Professional batteries provide stable power for wireless Internet of Things devices

Different battery types meet different application requirements

Batteries are a pretty common product in people's lives. Many portable products and sensors are operated by batteries. According to different design requirements, the types of batteries used can be divided into disposable batteries and rechargeable batteries. Usually, devices with low power consumption, such as sensors, mostly use disposable batteries, which can be replaced once every few months or even years. However, rechargeable batteries are usually used in products with high power consumption, such as mobile phones, tablets, and watches. They may have to be charged in a few days or a week, so it will be more economical and convenient to use rechargeable batteries.
 
Disposable batteries can be divided into general models and special models. General models are common batteries with standard sizes such as AA, AAA, C, D and 9V on the market. Their different chemical materials can be divided into different types of batteries such as alkaline, lithium battery (LiFeS2), etc. Special models include high-power lithium battery (alkaline button battery), and lithium button battery.
 
There are quite a variety of rechargeable batteries. Many devices will use built-in rechargeable batteries designed exclusively for the devices, and consumers usually cannot replace them by themselves. However, there are also rechargeable batteries with standard sizes on the market, which can be purchased and replaced by consumers themselves.

New technology and high quality make the battery run longer

The most famous company representing the battery industry is Duracell, whose predecessor was P.R. Mallory Company, founded in 1920. At that time, it specially produced mercury batteries for military devices. In 1960, the company's first alkaline battery was marketed under the brand of Mallory and supplied to Kodak instant cameras. In 1971, Duracell introduced its iconic copper and black design and became the first battery manufacturer to advertise on TV. In 1973, the Duracell Rabbit, a well-known advertising character, was born.
 
Until 2016, Duracell was acquired by Berkshire Hathaway as a permanent subsidiary of Berkshire. In 2018, Duracell invested in new B2B expertise to help device manufacturers provide high-quality batteries for all applications from smart homes to medical care. In 2020, Duracell introduced a dual-formula battery combination - PROCELL low-current discharge battery and PROCELL Intense high-current discharge battery to the Asian professional market. Now Duracell has 2,907 employees and 300 R&D engineers around the globe, with an annual sales volume of over 7 billion batteries, making it the world's number one battery brand.
 
According to the needs of technological products and industrial devices, Duracell has introduced industrial battery series, Procell, for professional device application, including alkaline batteries with various standard sizes, special alkaline batteries with special sizes, lithium batteries with multiple sizes and rechargeable batteries provided upon request.
 
Duracell can achieve such excellent results in the battery industry, because Duracell focuses on the efforts in technology and quality, and continuously invests in manufacturing so that its batteries have higher consistency and quality. Using Duracell batteries will enable the devices to have a longer service life. Combined with the excellent quality of products, they will enable the devices to give full play to consistent performance.
 
At present, more than 90% of the devices on the market run on multiple batteries, and the performance of these devices is closely related to the performance of the batteries. If there is a problem with the batteries, these devices will easily fail and can’t perform as expected. Duracell's PROCELL battery adopts a new can design, technology and process. Compared with competitors' outdated can design, poor filling rate and inconsistent quality, the quality process and control of PROCELL battery make the performance and reliability of devices more consistent, thus reducing operating costs.

Continuous R&D and innovation to improve the efficiency of button batteries

Duracell is also committed to the research, development, and innovation of button-type lithium batteries to meet the power demand of new devices. In order to make the button-type lithium batteries have better quality and efficiency, the mesh screen design of Duracell button batteries offers better cathode contact. It has lower impedance, which also means better performance. Compared with competitors' products usually have inconsistent cathode position, resulting in low utilization rates and poor performance. The poor cathode can manufacturing technology leads to higher impedance and poor performance, especially in high current applications where the difference is more obvious.
 
Duracell's button-type lithium batteries adopt a new texture on the anode (lithium) surface to provide more surface area, thus providing better conductivity. In contrast, the mesh screen where the cathode is located provides a greater utilization rate of active materials under high pulse and maintains the cathode's integrity. The newer can design enables Duracell’s battery to pack more active materials to obtain better improvement in high drain performance and low drain performance boosts as well, which also means that it can provide greater capacity.
 
Duracell specially optimizes the design of IoT devices, and the rapid development of new technologies and devices is positively affecting the demand for primary lithium batteries. Take optimized design in Duracell CR123 for example. It is about 40% better than the main competitor in low pulse load discharge (replicating periodic data transmission) on the device using the discharge type of Internet of Things, and the battery of the main competitor will stop working prematurely due to the lithium anode cut-off effect.

Professional battery combination meets professional application requirements

Duracell's PROCELL professional battery combination is the world's first professional battery combination, in which PROCELL Intense high-current discharge battery is mainly used to operate motors, pumps and other large-current devices that generate driving. In contrast, PROCELL low-current discharge battery is used for small-current devices that need small current for long-term battery life.
 
At present, the development of Bluetooth 5.2 Low Energy technology on the market has reached a mature stage, and smart hardware with Bluetooth 5.2 can be used for several years with only one button cell. It also supports Android, ios and other devices, which makes this technology more widely used. It can be applied to new products such as smart wearable, bracelets, children's watches, Bluetooth speakers, Bluetooth anti-loss, thermometers, weighing scale, Bluetooth smart color lights, Bluetooth water dispensers, etc.. It can also work with the client app software to control this hardware.
 
Taking temperature sensors for constant temperature control and occupancy detection sensors as examples, Duracell CR2477 battery can be used. A Wi-Fi intelligent thermostat can be connected with up to six temperature sensors for occupancy detection, which mainly discharges with pulsed high current when working.
 
In addition, for IoT smart home security applications, CR2450 and CR2032 batteries can be used on smart home controllers such as control panels and wireless switches; AA, AAA, 9V, PROCELL AA and CR123 batteries can be used in security applications such as Co detectors, gas meters and ocean environment detectors, and CR2032, CR2025, CR1632 and CR2477 can be used on contact sensors and magnetic door sensor products. Other smart door lock applications such as cabinet door locks, rolling doors and electronic locks can use CR123, CR2450, 2032, 9V and AA batteries, while industrial instruments such as measuring pens, laser rangefinders and electronic scales can use AA, AAA and 9V batteries.

Conclusion

A battery seems to be just a simple device accessory, but it has a decisive impact on the performance of the device. High-quality and stable batteries will enable the devices to operate for longer and show stable performance. If you choose batteries with a poor quality because you only consider the cost factor, they will bring adverse effects on the operation of the devices. It can be said that you lose a lot because of small things. Choosing Duracell PROCELL professional batteries will be the best partner for smart home devices.