The nickel-cadmium battery was invented by engineer Waldemar Jungner in 1899. Even Thomas Edison got in on the battery game ...

Nickel-cadmium batteries were the first widely used rechargeable batteries for household electronics and were popular through ...

This would become a recurring problem for the next 100 years. When nickel-cadmium batteries were invented, the first flight with an electric motor took off, but it only lasted less than 15 minutes.

Nickel cadmium provides more charge per pound than lead acid batteries, but less than nickel metal hydride. Its major problem is the so-called "memory effect," in which the battery seems to ...

Lithium-ion batteries have a higher energy density than lead-acid or nickel-cadmium rechargeable batteries, which means they ...

The nonprofit river advocacy group is accepting single-use alkaline and lithium (AA, AAA, C, D, 9-Volt) batteries; rechargeable nickel-cadmium batteries along with lithium ion and nickel metal ...