Abstract: An electrode assembly includes an electrode plate and a tab disposed on the electrode plate, where the tab includes a metal strip and a tab adhesive provided on the metal strip, and along a thickness direction of the tab, the tab adhesive includes a first adhesive layer provided on the metal strip and a second adhesive layer provided on the first adhesive layer, where a projection area of the first adhesive layer along the thickness direction of the tab is greater than a projection area of the second adhesive layer along the thickness direction of the tab.

Abstract: A positive electrode plate includes a positive electrode current collector and two positive electrode active material layers on both surfaces of the positive electrode current collector. The positive electrode active material layer includes a positive electrode active material and graphene. And 7.74?Dv501/2+0.05 THK?10.2, Dv50 is a particle size of the positive electrode active material and THK is a thickness of the positive electrode plate. And 0.078?w*CW+0.01n?1.9, n is a quantity of layers of the graphene, w is a mass percentage of the graphene in the positive electrode active layer, and CW is a one-side coating weight of the positive electrode active material layer.

Abstract: An electrolyte includes a fluorinated cyclic carbonate, a multi-nitrilemulti-nitrile compound having an ether bond and a compound having a sulfur-oxygen double bond. Based on a total weight of the electrolyte, a weight percentage (Cf) of the fluorinated cyclic carbonate is greater than a weight percentage (Cn) of the multi-nitrilemulti-nitrile compound having an ether bond. The electrolyte can control the expansion of the electrochemical device, so that the electrochemical device has excellent cycle, storage and/or floating-charge performance.

Abstract: A binder includes a polymer, the polymer is polymerized from a first monomer, a second monomer, a third monomer, and a fourth monomer. The first monomer, the second monomer, and the third monomer each are independently selected from an aromatic alkenyl compound, an olefinic unsaturated carboxylic acid, an olefinic unsaturated carboxylic acid salt, or an olefinic unsaturated carboxylic acid ester. The fourth monomer is selected from a substituted or unsubstituted compound containing an amine group and at least two alkenyl groups. By adding the fourth monomer into the binder, this application improves the electrolyte-resistant performance of the binder, improves the lithium-ion conduction performance of the binder, and in turn, improves the low-temperature discharge performance of the battery.

Abstract: A separator includes a substrate and a first coating layer disposed on at least one surface of the substrate. The first coating layer includes a first polymer. Based on a total mass of the first coating layer, a mass percent x of the first polymer is 60 wt % to 90 wt %. A softening point of the first polymer is 90° C. to 150° C. The separator of this application possesses excellent interfacial bonding strength, and improves kinetic performance of a lithium-ion battery, and especially cycle performance of the battery under a low-temperature condition.

Abstract: A negative electrode material includes a carbonaceous active material. Observed in a 80 ?m×100 ?m region of an SEM image, the carbonaceous active material includes carbonaceous particles with pores. A proportion of a quantity of the carbonaceous particles with a quantity of the pores of N?2 in a total quantity of the carbonaceous particles in the 80 ?m×100 ?m region is ?60%, and a proportion of a quantity of the carbonaceous particles with a quantity of the pores of 3?N?5 in the total quantity of carbonaceous particles in the 80 ?m×100 ?m region is ?30%.

Abstract: A battery includes a housing, a battery cell, and a first conductive member. The housing is provided with an accommodating cavity, and the battery cell is accommodated in the accommodating cavity. The first conductive member includes a first terminal part located outside the housing, and a first connecting part connected to the first terminal part and located inside the housing. The battery cell includes an electrode assembly and N first tabs protruding from the electrode assembly, where N is an integer greater than 1. The N first tabs are divided into M first tab groups. The first tab groups are mutually separately connected to one side of the first connecting part facing the electrode assembly. M is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to N.

Abstract: An electrochemical device includes a negative electrode, the negative electrode includes a current collector and an active material layer located on at least one surface of the current collector, the active material layer including an inorganic thickener. The inorganic thickener is used in this application to achieve the effect of improving adhesive force and cohesive force of the negative electrode, which can reduce the amount of a thickener and improve the dynamic performance.

Abstract: A battery cell, including an electrode assembly and a housing accommodating the electrode assembly. The housing includes a cavity and a cover covering the cavity. The cavity includes a flange extending along a border of an opening of the cavity. Periphery of the cover is connected to the flange to form a side wing to seal the cavity. The battery cell further includes a tab sandwiched between the side wings and extending out of the housing along the side wings. The side wing has a first sealing structure and a second sealing structure. A direction from an edge, away from the border, of the side wing to the border is defined as a first direction, and the second sealing structure exceeds the first sealing structure in the first direction.

Abstract: A battery includes a housing; an insulation member; and a first active substance layer and a second active substance layer having opposite polarities. The housing includes a first wall body, a second wall body, and a third wall body, forming an accommodation cavity. The first wall body is a conductive wall body and disposed opposite to the third wall body. The insulation member, the first active substance layer, and the second active substance layer are accommodated in the accommodating cavity. The second active substance layer is disposed on a surface of the first wall body that faces the third wall body. The first active substance layer is disposed between the second active substance layer disposed on the surface of the first wall body and the third wall body. The insulation member is disposed between the first active substance layer and the second active substance layer.

