Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery module with reduced manufacturing cost and a battery pack comprising the same. To achieve the above-described object, the battery module according to the present disclosure includes a cell assembly including a plurality of secondary batteries, and a module housing in which the cell assembly is received, wherein the module housing includes at least two frames capable of changing a length of the module housing according to a size of the cell assembly.

Abstract: An electrode connecting device for connecting an end of a preceding sheet to an end of a succeeding sheet includes: an arrangement member provided with an arrangement part on which the end of the preceding sheet is located adjacent to or overlapping with the end of the succeeding sheet; and a guide member having a guide bar which is provided movable between a support position to support a side portion of the preceding sheet and a side portion of the succeeding sheet during connecting of the end of the preceding sheet to the end of the succeeding sheet and a retreat position not to interfere with movements of the preceding sheet and the succeeding sheet.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing an electrode assembly includes a separator supply unit, a table, a separator guide, and first and second upper adhesive supply units. The separator supply unit is configured for supplying a separator sheet from which a separator is formed. The table is configured for supporting a plurality of electrodes and sections of the separator sheet. The separator guide is configured for guiding the separator sheet to fold in a particular folding direction. The first and the second upper adhesive supply units are configured for applying an adhesive to respective sections of the separator sheet. The table is configured for rotating in a first rotational direction such that a first table side of the table moves closer to the second upper adhesive supply unit and in a second rotational direction such that a second table side of the table moves closer to the first adhesive supply unit.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electrode assembly according to the present invention comprises: a step (a) of transferring an electrode, in which a plurality of electrodes and a plurality of separators are alternately stacked, to a first position; a step (b) of forming an adhesive layer on both side portions of the separators, which are provided in the electrode assembly disposed at the first position, in a full width direction; a step of (c) of allowing the pair of pressing blocks provided at a second position to move in a direction corresponding to each other, wherein an interval between the pair of pressing blocks is less than a length of each of the separators in a full width direction and is greater than a length of each of the electrodes in a full width direction; a step (d) of allowing both the side portions of the separator to be bent upward while being in contact with the pressing blocks when the electrode assembly disposed at the first position descends to be inserted between the pair of pressing blo

Abstract: Provided is a lithium secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material comprising lithium iron phosphate particles, and the positive electrode has a loading amount of 450 mg/25 cm2 to 740 mg/25 cm2, and the non-aqueous electrolyte includes a lithium salt, an organic solvent, and an additive, wherein the organic solvent includes ethylene carbonate, and dimethyl carbonate, and the dimethyl carbonate is included in 5 vol % to 75 vol % in the organic solvent, and the additive contains vinylene carbonate, and the weight ratio of the vinylene carbonate to the dimethyl carbonate is greater than 0 to 0.2 or less.

Abstract: A pouch-shaped battery cell includes a pouch case constituted by a lower case and an upper case, an electrode assembly located in the pouch case, and an auxiliary terminal. The electrode assembly includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator, and has a pair of electrode tabs formed at one side or opposite sides thereof, and a pair of electrode leads connected to the pair of electrode tabs. The pair of electrode tabs protrude outwards from the pouch case, wherein a sealed portion is formed at edges of the lower case and the upper case that face each other by thermal fusion. The auxiliary terminal is in contact with the first metal layer or the second metal layer so as to enclose a side end of the sealed portion. The present disclosure also provides for a battery module including the same.

Abstract: An electrode having a multilayer structure formed by stacking a plurality of unit electrode active material layers. The electrode is formed from granules comprising an electrode material densely packed in each unit electrode active material layer, and even though different types of electrode active materials are used in each unit electrode active material layer, the intermixing of the electrode active materials does not occur at or near the interface of the unit electrode active material layers, resulting in less interferences of electrochemical properties between the different types of electrode active materials. Additionally, the electrode active material layer has higher porosity of the unit electrode active material layer closer to the electrode surface than the unit electrode active material layer closer to the current collector. Accordingly, it is possible to improve electrolyte wetting and ionic conductivity of the electrode.

Abstract: An electrode coating device includes a front surface coating part, which is provided on a traveling path of a current collector, for coating a slurry on the front surface of the current collector, a back surface coating part, which is provided on the traveling path, for coating the slurry on the back surface of the current collector passing through the front surface coating part, and a guide roll including a core part having a rotating shaft, and a surface part surrounding the core part and formed of a material different from that of the core part, and transferring the current collector in a state where the back surface of the current collector faces the back surface coating part. A guide roll is also provided.

Abstract: A drying device includes a solvent supply unit for spraying a solvent onto a non-coated portion, the solvent supply unit including a main flow path sequentially passing through N solvent spray nozzles disposed along a width direction (TD), a sub-flow path branched from the main flow path, and a valve located at a branching point thereof, which may be configured to close the main flow path to allow solvent to flow into the sub-flow path by operation of the valve. The drying device is such that the solvent supply to some of the solvent spray nozzles of the plurality of solvent spray nozzles that do not require solvent spray can be blocked by causing the valve to divert the solvent into a sub-flow path. Thus, depending on the type of electrode coating, it is not necessary to change the design of the solvent supply unit.

