Abstract: Methods for producing ceramic films Yttria Stabilized Zirconia (3YSZ) and aluminum titanate (Al2TiO5), and the physical properties of these films are described. The films produced have thicknesses and integrity suitable for handling and corrosion resistance to electrolytes, porosity, ion permeability and electrical resistivity suitable for use as separators between positive and negative layers for forming electrical batteries, particularly lithium batteries.

Abstract: An electrode slurry contains (A) a cellulose fiber, (B) a carboxymethyl-group-containing cellulose ether or a salt thereof, and a particulate material containing at least (C) an electrode active material, and the cellulose fiber (A) has an average fiber length of 1 to 750 ?m. The amount of the carboxymethyl-group-containing cellulose ether or the salt thereof (B) is 0.1 to 3 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the total amount of the cellulose fiber (A), the carboxymethyl-group-containing cellulose ether or the salt thereof (B), and the electrode active material (C), in terms of solid content. The present invention provides an electrode slurry that allows an improved surface smoothness (coating uniformity) of an electrode and an improved coating property, a process for producing the electrode slurry, an electrode, a process for producing the electrode, a non-aqueous secondary battery, and a lithium-ion secondary battery.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a battery module. The battery module comprises: a frame having an accommodation space; and a plurality of batteries successively arranged in the accommodation space in a thickness direction of the battery, wherein a partition is arranged between adjacent batteries, wherein the partition has a compressibility and a coefficient of compressibility ?1 at a pressure equal to or smaller than 2 MPa, which meets a relation C0×?1?A0×0.2, wherein C0 is an initial thickness of the partition, and A0 is an initial thickness of the battery.

Abstract: A method includes applying to a substrate a solution including a polymeric compound to form a release layer on the substrate; applying ion-conducting elements on the release layer; applying a matrix polymer on the release layer, wherein the matrix polymer surrounds at least some of the ion-conducting elements; and removing the release layer to separate the matrix polymer from the substrate such that the ion-conducting elements remain embedded in a carrier layer of the matrix polymer and form an ion-conducting membrane.

Abstract: A disclosed film electrode includes an electrode base, and an active material layer formed on the electrode base, and a resin layer adhering to at least one of a peripheral portion of the active material layer and a surface of the active material layer in a direction extending along a plane of the electrode base.

Abstract: A fuel cell includes a cell stack including a plurality of unit cells stacked in a first direction; a first end plate including a guide through-hole formed therein, the first end plate being disposed on one end of two ends of the cell stack; a second end plate including a guide support hole formed therein, the guide support hole overlapping the guide through-hole in the first direction, the second end plate being disposed on an opposite end of the two ends of the cell stack; and an enclosure surrounding a side portion between the two ends of the cell stack together with the first end plate and the second end plate, the enclosure being formed as a unitary structure. The enclosure includes a body surrounding the side portion of the cell stack and first and second ends coupled to the first end plate and the second end plate, respectively.

Abstract: A heatsink or heat exchanger for one or more power modules of an inverter or a converter comprises a coolant flow channel, comprised of a plurality of coolant flow channel portions that form a switchback or serpentine flow path, and that is adapted to circulate coolant inside the heat exchanger or heatsink. One or more vents can be provided inside the heat exchanger or heatsink to pass air from one coolant flow channel portion to an adjacent coolant flow channel portion.

Abstract: A battery pack includes: a battery cell including a terminal surface on which an electrode terminal is located, a bottom surface opposite the terminal surface, and a lateral surface between the terminal surface and the bottom surface; a first tank facing the terminal surface of the battery cell; a second tank extending from the first tank and facing the lateral surface of the battery cell; and a third tank extending from the second tank and facing the bottom surface of the battery cell, and a cavity is defined in the first and second tanks to extend across the first and second tanks, the cavity being filled with a first cooling medium and being fluidically isolated from an outside of the battery pack; and a flow path is defined in the third tank to receive a flow of a second cooling medium which is different from the first cooling medium.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide a battery, a bulk energy storage system including the battery, and/or a method of operating the bulk energy storage system including the battery. In various embodiment, the battery may include a first electrode, an electrolyte, and a second electrode, wherein one or both of the first electrode and the second electrode comprises direct reduced iron (“DRI”). In various embodiments, the DRI may be in the form of pellets. In various embodiments, the pellets may comprise at least about 60 wt % iron by elemental mass, based on the total mass of the pellets. In various embodiments, one or both of the first electrode and the second electrode comprises from about 60% to about 90% iron and from about 1% to about 40% of a component comprising one or more of the materials selected from the group of SiO2, Al2O3, MgO, CaO, and TiO2.

Abstract: Provided herein are dry process electrode films, and energy storage devices incorporating the same, including a microparticulate non-fibrillizable binder having certain particle sizes. The electrode films exhibit improved mechanical and processing characteristics. Also provided are methods for processing such microparticulate non-fibrillizable electrode film binders, and for incorporating the microparticulate non-fibrillizable binders in electrode films.

