It says it right on the side of every alkaline ... the zinc side of the electrochemical equation, which has a potential of 1.28V. A neat hack, to be sure, but it couldn’t possibly make ...

They may carry brand names such as Duracell or Energizer. Battery recycling pails are provided at various campus locations to recycle your AAA, AA, C, D and 9 Volt alkaline or carbon zinc batteries.

Conventional electrolytes used thus far were strongly alkaline. The new battery chemistry is based on the salt of zinc trifluoromethanesulfonate, which is claimed to have several advantages ...