The battery has a different classification method, classification method can be divided into three categories

The first category: classified by type of electrolyte include: alkaline batteries, mainly potassium hydroxide electrolyte solution-based battery fire: such as: alkaline manganese batteries (commonly known as alkaline manganese batteries or alkaline batteries), nickel-cadmium batteries, nickel-metal hydride batteries. Acid batteries, mainly in aqueous sulfuric acid medium, such as zinc-manganese batteries (and some consumers also called acid batteries), seawater batteries; organic electrolyte batteries, battery mainly organic solution medium, such as a lithium battery, lithium ion batteries.

The second category: by the nature of work and conditions for storage division includes: a battery, also known as primary cells, that can not rechargeable batteries, such as zinc-manganese batteries, lithium primary batteries; secondary battery to charge batteries, such as nickel metal hydride batteries, lithium ion batteries, nickel-cadmium battery; lead-acid batteries used to refer to the battery is a secondary battery; fuel cells, namely the active material in the battery when the battery is continuously added, such as hydrogen fuel cells, etc. from the outside; reserve batteries, which are not in direct contact with the electrolyte when the battery storage, until the battery, before adding electrolyte battery, also known as silver magnesium seawater batteries.

The third category: the battery used by the positive and negative electrode materials division include: zinc series batteries, such as manganese batteries, silver-zinc batteries; nickel-series batteries, such as nickel-cadmium batteries, nickel hydrogen batteries: Lead series batteries, such as lead-acid batteries etc; lithium-ion batteries, lithium manganese batteries; manganese dioxide batteries, such as manganese batteries, alkaline manganese batteries; air (oxygen) series of batteries, such as zinc-air batteries