Abstract: Protective element-mounted flexible flat cable includes a plurality of conductive wires, insulating sheet covering the plurality of conductive wires, and protective element that is disposed in the middle of at least one of conductive wires and limits an overcurrent flowing through the at least one of conductive wires.

Abstract: An embodiment anode for an all-solid-state battery includes an anode current collector, and a coating layer disposed on the anode current collector, wherein the coating layer is a thin film including at least one metal selected from the group consisting of alkaline earth metals, Group 4 to 9 transition metals, Group 13 metals, or combinations thereof.

Abstract: A membrane electrode assembly includes a cathode, an anode and a proton-conductive membrane, wherein the cathode includes a first metal-containing catalyst and a proton-conductive ionomer, the anode includes a proton-conductive ionomer, a second metal-containing catalyst that catalyzes the reaction of hydrogen to protons, and a third metal-containing catalyst that catalyzes the reaction of CO to CO2, a total mass ratio of platinum of the second catalyst and platinum of the third catalyst to a total mass ratio of metals of the second catalyst and the third catalyst, with the exception of platinum, is greater than 3:1, and the total mass per unit area of platinum of the second catalyst and platinum of the third catalyst is less than 0.4 mg/cm2.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery module cooling structure which uniformly cools heat generated in a battery module, and a cooling block includes a first cooling module positioned at any one portion of upper or lower portions of a battery module and a second cooling module positioned at the other portion of upper or lower portions of the battery module.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a top cover assembly for a battery, a battery and a device using a battery as a power source. The top cover assembly includes: a cover plate body having a liquid injection hole; a mounting part configured to be connected with the cover plate body and arranged around the liquid injection hole; a sealing element configured to be connected with the mounting part, wherein the sealing element includes a first top wall and a first side wall connected to the periphery of the first top wall, the first top wall is configured to cover the liquid injection hole, and the first side wall is configured to be in press fit with the mounting part to achieve sealing of the liquid injection hole; and a fixing element configured to be connected with the cover plate body and to fix the sealing element to the mounting part.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material that has high capacity and excellent charge and discharge cycle performance for a secondary battery is provided. A positive electrode active material that inhibits a decrease in capacity in charge and discharge cycles is provided. A high-capacity secondary battery is provided. A secondary battery with excellent charge and discharge characteristics is provided. A highly safe or reliable secondary battery is provided. A positive electrode active material contains lithium, cobalt, oxygen, and aluminum and has a crystal structure belonging to a space group R-3m when Rietveld analysis is performed on a pattern obtained by powder X-ray diffraction. In analysis by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, the number of aluminum atoms is less than or equal to 0.2 times the number of cobalt atoms.

Abstract: Disclosed are a lithium aluminum hydrotalcite-based solid electrolyte film, a preparation method and use thereof, and a lithium battery including the same. The lithium aluminum hydrotalcite-based solid electrolyte film includes: a solid electrolyte film substrate formed by an organic polymer, and a lithium salt and a lithium aluminum hydrotalcite uniformly dispersed in the solid electrolyte film substrate, wherein the lithium aluminum hydrotalcite has a content of 50 wt % to 80 wt %, based on a total mass of the solid electrolyte film substrate after removal of the lithium salt; and the organic polymer includes one or more selected from the group consisting of polyethylene glycol diacrylate, polyethylene oxide, polypropylene carbonate, and polyvinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene copolymer.

Abstract: Localized high-salt-concentration electrolytes each containing a salt, a glyme as a solvent, and a fluorinated diluent. In some embodiments, the glyme has a chemical formula R1—(O—CH2—CH2)n—O—R2, wherein n=1 to 4 and at least one of R1 and R2 is a hydrocarbon sidechain having at least 2 carbon atoms and wherein the salt is soluble in the glyme. In some embodiments, the fluorinated diluent is selected from the group consisting of a fluorinated glyme and a fluorinated ether. In some embodiments, the salt includes an alkali-metal salt. In some embodiments, the salt includes an alkali-earth-metal salt. The salt may include a perfluorinated sulfonimide salt. Electrochemical devices that include localized high-salt-concentration electrolytes of the present disclosure are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for the production of an electrode powder mixture for a battery cell includes filling an active material, a binder and a conductive additive into a filling section of a machine that has a driven screw which extends in the lengthwise direction and which serves for thoroughly blending and conveying a powder in the lengthwise direction. The screw blends the binder, the active material and the conductive additive in order to form a first powder, and the screw makes a second powder out of the first powder in that the binder is fibrillated. The screw produces the electrode powder mixture out of the second powder in that the fibrillated binder is comminuted, and the electrode powder mixture is removed from the machine at a removal opening, whereby the removal opening is at a distance from the filling section in the lengthwise direction.

