What is battery self-discharge? And how do you counter it?

With batteries, you can store and transport energy easily. However, during storage, some of that stored energy may ‘escape’ from the battery. How can you prevent such battery ‘self-discharge’? Read on to find out. Battery self-discharge: perfectly normal Batteries generate electricity due to a chemical reaction inside the cell. Ideally, this happens when it is connected to a device that needs power. However, the reaction could also happen at a smaller scale, when the battery’s electrodes are not connected. That means that the battery’s charge gradually reduces over time. This phenomenon is...