Abstract: A metal-ion battery is provided. The metal-ion battery can include a negative electrode, a positive electrode, a separator, and an electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode and the negative electrode are separated by the separator and the electrolyte is disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The negative electrode can include a negative electrode current-collector and a negative electrode active layer, wherein the negative electrode current-collector has a porous structure and the negative electrode current-collector directly contacts to the surface of the negative electrode active layer. The electrolyte can include an ionic liquid and a metal halide.

Abstract: A charging-and-discharging device and a charging-and-discharging method are provided. The charging-and-discharging device includes a renewable energy converter, an aluminum battery, a controller and a current converter. The renewable energy converter receives a power from a renewable energy power generation system. The controller is coupled to the renewable energy converter and the aluminum battery, wherein the controller configures a charging-and-discharging power of the aluminum battery, according to a power value of the power, to compensate the power so as to generate a compensated power. The current converter is coupled to the controller, wherein the current converter outputs the compensated power to a power grid after performing DC/AC converting.

Abstract: A metal-ion battery is provided. The metal-ion secondary battery includes a first chamber, a second chamber, and a control element. A positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a first electrolyte are disposed within the first chamber. A second electrolyte is disposed within the second chamber, and wherein components and/or concentration of the first electrolyte are different from those of the second electrolyte. The control element determines whether to introduce the second electrolyte disposed within the second chamber into the first chamber via a first pipeline.

Abstract: An electrolyte composition and a metal-ion battery employing the same are provided. The electrolyte composition includes a metal salt of Formula (I), an ionic liquid, and an additive MiXj??Formula (I), wherein M can be lithium ion, sodium ion, potassium ion, beryllium ion, magnesium ion, calcium ion, scandium ion, yttrium ion, titanium ion, zirconium ion, hafnium ion, vanadium ion, niobium ion, tantalum ion, chromium ion, molybdenum ion, tungsten ion, manganese ion, technetium ion, rhenium ion, iron ion, ruthenium, osmium ion, cobalt ion, rhodium ion, iridium ion, nickel ion, palladium ion, platinum ion, copper ion, silver ion, gold ion, zinc ion, cadmium ion, mercuric ion, indium ion, thallium ion, tin ion, lead ions, arsenic ions, antimony ions, bismuth ion, gallium ion, or aluminum ion; X? can be F?, Cl?, Br?, I?, BF4, PF6?, [(CF3SO2)2N]?, CF3SO3?, NO3?, CH3CO2?, SO42?, C2O42?, or [B(C2O4)2]?; and i is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6; and j is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6.

Abstract: A metal-ion battery is provided. The metal-ion battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separating structure, and an electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode and the negative electrode are separated by the separating structure, and the electrolyte composition is disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The separating structure includes a first separator, a second separator, and a dielectric layer, wherein the dielectric layer is disposed between the first separator and the second separator. The dielectric layer consists of a dielectric material, and the dielectric material has a dielectric constant from 10 to 200.

Abstract: An electrolyte composition and a metal-ion battery employing the same are provided. The electrolyte composition includes a metal chloride, an imidazolium salt of Formula (I), an alkali halide, and an oxalate-containing borate wherein R1, R2, and R3 are independently C1-8 alkyl, C2-8 alkenyl, C2-8 alkynyl, C1-8 alkoxy, C2-8 alkoxyalkyl, or C1-8 fluoroalkyl; and X? is F?, Cl?, Br?, or I?. The metal chloride is aluminum chloride, iron chloride, zinc chloride, copper chloride, manganese chloride, chromium chloride, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: A method for charging aluminum batteries includes performing a first charging procedure for the aluminum battery until the voltage of the aluminum battery reaches a set value. The first charging procedure at least includes a first constant-current charging using a first constant current to charge an aluminum battery in a first stage. The range of the first constant current is from 5 C to 100 C, and C (C-rate) refers to a unit of the capacity of the aluminum battery. When the voltage of the aluminum battery reaches the set value, a first constant-voltage charging uses a first constant voltage to charge the aluminum battery. According to the charging current provided by the first constant voltage to the aluminum battery or the charge time for the aluminum battery charged by the first constant voltage, a determination is made to stop the charging process on the aluminum battery.

Abstract: A metal-ion secondary battery is provided. The metal-ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode. The positive electrode includes at least one current-collecting layer and at least one active layer, wherein the current-collecting layer and the active layer are mutually stacked, and the current-collecting layer has at least one first through-hole.

Abstract: An electrode and a device employing the same are provided. The electrode includes a main body, and an active material. The main body includes a cavity and is made of a conductive network structure. In particular, the active material is disposed in the cavity, wherein the length of the longest side of the particle of the active material is greater than the length of the longest side of the pore of the conductive network structure such that the active material is confined in the conductive network structure.

Abstract: A charging-and-discharging device and a charging-and-discharging method are provided. The charging-and-discharging device includes a renewable energy converter, an aluminum battery, a controller and a current converter. The renewable energy converter receives a power from a renewable energy power generation system. The controller is coupled to the renewable energy converter and the aluminum battery, wherein the controller configures a charging-and-discharging power of the aluminum battery, according to a power value of the power, to compensate the power so as to generate a compensated power. The current converter is coupled to the controller, wherein the current converter outputs the compensated power to a power grid after performing DC/AC converting.