Abstract: Systems and methods of the various embodiments may provide metal air electrochemical cell architectures. Various embodiments may provide a battery, such as an unsealed battery or sealed battery, with an open cell arrangement configured such that a liquid electrolyte layer separates a metal electrode from an air electrode. In various embodiments, the electrolyte may be disposed within one or more vessel of the battery such that electrolyte serves as a barrier between a metal electrode and gaseous oxygen. Systems and methods of the various embodiments may provide for removing a metal electrode from electrolyte to prevent self-discharge of the metal electrode. Systems and methods of the various embodiments may provide a three electrode battery configured to operate each in a discharge mode, but with two distinct electrochemical reactions occurring at each electrode.

Abstract: A battery module according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a battery cell stacked body where a plurality of battery cells are stacked; a bus bar frame that is formed in a front side and a rear side of the battery cell stacked body; and a bus bar formed at an outer side of the bus bar frame with reference to the battery cell stacked body and arranged to be electrically connected with an external power source, wherein the bus bar frame includes a plurality of fixing portions that protrude from the bus bar frame to cover an end of the bus bar.

Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery including: an electrode wound body that has a positive electrode and a negative electrode stacked with a separator interposed therebetween and has a wound structure; and a positive electrode current collecting plate and a negative electrode current collecting plate, accommodated in an exterior can, where the positive electrode includes a first covered part covered with a positive electrode active material layer and a positive electrode active material non-covered part on a positive electrode foil, and the negative electrode includes a second covered part covered with a negative electrode active material layer and a negative electrode active material non-covered part on a negative electrode foil.

Abstract: A separator for a lithium secondary battery is provided. The separator includes a porous polymer substrate and a porous coating layer positioned on at least one surface of the porous polymer substrate. The porous coating layer includes inorganic particles and a binder polymer. The binder polymer includes a PVdF-based binder polymer, and the PVdF-based binder polymer has a first peak at a 2? of 18.2±0.2° and a second peak at a 2? of 19.8±0.2°, as analyzed by X-ray diffractometry (XRD), and a ratio of an area of the second peak to an area of the first peak (the area of the second peak/the area of the first peak) is equal to or more than 1.25 and less than 2.75. The separator for the lithium secondary battery includes fine and uniform pores formed on the surface thereof to provide an increased adhesive surface area to an electrode, resulting in improvement of adhesion to the electrode.

Abstract: Provided is a composite separator for an electrochemical device, and the composite separator according to the present invention includes a porous substrate and a crystalline metal salt. The composite separator may serve as a salt source to a liquid electrolyte of the electrochemical device, and additionally or independently, may have flame retardancy by the metal salt.

Abstract: A battery pack comprising one or more battery modules and a support frame opposing the one or more battery modules in a first direction, the one or more battery modules including a plurality of battery cells stacked in the first direction to form a cell stack and a side cover opposing the cell stack in the first direction, wherein the side cover comprises a first inclined surface opposing the support frame and inclined with respect to the first direction.

Abstract: Systems and methods of the various embodiments may provide a battery including a rolling diaphragm configured to move to accommodate an internal volume change of one or more components of the battery. Systems and methods of the various embodiments may provide a battery housing including a rolling diaphragm seal disposed between an interior volume of the battery and an electrode assembly within the battery. Various embodiments may provide an air electrode assembly including an air electrode supported on a buoyant platform such that the air electrode is above a surface of a volume of electrolyte when the buoyant platform is floating in the electrolyte.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a separator for a lithium secondary battery, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. The separator includes a porous substrate, and a coating layer on at least one surface of the porous substrate, wherein the coating layer includes an acrylic copolymer including a first structural unit derived from (meth)acrylamide, and a second structural unit including at least one of a structural unit derived from (meth)acrylic acid or (meth)acrylate, and a structural unit derived from (meth)acrylamidosulfonic acid or a salt thereof; an organic filler; and inorganic particles, wherein the organic filler is included in an amount of 0.1 to 50 wt % based on a total amount of the organic filler and the inorganic particles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a separator for a lithium secondary battery, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. The separator includes a porous substrate, and a coating layer on at least one surface of the porous substrate, wherein the coating layer includes a binder including a (meth)acrylic copolymer including a first structural unit derived from (meth)acrylamide, and a second structural unit including at least one of a structural unit derived from (meth)acrylic acid or (meth)acrylate, and a structural unit derived from (meth)acrylamidosulfonic acid or a salt thereof; first inorganic particles; and second inorganic particles, wherein the first inorganic particles have an average particle diameter of 400 to 600 nm, the average particle diameter of the second inorganic particles is smaller than the average particle diameter of the first inorganic particles.

Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a separator for an electricity storage device that includes a step of contacting a porous body formed from a silane-modified polyolefin-containing molded sheet with a base solution or acid solution, and a separator for an electricity storage device comprising a microporous film with a melted film rupture temperature of 180° C. to 220° C. as measured by thermomechanical analysis (TMA).

Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a separator for an electricity storage device that includes a step of contacting a porous body formed from a silane-modified polyolefin-containing molded sheet with a base solution or acid solution, and a separator for an electricity storage device comprising a microporous film with a melted film rupture temperature of 180° C. to 220° C. as measured by thermomechanical analysis (TMA).