Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for evaluating drying quality of an electrode, and the apparatus includes: an oven configured to provide a space in which an electrode is dried; a measuring unit configured to be positioned at an outlet of the oven and measure a color coordinate value of an electrode active material layer with respect to the dried electrode; and an determination unit configured to determine whether the electrode is dry from the color coordinate value, wherein the determination unit sets a reference value, and determines that a dry state of the electrode is defective if the measured color coordinate value is less than the reference value, and a difference between the measured color coordinate value and the reference value is more than a preset value.

Abstract: Disclosed is an analytic sensitivity expression for parameters of a battery electrochemical model, based on model reduction and reformulation techniques such as the single particle assumption, Padé approximation, and Laplace transform. The analytic expressions of sensitivity are in a compact form with explicit relationship to the current input, which enables the direct optimization of the input-dependent sensitivity. The current optimization with maximum sensitivity may be performed for several critical battery electrochemical parameters, namely a solid-phase lithium diffusion coefficient, a volume fraction of the electrode active material, and a reaction rate constant. The electrochemical parameter may be reliably identified using the optimal current profile.

Abstract: The solid electrolyte membrane according to the present disclosure interrupts migration of lithium ions by the formation of an ion conduction-interrupting layer in the electrolyte membrane through the phase separation of polymers under a high-temperature condition, including an increase in the internal temperature of a battery. Since a battery is prevented from thermal runaway and explosion through the formation of the ‘ion conduction-interrupting layer’ (also referred to as ‘interrupting layer’), it is possible to improve the heat resistance and safety of the battery.

Abstract: The present technology relates to an electrochemical device comprising a separation membrane having a dotted line, and a short circuit inducing member, and a method capable of evaluating safety under internal short circuit conditions by using the electrochemical device. When using the electrochemical device of the present invention, it is possible to easily evaluate safety under internal short circuit conditions without physical deformation of an energy storage apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention is to identify a hardware version capable of performing a software update and does not store the version information in the hardware in the code, but inputs the version information to the microcontroller through the hardware version identification unit that stores the BMS hardware version information. Also, in order to compensate for the low channel utilization of the microcontroller when one microcontroller is used for software update, it is a device and method for operating in both the application mode and the boot mode.

Abstract: A method and electrode assembly for evaluating performance of an electrode uses a negative electrode on which a negative electrode active material is applied to both surfaces of a negative electrode collector; a positive electrode on which a positive electrode active material is applied to both surfaces of a positive electrode collector and which is stacked with the negative electrode; two separators stacked between the negative electrode and the positive electrode; a reference electrode stacked between the two separators; and a second negative electrode stacked between the separator, which is relatively close to the negative electrode, of the two separators and the negative electrode.

Abstract: A battery pack includes: a lower pack housing having a plurality of module regions; a plurality of thermally conductive resin layers disposed in respective ones of the plurality of module regions; and a plurality of cell blocks mounted on respective ones of the plurality of module regions at an upper side of the respective thermally conductive resin layer, wherein each of the plurality of cell blocks includes: a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked; and an insulator that surrounds the battery cell stack.

Abstract: A battery container has excellent workability, assembly, expandability, and safety. The battery container includes at least one battery rack including a plurality of battery modules; a container housing having an empty space formed therein to accommodate the battery rack; a plurality of main connectors located on at least one side of the container housing and configured to be electrically connected to the outside; and a main bus bar connected between the plurality of main connectors to transmit power.

Abstract: Discussed is an electrode assembly manufacturing method including an operation of stacking an electrode and separator to form an electrode stack and an operation of laminating the electrode stack while heating the electrode stack in order to manufacture an electrode assembly having increased force of coupling between the electrode and the separator while preventing damage to the electrode assembly.

Abstract: A secondary battery having an electrode assembly in which a positive electrode, a separator, and a negative electrode are alternately stacked, and a can configured to accommodate the electrode assembly is provided. The negative electrode is disposed on an end of the electrode assembly in a direction of one side of the electrode assembly so that a negative electrode non-coating portion protrudes more than the separator with respect to a direction of a winding center axis of the electrode assembly. The positive electrode is disposed on an end of the electrode assembly in a direction of the other side of the electrode assembly so that a positive electrode non-coating portion protrudes more than the separator with respect to the direction of the winding center axis of the electrode assembly. The can includes a first can contacting the positive electrode and a second can contacting the negative electrode.

Abstract: A method of detecting a lamination defect of an electrode assembly in the initial stage, including: forming an insulating member having a predetermined width and a predetermined height in an overhang region of one end or two ends of one surface of a negative electrode; manufacturing an electrode assembly by sequentially laminating a separator and a positive electrode on one surface of the negative electrode; and determining whether there is a lamination defect in the electrode assembly by measuring a thickness of the electrode assembly. Also provided are an electrode assembly including an insulating member, and a battery cell including the electrode assembly.

