Abstract: Provided is pouch battery including an electrode assembly, and a case in which the electrode assembly is sealed and housed; the electrode assembly including a stacked structure of a sheet cathode, a sheet separator, and a sheet anode; the sheet cathode including a positive electrode active material disposed on a current collector; the sheet anode is thin conductive sheet on which lithium metal reversibly deposits on a surface thereof during discharging; the sheet anode being made of a conductive material other than lithium and having a surface substantially free from lithium metal prior to charging the battery. The pouch battery design is flexible and lightweight and provides high power density, making it a suitable replacement for conventional lithium-ion primary batteries and thermal batteries in many applications. Power can be further increased by the application of external compression. Additives and formation conditions can be tailored for forming a solid-electrolyte interface (SEI).

Abstract: An electrolyte composition for a lithium-ion electrochemical element, comprising: —at least one lithium tetrafluoride or hexafluoride salt, —the salts of lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide LiFSI, —vinylene carbonate, —ethylene sulfate, —at least one organic solvent chosen from the group consisting of cyclic or linear carbonates, cyclic or linear esters, cyclic or linear ethers and a mixture of same. The use of this composition in a lithium-ion electrochemical element increases the service life of the element, in particular under low and high temperature cycling conditions.

Abstract: Provided is a modular, scalable and decentralized high voltage battery system that employs signaling and communications between battery modules of the system without a central battery management controller. Via signaling mechanisms, the individual battery modules of the system can perform precharging, discharging, charging, and safety functions in a manner that is extensible regardless of a number of battery modules in the system in series and parallel and in a manner that does not require significant operator intervention.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for installing battery modules in a container in such a way as to maximize the amount of energy installed, while providing modularity of the voltage delivered by the container. The invention also relates to a method for installing electrochemical elements of parallelepipedal format in a volume of parallelepipedal format, such as a module or a vertical volume of a container.

Abstract: A battery module having a housing (15) including a plurality of cavities (16), each receiving a housing-element assembly (1) having: a) an electrochemical element (2) with a cylindrical container and two current output terminals (3, 4) disposed on a wall of one of the ends of the container, at least one of the two current output terminals being electrically connected to an electrical connection bar (5); b) a housing (6) in the form of a tube for receiving the electrochemical element, the housing electrically insulating the electrochemical element and having one or more indexing members (7, 8); c) a housing cover (9) provided with a means (10) for causing the electrochemical element to rotate about its longitudinal axis.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrochemical element (1) comprising: a) a container (2) comprising an opening allowing the introduction of at least one electrochemical beam (7); and b) a closing part (3) for closing said container, comprising: i) at least one flat inner surface (4a, 4b, 4c) which is oriented towards the inside of the container and can be directly electrically connected to a current collector (6), ii) at least one flat outer surface (5a, 5b, 5c) which is oriented towards the outside of the container and can act as a terminal of the electrochemical element, and iii) at least one wall (8a, 8b, 8c) connecting said at least one flat inner surface to said at least one flat outer surface, said wall forming an angle of between 70 and 120° in relation to one of the two flat surfaces. The closing part of the container allows heat dissipation to be improved in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the element.

Abstract: Provided is a battery that may include a first terminal or cable, a second terminal or a cable, a thermal fuse configured to connect to the first terminal or cable and the second terminal or cable, a first sleeving layer that is disposed on the thermal fuse, and that is configured to muffle an arc explosion of the thermal fuse and encapsulate molten material generated by the arc explosion of the thermal fuse, and a second sleeving layer that is disposed on the first sleeving layer, and that is configured to encapsulate the molten material generated by the arc explosion of the thermal fuse that penetrates the first sleeving layer. An overcurrent protection system and a sleeving are also provided.

Abstract: A vent assembly for a battery or a electrochemical cell may include a vent body configured to connect to a battery casing or a electrochemical cell body, a flame arrester and/or a pressure valve disposed in the vent body, a membrane disposed in the vent body between a vent opening of the battery or the electrochemical cell and the flame arrester and/or the pressure valve, and that is configured to shield the flame arrester and/or the pressure valve from electrolyte solution of the battery or the electrochemical cell, and a seal disposed between the vent body and the membrane. Also, a battery including a vent assembly.

Abstract: A power electronics assembly may include a power component having a thermally and electrically conductive surface; a printed circuit board having a slot; and a bussing element having a protrusion that directly contacts the thermally and electrically conductive surface of the power component via the slot of the printed circuit board, the printed circuit board being disposed between the power component and the bussing element.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the value of one or more parameters relating to the state of health of at least one accumulator of a battery that is intended to provide electrical energy to an external application, an electronic battery management system implementing this method, and a battery provided with this system.

Abstract: Systems and methods for fire suppression, a fire suppression system including a container configured to receive frames, each of the frames including battery modules; a pipe system including at least one vertically extending pipe, the at least one vertically extending pipe configured to be provided between a respective two of the frames and configured to supply suppressant to at least one of the battery modules of each of the respective two of the frames via slots of the vertically extending pipe; at least one tank connected to the pipe system and configured to store the suppressant; at least one pump configured to recirculate the suppressant to the pipe system or a tank of the at least one tank; and an inlet body configured to connect with a suppressant source, that is external to the container, to provide new suppressant into the pipe system or the at least one tank.

