Abstract: A galvanic element includes the following elements in the order listed: a current collector associated with an anode; the anode; an ion-conducting separator in the form of a continuous layer; a cathode; and a current collector associated with the cathode. The anode encompasses an ion-conducting support structure, and both the ion-conducting support structure and the separator encompasses an ion-conducting material. The ion-conducing support structure is porous.

Abstract: [Object] Provided is a catalyst having excellent gas transportability. [Solving Means] Disclosed is a catalyst comprising a catalyst support and a catalyst metal supported on the catalyst support, wherein the catalyst includes pores having a radius of less than 1 nm and pores having a radius of 1 nm or more, wherein a pore volume of the pores having a radius of less than 1 nm is 0.3 cc/g support or more or a mode radius of a pore distribution of the pores having a radius of less than 1 nm is 0.3 nm or more and less than 1 nm, and wherein the catalyst metal is supported inside the pores having a radius of 1 nm or more.

Abstract: An ion-conducting membrane including a first layer and a second layer, wherein the first layer includes a perfluorosulphonic acid polymer and the second layer includes a sulphonated hydrocarbon polymer, characterised in that the ion-conducting membrane has a total thickness of from 5 ?m to 50 ?m and the second layer has a total thickness of 2 ?m or less is disclosed.

Abstract: A battery pack cooling system includes a plurality of cells disposed in an internal space of a battery pack case so as to form a cooling passage configured to cool the cell modules by cooling air flowing in the cooling passage. The cooling passage includes a cooling air inlet passage, a cooling air exhaust passage, and a plurality of cooling branch passages disposed to connect the cooling air inlet passage and the cooling air exhaust passage in parallel. A minimum temperature sensor is disposed in the upstream position to measure a lowest temperature region in a first cell module. A maximum temperature sensor is disposed in the downstream position which becomes a highest temperature region in the first cell module. Another temperature sensor is disposed in a second cell module to measure the temperature of either the highest temperature or the lowest temperature in the second cell module.

Abstract: A metal-air battery includes a monolithic body including at least one channel; and at least one cell disposed between the channel and the body, the cell including a negative electrode including a metal, a positive electrode disposed apart from the negative electrode and configured to use oxygen as an active material, and an electrolyte disposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode.

Abstract: Provided are cooling subsystems for a vehicle energy-storage system comprising a heat exchanger disposed between two battery modules. The heat exchanger can be thermally coupled to each of a plurality of cells of the battery modules at an end of each cell and fluidly coupled to a coolant system, the heat exchanger transferring heat from the plurality of cells.

Abstract: A method for controlling the pressure on the cathode side of a fuel cell system is disclosed. The fuel cell system has at least one fuel cell, an air conveying device which is arranged on a common shaft with an expander, and a system bypass which connects the pressure-side outlet of the air delivery device to the pressure-side inlet of the expander via a system bypass line and a system bypass valve. The system bypass valve is opened in order to increase the pressure in the fuel cell.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module which may have a simple structure, be advantageous in making a small and light design, have excellent assembly and be strong against impact or vibration, by removing or decreasing coupling components for coupling cartridges. The battery module includes a plurality of pouch-type secondary batteries arranged in a lateral direction to stand in a vertical direction, a plurality of cartridges configured to accommodate the pouch-type secondary batteries in an inner space thereof, the cartridges being stacked in a lateral direction, and a housing provided to at least one of front and rear ends of the cartridges and coupled and fixed to at least two cartridges.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a cell stack including a plurality of battery cells arrayed in one direction, a housing case housing the cell stack, and a heater configured to increase temperature of the battery cells. The heater is arranged on top of a bottom part of the housing case inside the housing case such that the heater is separated from a cell bottom part of the battery cell vertically downwardly, and a space between the bottom part of the housing case and the cell bottom part of the battery cell is a closed space in a section in a direction orthogonal to an array direction of the plurality of battery cells.

Abstract: A fuel cell device includes: a cell stack; a case including a cover portion that covers one of side surfaces of the cell stack along a stacking direction; an end plate connected to one end portion of the cover portion in the stacking direction; and a fastening member that extends in parallel with the stacking direction on an opposite side of the cell stack from the cover portion, that includes one end portion in the stacking direction connected to the end plate and another end portion in the stacking direction connected to the case, and that fastens the cell stack, the end plate, and the case to each other. A thermal expansion coefficient of the cover portion is larger than a thermal expansion coefficient of the fastening member.