Abstract: A battery module according to an embodiment of the present invention is composed of a plurality of battery cells. The battery module includes one positive (+) output terminal formed by connecting the plurality of battery cells, a field effect transistor (FET) provided on a current path between the positive (+) output terminal and an external device to block charging or discharging of a battery module, a protection integrated circuit (IC) chip for controlling the FET, and a high temperature detector for detecting whether the battery module is above a predetermined temperature and including a plurality of positive temperature coefficient (PTC) thermistors connected in series with each other.

Abstract: An electrode assembly includes a plurality of electrodes arranged in a stack along a stacking axis with a respective separator portion of an elongated separator sheet positioned between and winding around each of the electrodes in the stack along a serpentine path. The plurality of electrodes include a top electrode positioned at a top of the stack along the stacking axis, and the plurality of electrodes include a bottom electrode positioned at a bottom of the stack. The separator portions in the stack include a top separator portion abutting the top electrode and a bottom separator portion abutting the bottom electrode. The bottom electrode may have a thickness along the stacking axis that is from 80% to 120% of a thickness of the top electrode along the stacking axis. Moreover, a maximum thickness of each of the electrodes in the stack may be less than 8.3 mm.

Abstract: Discussed is a contactor management method and a battery system to perform the method, wherein the battery system includes a contactor connected between a battery pack and an external device; a voltage measurer to measure a first operation voltage supplied to the contactor; and a controller to determine opening or closing of the contactor based on the first operation voltage measured from the voltage measurer, wherein the controller determines the contactor as open in an opened state when the first operation voltage is not supplied to the contactor, determines the contactor as closed in a closed state when the first operation voltage is supplied to the contactor, and counts each openings and closings of the contactor and determines a replacement time of the contactor based on a sum value of the counts exceeding a predetermined reference value.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a secondary battery includes a formation step for charging an assembled secondary battery to a state of charge (SOC) of 45% to 65%; an aging step for aging the secondary battery for which the formation has been completed; and a low voltage testing step for measuring the change in voltage value, wherein, in the low voltage testing step, a voltage value is measured in an SOC interval of 30% or lower. Since an SEI coating is stably formed in the method for manufacturing a secondary battery, charging time is shortened and thus the secondary battery can be mass-produced. In addition, since a low voltage test is performed in an interval in which the voltage change rate per capacity of a negative electrode is high, a low voltage defect due to non-uniformity of the formation process can be detected in the method for manufacturing the secondary battery.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a pouch supply apparatus for supplying a sheet-type pouch. The pouch supply apparatus includes a suction unit configured to suction an end of the pouch and unwind a portion of the pouch from a core so that a pouch roll, in which the pouch is wound around the core, is moved in an unwound state and a conveyance unit configured to convey the pouch roll at least during a state in which the pouch roll is unwound by the suction unit. As a result, it is possible to relieve an operator's workload by automatically replacing pouch rolls. Also, pouch rolls are automatically replaced, and thus, it is possible to minimize pouch supply interruption and maximize process efficiency.

Abstract: A battery system comprises: a battery pack including multiple battery cells; and a battery management system which measures the cell voltages of the multiple battery cells at the time of wake-up so as to configure numbers of the multiple battery cells, periodically measures the cell voltages of the multiple battery cells after the wake-up so as to detect a maximum cell voltage and a minimum cell voltage, compares the minimum cell voltage with the cell voltage of at least one first battery cell to be diagnosed, compares the maximum cell voltage with the cell voltage of at least one second battery cell to be diagnosed, and diagnoses, according to the results of the comparisons, whether the battery cells to be diagnosed are abnormal.

Abstract: An electrode and an electrochemical device including the same. The electrode includes a current collector, and an electrode active material layer formed on the current collector, wherein the electrode active material layer includes granules, and the granule shows a higher binder content ratio in the surface portion as compared to the binder content ratio in the core portion.

Abstract: A magnetic alignment device includes a first magnet part and a second magnet part, a thickness measuring part, and a control part. The first and second magnet parts accommodate an electrode sheet therebetween and the thickness measuring part measures a thickness of a negative electrode slurry disposed on the electrode sheet. The control part adjusts the separation distance of the first and second magnet parts. The magnetic alignment device measures the thickness of the negative electrode slurry applied on the negative electrode current collector in real time and controls the intensity of the magnetic field by adjusting the separation distance of the magnet part according to the measured negative electrode slurry thickness, and has an advantage of uniformly high alignment degree of the crystal faces of the carbon-based negative electrode active material contained in prepared negative electrode active layer.

Abstract: A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery includes a negative electrode active layer divided into a center region, an edge region, and a sliding region on a negative electrode current collector. The lithium precipitation at the end of the negative electrode active layer can be suppressed by the alignment (O.I) of each carbon-based negative electrode active material contained in the center region, the edge region, and the sliding region satisfying Equation 1 and Equation 2. A secondary battery including the same has the advantage of excellent rapid charging performance. A method of manufacturing the negative electrode is also provided.