Leclanché cell
Pila Leclanché
- Date
- 1866 · confidence high
- Place
- Paris, France
- Credited to
- Georges Leclanché
- People
- 👤 Georges Leclanché1836–1882
- Field
- Matter & energy
What it is
A cell of zinc and manganese dioxide with an ammonium chloride electrolyte, cheap, maintenance-free and long-lasting. It is the direct forerunner of the domestic dry cell.
1866 patent; adopted by the Belgian telegraph service in 1868.
What it led to
- Powering telegraphs, bells and telephones
- Gassner's dry cell (1886) and the zinc-carbon battery
- Portable consumer electricity (torches, radios)
Built on
- Manganese1774
- Voltaic pile1800
- Daniell cell1836
- Manganese chemistry
Made possible
- Telephone1876
- Dry cell battery and flashlight1886–1899
- Alkaline manganese cell1955-1959
- Domestic electric doorbell