Abstract: A method of detecting a lamination defect of an electrode assembly in the initial stage, including: forming an insulating member having a predetermined width and a predetermined height in an overhang region of one end or two ends of one surface of a negative electrode; manufacturing an electrode assembly by sequentially laminating a separator and a positive electrode on one surface of the negative electrode; and determining whether there is a lamination defect in the electrode assembly by measuring a thickness of the electrode assembly. Also provided are an electrode assembly including an insulating member, and a battery cell including the electrode assembly.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a battery cell for evaluating a lithium precipitation behavior includes: an electrode assembly preparation step of preparing an electrode assembly to which an overhang region, where a positive electrode protrudes from a negative electrode, is introduced; a battery cell preparation step of preparing a battery cell by accommodating the electrode assembly in a first pouch, injecting an electrolyte solution thereto, and sealing the first pouch; a secondary sealing step of accommodating the battery cell in a second pouch and secondary-sealing the second pouch; a second pouch removing step of performing formation for the secondary-sealed battery cell and removing the second pouch; a gas pocket unit removing step of degassing and re-sealing the battery cell, from which the second pouch has been removed, and removing a gas pocket unit of the first pouch; and a completion step of accommodating the battery cell.

Abstract: A secondary battery for testing internal short circuit, a method of manufacturing the same, and a method of evaluating safety of a battery using the same are provided. The secondary battery includes a short circuit induction member which is formed on a separator and includes a finely patterned metal pattern layer and an insulating layer configured to cover the metal pattern layer. The secondary battery provides precise implementation of a micro short circuit by finely adjusting a pattern width of the metal pattern layer, and ease of evaluating safety of a battery with respect to an internal short circuit without conventional reassembling a secondary battery, as the secondary battery is assembled using the separator including the short circuit induction member.

Abstract: A cylindrical secondary battery includes a jelly-roll type electrode assembly, a cylindrical case, and a positive electrode tab and a negative electrode tab coupled to the jelly-roll type electrode assembly. The cylindrical secondary battery includes a plurality of quadrants. The plurality of quadrants are defined by dividing a horizontal cross section perpendicular to a winding axis of the jelly-roll type electrode assembly into a plurality of sections. The positive electrode tab and the negative electrode tab are positioned in a first quadrant of the plurality of quadrants.

Abstract: A button-type secondary battery of the present invention comprises: a first can having a first side surface extending vertically from a circumference of a first base surface; a second can having a second side surface extending vertically from a second base surface; and a gasket disposed between the first side surface and the second side surface when the first can and the second can are coupled to each other. The second base surface has a greater diameter than the first base surface, and the first can and the second can are coupled to each other with the first side surface inserted inside the second side surface. The first and second cans are fixed together by deforming the gasket so as to extend into a vent hole punched in the second side surface of the second can. A method for manufacturing the button-type secondary battery is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for evaluating a heat-resisting property of a separator. The apparatus for evaluating a heat-resisting property of a separator includes: a separator fixing unit at which a target separator is fixed; a nail which is positioned to be perpendicular to the separator on one surface of the separator and penetrates the separator by a vertical movement; a heating unit which heats the nail; and a temperature measuring unit which measures a temperature of the separator penetrated by the nail.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for testing a secondary battery. The apparatus includes a test path, test terminals provided at two ends of the test path and electrically connected to a positive terminal and a negative terminal of the secondary battery respectively, a sensor unit provided on the test path and configured to measure a discharge current of the secondary battery, a constant voltage generation unit provided on the test path and configured to maintain a constant voltage between the secondary battery and the sensor unit, and a control unit configured to receive data indicating the discharge current from the sensor unit, measure an inflection point on a profile of the discharge current, measure an intensity of the discharge current on the basis of the inflection point, and test a level of self-discharge of the secondary battery based on the intensity of the discharge current.

Abstract: A method of detecting a lamination defect of an electrode assembly in the initial stage, including: forming an insulating member having a predetermined width and a predetermined height in an overhang region of one end or two ends of one surface of a negative electrode; manufacturing an electrode assembly by sequentially laminating a separator and a positive electrode on one surface of the negative electrode; and determining whether there is a lamination defect in the electrode assembly by measuring a thickness of the electrode assembly. Also provided are an electrode assembly including an insulating member, and a battery cell including the electrode assembly.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for testing an internal short of a secondary battery by simulating the use environment situation where the secondary battery is actually used, and a secondary battery for an internal short test, which is used in the method. The method for testing an internal short of a secondary battery includes the steps of mounting a P-N junction diode in a secondary battery; charging the secondary battery; and evaluating a state of the secondary battery by considering that an internal short occurs in the secondary battery when the P-N junction diode is switched on.

Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method of an electrode, wherein productivity is improved by preventing a short circuit forming between a positive electrode and negative electrode even when an overhang occurs during manufacture of an electrode assembly. The present technology includes a step of forming an electrode active material layer and a resistance layer, by applying a resistance layer composition including inorganic additives and an electrode slurry, including an electrode active material on a current collector; a step of drying the current collector in which the electrode active material layer and resistance layer are formed; and a step of forming the electrode in which an electrode tab is formed at one end by notching the dried current collector and the method of forming the electrode active material layer and resistance layer is performed by one slot die in which two discharge ports are formed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of preparing a negative electrode active material which includes (a) dispersing an active material core in a solution containing a surfactant to coat the surfactant on the active material core, (b) adding and dispersing a first precursor, which is bondable with the surfactant by electrostatic attraction, in the solution, (c) adding and dispersing a second precursor, which is bondable with the first precursor by electrostatic attraction, in the solution, (d) preparing a lithium compound precursor by a hydrothermal reaction of the first precursor and the second precursor in the solution, and (e) performing a heat treatment on the lithium compound precursor to thermally decompose the surfactant, and forming a protective layer containing a lithium compound on the active material core, wherein one of the first precursor and the second precursor is at least one selected from lithium hydroxide, lithium oxide, lithium nitrate or lithium sulfate.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electrode assembly including an N/P ratio examination step (S1) of determining whether an N/P ratio is to be maintained within a predetermined range, the N/P ratio representing a ratio of a loading amount of a positive electrode active material to a loading amount of a negative electrode active material per unit area, an adjustment request area selecting step of selecting an adjustment request area that is expected to have an N/P ratio beyond the predetermined range, and an active material adjusting step in which at least one of a loading amount of the negative electrode active material or a loading amount of the positive electrode active material on a corresponding area of each of a negative electrode and a positive electrode which are to be positioned in the adjustment request area is increased or decreased with respect to a loading amount loaded on other areas.

Abstract: A button-type secondary battery of the present invention comprises: a first can having a first side surface extending vertically from a circumference of a first base surface; a second can having a second side surface extending vertically from a second base surface; and a gasket disposed between the first side surface and the second side surface when the first can and the second can are coupled to each other. The second base surface has a greater diameter than the first base surface, and the first can and the second can are coupled to each other with the first side surface inserted inside the second side surface. The first and second cans are fixed together by deforming the gasket so as to extend into a vent hole punched in the second side surface of the second can. A method for manufacturing the button-type secondary battery is also provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for testing an internal short of a secondary battery by simulating the use environment situation where the secondary battery is actually used, and a secondary battery for an internal short test, which is used in the method. The method for testing an internal short of a secondary battery includes the steps of mounting a P-N junction diode in a secondary battery; charging the secondary battery; and evaluating a state of the secondary battery by considering that an internal short occurs in the secondary battery when the P-N junction diode is switched on.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for testing a secondary battery. The apparatus includes a test path, test terminals provided at two ends of the test path and electrically connected to a positive terminal and a negative terminal of the secondary battery respectively, a sensor unit provided on the test path and configured to measure a discharge current of the secondary battery, a constant voltage generation unit provided on the test path and configured to maintain a constant voltage between the secondary battery and the sensor unit, and a control unit configured to receive data indicating the discharge current from the sensor unit, measure an inflection point on a profile of the discharge current, measure an intensity of the discharge current on the basis of the inflection point, and test a level of self-discharge of the secondary battery based on the intensity of the discharge current.

Abstract: A method of operating an electronic paper display, an electronic paper display, an apparatus for operating an electronic paper display, an apparatus for driving an electronic paper display, and an electronic shelf label including an electronic paper display are disclosed. The method of operating an electronic paper display involves, setting a display area to be a first color by operating, for a first duration, a transparent common electrode at a first level and segment electrodes, which comprise a data electrode and a background electrode, at a second level; and in response to the display area being set to be the first color, setting the display area to be a second color by operating, for a second duration different from the first duration, the transparent common electrode at the second level and the background electrode at the first level.

Abstract: A technology regarding electronic labels that electronically show information regarding products displayed in a store. The proposed invention independently displays product information of different types through two displays and thus reduces power consumption by using LCD panels. In addition, other aspects of the proposed invention make better use of space by mounting a display panel on a bezel area, and also lower a product's unit cost of production as products, more specifically the two displays therein, may be controlled using only one controller. Furthermore, the proposed invention may allow for the displayed product information to be changed even when the electronic label is in sleep mode.

Abstract: There is provided a technology about a relay station and an electronic label. According to an exemplary embodiment, the relay station includes: a change information receiver configured to receive, from a server, product information changing time, electronic label identification numbers, and product information change content; a change list generator configured to define a wake-up time for each electronic label identification number and generate a change list of target electronic labels; a change information transmitter configured to transmit change information including the wake-up time and the product information change content to electronic labels corresponding to the identification numbers included in the change list; and a change command transmitter configured to transmit change command information to the electronic labels, which correspond to the identification numbers included in the change list, through a wake-up channel so as to request a change in product information.

Abstract: An electronic shelf label tag may include a second antenna receiving a radio signal from an electronic shelf label gateway, a second wireless communications unit processing the radio signal received from the second antenna, and a second neighboring channel removal unit connected between the second antenna and the second wireless communications unit to remove a neighboring channel signal having a frequency lower than a frequency of a communications channel signal by a preset frequency interval. A signal having a frequency lower than that of the communications channel by a preset amount among signals of wireless communications networks different from a currently used communications network may be removed, whereby reception sensitivity of the electronic shelf label tag may be improved.

Abstract: An electronic shelf label system may include at least one power supply generating electrical energy using a solar cell and storing the generated electrical energy therein, and at least one electronic shelf label tag driven by power supplied by the at least one power supply, receiving product information from an electronic shelf label gateway, and displaying the product information.