Abstract: An all-solid-state lithium-ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a solid electrolyte between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The negative electrode has a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer that comprises a carbon material and Ag.

Abstract: The present specification relates to an electrode assembly, in which a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode are stacked and wound, a secondary battery including the same, a battery pack, and a transportation means.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a welding apparatus including an electrode assembly configured such that a plurality of positive electrodes and a plurality of negative electrodes are stacked in the state in which separators are interposed therebetween, guides configured to reduce tensile force of positive electrode tabs and negative electrode tabs protruding from the electrode assembly, an anvil configured to allow the electrode tabs to be disposed thereon, and a horn configured to apply ultrasonic waves to the electrode tabs disposed on the anvil, a welding method using the same, and an electrode assembly manufactured by the welding method.

Abstract: A battery assembly includes a base plate; a resin layer disposed on an upper surface of the base plate; a battery cell located above the resin layer; and an insulating sheet located between the battery cell and the resin layer, the insulating sheet having a score line.

Abstract: Provided are a non-aqueous electrolyte, which includes an organic solvent containing ethylene carbonate, a non-solvent, and a lithium salt, wherein a degree of freedom A of the ethylene carbonate, which is represented by Equation (1), is 30% or less, and a lithium secondary battery including the same-: A={Pfree-EC/(Pfree-EC+PCoordination-EC)}×100??Equation (1): wherein in Equation (1), A is the degree of freedom of the ethylene carbonate, Pfree-EC is an integrated area of a graph which is obtained by deconvolution of a Raman spectrum of the electrolyte with a Gaussian function based on a peak at 893 cm?1, and PCoordination-EC is an integrated area of a graph which is obtained by deconvolution of the Raman spectrum of the electrolyte with a Gaussian function based on a peak at 903 cm?1.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cylindrical battery, specifically to a cylindrical battery having an electrode assembly and a battery case including an electrode assembly accommodation part, and more specifically to a cylindrical secondary battery having a jelly-roll type electrode assembly with an outer circumferential tab structure and a battery case including a protrusion part provided on at least a portion of an electrode assembly accommodation part.

Abstract: A pouch-shaped battery cell includes a pouch case having a receiving space, an electrode assembly received in the pouch case. The electrode assembly has a pair of electrode tabs provided at one side or opposite sides thereof, and a pair of electrode leads connected to the pair of electrode tabs. The pair of electrode leads protrude out of the pouch case. A sealed portion of the pouch-shaped battery case includes a wing portion, a terrace portion, and a reinforcement portion. The wing portion extends along the length direction of the pouch case, the terrace portion extends along the width direction of the pouch case, and the reinforcement portion extends outwardly from the terrace portion. The reinforcement portion has a predetermined shape and area for inhibiting or delaying gas venting. A method of manufacturing the same is also provided.

Abstract: An electrode sheet defect inspection device includes a vision inspection part configured to inspect defects in each tab part during a traveling process of an electrode sheet on which a plurality of tab parts is formed; a marking part configured to print a defective mark on a selected tab part in response to the tab part being determined to be defective, based on inspection information of the vision inspection part; a tab guide part configured to pass the tab parts when the electrode sheet passes through the marking part and a mark inspection part configured to inspect the defective mark printed on the tab part exposed to an outside through the opening of the tab guide part. The tab guide part has an opening for exposing a partial region of the tab parts traveling to the outside, and the tab guide part includes a transparent region adjacent to the opening.

Abstract: Disclosed herein relates to a battery pack for accommodating battery modules. More specifically, the battery pack of the present invention includes a pack case including a module area where the battery module is seated, wherein the pack case includes: a base plate; a side wall coupled along the perimeter of the base plate; and a support wall coupled to an inner surface of the side wall, wherein the support wall includes a coupling part protruding in a ribbed shape on one side opposite the side wall, and the side wall includes an insertion groove recessed for insertion of a coupling part of the support wall on the inside.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery cell that can include an electrode assembly configured with two or more unit stacks connected to each other in series or in parallel, a battery case configured to receive the electrode assembly therein, and an insulative protection member configured to protect an electrode tab portion of the unit stacks. The overall length of the battery case can be three or more times the overall width of the battery case. A positive electrode lead and a negative electrode lead can extend outwards from the battery case protruding in opposite directions. A plurality of unit stacks can be used to implement a long battery cell, and a connection portion at which the plurality of unit stacks are connected is reinforced to improve safety of the battery cell.

Abstract: A method is provided to inspect weld states of a cylindrical battery. The cylindrical battery may include: a cylindrical jelly roll in which a first current collector, a first separator, a second current collector, and a second separator are sequentially stacked and wound, so as to extend in the vertical direction; a first collector plate which is coupled to the upper end of the jelly roll and to the lower surface of which the first current collector is firstly welded; and a second collector plate which is coupled to the lower end of the jelly roll and to the upper surface of which the second current collector is secondly welded. The method may include a first measurement step, a second measurement step, a first weld determination step, and a second weld determination step.