Abstract: A binder includes a polymer, the polymer is obtained by polymerizing a first monomer, a second monomer, a third monomer, and a fourth monomer, where the first monomer, the second monomer, and the third monomer are each independently selected from aromatic alkenyl compounds, ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids, ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid salts, or ethylenically unsaturated carboxylates, and the fourth monomer is selected from a substituted or unsubstituted cyclic compound having at least one double bond. The addition of the fourth monomer in this application can enhance the tensile strength and adhesive strength of the binder, suppress the volume expansion of electrode plates, and enable the formation of a networked structure in the polymer, improving the electrolyte resistance performance and consequently increasing the cycle life of batteries.

Abstract: A cell including an electrode assembly, a packaging bag, an inner electrode tab, and an outer electrode tab. The packaging bag includes a main body and an edge sealing portion, the electrode assembly and the inner electrode tab being received in the main body. The edge sealing portion is connected to a top wall of the main body, the other end of the outer electrode tab extends out of the packaging bag from the edge sealing portion. The top wall includes a first portion and a second portion disposed on both sides of the edge sealing portion in the thickness direction of the cell. A height from the first portion to a bottom wall of the main body is less than a height from the second portion to the bottom wall.

Abstract: An electrode assembly includes a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator located between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate; the first electrode plate includes a first current collector and a first membrane disposed on the first current collector, and the first membrane is provided with a first tab groove; and the second electrode plate includes a second current collector and a second membrane disposed on the second current collector, the second membrane is provided with a blocking groove and an alignment region defined by the blocking groove, and a projection of the alignment region on the first electrode plate covers the first tab groove.

Abstract: A battery includes a conductive housing, an insulation layer, a pole, and a cell unit. The insulation layer is disposed in the housing, the pole penetrates through the insulation layer and is insulated from the housing. The electrode plates include a first and a second electrode plates. The first electrode plate includes a first current collector with a first active layer being disposed on one side of it facing the separator, an uncoated region on the other side is to form a first electrode output, which is electrically connected to the pole or the housing. The second electrode plate includes a second current collector, where a second active layer is disposed on at least one side of the second current collector, the second current collector forms a second electrode output end, which is electrically connected to the other one of the housing or the pole.

Abstract: A separator includes a separator substrate, and a first coating and a second coating respectively disposed on two surfaces of the separator substrate, where the first coating includes polymer secondary particles, and the secondary particles have a melting point of 130° C. to 150° C. The first coating in the separator has good adhesion and resistance to electrolyte swelling, and the secondary particles have many internal voids, which facilitates the penetration of the electrolyte, thus improving electrolyte penetration into the first coating and enhancing the low-temperature performance of the electrochemical apparatus.

Abstract: An electrochemical device includes a positive electrode, the positive electrode including a positive electrode current collector, a protective coating disposed on a surface of one side of the positive electrode current collector close to a tab portion, and a positive electrode active material layer disposed on a surface of at least one side of the positive electrode current collector. The protective coating includes a first active material, and the positive electrode active material layer includes a second active material. According to embodiments of this application, by disposing the protective coating on the positive electrode current collector, lithium plating at the negative electrode of the electrochemical device is alleviated while ensuring the safety performance of the electrochemical device.

Abstract: An electrolyte and an electrochemical apparatus containing the electrolyte. The electrolyte includes a fluorine-containing sulfonimide lithium salt and a trinitrile compound, where based on a weight of the electrolyte, a percentage of the fluorine-containing sulfonimide lithium salt is X %, and a percentage of the trinitrile compound is Y %, where 1?X+Y?6. The electrolyte in this application can significantly improve safety performance of lithium-ion batteries.

Abstract: A negative electrode includes a current collector and a negative active material layer disposed on the current collector. The negative active material layer includes negative active material particles. The negative active material particles include secondary particles. The negative active material layer includes a pore A. A diameter of the pore A is 59 nm to 73 nm when tested by a mercury intrusion porosimetry. A ratio C004/C110 of the negative active material layer is 6 to 20. The electrochemical device using the negative electrode according to this application possesses a relatively high capacity and improved performance of resistance to cycle expansion.

Abstract: A binder is a polymer including structural units represented by a formula I, a formula II, and a formula III. R1 is selected from any one of a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C10 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C2-C10 alkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C2-C10 alkynyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted C6-C20 aryl group; R2 is selected from a phenolic hydroxyl group and the number of phenolic hydroxyl groups is 2 to 5; R3 is one of C, S, N, or P; X is selected from any one of Li, Na, or K; R4 and R5 each are independently selected from one of a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C10 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C2-C10 alkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C2-C10 alkynyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted C6-C20 aryl group; and n1, n2, and n3 each are independently an integer greater than zero.

Abstract: An electrode assembly, where an outer surface of the electrode assembly includes a first surface, a first end face, a second surface, and a second end face that are connected in sequence, the first surface is provided opposite to the second surface, and the first end face is provided opposite to the second end face; a first adhesive layer, where the first adhesive layer is adhered to the first end face and extends from the first end face to the first surface and the second surface separately, and a side of the first surface provided with the first adhesive layer is defined as a top side; and a second adhesive layer, where the second adhesive layer is adhered to the second end face and extends from the second end face to the first surface and the second surface separately.