Abstract: Provided is a battery module capable of suppressing failures in accurate detection of the state of battery cells due to the effects of unwanted radiation from the battery cells. A battery module 30 includes a plurality of battery cells 20 that are stacked and disposed and a wiring member 50 to detect the state of the plurality of battery cells 20. In the wiring member 50, an insulating base material 52, a wiring layer 53 disposed on one surface 52a side of the base material 52 and including a plurality of detection lines 53a to detect the state of the plurality of battery cells 20, and a ground layer 55 disposed in a position corresponding to at least the wiring layer 53, on the other surface 52b side of the base material 52 are stacked.

Abstract: A sealed battery of the present invention comprises: an electrode assembly having a multilayered structure in which a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator are layered; and a first clip. The positive electrode has a positive-electrode current collection sheet and a positive-electrode active material layer; and the negative electrode has a negative-electrode current collection sheet and a negative-electrode active material layer. The electrode assembly has the following sections: a positive-electrode extended section which is a layered portion of the positive-electrode current collection sheet and extends from the multilayered structure; and a negative-electrode extended section which is a layered portion of the negative-electrode current collection sheet and extends from the multilayered structure.

Abstract: A bipolar plate is provided that includes a metal plate, at least one channel, a first coating, and a second coating. The metal plate has a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, a first edge surface connecting the first surface to the second surface, and a second edge surface opposite the first edge surface and connecting the first surface to the second surface. The at least one channel is formed in at least one of the first surface and the second surface. The first coating is formed on the at least one of the first surface and the second surface such that the first coating covers each of the at least one channel. The second coating is formed on the first edge surface and the second edge surface. Each of the at least one channel has a semi-circular shape and extends along the at least one of the first surface and the second surface.

Abstract: A polymorphic lithium-silicon compounds for use in pure silicon anode of lithium-ion battery and use thereof are provided. The pure silicon anode includes nucleuses which have one or more structures of Li4.1Si_Cmcm, Li13Si4_Pbam, Li2Si_C12m1, and LiSi_I41/AZ. It was generally believed Li4.1Si_Cmcm to be a high-temperature stable phase, not presenting at room temperature or in the pure silicon anode of lithium-ion battery, but this present invention proves that Li4.1Si_Cmcm can exist in the disclosed material. After lithiation process, the pure silicon anode can have a structure of one or more of Li4.1Si_Cmcm, Li13Si4_Pbam, Li2Si_C12m1, and LiSi_I41/AZ, with extremely improved capacity. The present disclosure may increase the electrical capacity of the pure silicon anode in actual use and solve the problem of the existing pure silicon anode that the volume expansion after repeated lithiation and delithiation leads to electrode damage and battery failure.

Abstract: A solid oxide fuel cell according to this invention can provide a solid oxide fuel cell with improved performance, by loading an alkali-based promoter in an anode.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, according to an example of this embodiment, includes a lithium transition metal composite oxide which has a layered structure and contains at least Ni, Al, and Ca. The lithium transition metal composite oxide has a Ni content of 85-95 mol %, an Al content of at most 8 mol %, and a Ca content of at most 2 mol % with respect to the total amount of metal elements other than Li. In addition, the proportion of metal elements other than Li present in a Li layer is 0.6-2.0 mol % with respect to the total amount of metal elements other than Li contained in the composite oxide.

Abstract: The invention provides a positive electrode material for lithium ion batteries, comprising a lithium transition metal-based oxide powder having a general formula Li1+a((Niz(Ni0.5Mn0.5)y Cox)1?kAk)1?a O2, wherein A is a dopant, with ?0.025?a?0.025, 0.15?x?0.22, 0.42?z?0.52, 1.075<z/y<1.300, x+y+z=1 and k?0.01. Different embodiments provide the following features: the lithium transition metal-based oxide powder has a carbon content ?1000 ppm or even ?400 ppm; the lithium transition metal-based oxide powder has a sulfur content between 0.05 and 1.0 wt %; and a dopant A is Zr, and the powder further comprises up to 1 wt % of a coating comprising a boron compound and WO3.

Abstract: The disclosure herein pertains to a pressure regulation system for use in a silicon dominate anode lithium-ion cell. The pressure regulation system regulates a lifetime pressure on the lithium-ion cell in order to correct for capacity loss and mechanical failure due the expansion of silicon during operation. The pressure regulation system along with a housing maintains a certain pressure range on the lithium-ion cells during the cycling and the operational life of the energy storage device.

Abstract: A fuel cell system including a fuel cell stack, a storage container having a storage space to store condensate water produced from the fuel cell stack, and a discharge hole through which the condensate water is discharged to the outside, and a valve unit to selectively open and close the discharge hole, thereby selectively discharging the condensate water, which is produced from the fuel cell stack.

Abstract: A clamping system for fixing in position a stack of electrode foils for the downstream manufacturing of battery cells, including a base plate, a pressure plate, at least two clamping elements and a receiving region for receiving the stack between the base plate and the pressure plate, the clamping elements clamping together the base plate and the pressure plate in a way that enables the electrode foils to be fixed in position in the receiving region, the clamping elements being located in the edge regions of the respective long sides of the plates outside of the receiving region, and/or the base plate and the pressure plate each having a plurality of, however, at least two, attachment points for connecting the clamping system to apparatuses of the downstream battery cell production in that the attachment points of a particular plate are differently embodied in the shape or size thereof.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery laminate is provided which has a short circuit prevention effect improved by controlling the shape of a dendrite. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery laminate in accordance with an aspect of the disclosure includes a separator and a graphite negative electrode. The graphite negative electrode has a non-reactivity parameter of not less than 230%. The separator has a surface that faces the graphite negative electrode and has an average void volume, obtained by analyzing a microscopic image of the surface, of not more than 0.015 ?m3.

