Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode plate including a current collector, a functional layer, and an active material layer. At least a portion of a surface of the current collector includes a plurality of protruding portions and a plurality of recessed portions. The functional layer is disposed in one or more of the plurality of recessed portions. The active material layer covers and contacts the current collector and the functional layer. The functional layer includes at least one of a polymer material or a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) material.

Abstract: The electrode plate includes a current collector and an electrode active material layer disposed on at least one surface of the current collector, wherein the current collector includes a support layer and a conductive layer, the conductive layer has a single-sided thickness D2 satisfying: 30 nm?D2?3 ?m; the electrode active material layer is divided into two regions, an inner region and an outer region in a thickness direction of the electrode active material layer, in which the weight percentage of the conductive agent in the inner region of the electrode active material layer is higher than the weight percentage content of the conductive agent in the outer region of the electrode active material layer, and the conductive agent in the inner region of the electrode active material layer includes at least one of a one-dimensional conductive material and a two-dimensional conductive material.

Abstract: The present application relates to a battery module, comprising a first type of battery cells and a second type of battery cells electrically connected at least in series, wherein the first and second type of battery cells are battery cells of different chemical systems, the first type of battery cells comprises N first battery cells, the second type of battery cells comprises M second battery cells, and N and M are positive integers; a positive electrode plate of the second battery cell contains two or more positive electrode active materials, and when a dynamic SOC of the second battery cell is in a range from 90% to 98%, a change rate ?OCV/?SOC in an OCV relative to the SOC of the second battery cell satisfies 3??OCV/?SOC?9, in mV/% SOC, where SOC represents a charge state and OCV represents an open circuit voltage.

Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery and a preparation method therefor, a battery module, a battery pack, and a device are provided. In some embodiments, the lithium ion secondary battery comprises a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate and an electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode plate comprises a positive electrode active material and a positive electrode lithium-supplementing material comprising a lithium-rich metal oxide, and the lithium-rich metal oxide comprises one or more elements of Ni, Co, Fe, Mn, and Cu; the electrolyte comprises an electrolyte lithium salt and a solvent, and has a percentage ? of the total mass of a fluorine element in the anions of the electrolyte lithium salt relative to the total mass of the electrolyte of <14%.

Abstract: Provided are a box, a battery, an electrical device, and a method for manufacturing the battery, which belong to the technical field of energy storage devices. The box is applicable to a battery, the battery includes a battery cell, in which the box includes a plurality of box walls, in which the plurality of box walls enclose a first chamber for accommodating the battery cell, and at least one of the box walls is internally provided with a second chamber for accommodating fire-fighting agent, in which the first chamber and the second chamber are configured to be able to communicate with each other when the battery cell is thermal-runaway, so that the fire-fighting agent releases fire-fighting medium into the first chamber. The box, the battery, the electrical device and the method for manufacturing the battery can improve the safety performance of the battery.

Abstract: The electrode plate according to the present application includes a current collector and an electrode active material layer disposed on at least one surface of the current collector, wherein the current collector includes a support layer and a conductive layer disposed on at least one surface of the support layer, the conductive layer has a single-sided thickness D2 satisfying: 30 nmD23 ?m; and a conductive primer layer containing a first conductive material and a binder is provided between the current collector and the electrode active material layer, and the first conductive material in the conductive primer layer comprises at least one of a one-dimensional conductive material and a two-dimensional conductive material. The electrode plate of the present application has good workability, and the electrochemical device including the electrode plate has high energy density, good electrical performance and long-term reliability.

Abstract: This application provides a composite positive-electrode material and a preparation method thereof, a positive-electrode plate, a secondary battery, and a battery module, a battery pack, and an apparatus containing such secondary battery. The composite positive-electrode material includes a core and a coating layer covering at least part of a surface of the core, where the core includes a positive-electrode pre-lithiation material, the positive-electrode pre-lithiation material includes a lithium-rich metal oxide, and the coating layer includes a positive-electrode active material.

Abstract: A method for recovering activity of a battery includes obtaining a battery state-of-health value of the battery during a charging process, applying an activation voltage to the battery in response to the battery state-of-health value being less than or equal to a first preset threshold such that lithium ions at a lithium supplement agent of the battery are released to an electrolyte solution, and stopping application of the activation voltage and continuing a normal charge-discharge cycle in response to the battery state-of-health value increasing to be greater than or equal to a second preset threshold. The activation voltage is higher than a normal charging voltage of the battery.

Abstract: The present application discloses a composite graphite material, a secondary battery, an apparatus and a preparation method thereof. The composite graphite material includes a core material and a coating layer coating at least a part of the surface of the core material, the core material including graphite; wherein the absolute value K of zeta potential of the composite graphite material in deionized water with a pH of 7 is at least 20 mV. The use of the composite graphite material provided by the present application can improve the cohesion and bonding force of the negative electrode plate, thereby reducing the cyclic expansion of the secondary battery.

Abstract: This application provides a battery, an apparatus, and a manufacturing method and an apparatus of batteries, and relates to the field of energy storage technologies. The battery includes two battery cells and two discharge channels. The two battery cells each include a pressure relief mechanism, and the pressure relief mechanism is configured to be actuated when internal pressure or temperature in the battery cell reaches a threshold, to release the internal pressure. The two discharge channels are configured to collect emissions respectively from the corresponding battery cell when the pressure relief mechanism is actuated.