Abstract: A lithium/sulfur electrochemical element (1) comprising: a cathode (2) comprising: i) carbon having a porous structure (5) comprising pores with a mean diameter less than or equal to 6 nm; ii) sulfur having a degree of oxidation between 0 and ?2 in the pores of the carbon; b) an electrolyte comprising: i) at least one organic solvent which is a carbonate; ii) one or more salts, at least one salt being lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide; c) an anode (4) comprising lithium metal or a metallic alloy of lithium. Such an element provides increased safety of use because it limits the quantity of hydrogen sulfide that can be emitted in the event of an electrolyte leak or in the event of exposure of an electrode of the element to water.

Abstract: Provided are battery modules having two different types electrochemistry connected in series, which includes a plurality of a first cell, wherein the first cell includes an anode active material of graphite, Si, SiOx, or a blend thereof as a main component (“a GSi cell”), and at least one of a second cell, wherein the second cell includes an anode active material of a lithium titanate oxide or titanate oxide able to be lithiated as a main component (“a LTO cell”). Also provided are battery systems that include a plurality of the battery modules.

Abstract: Provided is a positive electrode active material for a lithium-ion battery, the positive electrode active material including a blend of a doped lithium manganese iron phosphate (dLMFP) according to the formula: LiMnxFeyM1?x?yPO4, wherein 0.9<x+y<1; and M is one or more selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca and Ba with one or both of a lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide (NMC) compound having a Ni content greater than 0.6 relative to a total amount of metals other than Li and a lithium nickel cobalt aluminum oxide (NCA) compound. In particular, provided is a blend at a weight ratio of dLMFP to NMC and/or NCA (i.e., dLMFP:(NMC+NCA)) of >70:<30, such as 75:25, 80:20, 85:15, 90:10, etc.

Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly of a plurality of electrochemical elements (1), in which the electrochemical elements comprise a container (5) having a side wall, said assembly being characterized in that at least one portion of the side wall of at least one of the containers is in contact with a partition obtained by means of an additive manufacturing method, and is produced by superposing at least two strips (4) of a structural material.

Abstract: A battery made up of nickel-cadmium cells includes an indicator for displaying a state of charge comprising sensors for performing continuous measurements of voltage and current and of temperature of the battery, a memory storing at least a history of charge/discharge, a predefined reference voltage, current and temperature, and the measurements and history determined, and a control unit for determining an operation mode of the battery and determining a correction to be applied to the voltage and current measured, calculating a theoretically available capacity of the battery depending on the operating mode and the correction, determining a need for recalibration of the theoretically available capacity of the battery enabling a capacity actually available of the battery to be calculated, and based on the capacity actually available, defining the state of charge of the battery.

Abstract: A composition of active material for a positive electrode of a lithium-ion electrochemical cell is provided comprising: (a) a lithiated oxide of formula Li1+xMO2 in which: 0?x?0.15, M designates NiaMnbCocM?d where a>0; b>0; c>0; d?0 and a+b+c+d=1; M? being chosen from B, Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Fe, Cu, Zn, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo or a mixture of these; (b) a lithiated phosphate of formula LiMn1?yM?yPO4 where M? represents at least one element chosen from the group consisting of Fe, Ni, Co, Mg and Zn; and 0<y<0.5; the particle size distribution of the lithiated oxide being characterized by a first volume median diameter of the particles Dv501?500 nm; the particle size distribution of the lithiated phosphate being characterized by a second volume median diameter of the particles Dv502?500 nm; and Dv502/Dv501?1.5.

Abstract: The invention resolves the problem of swelling of sealing electrochemical cells of prismatic format when they are assembled side by side in a grouping box by proposing a battery comprising at least two electrochemical cells (1a, 1b) of prismatic format, wherein the electrochemical cells are separated by a rigid wedge (2) having a hardness greater than or equal to 90 Shore A according to the standard ASTM D 2240 and by a flexible wedge (3) having a hardness of up to 60 Shore A according to the standard ASTM D 2240, the rigid wedge and the flexible wedge being electrically insulating.

Abstract: An electrolyte composition for a lithium-ion electrochemical cell, comprising: at least one tetrafluorinated or hexafluorinated lithium salt, lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide LiFSI salt, vinylene carbonate, ethylene sulfate, lithium difluorophosphate, at least one organic solvent selected from the group consisting of cyclic or carbonates, cyclic or linear esters, cyclic or linear ethers and a mixture thereof, the ratio of the mass of ethylene sulfate to the mass of vinylene carbonate before addition to the solvent being strictly less than 1, the mass percentage of lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imidide representing less than 1% of the mass of the group consisting of said at least one tetrafluorinated or hexafluorinated lithium salt, the lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imidide salt and said at least one organic solvent. The use of this composition in a lithium-ion electrochemical cell increases the life of the cell, especially under low- and high-temperature cycling conditions.

Abstract: A metal foil including on at least one of its sides a layer of a material including: a metal or a metal alloy, carbon, hydrogen, and optionally oxygen, the atomic percentage of the metal or of the metals of the alloy in the material ranging from 10 to 60%, the atomic percentage of carbon in the material ranging from 35 to 70%, the atomic percentage of hydrogen in the material ranging from 2 to 20%, and the atomic percentage of oxygen if present in the material being less than or equal to 10%. The metal foil can be used in the manufacture of a cathode of a lithium-ion electrochemical cell. The deposition of this layer reduces the internal resistance of the cell.