Abstract: A battery door assembly for a battery compartment is disclosed. The battery door assembly includes a battery cover, glide track, a spring-loaded button, a locking tab and a plurality of hinges. The plurality of hinges is pivotally connected to a chassis of a scope. The locking tab keeps the battery cover from opening. The battery cover can be unlocked by first applying pressure on the spring-loaded button, and then sliding the spring-loaded button and the locking tab from one end of the glide track to another end of the glide track while maintaining the applied pressure on the spring-loaded button.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly; a case accommodating the electrode assembly; an electrode tab extending from the electrode assembly; a sealing part for insulating the electrode tab from the case; and an insulation film around the electrode tab and between the sealing part and the electrode assembly.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery case, which includes a frame unit having an accommodation space formed therein so that a cell assembly including a plurality of stacked battery cells is accommodated therein, the frame unit having at least one open side surface; and a frame cover configured to cover the at least one open side surface and having an extinguishing space in which flame generated at the cell assembly is introduced and extinguished, the frame cover having a discharge unit communicating with an outside of the extinguishing space so that gas generated at the cell assembly and introduced into the extinguishing space is discharged to the outside of the extinguishing space.

Abstract: A solid electrolyte interface is formed on a silicon monoxide electrode in a battery cell. While the solid electrolyte interface is being formed on the silicon monoxide electrode, the battery cell is charged for one or more initial cycles.

Abstract: An installation for producing batteries is disclosed, having a lead bath station with two heatable and mobile lead bath carriages arranged in an assignable manner at the stationary lead melting pot. Both carriages having a pumping-sucking device that serves for the changing of the lead bath. Molten lead is pumped out of the lead pot into an empty carriage. Both the pumping-sucking devices are arranged pivotably about the axis of rotation (B) and the pivot pin that is fixedly arranged on the carriage is arranged such that it can be separately pivoted about the axis of rotation (A), thus, making it possible for the suction tube and a discharge tube to be moved between the carriage and the led pot.

Abstract: A bus bar module includes: a plurality of linear conductors disposed in parallel at predetermined intervals; a belt-form flat conductor disposed adjacent to the linear conductors and extending in an axial direction of the linear conductors; and an insulating resin portion that integrally covers outer peripheral portions of the plurality of linear conductors and one side edge portion of the flat conductor, the one side edge portion being adjacent to the linear conductors. A tensile strength of the flat conductor and the insulating resin portion is not less than 50 N/mm2.

Abstract: Disclosed are an electrode including a perforated current collector, and a lithium secondary battery including the same, and according to the present disclosure, precipitation and elimination reactions of lithium metal are induced inside a perforation of a negative electrode current collector, and therefore, volume expansion of a cell is suppressed and battery performance is enhanced therefrom.

Abstract: A lithium-sulfur battery cell includes a lithium anode and a carbon-sulfur cathode including a sulfur-impregnated carbon nanostructure defined by one or more layers of elementally doped nanoporous carbon arranged on one or more carbon nanotubes.

Abstract: Electrical feedthroughs are presented for redistributing thermally-induced stresses that result from welding. In some embodiments, an electrical feedthrough includes a tubular conduit having a flange at one end. The flange includes a first surface disposed opposite a second surface. The first surface includes at least one of a protrusion and a notch. The electrical feedthrough also includes an electrically-conductive terminal disposed through the tubular conduit. An electrically-insulating material is disposed between the tubular conduit and the electrically-conductive terminal and forms a seal therebetween. The protrusion and the notch are configured individually or as a combination to reduce thermally-induced stresses within the electrically-insulating material that result from welding the flange. Methods for welding such electrical feedthroughs to a wall, such as a wall of a battery housing, are also presented.

Abstract: The invention relates to a battery system, in particular for a hybrid drive, having a housing, a plurality of battery cells arranged inside the housing and a cooling element, wherein fluid connections and at least one electrical connection are arranged on the housing, said electrical connection being electrically coupled to the battery cells, and wherein the fluid connections comprise at least one coolant inlet and at least one coolant outlet, each of which is fluidically connected to the cooling element. The invention is characterized in that the housing comprises a tubular main body, which is sealed in a fluid-tight manner by a closure cap at each of the opposite end faces thereof, wherein the electrical connection is arranged on a first closure cap and the fluid connections are arranged on a second closure cap. The invention also relates to a motor vehicle having such a battery system.