Chemistry of Everyday Things

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 11.05.02

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Background Information
  4. Strategies and Activities
  5. Appendix A
  6. Appendix B
  7. Appendix C
  8. Appendix D
  9. Appendix E
  10. Endnotes

The Problems and Potential of Portable Power

Jennifer Fleck

Published September 2011

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Endnotes

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  2. Schlesinger, Henry. The Battery. New York: HarperCollins, 2010.
  3. Ibid, page 3.
  4. Ibid, page 154, originally from the "Electric Girls." New York Times, April 26, 1884.
  5. Ibid, pg. 238.
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  7. Schlesinger, Henry. The Battery. New York: HarperCollins, 2010.
  8. Lee, Yun Jung, Hyunjung Yi, Woo-Jae Kim, Kisuk Kang, Dong Soo Yun, Michael S. Strano, Gerbrand Ceder, and Angela M. Belcher, "Fabricating Genetically Engineered High-Power Lithium-Ion Batteries Using Multiple Virus Genes," Science 324 (2009): 1051-1055, doi: 10.1126/science.1171541.
  9. Nishide, Hiroyuki and Kenicchi Oyaizu. "Toward Flexible Batteries," Science 319 (2008): 737-738.
  10. Walter, Patrick. "Taking the heat out of lithium batteries," Chemistry & Industry 5 (2011): 7.
  11. Armand, M. and J. M. Tarascon. "Building better batteries," Nature 451 (2008): 652-657.
  12. Goodenough, John B. and Yougsik Kim. "Challenges for Rechargeable Li Batteries," Chemistry of Materials Review 22 (2010): 587-603.
  13. Jennings, Aaron A. "Zinc Pollution Potential of Consumer Battery Litter," Journal of Environmental Engineering (2009): 815-821, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000039.
  14. Almeida, Manuel F., Susana M. Xará, Julanda Delgado, and Carlos A. Costa, "Laboratory study on the behavior of spent AA household alkaline batteries in incineration," Waste Mangement 29 (2009): 342-349, doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2008.03.011.
  15. Burke, Andrew. "Batteries and Ultracapacitors for Electric, Hybrid, and Fuel Cell Vehicles," Proceedings of the IEEE 95:4 (2007): 806-820.
  16. Eisenkraft, Arthur. Active Chemistry. (New York: Its About Time, 2007), 309-311.
  17. Schlesinger, Henry. The Battery. New York: HarperCollins, 2010, pg. 277.
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  19. Jennings, Aaron A. "Zinc Pollution Potential of Consumer Battery Litter," Journal of Environmental Engineering (2009): 815-821, accessed July 13, 2011, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000039.
  20. Illinois State Board of Education. "Illinois Science Assessment Framework," (2005).

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