Abstract: An electrochemical device, including a cell and a shell enclosing the cell; the cell includes a jelly roll including a first electrode and a second electrode spaced from each other, a separator is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first electrode and the second electrode are wound to form the cell; the first electrode includes a first current collector, the first current collector includes a first surface and a second surface disposed oppositely; the first surface faces the shell, and includes a coated region coated with a first active material and an uncoated region; the uncoated region includes a first uncoated region disposed at an end of the jelly roll, and the first uncoated region includes alternating bent portions and straight portions; and the bent portions are provided with an insulating layer.

Abstract: A method for preparing an anode, including the step of adding an auxiliary agent with Si—C and Si—O bonds. The method for preparing the anode can reduce defects on a surface of the anode to produce a high-quality anode.

Abstract: An electrochemical apparatus includes a positive electrode plate. The positive electrode plate includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer disposed on a surface of the positive electrode current collector. The positive electrode active material layer includes a positive electrode active material and a conductive agent, the conductive agent containing secondary particles, where a total sectional area S0 of the secondary particles and a sectional area S1 of the positive electrode active material layer satisfy 0<S0/S1?0.1; and diameter D0 of the secondary particles and a percentage by number of secondary particles with the diameter D0 within each range in the secondary particles further satisfy: when 0 ?m<D0?3 ?m, 30%??1?50%; when 3 ?m<D0?10 ?m, 30%??2?50%; and when 10 ?m<D0?18 ?m, 0%??3?20%. Such electrochemical apparatus has good cycling performance in high-temperature environments and therefore has a long service life.

Abstract: An electrode assembly includes a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator. The first electrode plate is provided with a first tab and a third tab, the second electrode plate is provided with a second tab, and the first electrode plate, the separator, and the second electrode plate are wound to form the electrode assembly. The first electrode plate includes a first current collector and a first active substance layer. The first active substance layer is disposed on a surface of the first current collector to form a first coating region; the first tab and the third tab are spaced apart from each other in the first coating region, dividing the first coating region into a first part, a second part, and a third part.

Abstract: A battery includes a battery cell and a casing assembly for receiving the battery cell. The battery cell includes a first electrode tab. The battery further includes an insulating member and a conductive member, the insulating member is connected between the casing assembly and the conductive member. The casing assembly defines a first through hole, and the insulating member defines a second through hole connected to the first through hole. The first electrode tab is electrically connected to the conductive member. A power consuming device including the battery is further provided. The conductive member of the present disclosure substitutes for the terminal post of existing art, increasing the energy density of the battery.

Abstract: A lithium transition metal composite oxide, comprising a twin crystal structure. The twin crystal structure includes a first crystalline region and a second crystalline region. A grain boundary exists between the first crystalline region and the second crystalline region. The first crystalline region includes a first region located within 20 nm from the grain boundary. The second crystalline region includes a second region located within 20 nm from the grain boundary. An angle between a transition metal layer in the first region and a transition metal layer in the second region is 65° to 80°. By adjusting the angle between the transition metal layer in the first region and the transition metal layer in the second region to fall within 65° to 80°, it can improve stability of the twin crystal structure, and in turn, improve the cycle performance of the electrochemical device at a high voltage.

Abstract: An electrochemical device includes a negative electrode sheet. The negative electrode sheet includes a current collector, a first coating layer, and a second coating layer. The first coating layer is located between the current collector and the second coating layer. The second coating layer includes a negative active material. The first coating layer includes a conductive carbon material. The conductive carbon material includes at least one of carbon nanotubes or graphene. Based on a mass of the first coating layer, a mass percent of the conductive carbon material is 20% to 60%. The main material of the first coating layer is at least one of carbon nanotubes or graphene.

Abstract: A winding-type lithium ion battery includes an electrode assembly; the electrode assembly includes a first electrode plate, a separator, and a second electrode plate that are successively stacked and wound; the first electrode plate includes a first current collector and multiple first tabs electrically connected to the first current collector; the second electrode plate includes a second current collector and multiple second tabs electrically connected to the second current collector; the electrode assembly is flat, and a notch S is provided at least one corner of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: A negative active material includes a carbon material. The carbon material satisfies the following relationship: 6<Gr/K<16, Gr is a graphitization degree of the carbon material, measured by X-ray diffraction; and K is a ratio Id/Ig of a peak intensity Id of the carbon material at a wavenumber of 1250 cm?1 to 1650 cm?1 to a peak intensity Ig of the carbon material at a wavenumber of 1500 cm?1 to 1650 cm?1, and is measured by using Raman spectroscopy, and K is 0.06 to 0.15.

Abstract: An electrochemical device, including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator and an electrolyte. The electrolyte includes a nitrile compound, and the mass percentage of the nitrile compound in the electrolyte is A %; the negative electrode includes a current collector, wherein the current collector comprises a first region and a second region; the first region is provided with a negative electrode active substance layer; the second region does not comprise a negative electrode active substance layer; the area of the second region is B % of the surface area of the current collector; and A×B<600.

