Abstract: A positive electrode material contains a positive electrode active material and a first solid electrolyte material. The first solid electrolyte material is represented by Chemical Formula (1): Li?M?X?. In Chemical Formula (1), ?, ?, and ? each represent a value larger than 0, M represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of metal elements other than lithium and of metalloid elements, and X represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine. The ratio of the volume of the positive electrode active material to the sum of the volume of the positive electrode active material and the volume of the solid electrolyte material is not less than 0.55 and not more than 0.85.

Abstract: A battery includes a battery element, a housing body, and a valve device. The housing body is constituted by at least one laminate and includes an interior space in which the battery element is housed, a first housing portion that covers the interior space from a first side, and a second housing portion that covers the interior space from a second side. The valve device is attached to the housing body and can make interior space of housing body be in communication with an external space. A joined edge portion is formed in housing body as a result of the first and second housing portion being fused along respective peripheral edge portions. The valve device is sandwiched between the first and second housing portion in the joined edge portion, and an inner end of the valve device protrudes from an inner edge of joined edge portion toward the interior space.

Abstract: An electrolyte for use in an energy storage device, an energy storage device and a method of forming such electrolyte. The electrolyte includes a polymer matrix of at least two crosslinked structures, including a first polymeric material and a second polymeric material; and an electrolytic solution retained by the polymer matrix; wherein the electrolyte is arranged to physically deform when subjected to an external mechanical load applied to the polymer matrix.

Abstract: A thermal insulation device includes a first plate, a second plate formed to nest adjacent the first plate with a gap between the first and second plates, a porous material disposed between the plates, and a sealing layer disposed between the first and second plates such that the porous material is sealed from ambient at a pressure less than ambient. Multiple such sets of plates may be used to form an enclosure for a device that thermally insulates the device from ambient.

Abstract: A cathode active material includes a lithium composite oxide having a crystal structure which belongs to a layered structure. The lithium composite oxide has a BET specific surface area of not less than 5 m2/g and not more than 10 m2/g. The lithium composite oxide has an average particle size of not less than 3 ?m and not more than 30 ?m. The lithium composite oxide, an average crystallite size calculated by an X-ray diffraction method is not less than 150 ? and not more than 350 ?.

Abstract: A method for using an integrated battery and device structure includes using two or more stacked electrochemical cells integrated with each other formed overlying a surface of a substrate. The two or more stacked electrochemical cells include related two or more different electrochemistries with one or more devices formed using one or more sequential deposition processes. The one or more devices are integrated with the two or more stacked electrochemical cells to form the integrated battery and device structure as a unified structure overlying the surface of the substrate. The one or more stacked electrochemical cells and the one or more devices are integrated as the unified structure using the one or more sequential deposition processes. The integrated battery and device structure is configured such that the two or more stacked electrochemical cells and one or more devices are in electrical, chemical, and thermal conduction with each other.

Abstract: A film-integrated gasket is provided in which a gasket body is supported by a gasket support body formed of a resin film and a film thickness t2 at a position where the gasket body is supported is set to be smaller than a film thickness t1 at an adjacent position thereto so as to satisfy a demand for low reaction force by reducing the compression ratio in the thickness directional in mounting. The film-integrated gasket can be provided with a portion compressed in the thickness direction at the position where the gasket body is supported, so that the portion sets a thickness difference. The film-integrated gasket can alternatively be provided with a portion where a plurality of resin films is stacked at an adjacent position to the position where the gasket main body is supported, so that the portion sets a thickness difference.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a flexible battery includes the steps of: preparing an electrode current collector having a current collecting portion provided with at least one through-hole; carrying out electrospinning of electrode slurry including an electrode active material, a binder, a conductive material and a solvent on at least one surface of an edge of the current collecting portion and over the through-hole to form an electrode active material layer on at least one surface of the electrode current collector; and forming a battery provided with the electrode current collector having the electrode active material layer formed thereon as an electrode. A flexible battery obtained from the method is also provided.

Abstract: Soft solid-state electrolyte compositions for secondary electrochemical cell include a metal salt dispersed or doped in a soft solid matrix. Methods for synthesizing the compositions include doping a solid matrix with a metal salt. The matrix includes an organic cation and a first boron cluster anion. Methods for optimizing the electrolytes include construction of electrolyte libraries and screening of the libraries for a desired property.

Abstract: A system for manufacturing an electrode for a secondary battery is disclosed herein. In an embodiment, the system for manufacturing the electrode for the secondary battery comprises a supply roller for supplying a collector having a long sheet shape; an electrode active material coating device for applying an electrode active material to a surface of the collector supplied by the supply roller to manufacture an unfinished electrode; a rolling roller for rolling a surface of the unfinished electrode and adjusting a thickness of the electrode active material to manufacture a finished electrode; and an electrode quality inspection device for inspecting quality of the electrode through a surface roughness value of the rolling roller, a surface roughness value of the surface of the electrode, and a rolling load value of the rolling roller.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of battery cells, a circuit board electrically connecting the plurality of battery cells together, the circuit board extending along a first direction and a second direction, and a bus bar connected to the circuit board to form a charge/discharge path, wherein the bus bar extends along a third direction, different from the first and second directions.

