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if I remember my basic chemistry, batteries don't deliver voltages at the level of 10/20/100v directly often, its more commonly 1/2v or 0.5v class voltages. You have to have a much more 'aggressive' chemical reaction to deliver higher voltages. And, the same with current: a single surface between two reacting things delivers less current. Its a function of surface area. Same with capacitance: you sometimes need 'more' surface to big up the effect.

Therefore all you have is stacking it up. parallel or serial, thats what there is to get higher voltages, more current draw, longer life per-cell.

Inside a lead acid battery its multiple surfaces, sub-cells. It's normal. inside almost any domestic battery I suspect its sub-cells, sub-cells all the way down.

A giant roll of surface, to increase the area in contact might be one way of getting "more" in terms of current draw or lifetime. I bet that its voltage remains close to the constant in this, hence Tesla "stacking" up the rolled cells, to boost voltage.



> Inside a lead acid battery its multiple surfaces, sub-cells.

IIRC, “battery” used to be the technical term for “a bunch of connected power cells”.


Yes. A battery of guns isn't usually just one. It's a set word. The singleton would be cell.




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