Gaston Planté
1834 – 1889
Invented the rechargeable lead-acid cell.
The French physicist who invented the rechargeable lead-acid battery in 1859 — the first practical storage battery and, refined, still the one in your car and every backup system.
The battery-life and battery-configuration tools here trace to Planté's cell: the first time electricity could be stored, drawn down, and put back.
Portrait: a stylized blueprint-line rendering, not a photograph.
Contributions in the toolbox
- 1859
Rechargeable lead-acid cell.
→ Battery Life - 1859
Lead-acid rechargeable cell; the 12 V series string to come.
→ Battery Pack Configuration