Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a dry electrode. The method allows determination of the micro-fibrilization degree of a binder resin from the crystallinity of the binder resin. Based on this, the processing conditions of mixed powder for electrode or an electrode film may be controlled. In this manner, it is possible to check and control the processing conditions easily and efficiently. In addition, the method for manufacturing a dry electrode includes a kneading step using a kneader under a low speed and high temperature and pulverization step. Therefore, there is no problem of blocking of a flow path caused by aggregation of the ingredients, which is favorable to mass production.

Abstract: A battery rack includes a plurality of battery modules stacked on each other in a vertical direction; a rack case configured to accommodate the plurality of battery modules; and at least one firewall provided to at least one of both side surfaces of the rack case to prevent flame and heat from propagating toward an adjacent battery rack when a fire occurs.

Abstract: A battery pack includes at least one battery cell, an optical fiber sensing unit including a plate-type detection unit made of optical fibers horizontally and vertically arranged in a grid form. The plate-type detection unit is deformed by deformation of the at least one battery cell, a photoresistor to collect light reflected from the optical fiber sensing unit, and a controller configured to determine if swelling occurred in the at least one battery cell based on a resistance value with a change in an amount of light collected by the photoresistor.

Abstract: A separator for a lithium-sulfur battery and a lithium-sulfur battery including the same is provided. More particularly, a separator for a lithium-sulfur battery including a porous substrate; and a coating layer present on at least one surface of the porous substrate, wherein the coating layer includes a polymer and a graphitic carbon-based compound, wherein the polymer includes a main chain with a functional group having a non-covalent electron pair present in the main chain and a side chain with an aromatic hydrocarbon group present in the side chain.

Abstract: A battery module reduces the risk of secondary ignition or explosion and increases durability against external impacts. The battery module includes a plurality of secondary batteries respectively having a gas venting portion for discharging a gas generated therein to the outside at a predetermined pressure and arranged in a front and rear direction in two rows; and a cooling member including a body portion interposed between two rows of the plurality of secondary batteries and having a size corresponding to left and right sides of the plurality of secondary batteries, and a gas discharge portion provided to at least one of an upper portion and a lower portion of the body portion and having a gas discharge passage elongated from a front end to a rear end of the body portion.

Abstract: A particle with a yolk-shell structure including a shell including carbon; and a care including silicon (Si) provided inside the shell, wherein at least a part of the shell is spaced apart from the core, and the particle with the yolk-shell structure has a micropore volume of 0.15 cm3/g or less, and a method for preparing the same.

Abstract: A negative electrode including: a current collector; a first negative electrode active material layer positioned on at least one surface of the current collector for a negative electrode and containing a first carbonaceous active material; and a second negative electrode active material layer positioned on a surface of the first negative electrode active material layer and containing a silicon-based active material and carbon nanotubes. A lithium secondary battery including the negative electrode is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrode for a lithium secondary battery which includes: an electrode current collector; a primer coating layer disposed on at least one surface of the electrode current collector and including a binder and a conductive material; and an electrode active material layer disposed on the primer coating layer, wherein the binder includes poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) (PVDF-HFP) containing vinylidene fluoride (VDF)-derived repeating units and hexafluoropropylene (HFP)-derived repeating units, the content of HFP-derived repeating units in PVDF-HFP is 2-13 wt %, and the primer coating layer has a thickness of 0.8-10 ?m.

Abstract: A diagnosis apparatus includes a vehicle including a battery and a BMS connected to the vehicle. The vehicle is configured to generate a signal having a predetermined period and a predetermined width, and the BMS is configured to diagnose a communication state between the vehicle and the BMS and a state of the battery based on the signal, and to determine the communication state and the state of the battery as a normal state when a period of the signal is the same as a reference period and a width of the signal is the same as a reference width.

Abstract: A method for producing a battery module is provided. The method for producing a battery module includes: stacking a plurality of battery cells; disposing a plurality of bus bars adjacent to electrode leads respectively provided at the plurality of battery cells; by a welding jig, pressing the electrode leads so that the electrode leads come into contact with the bus bars, respectively; and welding the electrode leads and the bus bars through an opening formed in the welding jig.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of cell module assemblies having at least one battery cell, and a control module electrically connected to the plurality of cell module assemblies to manage the plurality of cell module assemblies as at least two groups.

