A matsayin daya daga cikin na'urori masu mahimmanci a fagen auna wutar lantarki, haɓaka na'urorin lantarki guda ɗaya{0} yana da alaƙa da haɓakar amfani da wutar lantarki na jama'a. Tun lokacin da aka yi amfani da wutar lantarki mai yawa a ƙarshen karni na 19, fitowar da haɓakar mitocin wutar lantarki ba wai kawai inganta kimiyyar sarrafa makamashi ba har ma sun yi tasiri sosai ga tsarin amfani da wutar lantarki a masana'antar zamani da rayuwar zama.
A cikin 1880s, tare da haɓaka tsarin samar da wutar lantarki na Edison kai tsaye, na'urorin auna wutar lantarki na farko sun kasance. A shekara ta 1889, injiniyan Jamus Hermann Aron ya ƙirƙira na'ura mai amfani da wutar lantarki bisa ka'idar electrolytic, wanda a kaikaice ya ƙididdige yawan makamashi ta hanyar auna ƙaura na ions na ƙarfe a cikin ruwa. Koyaya, wannan na'urar tana da ƙarancin daidaito da haɗaɗɗen kulawa, yana sa ya zama da wahala a shahara. A cikin 1890s, haɓakar sauye-sauyen tsarin yanzu ya haifar da ƙarin induction makamashin lantarki. A cikin 1896, masanin kimiyar Ba'amurke Elihu Thomson ya ƙera na'ura ta farko ta kasuwanci ta farko -mitar wutar lantarki. Wannan fasaha, ta yin amfani da ƙa'idar jujjuya diski na aluminium wanda ke tafiyar da madaidaicin filin maganadisu, an cimma ma'aunin injin kai tsaye na makamashin lantarki. Saboda tsarinsa mai sauƙi da babban abin dogaro, wannan fasaha ta zama babban mafita a duniya a farkon rabin karni na 20.
A tsakiyar {{0}zuwa{1}}karshen karni na 20, nasarorin da aka samu a fasahar lantarki sun haifar da sabbin abubuwa a mitocin lantarki. A cikin shekarun 1970s, aikace-aikacen haɗaɗɗun da'irori ya ba da damar mitoci na lantarki don maye gurbin mitoci na gargajiya a hankali, suna ba da daidaito mafi girma da rigakafin tsangwama. A ƙarshen karni na 20, ƙaddamar da fasahar microprocessor ya ƙara ƙarfafa mitan wutar lantarki tare da ajiyar bayanai da kuma damar sadarwa mai nisa, wanda ya aza harsashi don bunkasa grid mai wayo. Tun daga karni na 21st, mitocin lantarki guda ɗaya - a hankali sun ƙaura zuwa ƙididdigewa da sadarwar sadarwa, suna tallafawa ƙididdiga biyu da sa ido na gaske, biyan buƙatun samun wutar lantarki da aka rarraba da mai amfani{11}} sarrafa gefe.
Daga kayan aikin injin zuwa kwakwalwan kwamfuta masu hankali, tarihin mitocin lantarki guda ɗaya{0} yana nuna yadda ɗan adam ke neman ingantaccen makamashi. A yau, ba kawai kayan aiki ba ne don daidaita lissafin wutar lantarki, har ma da kumburin da ba dole ba ne a cikin Intanet mai kuzari, yana ci gaba da ba da tallafin fasaha don canjin makamashi na duniya.
