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[94] [95] Zinc is used as an anode material for batteries such as in zinc–carbon batteries [96] [97] or zinc–air battery/fuel cells. [ 98 ] [ 99 ] [ 100 ] A widely used alloy which contains zinc is brass, in which copper is alloyed with anywhere from 3% to 45% zinc, depending upon the type of brass. [ 93 ]
Zinc-ion battery chemistries have the potential to penetrate into the flexible electronic markets, where demand for flexible energy storage devices has been increasing. Flexible batteries must be safe and ultra-thin, and zinc-ion chemistries provide much safer alternatives to similarly energy-dense batteries like lithium-ion batteries.
The world's largest zinc producer is Nyrstar, a merger of the Australian OZ Minerals and the Belgian Umicore. [108] About 70% of the world's zinc originates from mining, while the remaining 30% comes from recycling secondary zinc. [109] Commercially pure zinc is known as Special High Grade, often abbreviated SHG, and is 99.995% pure. [110]
The zinc casing in the dry cell gets thinner even when the cell is not being used, because the ammonium chloride inside the battery reacts with the zinc. An "inside-out" form with a carbon cup and zinc vanes on the interior, while more leak-resistant, has not been manufactured since the 1960s. [7] Progressive corrosion of zinc–carbon batteries
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The term zinc–air fuel cell usually refers to a zinc–air battery in which zinc metal is added and zinc oxide is removed continuously. Zinc electrolyte paste or pellets are pushed into a chamber, and waste zinc oxide is pumped into a waste tank or bladder inside the fuel tank. Fresh zinc paste or pellets are taken from the fuel tank.
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The zinc–carbon battery (as it came to be known) is still manufactured today. In parallel, in 1887 Wilhelm Hellesen developed his own dry cell design. It has been claimed that Hellesen's design preceded that of Gassner. [16] In 1887, a dry-battery was developed by Sakizō Yai (屋井 先蔵) of Japan, then patented in 1892.