Abstract: A foldable flexible assembling of cells for a lithium-ion battery including: a separator containing an electrolyte; a series of n physically separated negative electrodes located on the first side of the separator and a series of n physically separated positive electrodes located on the second side of the separator; a first current collector including a layer covering continuously the series of negative electrodes so as to ensure electrical connection between all the negative electrodes; and a second current collector including a layer covering continuously the series of positive electrodes so as to ensure electrical connection between all the positive electrodes.

Abstract: A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery including a negative electrode current collector; and a negative electrode active material layer formed on the negative electrode current collector, wherein the negative electrode active material layer includes graphite and silicon oxide, and lithium is incorporated in the negative electrode active material layer, and a method for preparing the same.

Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery according to the present disclosure includes: an electrode assembly; and a case having a structure in which upper stamped portions and lower stamped portions are repeatedly stamped to cover the outside of the electrode assembly, and the upper stamped portions and the lower stamped portions form a corrugated pattern, and the electrode assembly includes: one or more unit cells each equipped with a pair of electrodes having different polarities with a separator interposed therebetween; an electrode mixture coated on one or both surfaces of the pair of electrodes; and electrode tabs protruded from the respective electrodes and not coated with the electrode mixture, and the electrode tabs include an electrode parallel connection tab and an electrode lead connection tab, and any one or more of the electrode parallel connection tab and the electrode lead connection tab is formed on the electrodes, and the corrugated pattern has various intervals.

Abstract: Disclosed is an additive for a nonaqueous electrolyte solution, including a compound represented by the following formula (1): in formula (1), X represents a sulfonyl group or a carbonyl group, R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, which may be substituted with a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, or the like, and R2 represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, which may be substituted with a halogen atom.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and an electrolyte solution. At least part of the separator is interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode substrate and a negative electrode active material layer. The negative electrode active material layer is placed on a surface of the negative electrode substrate. Voids are formed in the negative electrode active material layer. In a cross section parallel to a thickness direction of the negative electrode active material layer, the voids have an average equivalent circle diameter from 9.6 ?m to 35.8 ?m, an average circularity of 0.26 or more, and an area percentage from 3.1% to 30.9%.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, provided is an electrode including a current collector and an active material-containing layer in contact with the current collector. The active material-containing layer contains a carbon nanotube and particles of titanium-containing oxide having an average particle size or 0.1 ?m to 3 ?m. A peel strength between the current collector and the active material-containing layer is within a range of 0.2 kN/m to 0.7 kN/m.

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: A miniature electrochemical cell of a primary or secondary chemistry with a total volume that is less than 0.5 cc is described. The cell has a casing comprising an annular sidewall supported on a lower plate opposite an upper lid. The lid has a sealed electrolyte fill port. At least one electrolyte channel in the inner surface of the lid extends radially from the fill port and outwardly beyond an outer peripheral edge of the current collector. A current collector contacts an inner surface of the lid with a first electrode active material contacting the current collector. An opposite polarity active material contacts the lower plate. A dielectric material coats the lower open end of the annular sidewall and a portion of the inner surface of the sidewall. A glass seals the dielectric material to the lower plate. An electrolyte activates the electrode assembly.

Abstract: A ceria-carbon-sulfur (CeO2—C—S) composite including a ceria-carbon (CeO2—C) composite in which cylindrical carbon materials having ceria (CeO2) particles bonded to surfaces thereof are entangled and interconnected to each other in three dimensions; and sulfur introduced into at least a portion of an outer surface and an inside of the ceria-carbon composite, a method for preparing the same, and positive electrode for a lithium-sulfur battery and a lithium-sulfur battery including the same.

Abstract: The present disclosure refers to a ventilation device for a battery, particularly to a multifunctional breathing and venting device for a casing of one of a battery submodule, battery module or battery system, such as for an electric vehicle and an energy storage system (ESS). The ventilation device comprising a housing configured for being attached to a vent opening of a battery casing in a sealing manner and comprising at least one lateral wall, a breathable filter separating an interior of the battery casing from a breathing chamber within the housing, a venting membrane separating the breathing chamber from an exterior environment in a gas tight manner, and a breathing sprout fluidly connecting the breathing chamber and the environment and bypassing the venting membrane. The disclosure further relates to a battery comprising such a ventilation device attached to its casing.