Abstract: A management method of an electrochemical device, includes: when the electrochemical device is in a preset state, measuring a predetermined parameter of the electrochemical device, and in response to the predetermined parameter meeting a preset condition, performing at least one discharge-charge operation on the electrochemical device. The discharge-charge operation includes: discharging the electrochemical device to a second voltage threshold, and charging the electrochemical device to a third voltage threshold. The second voltage threshold is less than a first voltage threshold, the first voltage threshold is a limited charge voltage of the electrochemical device, and a difference between the third voltage threshold and the first voltage threshold is not greater than 20%.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material includes graphite and amorphous carbon, where according to Raman testing, the negative electrode active material satisfies: 1.6?WD/WG?2.6, where WD is a peak width at half height of peak D within 1340 cm?1 to 1370 cm?1 in the Raman spectrum, 40 cm?1?WD?100 cm?1, and WG is a peak width at half height of peak G within 1570 cm?1 to 1590 cm?1, 15 cm?1?WG?50 cm?1. The negative electrode active material undergoes surface treatment, where the surface thereof has a higher surface lattice defect degree, effectively improving a gram capacity and kinetics performance thereof, thereby making the electrochemical apparatus including the negative electrode active material have both high energy density and good electrochemical performance.

Abstract: An electrochemical apparatus includes a housing and an electrode assembly accommodated in the housing. The electrode assembly includes a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator wound together. The first electrode plate includes a first current collector having a first region and a second region; and a first active material layer disposed in the first region. The second region is provided at an end of the first current collector in a first direction to form a first tab. The second electrode plate includes a second current collector; at least two second tabs; and a second active material layer disposed on the second current collector. The at least two second tabs are connected to an end of the second current collector, the at least two second tabs being facing away from the second region in a first direction; the at least two second tabs are spaced apart in a winding direction of the electrode assembly and are integrally formed with the second current collector.

Abstract: An electrochemical device includes a cathode, an anode, a separator and a binding layer. The separator is disposed between the cathode and the anode, and at least one binding layer is included between the cathode and the anode. The binding layer includes a high molecular polymer. A dielectric constant of the high molecular polymer is 5 F/m to 50 F/m. By optimizing the dielectric constant of the high molecular polymer in the binding layer of the electrochemical device, a binding force of the binding layer can be effectively increased, deformation of the anode or the cathode due to volume swelling during charge and discharge cycles is reduced, and peeling from the separator is avoided.

Abstract: A battery cell includes a first electrode assembly, a second electrode assembly and a housing. In a thickness direction of the battery cell, the first electrode assembly includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the second electrode assembly includes a third surface and a fourth surface opposite to the third surface. A housing includes an accommodation cavity configured to accommodate the first electrode assembly and the second electrode assembly, the accommodation cavity includes a bottom wall, and the first surface and the third surface are both opposite to the bottom wall. The battery cell further includes: a first adhesive layer, including a first bonding side and a second bonding side. The first bonding side is bonded to both the second surface and the fourth surface, and the second bonding side is bonded to the housing.

Abstract: A composite material includes a graphite particle. A surface of the graphite particle is provided with a first region and a second region. The first region is made of graphite, and the second region includes a hard carbon layer. A surface area of the first region is denoted as A1 ?m2, and a surface area of the second region is denoted as A2 ?m2, 0?A1/A2?9. A thickness of the hard carbon layer is H nm, 5?H?500. By controlling the coating amount and coating area of the hard carbon to satisfy the above relationship, this application can improve energy density, capacity performance, and the like at the same time of enhancing dynamic performance.

Abstract: A negative electrode including a negative electrode active material layer and an additive. The additive includes a metal sulfide. The additive is distributed in the negative electrode active material layer, and/or distributed on the surface of the negative electrode active material layer. The negative electrode effectively improves the performance of the lithium ion battery, and greatly improves the capacity and cycle performance of the lithium ion battery.

Abstract: An electrolyte includes ethyl propionate, propyl propionate, ethylene carbonate, and propylene carbonate, where based on a total mass of the electrolyte, a mass percentage of ethyl propionate is a %, a mass percentage of propyl propionate is b %, a mass percentage of ethylene carbonate is c %, and a mass percentage of propylene carbonate is d %, where 20?a+b?50, 0<c/d<1, and 15?c+d?50. The electrolyte significantly improves floating charge performance of electrochemical apparatuses at high voltage.

Abstract: A cathode material includes: a plurality of first particles. Each first particle includes a secondary particle composed of a plurality of third particles, and the first particle includes a first lithium-containing transition metal oxide; and a plurality of second particles. The second particle includes a fourth particle and/or a secondary particle composed of a plurality of fourth particles, and the second particle includes a second lithium-containing transition metal oxide. The electrochemical device including the cathode material is significantly improved in the aspects of energy density, capacity attenuation and service life.

Abstract: A negative active material includes a carbon material. The carbon material satisfies the following relationship: 6<Gr/K<16, Gr is a graphitization degree of the carbon material, measured by means of X-ray diffraction; and K is a ratio Id/Ig of a peak intensity Id of the carbon material at a wavenumber of 1250 cm?1 to 1650 cm?1 to a peak intensity Ig of the carbon material at a wavenumber of 1500 cm?1 to 1650 cm?1, and is measured by using Raman spectroscopy, and K is 0.06 to 0.15. The negative active material according to this application can significantly improve an energy density, cycle performance, and rate performance of the electrochemical device.