Abstract: An air-cooled energy storage module including a box body, a plurality of support beams, a baffle plate, a plurality of battery modules, an axial fan, and an end cover. The box body is a hollow structure including a first side plate, a second side plate, a bottom plate, and an opening formed by the first side plate, the second side plate, and the bottom plate. The axial fan is disposed on the first side plate. The plurality of support beams is disposed apart on the bottom plate longitudinally; a longitudinal direction refers to a direction along a connection line of the first side plate and the second side plate. The baffle plate is disposed on the plurality of support beams; and a space is disposed between the baffle plate and the bottom plate of the box body for air circulation.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present application is provided with a battery box, a battery, a power consumption device, and a method for producing a battery and an apparatus for producing a battery. The box of the battery includes: an electrical chamber, configured to accommodate a battery cell group; a collection chamber, configured to collect emissions of the battery cell provided with the pressure relief mechanism when the pressure relief mechanism is actuated; an isolation component for isolating the electrical chamber and the collection chamber, such that the electrical chamber and the collection chamber are arranged on both sides of the isolation component; wherein a surface of the isolation component that is close to the battery cell group is provided with an avoidance opening, the avoidance opening extends along the first direction, and the plurality of pressure relief mechanisms of the battery cell group face the avoidance opening.

Abstract: A leadframe (10) for a battery apparatus (100) of an electric vehicle, having an encircling frame section (20) and at least one separating section (30) that subdivides the frame section (20) into at least two module receptacles (40) for receiving in each case one cell module (120). The encircling frame section (20) has an encircling outer seal (50) for sealing off against the passage of liquid. Additionally, the at least one separating section (30), together with the frame section (20), has an inner seal (60) that encircles each module receptacle (40) for sealing off against the passage of liquid.

Abstract: A partition member includes an encapsulated body capable of retaining a liquid, and an outer package body for accommodating the encapsulated body and the liquid. The area S1 of the encapsulated body when the outer package body and the encapsulated body are seen in a planar view from the thickness direction and the area S2 of a gap between the outer package body and the encapsulated body satisfy the relationship represented by formula 1 below, and the volume V1 of the liquid and the volume V2 of the encapsulated body satisfy the relationship represented by formula 2 below. S1/(S1+S2)?0.99 and??Formula 1 0.02?V1/V2?1.

Abstract: A battery includes an anode having an alkali metal as the active material, a cathode having, for example, iron disulfide as the active material, and an increased electrolyte volume.

Abstract: The invention relates to a battery electrode foil comprising an aluminium alloy, wherein the aluminium alloy has the following composition in weight percent: Si: 0.07-0.12% by weight, Fe: 0.18-0.24% by weight, Cu: 0.03-0.08% by weight, Mn: 0.015-0.025% by weight, Zn: ?0.01% by weight, Ti: 0.015-0.025% by weight, Zn: ?0.01% by weight, Ti: 0.015-0.025% by weight, Mn: 0.015-0.025% by weight, Zn: ?0.01% by weight, Ti: 0.015-0.025% by weight, wherein the aluminium alloy can contain impurities up to a maximum of 0.01% in each case, up to a maximum of 0.03% in total, but the proportion of aluminium must be at least 99.5% by weight; wherein the battery electrode foil has intermetallic phases of a diameter length of 0.1 to 1.0 ?m with a density of ?9500 particles/mm2. The invention further relates to a process for the production of a battery electrode foil, its use for the production of accumulators, and accumulators containing the battery electrode foil.

Abstract: A battery module includes a module case, a battery cell assembly that is received in the module case, a heat sink mounted below the module case, and a heat pipe member mounted inside an upper side of the module case. The battery cell assembly includes battery cells, each of which has an electrode lead drawn to one or two sides thereof. The battery cells are stacked along a horizontal direction of the module case such that an edge of each of the battery cells not having an electrode lead is oriented downwardly facing the heat sink. The heat pipe member includes an evaporator and a condenser, the evaporator being formed on a side of the electrode leads of the battery cells, and the condenser being in contact with an inner surface of the module case.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a lithium-rich negative electrode plate, an electrode assembly and a lithium-ion battery, the lithium-rich negative electrode plate comprises a negative electrode collector and a negative electrode film, the negative electrode film is provided on a surface of the negative electrode collector and comprises a negative electrode active material, the lithium-rich negative electrode plate further comprises a layer of lithium metal provided on a surface of the negative electrode film. The negative electrode film further comprises a cyclic ester which is capable of forming a film on the negative electrode plate, a dielectric constant of the cyclic ester is larger than or equal to 10, and a reduction potential of the cyclic ester relative to Li/Li+ is lower than or equal to 1.5V.

Abstract: An electrode assembly includes a cell stack part having (a) a structure in which one kind of radical unit is repeatedly disposed and has same number of electrodes and separators which are alternately disposed and integrally combined, or (b) a structure in which at least two kinds of radical units are disposed in a predetermined order, and an auxiliary unit disposed on at least one among an uppermost part or a lowermost part of the cell stack part. The one kind of radical unit of (a) has a four-layered structure in which a first electrode, a first separator, a second electrode and a second separator are sequentially stacked or a repeating structure in which the four-layered structure is repeatedly stacked, and each of the at least two kinds of radical units are stacked by ones in the predetermined order to form the four-layered structure or the repeating structure.

Abstract: A battery pack includes: a plurality of battery modules each including a plurality of battery cells arranged side by side in a first direction; and a cooling mechanism having passages arranged adjacent to the plurality of battery modules to conduct a heat transfer medium to cool the plurality of battery modules, the cooling mechanism including: a plurality of inflow tubes arranged adjacent to a center line extending through centers of the plurality of battery modules in the first direction, the plurality of inflow tubes having first distal ends to receive heat transfer medium and second distal ends to discharge heat transfer medium; and a plurality of outflow tubes connected to the second distal ends of the plurality of inflow tubes to discharge heat transfer medium therefrom, the plurality of outflow tubes being disposed in a position further outwardly from the center line than the plurality of inflow tubes.