Abstract: A traction battery includes cells stacked in an array and having terminals, and endplates sandwiching the array. A busbar module extends between the endplates and includes slots and busbars interleaved along a length of the busbar module. The terminals extend through the slots and connect to the busbars. The busbar module includes a pair of end pieces and a center piece that are separately formed and secured together by connection features.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for making a lithium ion battery electrode. The method comprises providing a slurry comprising an electrode active material, an adhesive, a dispersant, and a conductive agent; spreading the slurry over a metal sheet to form an electrode active material layer; applying a carbon nanotube layer structure on a surface of the electrode active material layer to form a precursor; and drying the precursor.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an aqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode includes a titanium-containing oxide. The aqueous electrolyte includes a sodium ion having a concentration of 3 mol/L or more and at least one type of first anion selected from the group consisting of [N(FSO2)2]?, SO32?, S2O32? and SCN?.

Abstract: The present invention provides a secondary battery packaging material including at least a metal foil layer, a second base material layer, and a heat-sealing resin layer laminated in this order on a surface of a first base material layer. The second base material layer is laminated on the metal foil layer directly or via an anti-corrosion treatment layer. The first base material layer is formed of a resin composite containing a thermosetting resin or a thermoplastic resin. The second base material layer is formed of a resin composite containing a thermosetting resin.

Abstract: Provided is an energy storage device which includes: an electrode assembly where electrodes are layered to each other; and current collector joined to the layered electrodes in a state where the current collector overlaps with the electrodes. The electrode and the current collector are welded to each other or are joined to each other by ultrasonic bonding at a first joint portion. At least one of the electrode and the current collector includes a wall surface which projects from a periphery of the first joint portion or a region adjacent to the periphery along a stacking direction of the electrode and the current collector, and surrounds the first joint portion. The wall surface is disposed on both sides of the first joint portion in the stacking direction.

Abstract: To provide a structural body having a new shape and including a garnet crystal structure. A structural body comprising LiaM1bM2cOd (5?a?8; 2.5?b?3.5; 1.5?c?2.5; 10?d?14; M1 is at least one element selected from Al, Y, La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Lu, Mg, Ca, Sr, or Ba; and M2 is at least one element selected from Zr, Hf, Nb, or Ta) including a garnet crystal structure, wherein in a scanning electron microscopic image obtained through observation of a fracture surface in a depth direction of the structural body, a striped pattern extending along the depth direction is shown, and/or in a scanning electron microscopic image obtained through observation of a cut surface in the depth direction of the structural body, a continuous body extending along the depth direction is shown.

Abstract: Disclosed is an energy storage system (ESS) battery pack case, which includes a case body having at least two plates assembled to each other by fitting so as to be connected to each other along a circumferential direction thereof to form a hollow therein, the case body having an open top end and an open bottom end; and an upper cover assembly configured to cover the top end of the case body and a lower cover assembly configured to cover the bottom end of the case body.

Abstract: A solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) includes a cathode having a yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ) structure. The YSZ structure is in contact with a solid electrolyte layer. A lanthanum strontium manganite (LSM) structure is deposited on the YSZ structure to form a composite cathode. The cathode includes a catalyst layer. The catalyst layer is a mesoporous nanoionic catalyst material integrated with the YSZ and LSM structures. Alternatively, or in addition to, the mesoporous nanoionic catalyst material may be coated onto the YSZ and LSM structures or embedded into the YSZ and LSM structures. The mesoporous nanoionic catalyst material may form an interconnected fibrous network.

Abstract: An electric power supply system includes first and second fuel cell stacks, a plurality of fuel tanks, a determination unit configured to determine the state of the first fuel cell stack during operation stop of the first and second fuel cell stacks, and a purging execution unit configured to execute purging by activating the first and second fuel cell stacks according to a determination result and opening on-off valves of the plurality of fuel tanks to supply fuel to the first and second fuel cell stacks.

Abstract: Disclosed are an electrode lead connecting structure capable of simplifying an assembly process of busbars by integrating sensing and electrode busbars, and of minimizing worker's mistakes during the assembly process by almost horizontally arranging busbars on a printed circuit board for each level, a battery module including the electrode lead connecting structure, and a battery pack including the battery module. An electrode lead connecting structure according to the present disclosure includes a printed circuit board, first and second electrode-integrated sensing busbars provided at a lowest level of one side edge of the printed circuit board and at a highest level of an opposite side edge of the printed circuit board, respectively, a first sensing busbar group located on the first L-shaped end strip busbar at the one side edge, and a second sensing busbar group located under the second L-shaped end strip busbar at the opposite side edge.

Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells each having two electrode terminals, i.e., positive and negative electrode terminals; a first housing case that houses a first battery cell group; a second housing case that houses a second battery cell group; and a fixing tool that fixes the first and the second housing cases by making the electrode terminals in the first battery cell group face the electrode terminals in the second battery cell group. The second battery group is housed in the second housing case while being inclined relative to the first battery cell group, connected to the negative electrode terminal of each battery cell in the first battery cell group facing the positive electrode terminal of the battery cell, and connected to the positive electrode terminal of each battery cell in the first battery cell group facing the negative electrode terminal of the battery cell.

Abstract: An electrochemical cell includes a prismatic cell housing including a lid plate that closes one end of the housing. The cell also includes a terminal assembly having a simple structure that is supported on the lid plate. The terminal assembly includes the lid plate, a terminal and an adhesive layer that is disposed between and secures the terminal to the lid plate. The terminal assembly includes features that allow the adhesive layer to flow in a controlled and reproducible manner over the entirety of a predetermined area without flowing beyond the predetermined area. The features result from forming a stop line in the predetermined area by applying a surface treatment to the predetermined area. The stop line delineates a desired adhesive later outer boundary and engages the adhesive so as to maintain the adhesive within the predetermined area.

Abstract: Improved anodes and cells are provided, which enable fast charging rates with enhanced safety due to much reduced probability of metallization of lithium on the anode, preventing dendrite growth and related risks of fire or explosion. Anodes and/or electrolytes have buffering zones for partly reducing and gradually introducing lithium ions into the anode for lithiation, to prevent lithium ion accumulation at the anode electrolyte interface and consequent metallization and dendrite growth. Various anode active materials and combinations, modifications through nanoparticles and a range of coatings which implement the improved anodes are provided.

Abstract: The present specification relates to a polymer electrolyte membrane, a membrane electrode assembly including the same, and a fuel cell including the membrane electrode assembly.

Abstract: Improved anodes and cells are provided, which enable fast charging rates with enhanced safety due to much reduced probability of metallization of lithium on the anode, preventing dendrite growth and related risks of fire or explosion. Anodes and/or electrolytes have buffering zones for partly reducing and gradually introducing lithium ions into the anode for lithiation, to prevent lithium ion accumulation at the anode electrolyte interface and consequent metallization and dendrite growth. Various anode active materials and combinations, modifications through nanoparticles and a range of coatings which implement the improved anodes are provided.

Abstract: A fuel cell system that supplies an anode gas and a cathode gas to a fuel cell to cause the fuel cell to generate an electricity. The fuel cell system includes a high pressure tank, an anode gas supply passage configured to supply the anode gas to the fuel cell from the high pressure tank, an anode pressure control valve disposed on the anode gas supply passage, the anode pressure control valve adjusting an anode gas pressure of the fuel cell, an anode gas valve disposed between the high pressure tank and the anode pressure control valve, the anode gas valve adjusting a source pressure of the anode pressure control valve, and a valve control unit configured to control to open and close the anode pressure control valve and the anode gas valve on the basis of an operating state of the fuel cell system.

Abstract: An all-solid-state battery having an olivine-type positive electrode active material and a sulfur solid electrolyte and a method for producing the all-solid-state battery is provided. The positive electrode active material is a positive electrode active material in which primary particles aggregate into secondary particles. The primary particles have an olivine-type positive electrode active material and a coating layer that coats all or a portion of the olivine-type positive electrode active material. The coating layer contains a transition metal derived from the olivine-type positive electrode active material, lithium, phosphorous and oxygen as components thereof, and the concentration of the transition metal is lower the concentration of the olivine-type positive electrode active material.

Abstract: An anode active material including a porous silicon having pores with a uniform average pore diameter, wherein the average pore diameter of the pores is in a range of about 50 nm to about 80 nm, a method of preparing the anode active material, and a lithium secondary battery including an anode including the anode active material.

Abstract: Improved anodes and cells are provided, which enable fast charging rates with enhanced safety due to much reduced probability of metallization of lithium on the anode, preventing dendrite growth and related risks of fire or explosion. Anodes and/or electrolytes have buffering zones for partly reducing and gradually introducing lithium ions into the anode for lithiation, to prevent lithium ion accumulation at the anode electrolyte interface and consequent metallization and dendrite growth. Various anode active materials and combinations, modifications through nanoparticles and a range of coatings which implement the improved anodes are provided.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to the selection of cathode materials. The cathode materials of concern are the conducting polymer or backbone and the redox active species or sulfur species. The selection of the materials is based on the characteristics of the materials relating to the other components of the batteries and to each other. The present invention also pertains to the resultant cathode materials, particularly a selected cathode material of a single component sulfur-based conducting polymer with the sulfur species covalently linked to the conducting polymer, and most particularly a thiophene based polymer with covalently linked sulfur species. The conducting polymers have been covalently-derivatized with sulfides and/or sulfide-containing groups as battery cathode materials. The present invention also pertains to a battery employing the selection method and resultant cathode materials.