Abstract: Electrodeposited copper foils having adequate puncture strength to withstand both pressure application during consolidation with negative electrode active materials during manufacture, as well as expansion/contraction during repeated charge/discharging cycles when used in a rechargeable secondary battery are described. These copper foils find specific utility as current collectors in rechargeable secondary batteries, particularly in lithium secondary battery with high capacity. Methods of making the copper foils, methods of producing negative electrode for use in lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery of high capacity are also described.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to the battery field and a PEO film, a preparation method thereof, and a solid-state battery are provided. A molecular structure of the PEO film includes a structural unit B, and the structural unit B includes —CH?CH—O—.

Abstract: A positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes: a core having a layered structure; and a surface layer on at least one portion of the surface of the core and including an oxide, wherein the oxide includes at least one first element and at least one second element each selected from Ti, Zr, F, Mg, Al, P, and a combination thereof, the first element and the second element being different from one another, the first element included in the positive active material in an amount of about 0.01 mol % to about 0.2 mol % based on a total weight of the positive active material, and the second element included in the positive active material in an amount of about 0.02 mol % to about 0.5 mol % based on a total weight of the positive active material. A rechargeable lithium battery includes the positive active material.

Abstract: A lithium ion secondary cell comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte that contains lithium ions, the lithium ion secondary cell being such that: the positive electrode has a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer; the positive electrode active material layer contains a positive electrode active material and a lithium compound; the positive electrode active material includes a transition metal oxide; the concentration of the lithium compound, which is the portion other than the positive electrode active material in the positive electrode active material layer, is 0.1-10 mass %; the negative electrode has a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer; the negative electrode active material layer contains 50-95 mass % of a carbon material and 5-50 mass % of an alloy-based active material.

Abstract: A battery cell having an electrode main body, in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode, each having an electrode mixture is coated on at least one surface of a metallic current collector, and a separation film interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode are wound together, a metal can, which accommodates the electrode main body together with an electrolyte solution; and a sealing tape attached to an exterior surface of the electrode main body so as to fix a distal end portion of the electrode main body, the sealing tape including a heat conductive material to provide heat conduction between the electrode main body and the metal can is provided.

Abstract: Present embodiments include a series of lithium battery modules having a plurality of electrochemical cells having different electrical characteristics such as voltages and/or capacities. The battery modules are each constructed using components, architectures, production methods, among other things, in common with each other. The lithium ion battery modules may include a first battery module type having a first capacity and a first voltage, a second battery module type having a second capacity and a second voltage, and, in some embodiments, additional battery module types (e.g., a third battery module type having a third capacity and a third voltage) having different voltages and/or capacities. The lithium ion battery modules may all have the same footprint.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a rechargeable battery cell comprising an active metal, at least one positive electrode having a discharge element, at least one negative electrode having a discharge element, a housing and an electrolyte, the negative electrode comprising metallic lithium at least in the charged state of the rechargeable battery cell and the electrolyte being based on SO2 and comprising at least one first conducting salt which has the formula (I), M being a metal selected from the group formed by alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, metals of group 12 of the periodic table of the elements, and aluminum; x being an integer from 1 to 3; the substituents R1, R2, R3 and R4 being selected independently of one another from the group formed by C1-C10 alkyl, C2-C10 alkenyl, C2-C10 alkynyl, C3-C10 cycloalkyl, C6-C14 aryl and C5-C14 heteroaryl; and Z being aluminum or boron.

Abstract: A battery module includes: a plurality of cell stacks, each of the cell stacks including: a plurality of unit cells arranged in a first direction; and an insulation member around the plurality of unit cells; and a module housing, in which a plurality of receiving parts are provided, ones of the cell stacks from among the plurality of cell stacks being located in a receiving part from among the plurality of receiving parts, and each of the receiving parts includes a fixing wall, the fixing wall being around the cell stack received therein and being in contact with the cell stack, and the module housing includes end walls at respective sides of each of the receiving parts in the first direction to engage end surfaces of respective sides of the cell stack received in the respective receiving part in the first direction.

Abstract: A positive electrode includes: a current collector; and a positive electrode active material layer disposed on the current collector, wherein the positive electrode active material layer includes a positive electrode active material, a conductive material, and a binder, the conductive material contains at least one of carbon black or a carbon nanotube and the binder contains polyvinylidene fluoride to which a functional group is bonded, and the functional group has a carboxyl group, and in the polyvinylidene fluoride to which the functional group is bonded.

Abstract: Disclosed are a ceramic and polymer compositely coated lithium ion separator and a preparation method therefor. The ceramic and polymer compositely coated lithium ion separator comprises a polyolefin porous membrane, a ceramic coating coated onto one or both sides of a membrane surface, and a polymer coating coated onto a ceramic surface or the membrane surface. The composite separator prepared in the present disclosure significantly enhances heat resistance of the separator and bonding strength thereof with positive and negative pole pieces, improves the wettability of an electrolyte, can effectively prevent an internal short circuit due to layer dislocation between the separator and the electrodes, and also improves hardness and safety performance of the battery.

