Maxell SR Series Silver Oxide Battery

Description

Button-type silver oxide batteries are characterized by high-energy per unit volume and stable operating voltage. As a result, they are used as a power source for applications such as quartz watches, and in recent years their use has expanded to medical devices and BLE devices.

Maxell is the first company in Japan to successfully market button-type silver oxide batteries and has many years of experience and know-how. Also, in consideration of the environment, all products are designed to use zero mercury. For more information, please contact Maxell.

The button-type silver oxide battery uses silver oxide (Ag2O) as its positive active material and zinc (Zn) as its negative active material. Potassium hydroxide (KOH) (W-type) or sodium hydroxide (NaOH) (SW-type) is used as an electrolyte.

**Battery reactions (Silver Oxide Battery)**
Positive reaction :	Ag2O+H2O+2e- → 2Ag+2OH-
Negative reaction :	Zn+2OH- → ZnO+H2O+2e-
Total reaction :	Ag2O+Zn → 2Ag+ZnO

Brand

Maxell

Maxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in Ibaraki, Osaka. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now Nitto Denko Corporation).

On March 18, 2014, the company was listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. In 2013, Maxell, Ltd. acquired Hitachi Consumer Electronics, Co., Ltd.’s projector design, development and manufacturing assets and resources. On October 1, 2019, Maxell Corporation of America announced it would assume responsibility for all operations related to both Hitachi- brand and Maxell-brand projector products and accessories in the North American market.