Abstract: A cylindrical secondary battery includes an electrode assembly having a positive electrode/separator/negative electrode structure positioned in a cylindrical battery can. The cylindrical secondary battery comprises: a first insulating layer mounted at the upper end of the electrode assembly and having a first through hole through which the electrode tab penetrates, and a second insulating layer mounted at the upper end of the first insulating layer and having a second through hole formed to align with a central axis of the electrode assembly. A method of manufacturing the cylindrical secondary battery is also provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection disease, the composition comprising a compound represented by a Chemical Formula 1, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, as an active ingredient.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection disease, the composition comprising a compound represented by a Chemical Formula 1, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, as an active ingredient.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electrode assembly configured to have a structure in which a bi-cell and two or more monocells are folded in a state in which the bi-cell and the two or more monocells are arranged on a continuous separation film. The bi-cell includes electrodes in the form of at least one cathode and at least one anode stacked so that a separator is disposed between the cathode and the anode, the bi-cell having a first dimension in a first direction substantially equal to w. The two or more monocells each include electrodes in the form of at least one cathode and at least one anode stacked so that a separator is disposed between the cathode and the anode, each cathode and each anode of each monocell having a first dimension in the first direction substantially equal to 2 times the first dimension w of the bi-cell.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery cell having an electrode assembly mounted in a battery case, the battery cell including an electrode assembly configured to have a stepped structure in which two or more electrodes or unit cells have different planar sizes and a battery case, wherein a receiving part of the battery case is provided on the inner surface thereof with at least one protrusion protruding toward the electrode assembly.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for quantification of amino acids using a cell-free protein synthesis system.

Abstract: There is provided an electrode assembly including a first electrode laminate having at least one or more electrode units having a first area, stacked therein, a second electrode laminate having at least one or more electrode units having a second area smaller than the first area, stacked therein, and a step portion provided by stacking the first electrode laminate and the second electrode laminate in a direction perpendicular to a plane and having a step formed due to a difference in areas of the first and second electrode laminates, the electrode assembly being characterized in that, the electrode unit is wound by a rectangular-shaped separation film such that at least a portion of the rectangular-shaped separation film covers the step portion of the electrode assembly, and a step having a shape identical to the step portion is formed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a plate-shaped battery cell including an electrode assembly, which includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator, and a cell case, in which the electrode assembly is mounted, outer edges of the cell case being sealed by thermal bonding, wherein the electrode assembly is configured such that each electrode plate having the same polarity is partitioned into at least two electrode parts having different planar shapes and sizes, the electrode assembly is provided at a region thereof at which outer edges of the electrode parts intersect each other with at least one outside corner, at which the outer edges intersect each other at an angle of 30 to 150 degrees, and an outside recess is formed in a region of each of the electrode plates and the separator corresponding to the outer corner such that the outside recess is formed so as to be recessed inward.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a prismatic battery cell including an electrode assembly including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, the electrode assembly having a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal protruding from at least one side of the positive electrode and the negative electrode, two or more case members coupled to each other so as to have a shape corresponding to the external shape of the electrode assembly such that the case members surround the electrode assembly, the case members having a predetermined opening, through which one surface of the electrode assembly, at least, corresponding to protruding portions of the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal is exposed, and a cap plate coupled to the opening of the case members in a sealed state.

Abstract: Disclosed is a case for secondary batteries including a laminate sheet composed of multiple layers, the laminate sheet including an insulating layer having an elongation percentage of 10% or more.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a system for managing circadian rhythm. The apparatus includes an illuminance measuring portion which measures a bio illuminance value of external light using a circadian lambda filter which passes the external light along according to a circadian rhythm sensitivity curve and a visual lambda filter which passes the external light along according to a visual sensitivity curve, a controller which outputs a control signal for reinforcing a user's circadian rhythm on the basis of the bio illuminance value, and a circadian rhythm reinforcing portion which emits light of a circadian wavelength band toward the user according to the control signal.