Abstract: The disclosure herein pertains to a pressure regulation system for use in a silicon dominate anode lithium-ion cell. The pressure regulation system regulates a lifetime pressure on the lithium-ion cell in order to correct for capacity loss and mechanical failure due the expansion of silicon during operation. The pressure regulation system along with a housing maintains a certain pressure range on the lithium-ion cells during the cycling and the operational life of the energy storage device.

Abstract: The method for producing a secondary battery electrode disclosed here includes steps of: preparing a moisture powder formed by aggregated particles that contain electrode active material particles, a binder resin, and solvent, wherein a solid phase, liquid phase, and gas phase in at least 50 number % or more of the aggregated particles in the moisture powder form a pendular or funicular state; forming a coating film composed of the moisture powder, on an electrode current collector, while the gas phase remains present; carrying out depression/elevation transfer into a surface part of the coating film; forming an electrode active material layer by drying the coating film; and pressing the electrode active material layer. The electrode active material particles are aspherical particles in which a ratio of a short side to a long side in a cross sectional view is less than 0.95.

Abstract: A fuel cell column includes a plurality of fuel cell stacks, at least one fuel manifold configured to provide fuel to the plurality of fuel cell stacks, and at least one heat sink insert located between adjacent fuel cells of the plurality of fuel cell stacks. A fuel cell column including at least one heat sink insert located between adjacent fuel cell stacks of the column may reduce the peak temperatures of the fuel cell stacks adjacent to the heat sink inserts and may provide a smaller temperature distribution within the fuel cell stacks and within the column as a whole.

Abstract: Described herein is a system for thermal management of a component, such as a battery for an electric vehicle. The system comprises an electrical component and one or more panels thermally coupled to the electrical component. Each panel comprises a plurality of passages for conveying a working fluid around the panel. The one or more panels are arranged to form a hermetically sealed system such that the working fluid is configured to communicate heat energy around the sealed system. The system further comprises a heat exchanger mechanism in thermal communication with at least one of the plurality of panels so as to communicate heat energy to and/or from the electrical component via the plurality of panels.

Abstract: Provided is a high-density electrode and a method of manufacturing the same. An electrode for a secondary battery includes an electrode current collector, and an electrode active material layer formed on at least one surface of the electrode current collector. The electrode active material layer includes an H1 region, an H2 region and an H3 region sequentially provided from an end of the electrode active material layer toward a center. The H2 region includes an inclined section in which a thickness increases from the H1 region toward the H3 region, and the electrode satisfies the following formulas (1) and (2), 0.2?h1/h2?0.7 . . . (1), h2/h3?0.9 . . . (2), where h1 is an average thickness of the H1 region, h2 is an average thickness of the H2 region, and h3 is an average thickness of the H3 region.

Abstract: A battery assembly, and an electronic device incorporating a battery assembly, includes at least one cell, a battery protection plate and a heat dissipation assembly. The cell includes a cell body and a tab protruding from the cell body. The battery protection plate connected with the tab. The heat dissipation assembly connected with the tab and the battery protection plate, and the heat dissipation assembly includes a phase-change material for absorbing heat.

Abstract: A sealing assembly for sealing a through hole, and a method and device for preparing a battery cell are provided. The sealing assembly comprises: a sealing sleeve provided in the through hole and having a cavity and an opening that is in communication with the cavity; an elastic sleeve tube provided in the cavity and having a first mounting hole that extends in an axial direction of the through hole; and a central rod, which is provided in the first mounting hole and is in threaded connection with the elastic sleeve tube to enable the elastic sleeve tube to expand in a radial direction of the through hole to press the sealing sleeve and form, on an outer wall of the elastic sleeve tube, a raised portion that rivets the sealing sleeve to the through hole.

Abstract: There is described a direct carbon fuel cell system. The system includes fuel cells, each fuel cell having a porous fuel cell anode and a fuel cell cathode. The system further includes a molten carbonate electrolyte and a fuel supply apparatus for flowing a fuel slurry having carbon particles and a carbon carrier fluid to the fuel cell anodes in parallel. The carbon carrier fluid has a same composition as the molten carbonate electrolyte. An oxidant supply apparatus flows an oxygen-containing stream to the fuel cell cathodes in parallel. An electrolyte circulation apparatus circulates the molten carbonate electrolyte in contact with each of the fuel cells. During operation of the direct carbon fuel cell system to generate electric power, carbon is oxidized at the fuel cell anodes to produce carbon dioxide, and at the fuel cell cathodes oxygen and carbon dioxide react to produce carbonate ions.

Abstract: An energy storage assembly includes a vertical stack of substantially planar modules. Each module comprises a plurality of energy storage components and a thermally conductive shell comprising a shell top, a shell bottom, shell sides, a shell front, and a shell rear.