Abstract: The present application discloses a battery module, a battery pack, an apparatus, and a method and device for manufacturing a battery module. The battery module includes n first-type battery cells and m second-type battery cells, n?1, m?1, and the n first-type battery cells and them second-type battery cells are arranged and satisfy: VED1>VED2, ?F1>?F2, and (?F1×n+?F2×m)/(n+m)?0.8×?F1, where VED1, VED2, ?F1 and ?F2 are respectively defined in the description.

Abstract: A positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode plate, a battery, a battery module, a battery pack, and an apparatus including the positive electrode current collector are provided. In some embodiments, a positive electrode current collector is provided, including an organic support layer and an aluminum-based conductive layer disposed on at least one surface of the organic support layer, where the aluminum-based conductive layer contains Al and at least one modifying element selected from O, N, F, B, S, and P, an XPS spectrogram of the aluminum-based conductive layer with a surface passivation layer removed through etching has at least a first peak falling in a range of 70 eV to 73.5 eV and a second peak falling in a range of 73.5 eV to 78 eV, and a ratio x of peak intensity of the second peak to that of the first peak satisfies 0<x?3.0.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode active material, a preparation method thereof, an electrode, a battery, and an apparatus. The electrode active material includes: a core and a coating layer, where the core includes a ternary material, the coating layer coats the core, the coating layer includes a reaction product of a sulfur-containing compound and a lithium-containing compound, and the reaction product includes element Li, element S, and element O.

Abstract: The present application discloses a sulfide solid electrolyte and a method for the preparation thereof, an all solid state lithium secondary battery, and an apparatus containing the all solid state lithium secondary battery. The sulfide solid electrolyte is obtained by compounding at least Li2S, P2S5 and a dopant MxS2O3, wherein M is one or more selected from Na, K, Ba and Ca, and 1?x?2.

Abstract: The present application provides a negative electrode active material, a process for preparing the same, and a secondary battery, a battery module, a battery pack and an apparatus related the same. The negative electrode active material comprises a core material and a polymer-modified coating layer on at least a part of a surface of the core material, the core material is one or more of a silicon-based negative electrode material and a tin-based negative electrode material, the polymer-modified coating layer comprises sulfur element and carbon element, the sulfur element has a mass percentage of from 0.2% to 4% in the negative electrode active material, the carbon element has a mass percentage of from 0.5% to 4% in the negative electrode active material, and the polymer-modified coating layer comprises a —S—C— bond.

Abstract: This application provides a lithium-ion battery and an apparatus. The lithium-ion battery includes an electrode assembly and an electrolyte. The electrode assembly includes a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and a separator. A positive active material of the positive electrode plate includes Lix1Coy1M1-y1O2-z1Qz1, where 0.5?x1?1.2, 0.8?y1?1.0, 0?z1?0.1, M is selected from one or more of Al, Ti, Zr, Y, and Mg, and Q is selected from one or more of F, Cl, and S. The electrolyte contains an additive A that is a polynitrile six-membered nitrogen-heterocyclic compound with a relatively low oxidation potential. The lithium-ion battery has superb cycle performance and storage performance, especially under high-temperature and high-voltage conditions.

Abstract: This application relates to an electrode active composition, a preparation method thereof, an electrode, a battery, and an apparatus. The electrode active composition includes: a first component, the first component being lithium cobalt oxide particles; and a second component, the second component being ternary material particles. The first component includes lithium cobalt oxide particles with a particle size greater than 11 ?m and lithium cobalt oxide particles with a particle size less than 6 ?m, and a ratio in number of the lithium cobalt oxide particles with a particle size greater than 11 ?m to the lithium cobalt oxide particles with a particle size less than 6 ?m is 0.2-4.8, and in some embodiments, 0.2-2.8. A summed number of the lithium cobalt oxide particles with a particle size greater than 11 ?m and the lithium cobalt oxide particles with a particle size less than 6 ?m accounts for above 90% of a total number of particles in the first component.

Abstract: This application discloses a lithium supplement for lithium secondary batteries, a preparation method thereof, and a lithium secondary battery, a battery module, a battery pack, and an apparatus. Tests show that the lithium supplement of this application can maintain its own stability and low metal dissolution during long-term use of lithium secondary batteries, effectively improving energy density of lithium secondary batteries and ensuring a low self-discharge rate of lithium secondary batteries, thereby ensuring that the lithium secondary battery has high energy density, long cycle life, and high safety.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a secondary battery and an electrode plate thereof. The electrode plate comprises a current collector, an active material layer and a second conducting layer. The current collector comprises an insulating layer and a first conducting layer disposed on at least one surface of the insulating layer; and the active material layer is disposed on a main portion of the first conducting layer. The first conducting layer further includes a protruding portion not coated with the active material layer. The second conducting layer comprises a first portion disposed on a surface of the protruding portion of the first conducting layer opposite to the insulating layer. The secondary battery comprises an electrode assembly, the electrode assembly comprises the electrode plate.

Abstract: An end cap assembly, a battery cell, a battery, and an electrical device are provided. The end cap assembly is applicable to a battery cell. The end cap assembly includes: an end cap body; a pressure relief component, connected to the end cap body, where a first through-hole configured to inject an electrolytic solution is made on the pressure relief component, and the pressure relief component is configured to be actuated when an internal pressure of the battery cell reaches a threshold, so as to release the internal pressure of the battery cell; and a closing component, detachably disposed on the pressure relief component, where the closing component is configured to close the first through-hole.