Abstract: The present application relates to the field of battery, in particular to a positive electrode piece, an electrochemical device and an apparatus. The positive electrode piece of the present application includes a current collector and an electrode active material layer arranged on at least one surface of the current collector, where the current collector includes a support layer and a conductive layer arranged on at least one surface of the support layer. The thickness D2 of one side of the conductive layer D2 satisfies 30 nm?D2?3 ?m, the material of the conductive layer is aluminum or aluminum alloy, and the density of the conductive layer is 2.5 g/cm3 to 2.8 g/cm3, and a primer layer containing a conductive material and a binder is also arranged between the current collector and the electrode active material layer.

Abstract: A negative electrode having a carbon-based thin film formed on at least one surface of a lithium metal layer, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. A carbon-based thin film formed on at least one surface of a lithium metal layer blocks side reactions caused by direct contact between the lithium metal layer and an electrolyte as well as increasing a specific surface area of a negative electrode, and thereby suppresses lithium dendrite formation, and by obtaining current density distribution uniformly, enhances cycle performance, reduces an overvoltage to improve electrochemical performance of a lithium secondary battery.

Abstract: A battery cell may include, among other things, a can assembly, an electrode assembly housed inside the can assembly, and a venting system including a vent port and at least one of a vent tube inside the can assembly or a spacer plate mounted between the vent port and the electrode assembly.

Abstract: A binder includes a copolymer including a building block (I) and a building block (II) The building block (I) is formed by copolymerizing a building block (i) and a building block (ii)

Abstract: A flame retardant separator for secondary batteries, and more particularly, a flame retardant separator for secondary batteries comprising or coated with a metal hydroxide having a low Gibbs free energy among polymorphs of a metal hydroxide used as an inorganic flame retardant.

Abstract: A cell module assembly includes a top frame, a bottom frame, multiple lithium-ion battery cells, a top collector plate, a bottom collector plate, and a curable adhesive. The top frame includes protrusions that define first multiple pockets. The bottom frame includes protrusions that define second multiple pockets axially aligned with the first multiple pockets. Each of the first and the second multiple pockets have multiple windows. The battery cells are received within a pocket in each of the first and second multiple pockets. The top collector plate is coupled to the top frame and includes multiple apertures above the first multiple pockets. The bottom collector plate is coupled to the bottom frame. The top collector plate and the bottom collector plate are electrically connected to the battery cells. The curable adhesive is received within each window in the first multiple pockets and couples each battery cell to the top frame.

Abstract: A method is provided for activating a secondary battery having a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and a microporous separator between the negative and positive electrodes permeated with carrier-ion containing electrolyte, the negative electrode having anodically active silicon or an alloy thereof. The method includes transferring carrier ions from the positive electrode to the negative electrode to at least partially charge the secondary battery, and transferring carrier ions from an auxiliary electrode to the positive electrode, to provide the secondary battery with a positive electrode end of discharge voltage Vpos,eod and a negative electrode end of discharge voltage Vneg,eod when the cell is at a predefined Vcell,eod value, the value of Vpos,eod corresponding to a voltage at which the state of charge of the positive electrode is at least 95% of its coulombic capacity and Vneg,eod is at least 0.4 V (vs Li) but less than 0.9 V (vs Li).

Abstract: Electrolytes and electrochemical cells include a novel ionic liquid having a quaternary cation and a boron cluster anion. In some versions, the boron cluster anion will be a functionalized or unfunctionalized icosahedral boranyl or carboranyl anion. Electrochemical cells have an electrolyte including the ionic liquid. In some versions, the ionic liquid is used as a solvent to dissolve an ionic shuttle salt for transport of active material, with an optional co-solvent. Methods to synthesize the ionic liquid include contacting a boron cluster salt with a quaternary salt to form the ionic liquid by a metathesis reaction.

Abstract: Provided are an electrode sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery and an all-solid state secondary battery including the electrode sheet. The electrode sheet includes a current collector, a primer layer, and an electrode active material layer in this order, in which the electrode active material layer includes an inorganic solid electrolyte having ion conductivity of a metal belonging to Group 1 or Group 2 in the periodic table, an active material, and a binder a1, the primer layer includes the binder a1 and a binder a2, and in a case where the primer layer is equally divided into six sub-layers in a thickness direction and the six sub-layers are set as a first sub-layer to a sixth sub-layer in order from the electrode active material layer side toward the current collector side, a relationship between a ratio B1 of a content of a1 to a total content of a1 and a2 in the first sub-layer and a ratio B6 of a content of a1 to a total content of a1 and a2 in the sixth sub-layer satisfies B1>B6.

Abstract: An electric wire routing groove portion in which an electric wire is hosed includes a bottom portion; a pair of side wall portions that are erected from the bottom portion and are provided facing each other; and locking pieces that protrude from the side wall portions in directions in which the locking pieces approach each other and are formed with a gap through which the electric wire is passed between distal ends of the locking pieces. The side wall portion includes low edge portions formed on both sides of the locking pieces and provided closer to the bottom portion than a position of the locking piece on a bottom portion side.