Abstract: Electrolytes and electrolyte additives for energy storage devices comprising cyanate based compounds are disclosed. The energy storage device comprises a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a Si-based electrode, a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, an electrolyte comprising at least two electrolyte co-solvents, wherein at least one electrolyte co-solvent comprises a cyanate based compound.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for the fabrication of electrode and porous lithium-garnet electrolyte scaffolds for use in solid state batteries and other devices are provided. The methods produce porous structures using phase inversion or high shear compaction processes to fabricate a solid-state battery electrode material from LLZO electrolytes. Engineered electrode structures with a porous scaffold of solid electrolyte material provide lower interfacial resistances and a mechanical support for a thin solid electrode layer improving performance.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery, in which, by using different electrolytes in a positive electrode and a negative electrode, and using a gel polymer electrolyte, in which a small amount of an electrolyte liquid is impregnated into a polymer matrix, between the negative electrode and the separator, the stability and performance of the electrode may be improved, and therefore, the performance and lifetime of the lithium secondary battery may be enhanced.

Abstract: Disclosed are a secondary battery, an active material, a method for preparing the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. In an embodiment, provided is a secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte, wherein the secondary battery further includes a reaction-inducing substance located in any one of the positive electrode, the negative electrode and the electrolyte, wherein the reaction-inducing substance forms a reaction product by consuming thermal energy when exposed to a predetermined temperature or higher in a use environment of the secondary battery, thereby improving thermal safety of the secondary battery.

Abstract: A battery module blocks current when the temperature rises, a battery pack includes the battery module, and a vehicle includes the battery pack. The battery module includes a bus bar having an approximately thin plate shape compared to a length and a width and having linear grooves provided in a left surface and a right surface along a longitudinal direction, respectively; and battery cells respectively located on the left surface and the right surface of the bus bar, physically contacting with their respective electrode leads inserted into the grooves, and electrically connected to each other with the bus bar interposed therebetween, and wherein sizes of the grooves increase in a thickness direction at a certain temperature or higher to release a physical contact between the electrode leads and the bus bar such that an electrical connection between the battery cells is released.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery includes an organic solvent, LiPF6 as a first lithium salt, a second lithium salt excluding the LiPF6, an oligomer represented by Formula 1, as a first additive, and a mixed additive of lithium difluorophosphate (LiDFP), fluorobenzene (FB), and tetravinylsilane (TVS), as a second additive.

Abstract: An electrode assembly according to the present disclosure includes one or more unit cells each equipped with a pair of electrodes having different polarities with a separator interposed therebetween, an electrode mixture coated on one or both surfaces of the pair of electrodes, and electrode tabs located on the edges of the respective electrodes and not coated with the electrode mixture, and the electrode tabs include an electrode parallel connection tab and an electrode lead connection tab, and any one or more of the electrode parallel connection tab and the electrode lead connection tab are formed on the electrodes, and an outermost electrode is a negative electrode.

Abstract: Batteries according to embodiments of the present technology may include an electrode stack including a separator positioned between an anode and a cathode. The batteries may include an electrolyte. The batteries may include an enclosure extending about the electrode stack and containing the electrolyte. The enclosure may include a rigid housing defining a volume in which the electrode stack and the electrolyte are contained. The rigid housing may define a flange extending about the rigid housing. The enclosure may include a lid extending across the rigid housing. The lid may be characterized by a length and a width, and the lid may define a protrusion extending beyond the length or width on a side of the lid at a location corresponding to a predetermined strain location.

Abstract: A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the negative electrode are disclosed. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector, a first negative electrode active material layer present on the negative electrode current collector, and a second negative electrode active material layer present on the first negative electrode active material layer. The first negative electrode active material layer includes two or more kinds of first negative electrode active materials, and the second negative electrode active material layer includes a second negative electrode active material having swelling that is smaller than that of the first negative electrode active material layer. Therefore, the surface of the negative electrode does not exhibit deformation during pre-lithiation.

Abstract: A metal seawater fuel cell includes a single cell or a battery pack which is composed of more than two single cells connected in series or in parallel or in series and parallel through circuits. The single cell has a metal anode arranged oppositely in a sealed single cell housing, a cathode carrying a hydrogen evolution catalyst, and a diaphragm arranged between the metal anode and the cathode, the bottom and the top of the single cell housing are respectively provided with fluid flow channels, and both ends of the fluid flow channels are respectively provided with openings communicated with the interior and exterior of the housing. The metal anode and/or single cell housing is placed in a closed transitional housing. The transitional housing is a degradable material or can be mechanically damaged by a driving device driven and started by a control device.