Abstract: A drain pipe assembly for installation of a basin includes: a drain pipe which is inserted in a drain port formed in a base of basin and has a flange of which an upper end is caught by the drain port; and a fastening member which fixes the basin against the flange, wherein the fastening member pulls the drain pipe, which is exposed below the basin, in a downward direction, to upwardly press the basin, thereby fastening the basin and the drain pipe.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a conductor, and a lithium secondary battery including a conductor manufactured using the manufacturing method, and the method for manufacturing a conductor includes removing metal impurities in a conductor by irradiating microwave on the conductor including the metal impurities and converting the metal impurities into metal oxides. A conductor manufactured using the manufacturing method converts metal impurities included in the conductor to metal oxides that are inactive at a battery operating voltage and not eluted in an electrolyte liquid, and therefore, is capable of enhancing battery performance properties, particularly, capacity and lifespan properties without concern of metal impurity elution and a defect occurrence under a low pressure caused therefrom.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery cell including an electrode assembly configured to have a structure in which two or more electrode rolls are stacked in a height direction on the basis of a plane, wherein the electrode rolls have the same size or at least two of the electrode rolls have different sizes, and the electrode rolls having different sizes are stacked to form one or more stepped structures in width and/or height.

Abstract: A battery cell includes an electrode assembly mounted in a battery case. The electrode assembly includes positive electrodes, negative electrodes, and separators, wherein the separators are disposed respectively between the positive electrodes and the negative electrodes. The electrode assembly is provided with a deformation part, and has a sectional width of which is discontinuously or continuously decreased, and is formed at a portion of an outer edge of the electrode assembly. The battery case includes two or more case members, each made of a metal sheet, the case members being coupled to each other in a state in which the electrode assembly is mounted in the case members, at least one of the case members having a receiving part with an internal shape corresponding to the deformation part of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery cell configured such that an electrode assembly, including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, is mounted in a receiving part formed in a battery case, a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal protrude from at least one side of the electrode assembly, and an insulative material is provided between the electrode assembly and the battery case.

Abstract: According to the present invention, grip feeling of an electronic device to which the battery is mounted may be improved by optimizing a shape of a battery, and miniaturization of the electronic device may be promoted at the same time. In order to achieve the above-described object, a battery is disclosed, the battery including: a first surface having a circumference of a closed curve having a curve; a second surface having a circumference of a closed curve having a curve; and a volume portion configured to connect the first surface to the second surface and defining a volume, wherein at least one of the first surface and the second surface has a circumference of the closed curve defined by connecting ends of each of two curves curved in the same direction to each other, and the first surface has an area different from that of the second surface.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electrode assembly including unit cells, each of which is constituted by an electrode plate stack configured to have a structure in which a separator is disposed between electrode plates comprising positive electrodes or negative electrodes, wherein the electrode assembly includes a combination of two or more kinds of unit cells having different sizes, the unit cells are stacked in a height direction on the basis of a plane, two or more of the unit cells located at a lower part of the electrode assembly, i.e. two or more base unit cells, are wound using a single sheet-type separation film to constitute an integrated base structure, and the others of the unit cells excluding the base unit cells, i.e. sub unit cells, are stacked in a state in which a separator is disposed between the respective sub unit cells.

Abstract: An electrode assembly includes a plurality of unit cells, each including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed therebetween, and a single separation sheet disposed between the unit cells while surrounding side surfaces thereof. First and second stack parts of unit cells are wound with the separation sheet from each end of the separation sheet toward the middle of the separation sheet, a facing unit cell has one surface that contacts the first stack part with the separation sheet between the one surface of the facing unit cell and the first stack part and the other surface that contacts the second stack part with the separation sheet between the other surface of the facing unit cell and the second stack part, and the unit cells are stacked such that electrodes having opposite polarities are disposed in contact with each other with the separation sheet therebetween.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a plate-shaped battery cell including an electrode assembly, which includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator, and a cell case, in which the electrode assembly is mounted, outer edges of the cell case being sealed by thermal bonding, wherein the electrode assembly is configured such that each electrode plate having the same polarity is partitioned into at least two electrode parts having different planar shapes and sizes, the electrode assembly is provided at a region thereof at which outer edges of the electrode parts intersect each other with at least one outside corner, at which the outer edges intersect each other at an angle of 30 to 150 degrees, and an outside recess is formed in a region of each of the electrode plates and the separator corresponding to the outer corner such that the outside recess is formed so as to be recessed inward.