The Italian physicist who built the voltaic pile in 1800, the first battery and the first source of continuous electric current. Every electrochemical cell since, from lead-acid to lithium-ion, descends from his stack of zinc and copper discs, and the unit of electrical potential carries his name.
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Every electrochemical cell descends from the voltaic pile of 1800; the lithium-ion battery is its most consequential modern descendant.
Source Encyclopedia Britannica
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1. Encyclopedia Britannica
2. Wikidata: Alessandro Volta
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Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta (18 February 1745 - 5 March 1827) was an Italian chemist and physicist who was a pioneer of electricity and power.
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The Italian physicist Alessandro Volta (1745-1827) invented the electric battery
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