Abstract: A metal-ion battery is provided. The metal-ion battery can include a negative electrode, a positive electrode, a separator, and an electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode and the negative electrode are separated by the separator and the electrolyte is disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The negative electrode can include a negative electrode current-collector and a negative electrode active layer, wherein the negative electrode current-collector has a porous structure and the negative electrode current-collector directly contacts to the surface of the negative electrode active layer. The electrolyte can include an ionic liquid and a metal halide.

Abstract: A metal-ion battery is provided. The metal-ion battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separating structure, and an electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode and the negative electrode are separated by the separating structure, and the electrolyte composition is disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The separating structure includes a first separator, a second separator, and a dielectric layer, wherein the dielectric layer is disposed between the first separator and the second separator. The dielectric layer consists of a dielectric material, and the dielectric material has a dielectric constant from 10 to 200.

Abstract: An electrolyte composition and a metal-ion battery employing the same are provided. The electrolyte composition includes a metal salt of Formula (I), an ionic liquid, and an additive MiXj??Formula (I), wherein M can be lithium ion, sodium ion, potassium ion, beryllium ion, magnesium ion, calcium ion, scandium ion, yttrium ion, titanium ion, zirconium ion, hafnium ion, vanadium ion, niobium ion, tantalum ion, chromium ion, molybdenum ion, tungsten ion, manganese ion, technetium ion, rhenium ion, iron ion, ruthenium, osmium ion, cobalt ion, rhodium ion, iridium ion, nickel ion, palladium ion, platinum ion, copper ion, silver ion, gold ion, zinc ion, cadmium ion, mercuric ion, indium ion, thallium ion, tin ion, lead ions, arsenic ions, antimony ions, bismuth ion, gallium ion, or aluminum ion; X? can be F?, Cl?, Br?, I?, BF4, PF6?, [(CF3SO2)2N]?, CF3SO3?, NO3?, CH3CO2?, SO42?, C2O42?, or [B(C2O4)2]?; and i is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6; and j is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6.

Abstract: A method for charging aluminum batteries includes performing a first charging procedure for the aluminum battery until the voltage of the aluminum battery reaches a set value. The first charging procedure at least includes a first constant-current charging using a first constant current to charge an aluminum battery in a first stage. The range of the first constant current is from 5 C to 100 C, and C (C-rate) refers to a unit of the capacity of the aluminum battery. When the voltage of the aluminum battery reaches the set value, a first constant-voltage charging uses a first constant voltage to charge the aluminum battery. According to the charging current provided by the first constant voltage to the aluminum battery or the charge time for the aluminum battery charged by the first constant voltage, a determination is made to stop the charging process on the aluminum battery.

Abstract: An electrolyte composition and an energy storage device employing the same are provided. The electrolyte composition includes a solid and a solution. The solid includes a core and a metal layer encapsulating the core, where the metal layer is selected from a group consisting of Zn, Al, Mg, Li, Na and the metal oxides thereof. In particular, the solid has a first density and the solution has a second density, and the ratio between the first density and the second density is from about 0.97 to 1.03.

Abstract: An electrolyte composition and a metal-ion battery employing the same are provided. The electrolyte composition includes a metal chloride, an imidazolium salt of Formula (I), an alkali halide, and an oxalate-containing borate wherein R1, R2, and R3 are independently C1-8 alkyl, C2-8 alkenyl, C2-8 alkynyl, C1-8 alkoxy, C2-8 alkoxyalkyl, or C1-8 fluoroalkyl; and X? is F?, Cl?, Br?, or I?. The metal chloride is aluminum chloride, iron chloride, zinc chloride, copper chloride, manganese chloride, chromium chloride, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: An electrolyte composition and a metal-ion battery employing the same are provided. The electrolyte composition includes a metal chloride, a chlorine-containing ionic liquid, and an additive, wherein the additive has a structure represented by Formula (I) [M]i[(A(SO2CxF2x+1)y)b?]j??Formula (I), wherein M can be imidazolium cation, ammonium cation, azaannulenium cation, . . . etc., wherein M has a valence of a; a can be 1, 2, or 3; A can be N, O, Si, or C; x can be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6; y can be 1, 2, or 3; b can be 1, 2, or 3; i can be 1, 2, or 3; j can be 1, 2, or 3; a/b=j/i; and when y is 2 or 3, the (SO2CxF2x+1) moieties are the same or different.

Abstract: An electrode and a device employing the same are provided. The electrode can include a metal network structure, and a hollow active material network structure. In particularly, the metal network structure is disposed in the hollow active material network structure. The weight ratio of the metal network structure to the hollow active material network structure is from 0.5 to 155.

Abstract: An electrolyte composition and a sodium secondary battery are provided. The electrolyte composition includes an alcohol compound and a metallic salt, wherein the metallic salt consists of a sodium salt formed. The sodium secondary battery includes the electrolyte composition, a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode.

Abstract: A metal-ion battery is provided. The metal-ion secondary battery includes a first chamber, a second chamber, and a control element. A positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a first electrolyte are disposed within the first chamber. A second electrolyte is disposed within the second chamber, and wherein components and/or concentration of the first electrolyte are different from those of the second electrolyte. The control element determines whether to introduce the second electrolyte disposed within the second chamber into the first chamber via a first pipeline.