Lead-acid battery Nickel-chromium battery
Wet-cell nickel-cadmium batteries were invented in 1899. Among rechargeable battery technologies, NiCd rapidly lost market share in the 1990s, to NiMH and Li-ion batteries; ... more costly than that of the lead–acid battery, and the cells have high self-discharge rates. Sealed NiCd cells were at one time widely used in portable power tools ...