Abstract: An apparatus for automatically supplying an electrode plate, may include: a magazine provided by stacking a plurality of electrode plates; a lifting unit provided on the magazine, and on which the electrode plate is seated; and a sensing member provided in the lifting unit, and configured to sense an electrode plate disposed in a lowermost position of the electrode plates.

Abstract: A battery module includes: a plurality of secondary battery cells, each including an electrode lead connected to an electrode assembly, a terrace portion forming a periphery of a cell body member in which the electrode assembly is accommodated, and a sealing portion formed to be connected to the terrace portion; a housing in which the plurality of secondary battery cells are accommodated; and a guard unit installed to face at least a portion of the terrace portion and at least a portion of the sealing portion to delay bursting of the sealing portion of at least one of the secondary battery cells. In the guard unit, a gap between internal surfaces facing the terrace portion is formed to be smaller than a thickness of the cell body member to limit expansion thickness of the terrace portion.

Abstract: Provided is a lithium secondary battery comprising: a cathode comprising a cathode active material, an anode comprising an anode active material, a separator interposed between the cathode and the anode, and an electrolyte for a secondary battery, wherein the cathode active material is Lix(NiaCobMnc)O2, wherein 0.90?x?1.10, 0.5?a?0.99, 0.005?b<0.5, 0.005?c<0.5, and a+b+c=1, and the electrolyte for a secondary battery comprises a lithium salt, a nonaqueous organic solvent, and a cyclic phosphate compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 2: wherein R1 to R6 and R? and R? are independently of one another hydrogen or C1-C4 alkyl; L2 is —CR7R8—; and R7 and R8 are independently of each other C1-C4 alkyl .

Abstract: A multilayer electrode includes a current collector, a first electrode mixture layer disposed on at least one surface of the current collector, and a second electrode mixture layer disposed on the first electrode mixture layer. The first and second electrode mixture layers include one or more types of conductive materials. A porosity of the conductive material contained in the second electrode mixture layer is greater than that of the conductive material contained in the first electrode mixture layer. Ion mobility to the inside of an electrode may be improved while maintaining electrical conductivity, by including a conductive material having a relatively great average particle diameter and pores in the conductive material itself. Output characteristics of a lithium secondary battery and charging and discharging performance may be improved.

Abstract: An anode for a lithium secondary battery includes an anode current collector, and an anode active material layer disposed on the anode current collector. The anode active material layer includes a first anode active material layer including a first anode active material and a first binder that includes an acrylate-styrene butadiene copolymer, and a second anode active material layer disposed on the first anode material layer, the second anode active material layer including a second anode active material and a second binder that includes an acrylate-styrene-butadiene copolymer. A peak intensity ratio according to Raman spectroscopy of the first anode active material is smaller than the peak intensity ratio according to Raman spectroscopy of the second anode active material, and the peak intensity ratio according to Raman spectroscopy is represented as ID/IG.

Abstract: The present invention provides a battery module including: a pair of battery groups in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked; a first heat exchanger disposed between the pair of battery groups to perform heat exchange with first stacked surfaces of the pair of battery groups; and a pair of second heat exchangers disposed outside the pair of battery groups to perform heat exchange with second stacked surfaces which are sides opposite to the first stacked surfaces.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery module including: a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked; and a pressure drop sheet on one side of the battery cell stack, in which the pressure drop sheet includes: a ventilation layer including ceramic fiber; and a sacrificial layer on at least one face of the ventilation layer, the sacrificial layer is disposed in a direction facing the battery cell stack, and the pressure drop sheet exhibits gas permeability at a critical temperature.

Abstract: An eco-friendly power source, such as a battery module for a transportation vehicle includes a plurality of battery cells each including an electrode assembly and an electrode tab protruding from the electrode assembly, and a bus bar assembly coupled to the electrode tabs and connecting the plurality of battery cells. The bus bar assembly includes a main frame having a slit into which the electrode tab is inserted, a bus bar positioned on an outer surface of the main frame and electrically connected to the electrode tab, a plurality of inner frames facing an inner surface of the main frame and spaced apart from each other in a direction in which the battery cells are stacked, and a venting induction portion formed in a concave shape toward the electrode assembly and formed at an upper end portion of at least one of the plurality of inner frames.

Abstract: A negative electrode for a secondary battery includes: a current collector; a first negative electrode active material layer formed on the current collector and containing a first active material; and a second negative electrode active material layer formed on the first negative electrode active material layer and containing a second active material. The second active material is a bimodal active material including small particles and large particles having different particle sizes, a particle size (D2) of the second active material is smaller than a particle size (D1) of the first active material, and the particle size of the second active material is an average particle size of the small particles and the large particles.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery includes a cathode including a cathode current collector and a cathode active material layer formed on the cathode current collector, and an anode including an anode current collector and an anode active material layer formed on the anode current collector. The anode active material layer has an area larger than that of the cathode active material layer. The anode active material layer includes an overlapping portion overlying the cathode active material layer in a planar direction and a margin portion around the overlapping portion. The margin portion has an electrical resistance greater than that of the overlapping portion.

