Abstract: A electrochemical direct heat to electricity converter having a low temperature membrane electrode assembly array and a high temperature membrane electrode assembly array is provided. Additional cells are provided in the low temperature membrane electrode assembly array, which causes an additional amount of the working fluid, namely hydrogen, to be pumped to the high pressure side of the converter. The additional pumped hydrogen compensates for the molecular hydrogen diffusion that occurs through the membranes of the membrane electrode assembly arrays. The MEA cells may be actuated independently by a controller to compensate for hydrogen diffusion.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a secondary battery, which includes an electrode assembly, a case, a cap assembly and a first insulating tape. The electrode assembly comprises an electrode unit. The electrode unit comprises a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate and a separator. The electrode unit is a winding structure and in a flat shape, and an outermost turn of the negative electrode plate is positioned at an outer side of an outermost turn of the positive electrode plate. The case comprises a first side wall and an accommodating cavity, the electrode assembly is accommodated in the accommodating cavity, the case is electrically connected with the positive electrode plate, and the cap assembly is connected with the case. The first insulating tape is positioned between the electrode assembly and the first side wall and closely attached to an outer surface of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: A molten sodium-based battery comprises a robust, highly Na-ion conductive, zero-crossover separator and a fully inorganic, fully liquid, highly cyclable molten cathode that operates at low temperatures.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery cell having an overcharge prevention member, and more particularly, to a battery cell including a protective member for preventing explosion due to the pressure caused by various factors inside the battery.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a cap assembly and a secondary battery. The cap assembly comprises: a cap plate comprising an electrode lead-out hole; an electrode terminal disposed at a side of the cap plate and covering the electrode lead-out hole; a fixing component, wherein the fixing component and the electrode terminal are disposed at the same side of the cap plate, the electrode terminal is connected to the cap plate through the fixing component, and the fixing component comprises a protrusion extending between the electrode terminal and the cap plate; and a sealing ring, wherein the cap plate is connected to the electrode terminal through the sealing ring, and in an axial direction of the electrode lead-out hole, a projection of the sealing ring at least partially overlaps with a projection of the protrusion.

Abstract: A system and method for a rechargeable electrical device includes an anode, a cathode, an electrolyte located between the anode and the cathode, and a housing retaining the anode, cathode and electrode, wherein the cathode comprises a molybdenum sulphide compound.

Abstract: A cell housing plate for the arrangement of round cells, comprising a cover plate arranged on the top side of the cell housing plate, and a base plate arranged opposite the cover plate on the underside of the cell housing plate, wherein the cover plate and the base plate have a plurality of cut-outs arranged opposite each other for receiving the round cells, wherein the cut-outs each have a collar pointing radially towards the inside of the cut-out for receiving a sealant, and an opening arranged inside the collar for passage of the round cells, wherein the cover plate and the base plate are arranged relative to each other such that the cut-outs of the cover plate and the opposite cut-outs of the base plate form cavities for receiving sealant for sealing the round cells which may be arranged inside the cell housing plate.

Abstract: A battery pack includes: a housing; a battery stack being housed in the housing, the battery stack including a plurality of prismatic batteries stacked on each other in a row; a one-side restraint portion that restrains one side of the battery stack in a Y direction; an opposite-side restraint portion that restrains another side of the battery stack in the Y direction; a housing-side end plate that restrains one side in the X direction of the battery stack and oppositely faces a housing inner-surface in the X direction; and a plate movement allowing and positioning mechanism that allows movement of the housing-side end plate in the X direction due to the expansion of the battery stack in the X direction, and positions the housing-side end plate with respect to housing 2 in the Y direction.

Abstract: A miniature electrochemical cell having a volume of less than 0.5 cc is described. The cell casing comprises an open-ended ceramic container having first and second via holes providing respective first and second electrically conductive pathways extending through the container. A metal lid secured to the open-end of the container by a gold seal provides the cell casing. An electrode assembly housed inside the casing comprises a cathode active material deposited on an inner surface of the ceramic container in contact with a current collector in electrical continuity with one of the conductive pathways. A solid electrolyte, preferably of LiPON (LixPOyNz), is deposited on the cathode active material followed by an anode active material in contact with the other conductive pathway. The first and second conductive pathways can comprise platinum or gold. That way, the first and second conductive pathways serve as negative and positive terminals for the cell.

Abstract: A method of depassivating a battery may include receiving a determined state of the battery and applying, depending on the determined state, a depassivation algorithm to the battery. The algorithm may include applying a load across the battery for a predetermined amount of time that is dependent on the degree of battery passivation.

Abstract: A secondary battery and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. An electrode assembly accommodated in the secondary battery having various shapes is manufactured. In particular, a method for manufacturing a secondary battery includes an electrode stack preparation step of preparing an electrode stack which includes a first unit cell having a first area and a second unit cell having a second area that is less than the first area, and which has a structure in which the second unit cell is disposed on one surface of the first unit cell. The method further includes a curved surface formation step of pressing at least a part of an independent portion, which does not overlap the second unit cell, of the first unit cell to form a curved surface on the at least the part of the independent portion.

