896 invention D-size batteries.
1899 Waldmar Jungner invention nickel-cadmium batteries.
1910 rechargeable nickel-iron batteries for commercial production
1911 engage in the production of batteries and lead-acid batteries (battery factory in Shanghai Department of Transportation)
1914 Thomas Edison invention alkaline batteries.
1934 Schlecht and Akermann invention sintered nickel-cadmium battery plates.
In 1947 Neumann developed a sealed nickel-cadmium batteries.
1949 Lew Urry (Energizer) developed a small alkaline batteries.
1954 Gerald Pearson, Calvin Fuller and Daryl Chapin developed solar cells.
1956 Energizer. Manufactured the first 9-volt battery
1956 Construction of a nickel-cadmium battery factory (FY Equipment Factory (755 Factory))
1960 Union Carbide. Commercial production of alkaline batteries, alkaline batteries China began research (Xi'an Qinghua factory three cooperative R & D)
Maintenance-free lead-acid batteries after 1970.
1970 primary lithium batteries practical.
1976 Philips Research scientists invented the nickel-metal hydride batteries.
1980 to develop a stable alloys for nickel-hydrogen batteries.
In 1983 China began to study Ni-MH battery (Nankai University)
1987 Our improved nickel-cadmium battery technology, using foamed nickel, 40% of the battery capacity upgrade
1987 years of commercial production of primary lithium batteries
1989 Study on the nickel-metal hydride battery included in the national plan
Angle (chewing gum) batteries appear before 1990
Around 1990 commercial production of nickel-metal hydride batteries.
1991. Sony. Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries for commercial production
In 1992 Karl Kordesch, Josef Gsellmann and Klaus Tomantschger made alkaline rechargeable battery patents
1992 Battery Technologies, Inc. production of alkaline rechargeable batteries
1995 of nickel-hydrogen batteries for commercial production beginning to take shape
1999 rechargeable lithium polymer battery commercial production
In 2000, the commercial production of lithium-ion battery
After 2000
Fuel cells, solar energy has become the world's attention a new development focus