Abstract: A packaging material for a power storage device includes a base material layer as an outer layer, a heat fusible resin layer as an inner layer, and a metal foil layer arranged between both the layers. The base material layer and the metal foil layer are adhered via an outer adhesive layer. The outer adhesive layer is formed of a cured film of a two-part curing type urethane adhesive agent including a main agent containing a polyol and a multifunctional isocyanate mixture, wherein a content rate of the polyol is 50 mass % to 95 mass %. The multifunctional isocyanate mixture is composed of a mixture containing an aromatic multifunctional isocyanate and an aliphatic multifunctional isocyanate having an aromatic ring.

Abstract: An exemplary traction battery assembly includes, among other things, a battery pack and a securing assembly. The securing assembly secures the battery pack to a structure of the vehicle. The securing assembly is disposed along a horizontally facing side of the battery pack and is configured to move from a first position to a second position in response to a load to permit movement of the battery pack relative to the vehicle structure.

Abstract: A shelf device including a plurality of shelves is prepared. A quadrangular plate-shaped cell unit can be placed on each of the selves. A plurality of cell units is placed such that the cell units are disposed on respective shelves. The cell unit is disposed on the shelf such that the second part is placed between the recessed portions. The cell units are disposed on the shelves such that corresponding recessed portions of the cell units overlap each other. A pair of jigs extending in a first direction is placed such that the jigs are disposed inside the recessed portions of the cell units. The shelf device is caused to retreat from the cell units and the jigs, and relative positions of the cell units are changed along the jigs so that the cell units make contact with each other.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer with which it is possible to form a functional layer that has excellent heat shrinkage resistance and adhesiveness after immersion in electrolyte solution and that can cause a non-aqueous secondary battery to display excellent cycle characteristics. The composition for a functional layer contains first organic particles, second organic particles, and a solvent. The first organic particles include a polyfunctional ethylenically unsaturated monomer unit in a proportion of not less than 20 mass % and not more than 90 mass %. The second organic particles include a nitrile group-containing monomer unit in a proportion of not less than 20 mass % and not more than 80 mass % and a cross-linkable monomer unit in a proportion of not less than 0.1 mass % and not more than 10 mass %.

Abstract: A battery module includes: a first battery cell including a first terminal at a top surface thereof; a second battery cell arranged adjacent to the first battery cell and including a second terminal arranged at a top surface thereof in substantially parallel to the first terminal; and an electrode tab electrically connecting the first terminal and the second terminal to each other, wherein the electrode tab includes: a first extension portion coupled to the first terminal and extending along an adjacent side portion of the first battery cell and the second battery cell; a second extension portion coupled to the second terminal and extending along the adjacent side portion in substantially parallel to the first extension portion; and a connection portion connected to the first extension portion and the second extension portion and including a protrusion portion protruding upward from the first battery cell and the second battery cell.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to compositions comprising at least one layer having first and second surfaces, each layer comprising: a substantially two-dimensional array of crystal cells, each crystal cell having an empirical formula of M?2M?nXn+1, such that each X is positioned within an octahedral array of M? and M?; wherein M? and M? each comprise different Group 11113, WE, VB, or VIB metals; each X is C, N, or a combination thereof; n=1 or 2; and wherein the M? atoms are substantially present as two-dimensional outer arrays of atoms within the two-dimensional array of crystal cells; the M? atoms are substantially present as two-dimensional inner arrays of atoms within the two-dimensional array of crystal cells; and the two dimensional inner arrays of M? atoms are sandwiched between the two-dimensional outer arrays of M? atoms within the two-dimensional army of crystal cells.

Abstract: A bus bar assembly includes a nonconductive terminal cap that is configured to secure to an electrically conductive terminal via an attachment feature. The terminal cap has a slot that is configured to expose a terminal portion of the terminal in an assembled condition. A bus bar has an end that is configured to be received in the slot in the assembled condition in which the end is in electrical contact with the terminal portion of the terminal. A nonconductive shroud encloses the bus bar. The end extends through shroud.

Abstract: An electrochemical reaction unit includes a unit cell including an electrolyte layer, and a cathode and an anode which face each other in a first direction with the electrolyte layer intervening therebetween, and one or a plurality of structural members. The electrochemical reaction unit further includes a glass seal member which contains glass and is in contact with two members facing each other in the first direction, the two members being selected from the unit cell and the one or the plurality of structural members. The glass seal member contains a plurality of crystal grains each having a ratio of a vertical dimension in the first direction to a horizontal dimension in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction of 1.5 or more.

Abstract: An alkaline battery is made by press-fitting a plurality of tubular positive electrode pellets inside of an open end of a cylindrical positive electrode can. The press-fitting is performed in such a manner as to stack the positive electrode pellets coaxially inside of and in contact with the positive electrode can, with gaps between adjacent positive electrode pellets. A separator is disposed inside of the tubular pellets, and a negative electrode mixture is placed inside of the separator. A negative electrode current collector is inserted into the negative electrode mixture, and the opening at the open end of the positive electrode can is sealed with a negative electrode terminal plate.