Abstract: Discussed is a battery system including: a battery pack including a plurality of battery cells; a battery monitoring integrated circuit (BMIC) configured to monitor each of a plurality of cell voltages of the plurality of battery cells; a plurality of balancing batteries each charged by a target battery cell requiring a cell balancing among the plurality of battery cells; a power conversion unit including a direct-current to direct-current (DC-DC) converter receiving voltages from the plurality of balancing batteries and configured to convert the voltages into output voltages; and a power supply unit configured to supply the output voltages to the BMIC when the output voltages have a voltage equal to or greater than a predetermined level for driving the BMIC.

Abstract: Provided is a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery containing a lithium salt, an organic solvent and a phosphoric acid-based additive of Formula 1 below, which significantly improves the high temperature stability of the lithium secondary battery: wherein R is described herein.

Abstract: A battery management apparatus includes a measuring unit configured to measure a link voltage of each of a plurality of battery packs and a determining unit configured to control a switching circuit provided in each of the plurality of battery packs and determine a connection state of the plurality of battery packs based on a link voltage of the plurality of battery packs corresponding to a driving state of the switching circuit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a connector for battery packs, the connector including a housing to which a terminal pin configured to serve as an electrical connection path is mounted, wherein the housing includes a lower end portion to which the terminal pin is coupled and a main body portion having a partition wall portion configured to prevent deformation of the terminal pin when an external terminal is coupled, the lower end portion being mounted to the main body portion, and the lower end portion and the main body portion are made of different materials. Melting of the connector for battery packs is prevented, whereby spread of a thermal runaway phenomenon occurring in a battery pack to the outside is prevented.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery cell for evaluating an internal short circuit, and a method for evaluating using the battery cell, wherein an internal short circuit state of a battery cell can be easily induced and, at the same time, an effective internal short circuit evaluation is possible, and the battery cell comprising: first and second electrodes which comprise a coated region on which an electrode mixture layer is coated on a metal current collector and a non-coated region on which an electrode mixture layer is not coated, and which comprise first and second electrode tabs which protrude in one direction from the coated region and do not have an electrode mixture layer coated thereon.

Abstract: An apparatus for molding a pouch, which includes: a transfer device configured to transfer a pouch film; a molding device configured to press a top surface of the pouch film to mold an accommodation part for accommodating an electrode assembly; and an inspection device configured to calculate a depth value of the accommodation part formed in the pouch film detect defects. The inspection device includes: a distance measuring member configured to measure a first measurement value and a second measurement value, and an inspection member configured to calculate a depth value of the accommodation part by subtracting the first measurement value from the second measurement value, wherein if the calculated depth value is within a set input value range, it is determined as normal, and if the calculated depth value is out of the set input value range, it is determined as defective.

Abstract: An apparatus for inspecting an electrode cell according to an embodiment of the present invention may inspect an electrode cell including a plurality of electrodes stacked with a separator therebetween, a plurality of tabs connected to the plurality of electrodes, and a lead bonded to the plurality of tabs. The apparatus for inspecting the electrode cell may include a heater configured to heat the lead; and a thermal detection sensor configured to detect a temperature distribution of the plurality of tabs heated by the heat conducted from the lead. Methods for inspecting an electrode cell are also provided.

Abstract: A method of preparing a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery includes preparing a lithium composite transition metal oxide which includes nickel, cobalt, and manganese and contains 60 mol % or more of the nickel among all metals except lithium, adding a moisture absorbent and the lithium composite transition metal oxide into an atomic layer deposition (ALD) reactor, and adding a coating metal precursor into the atomic layer deposition (ALD) reactor and forming a metal oxide coating layer on surfaces of particles of the lithium composite transition metal oxide by atomic layer deposition (ALD).

Abstract: Provided are an ICB assembly suitable for a battery module of a horizontal stack structure wherein unidirectional battery cells are stacked such that cell leads face each other, a battery module including the same and a method for manufacturing the same. The ICB assembly of the present disclosure includes an ICB frame configured to accommodate cell leads of unidirectional battery cells having the cell leads formed on one side such that the cell leads face each other are placed on the top surface and the bottom surface of the ICB frame; and a bus bar adapted to electrically connect to the cell leads by being assembled to the ICB frame.