Betri ea zinki-carbon (kapa mosebetsi o boima haholo) ke betri ea mantlha ea sele e omeletseng e fanang ka motlakase o tobileng ho tsoa ho karabelo ea electrochemical lipakeng tsa zinki le manganese dioxide (MnO2) boteng ba electrolyte.
E hlahisa motlakase oa hoo e ka bang 1.5 volts pakeng tsa anode ea zinki, eo hangata e hahoang e le sejana sa cylindrical bakeng sa sele ea betri, le molamu oa carbon o pota-potiloeng ke motsoako o nang le matla a phahameng a Standard electrode (positive polarity), e tsejoang e le cathode, e bokellang hona joale ho tsoa ho electrode ea manganese dioxide.Lebitso "zinc-carbon" le khelosa hanyenyane kaha le bolela hore carbon e sebetsa e le ntho e fokotsang ho e-na le manganese dioxide.
Libetri tsa morero o akaretsang li ka sebelisa pente e nang le asiti e nang le metsi a ammonium chloride (NH4Cl) joalo ka electrolyte, e nang le tharollo ea zinc chloride holim'a searola pampiri ho sebetsa joalo ka se tsejoang e le borokho ba letsoai.Mefuta e boima e sebelisa setlolo se entsoeng ka zinc chloride (ZnCl2).
Libetri tsa zinc-carbon e bile libeteri tsa pele tse omeletseng tsa khoebo, tse ntlafalitsoeng ho tsoa ho theknoloji ea metsiLeclanché cell.Ba entselitochele lisebelisoa tse ling tse nkehang habonolo, hobane betri e fane ka matla a phahameng a matla ka theko e tlaase ho feta lisele tse neng li le teng pele.Li ntse li le molemo ho lisebelisoa tse fokolang kapa tse sebelisoang ka nakoana tse kangli-remote control, litoche, lioache kapali-radios tsa transistor.Lisele tse omeletseng tsa zinc-carbon li sebelisoa hang feelalisele tse ka sehloohong.