Abstract: A tab derived from an electrode body and a terminal of a battery are electrically connected to each other using a collector. The collector includes a first conductive member connected to a tab-side conductive member, and a second conductive member connected to a terminal-side conductive member. The collector opposes a sealing plate with an insulating member in between. A through hole and a thin portion provided at a peripheral edge of the through hole are provided in either one of the first conductive member and the second conductive member. The through hole and the other one of the conductive members are overlapped to join the peripheral edge of the through hole and the other one of the conductive members to each other so that the thin portion becomes a fuse. An insulating material is provided between the first conductive member and the second conductive member.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to an embodiment includes an electrode assembly, a nonaqueous electrolyte, and a prismatic battery case accommodating the electrode assembly and the nonaqueous electrolyte. The mass energy density of the secondary battery is not less than 200 Wh/kg. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery further includes a non-cellular elastic sheet disposed between the electrode assembly and the battery case. The ratio (A/B) of the thickness (A) of the elastic sheet at 100% SOC to the thickness (B) of the elastic sheet at 0% SOC is 0.05 to 0.3.

Abstract: A sheet-shaped electrode conveyance device (A) for conveying the sheet-shaped electrodes (1) to the stacking station is covered by the sealing walls (50). The inside of the sealing walls (50) is divided along the conveyance route of the sheet-shaped electrode (1) by the partitions (57, 58, 59, and 60) into the inside space regions (Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4, and Z5). Dry air is supplied to the inside space regions (Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4, Z5). If there is an abnormal sheet-shaped electrode (1) inside any of the inside space regions (Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4, Z5), the conveyor plates (20) other than the conveyor plate (20) carrying the abnormal sheet-shaped electrode (1) are retracted to the inside space regions other than the inside space region where the abnormal sheet-shaped electrode (1) is present.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention relate to a pouch-type secondary battery having an unsealed portion. The technical purpose to be achieved is to provide a pouch-type secondary battery having an unsealed portion, wherein when gas is generated inside the battery due to overcharging, heat exposure, etc. and the pouch is swelled by the generated gas, the gas can be quickly discharged out of the battery through the unsealed portion, thereby improving safety. To this end, the present invention provides a pouch-type secondary battery comprising: an electrode assembly; and a pouch that comprises a first sheathing portion having a recess in which the electrode assembly is received, a second sheathing portion covering the recess of the first sheathing portion, and a seal portion formed along the peripheries of the first and the second sheathing portions, wherein the seal portion further has at least one unsealed portion connected to the recess, and the unsealed portion is lower than the recess.

Abstract: A direct heat to electricity engine includes solid state electrodes of an electrochemically active material that has an electrochemical reaction potential that is temperature dependent. The electrodes are configured in combination with electrolyte separators to form membrane electrode assemblies. The membrane electrode assemblies are grouped into pairs, whereby each membrane electrode assembly of a given pair is ionically and electronically interconnected with the other. One membrane electrode assembly of a given pair is coupled to a heat source with the other to a heat sink. One membrane electrode assembly of the pair is electrically discharged while the other is electrically charged, whereby the net and relative charge between the two remains constant because of the electronic and ionic interconnection and the difference in temperature of the membrane electrode assemblies, and thereby voltage, results in net power generation.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of battery cells each including a laminate film casing from which positive and negative electrode lead tabs are led out in a same direction, and a coupling assisting member that includes a conductive plate member fixing portion that fixes a conductive plate member having first and second main surfaces, and first and second slit portions provided on the first and second main surface sides of the conductive plate member, respectively. Either of the positive and negative lead tabs of one battery cell is inserted through the first slit portion and conductively connected to the first main surface. A lead tab of a battery cell adjoining one battery cell and having a polarity different from that of the lead tab of the one battery cell, is inserted through the second slit portion and conductively connected to the second main surface.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a lithium-ion battery comprising an electrode assembly, an electrolyte and a case. The electrolyte comprises a lithium salt and an organic solvent which comprises a cyclic ester, a mass of the cyclic ester is equal to or less than 10% of a total mass of the organic solvent. A negative electrode active material at least comprises a carbon-based negative electrode material which in the negative electrode film exists in a form of a pre-lithium-intercalation compound LiCx formed by lithiation with a lithium metal, 12?x?150; a capacity of the negative electrode active material per unit area/(a capacity of the positive electrode active material per unit area+a capacity of active lithium ions of the pre-lithium-intercalation compound LiCx which can be intercalated and deintercalated in the negative electrode film per unit area)?1.10.

Abstract: A separator includes an intervening portion that is disposed between two adjacent batteries and insulates the two batteries, an input part that receives external force input during assembly of a battery module and is deformable by the external force, and a battery pressing part that is in contact with a first surface of one of batteries, the first surface extending in a stack direction X of the batteries, and use the external force input into the input part to press the first surface.

Abstract: A battery module includes: a battery cell stack including a plurality of battery cells respectively having electrode leads, the plurality of battery cells being stacked on one another; and an interconnect board (ICB) cover to which an electrode lead connection that is bent is coupled, the electrode lead connection comprising an electrode lead of any one of the plurality of battery cells and an electrode lead of another battery cell adjacent to the any one battery cell connected to each other, wherein a plurality of the ICB covers is provided, and the plurality of ICB covers are arranged in different layers.