Abstract: An electrode for a lithium secondary battery includes an electrode current collector, an electrode active material layer formed on at least one surface of the electrode current collector and including electrode active material particles, and a lithium salt-containing coating formed on at least portions of surfaces of the electrode active material particles or at least a portion of the surface of the electrode active material layer. The electrode for a lithium secondary battery may have a predetermined surface roughness.

Abstract: A cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery has a structure of a lithium-nickel-based metal oxide. A crystal size in a (104) plane defined by Equation 1 is less than 200 nm. A thickness of a TM slab measured by a Rietveld method in a crystal structure of a space group R-3m by an X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis is 2.15 ? or less. A thickness of a Li slab thickness measured by the Rietveld method in the crystal structure of the space group R-3m by the XRD analysis is 2.585 ? or more.

Abstract: An electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the electrolyte solution are provided. The electrolyte solution includes an additive represented by Chemical Formula 1, an organic solvent and a lithium salt: wherein in Chemical Formula 1, R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C5 alkyl group, X is O or S, and L is a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C5 alkylene group. The lithium secondary battery including the electrolyte solution provides enhanced high-temperature properties.

Abstract: A battery module includes: first and second sub-battery modules, respectively comprising a cell stack including a plurality of battery cells, and a bus bar assembly disposed at least one side of the cell stack; and a central wall disposed between the first and second sub-battery modules, wherein the central wall includes a hollow venting passage formed in a direction intersecting the direction that the first and second sub-battery modules are disposed such that gas or flames occurring in the first or second sub-battery modules are allowed to flow from inside the battery module through the hollow venting passage to the outside of the battery module.

Abstract: Provided is a flexible air supply damper system for preventing an overdrying-caused defect of a secondary battery electrode plate, the flexible air supply damper system including: a fluid supply unit supplying a fluid; a heating unit heating the fluid supplied through the fluid supply unit; a drying unit drying the electrode plate while receiving the fluid heated through the heating unit; a damper unit splitting the fluid passing through the heating unit to control an amount of the fluid to be introduced into the drying unit; and a discharge unit through which the fluid used in the drying unit and the fluid split out of the damper unit are discharged. By controlling the amount of the fluid to be introduced into the drying unit, the electrode plate is prevented from being overdried.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a secondary battery module. A secondary battery module includes a plurality of battery cells and a first frame configured to accommodate and cool the plurality of battery cells. The first frame includes a housing configured to accommodate the plurality of battery cells and at least one cooling plate coupled to one surface of the housing, interposed between groups of one or more battery cells among the plurality of battery cells disposed in the housing, and configured to fix the plurality of battery cells and dissipate heat generated from the plurality of battery cells.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a dry electrode sheet for a secondary battery includes providing a dry electrode composition comprising an active electrode material and a binder, calendering the dry electrode composition with a calender roll and forming a first electrode sheet, cutting the first electrode sheet into two or more pieces, and laminating and then calendering the cut first electrode sheet.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for drying an electrode plate capable of solving an electrode plate overdrying problem and a drying uniformity deterioration problem due to a pressure change by including: a supply air volume setting step of setting an initial supply air volume introduced into a drier to a target air volume or less; an exhaust air volume setting step of setting an initial exhaust air volume to a numerical value corresponding to the initial supply air volume set in the supply air volume setting step; and an air volume adjusting step of increasing a supply air volume and an exhaust air volume from the initial air volumes set in the supply air volume setting step and the exhaust air volume setting step to designated target air volumes for a predetermined time, and a system for drying an electrode plate capable of effectively implementing the same.

Abstract: Provided is a lithium secondary battery including a silicon-based anode active material for a lithium secondary battery and an anode formed using the same. The silicon-based anode active material for a lithium secondary battery according to exemplary embodiments includes a surface coated with carbon and doped with lithium. A ratio of a peak area at 102.5 eV to a total area of a peak area at 100 eV, the peak area at 102.5 eV, and a peak area at 104 eV, which appear in an Si2p spectrum when measuring by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), is 40% or less, thereby allowing an electrode to be stably manufactured without changing physical properties of the slurry during manufacturing the electrode. In addition, the anode active material for a secondary battery may be usefully used to manufacture a lithium secondary battery having high discharge capacity and high energy density characteristics.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material may include a lithium layer doped with a first doping element and a transition metal layer doped with a second doping element. An I(003)/I(006) peak intensity ratio in X-ray diffraction measurement is equal to or less than 23.8.