Abstract: A separator and an electrochemical device including the same. The separator includes an adhesive layer including first adhesive resin particles having an average particle diameter corresponding to 0.8-3 times of an average particle diameter of the inorganic particles and second adhesive resin particles having an average particle diameter corresponding to 0.2-0.6 times of the average particle diameter of the inorganic particles, wherein the first adhesive resin particles are present in an amount of 30-90 wt % based on a total weight of the first adhesive resin particles and the second adhesive resin particles. The separator shows improved adhesion to an electrode and provides an electrochemical device with decreased increment in resistance after lamination with an electrode.

Abstract: A method of making a positive electrode includes forming a slurry of particles using an electrode formulation, a diluent, and oxalic acid, coating the slurry on a collector and drying the coating on the collector to form the positive electrode. The electrode formulation includes an electrode active material, a conductive carbon source, an organic polymeric binder, and a water soluble polymer. The diluent consists essentially of water.

Abstract: Articles and methods including composite layers for protection of electrodes in electrochemical cells are provided. In some embodiments, the composite layers comprise a polymeric material and a plurality of particles.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an electrode active material layer exhibiting excellent mechanical strength. This electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes at least an electrode active material, a carbon-based conductive auxiliary agent, and a binder. The carbon-based conductive auxiliary agent has a linear structure, and includes ultra-fine fibrous carbon having an average fibre diameter of more than 200 nm but not more than 900 nm. The electrode material configures an electrode active material layer in which the maximum tensile strength (?M) in a planar direction and the tensile strength (?T) in an in-plane direction orthogonal to the maximum tensile strength (?M) satisfy relational expression (a), namely ?M/?T?1.6.

Abstract: Systems and methods utilizing water soluble (aqueous) PAA-based polymer binders for silicon-dominant anodes may include an electrode coating layer on a current collector, where the electrode coating layer is formed from silicon and a pyrolyzed water soluble PAA-based polymer blend, wherein the water soluble PAA-based polymer blend comprises PAA and one or more additional water-soluble polymer components. The electrode coating layer may include more than 70% silicon and the anode may be in a lithium ion battery.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a supported catalyst material for a fuel-cell electrode, as well as a catalyst material that can be produced using said method. In the method, first, a carbide-forming substance is deposited from the gas phase onto the carbon-based carrier material to produce a carbide-containing layer and, then, a catalytically-active precious metal or an alloy thereof from the gas phase is deposited to form a catalytic layer. By chemical reaction of the carbide-forming substance with the carbon, very stable carbide bonds are formed at the interface, while an alloy phase of the two forms at the interface between carbide-forming substance and precious metal. Overall, a very stable adhesion of the catalytic precious metal to the substrate results, whereby degradation effects are reduced, and the life of the material is extended.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a solventless multilayered electrode may include mixing electrode particles with binders to form dry electrode mixtures, compressing the dry electrode mixtures to form electrode films, stacking the electrode films, and compressing the stacked electrode films. Suitable electrode films may include active material particles, conductive particles, electrochemically inactive ceramic particles, and/or the like. In some examples, compressing the stacked electrode films may include compressing the electrode films between pairs of rollers having patterns disposed on one or more exterior surfaces, thereby increasing surface roughness of the electrode films. A system for manufacturing solventless multilayered electrodes may comprise a first plurality of rollers configured to compress dry electrode mixes into electrode films, and a second plurality of rollers configured to compress a stack of electrode films into a single electrode stack.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, provided is a sulfide solid-state battery including a negative electrode current collector that contains copper, and a negative electrode mixture layer that contains a negative electrode active material, a sulfide solid electrolyte material, and an oxide solid electrolyte material. Assuming that the negative electrode mixture layer is virtually divided into two portions in a thickness direction, the upper layer portion contains a larger amount of the sulfide solid electrolyte material than the lower layer portion, and the lower layer portion contains a larger amount of the oxide solid electrolyte material than the upper layer portion.

Abstract: The present invention provides a negative electrode plate and a battery. The negative electrode plate comprises a negative current collector and a negative film that is provided on at least one surface of the negative current collector and comprises a negative active material. The negative film meets the follow relations: 6.0?PD×Dv50?32.0 and 0.2?PD/Dn10?12.0. The negative electrode plate of the present invention has excellent dynamic performance, and the battery of the present invention has both excellent dynamic performance and long cycle life.

Abstract: To provide a method for producing an all-solid-state battery which is configured to suppress chipping of a cut end, shedding of the constituent materials, etc., and which is configured to suppress removal of the solid electrolyte layer. The method is a method for producing an all-solid-state battery, comprising: preparing a first laminate by laminating a first solid electrolyte layer on a first active material layer, forming a solid electrolyte removed part by removing a part of the first solid electrolyte layer on the first active material layer, and cutting the first laminate by applying laser light, in a laminating direction of the first laminate, to the solid electrolyte removed part.

Abstract: Provided are electrochemically active particles suitable for use as an active material in a cathode of a lithium ion electrochemical cell that include: a plurality of crystallites comprising a first composition comprising lithium, nickel, and oxygen; and a grain boundary between adjacent crystallites of the plurality of crystallites and comprising a second composition comprising lithium, nickel, and oxygen; wherein the grain boundary has a higher electrochemical affinity for lithium than the crystallites. The higher electrochemical affinity for Li leads to increased Li retention in the grain boundaries during or at charge relative to the bulk crystallites and stabilizes the structure of the grain boundaries and crystallites for improved cycling stability with no appreciable loss in capacity.

Abstract: A negative electrode includes a current collector and a negative electrode layer coated on at least one surface of the current collector. The negative electrode layer containing either phosphorus or fluorine, and the phosphorus content or fluorine content in the central portion of the negative electrode layer differs from the average phosphorus content in the end portion outward from the central portion to the side or the average fluorine content, and the phosphorus content P1 in the central portion and the average phosphorus content in the end portion P2 is 1<P1/P2?1.30, or the fluorine content F1 in the central portion and the average fluorine content F2 in the end portion of the negative electrode satisfy 1<F1/F2?1.22.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polyimide binder which can be prepared under lower temperature conditions. The binder composition for a secondary battery of the present invention is characterized in comprising a polyamic acid and an aromatic compound comprising an electron donating group and an organic acid group.

Abstract: An electrode-separator assembly is provided that can drastically facilitate assembly of a LDH separator-equipped nickel-zinc battery without the work, structure, or components for the complete separation of a positive-electrode chamber from a negative-electrode chamber. The electrode-separator assembly includes a positive-electrode plate, a negative-electrode plate, a layered double hydroxide (LDH) separator for separation of the positive-electrode plate from the negative-electrode plate, and a resin frame having an opening to which the LDH separator and the positive-electrode plate are fitted or joined. The positive-electrode plate has a smaller face than the negative-electrode plate. The negative-electrode plate has a clearance area that does not overlap with the positive-electrode plate over a predetermined width from the outer peripheral edge of the negative-electrode plate.

Abstract: Provided are compositions, systems, and methods of making and using pre-lithiated cathodes for use in lithium ion secondary cells as the means of supplying extra lithium to the cell. The chemically or electrochemically pre-lithiated cathodes include cathode active material that is pre-lithiated prior to assembly into an electrochemical cell. The process of producing pre-lithiated cathodes includes contacting a cathode active material to an electrolyte, the electrolyte further contacting a counter electrode lithium source and applying an electric potential or current to the cathode active material and the lithium source thereby pre-lithiating the cathode active material with lithium. An electrochemical cell is also provided including the pre-lithiated cathode, an anode, a separator and an electrolyte.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a positive electrode is provided with: a positive electrode current collector which contains aluminum; a positive electrode mixture layer which contains a positive electrode active material that is configured of a lithium transition metal oxide; and an intermediate layer which is arranged between the positive electrode current collector and the positive electrode mixture layer. The intermediate layer contains inorganic compound particles, a conductive material and a binder; the circularity is from 5% to 75% (inclusive); the void fraction of the intermediate layer is from 30% to 69% (inclusive); and the average circularity of the inorganic compound particles is from 5% to 75% (inclusive).

Abstract: The present invention provides a linear porous lithium titanate material, preparation and product thereof. The material comprises a lithium titanate material having a crystal phase which is a spinel type, wherein the lithium titanate material has a linear structure having an aspect ratio of greater than 10, and the linear lithium titanate material has a porous structure; wherein the linear porous lithium titanate material has a structure composed of a plurality of particles having an oriented growth direction. The material has a long-axis structure which facilitates the effective migration of electrons, a porous structure which facilitates the rapid intercalation and deintercalation process of lithium ions, sodium ions or potassium ions, and a large specific surface area which facilitates the contact area between the electrolyte solution and the electrodes and reduces the current density, thus is excellent in a rapid charge-discharge performance of the battery.

Abstract: A resin composition for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that includes a vinylidene fluoride copolymer having a constituent unit derived from vinylidene fluoride and a constituent unit derived from a fluorine-containing alkyl vinyl compound. A melting point, measured in accordance with ASTM D3418, of the vinylidene fluoride copolymer is from 105° C. to 125° C., and a mass fraction Wa of the constituent unit derived from the fluorine-containing alkyl vinyl compound in the vinylidene fluoride copolymer, a degree of crystallinity DC of the vinylidene fluoride copolymer, and a degree of amorphicity DA of the vinylidene fluoride copolymer satisfy Equation (1) below: 4.7?Wa×(DC/DA)?14??(1).

Abstract: A cell structure for a secondary battery includes an electrode assembly including a plurality of electrodes, a plurality of electrode tabs extending from the electrodes to an outside of the electrode assembly, and a plurality of lead tabs electrically connected to the electrode tabs and contacting the electrode assembly. In the cell structure, a part of each of the lead tabs is folded, and the electrode tabs are inserted into the folded part of each of the lead tabs.

Abstract: Thermoresponsive composite switch (TRCS) membranes for ion batteries include a porous scaffolding providing ion channels and a thermoresponsive polymer coating. Boron nitride nanotube (BNNT)/polymer composite TRCS membrane embodiments are preferable due to unique BNNT properties. A BNNT scaffold coated with one or more polymers may form a composite separator with tunable porosity (porosity level and pore size distribution), composition, wettability, and superior electronic isolation, oxidative/reduction resistance, and mechanical strength. The BNNT/polymer composite TRCS membrane optimizes the performance of ion batteries with tunable separator thicknesses that may be under 5 ???. Nano-scale porosity with thin separator thicknesses improves the charge density of the battery. Nano-scale architecture allows for reversible localized switching on the nano scale, in proximity to thermally stressed ion substrates.