Abstract: An anode for a lithium secondary battery includes an anode current collector, and an anode active material layer formed on at least one surface of the anode current collector. The anode active material layer includes a first region adjacent to the anode current collector and a second region spaced apart from the anode current collector in a thickness direction with the first region interposed therebetween. The anode active material layer includes an anode active material including an artificial graphite-based active material and a silicon-based active material having a minimum particle diameter (Dmin) in a range from 1 ?m to 5 ?m. A content of the silicon-based active material based on a total weight of the anode active material included in the second region is greater than a content of the silicon-based active material based on a total weight of the anode active material included in the first region.

Abstract: A fixing device for a vehicle configured to connect the vehicle's cabin unit and loading unit of loading cargo at the rear of the cabin unit includes a coil transmitting an electromagnetic force to a drive pulley, an assembly module including a drive pulley and mechanically fixing the cabin unit and the loading unit together through a driving force of the drive pulley via the coil when the loading unit moves and aligns with the cabin unit, and a magnetic module enclosing the assembly module on an external side of the assembly module and magnetically fixing the cabin unit and the loading unit together by changing a magnetic circuit through a rotation force of a magnetic body while the cabin unit and the loading unit are mechanically connected to each other.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a film quality improver, a method of forming a thin film using the film quality improver, a semiconductor substrate fabricated using the method, and a semiconductor device including the semiconductor substrate. The present invention provides a compound having a predetermined structure as a film quality improver. According to the present invention, by forming a shielding area for a molybdenum-based thin film on a substrate, the deposition rate of a molybdenum-based thin film may be reduced, and the growth rate of a thin film may be controlled. Thus, even when forming a thin film using a solid compound on the substrate with a complicated structure at room temperature, step coverage and the thickness uniformity of the thin film may be greatly improved, and corrosion or deterioration may be prevented, thereby improving the crystallinity and electrical properties of a thin film.

Abstract: A battery module frame accommodates a plurality of battery cells. The battery module frame includes a first layer made of aluminum or aluminum alloy material; a second layer made of metallic material with a mesh structure, and stacked over the first layer; and a third layer made of aluminum or aluminum alloy material, and stacked over the second layer.

Abstract: Example embodiments include a battery module including a plurality of cells, an insulation sheet between the plurality of cells, the insulation sheet having an upper surface and a lower surface that face cells adjacent thereto, respectively, and a foam layer formed on two or more side surface portions, including an upper side surface portion, of a border side surface between the upper surface and the lower surface of the insulation sheet. Example embodiments also include a method of manufacturing the battery module, and a battery pack including the battery module.

Abstract: A polyhedral battery module frame in which a plurality of battery cells are accommodated includes a first layer made of an aluminum or aluminum alloy material, a second layer stacked on the first layer and made of a reinforced plastic material with a higher melting point than the first layer, and a third layer stacked on the second layer and made of an aluminum or aluminum alloy material.

Abstract: Example embodiments relate to a battery module including a plurality of cells and an insulation member provided between the plurality of cells, the insulation member having an upper surface and a lower surface disposed so as to face cells adjacent thereto, respectively. The insulation member includes a first insulation sheet, a second insulation sheet, and an expansion layer formed between the first insulation sheet and the second insulation sheet. Example embodiments also include a method of manufacturing a battery module, and a battery pack including a battery module.

Abstract: Examples include an insulation sheet for batteries, the insulation sheet including an aerogel layer including an aerogel and a coating layer configured to cover substantially the entire surface of the aerogel layer. The coating layer includes a flexible polymer and a flame retardant dispersed in the flexible polymer, and the elastic modulus of the coating layer measured in accordance with ASTM D882 is about 8 MPa or less. Examples also include method of manufacturing the insulation sheet, and a battery module including the insulation sheet.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a lower case; an upper case coupled to the lower case; venting holes provided in at least one of a side wall of the lower case and the upper case; a sealing member on at least one of the side wall of the lower case and the upper case to cover the venting holes, and deformed under predetermined pressure and/or at a predetermined temperature to open the venting holes; and a flame control block mounted on at least one of an inner surface of the side wall of the lower case and an inner surface of the upper case to cover the venting holes and the sealing member, and including a flame blocking surface with a plurality of flame discharge holes and an inner space that communicates with the flame discharge holes and that is open toward the venting hole and the sealing member.

Abstract: Discussed is a pack case including a module area where a cell stack is placed, wherein the pack case includes a base plate that supports a lower portion of the cell stack, a main partition wall extending across the base plate and perpendicularly coupled to a central portion of the base plate, a side wall perpendicularly coupled to an edge of the base plate along a perimeter of the base plate, and an auxiliary partition wall of which opposite ends are coupled to the main partition wall and the side wall, respectively, and which includes a pair of reinforcement plates coupled to each other, and a reinforcement plate of the pair of reinforcement plates includes a plurality of reinforcement ribs protruding and extending in a longitudinal direction of the reinforcement plate.

Abstract: A display device includes a first pixel and a second pixel. The first pixel and the second pixel each includes a first transistor, a portion of a via layer disposed on the first transistor, and a portion of a first metal layer disposed on the via layer. The first pixel and the second pixel further include a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode disposed in the first metal layer, and a first end of the first pixel electrode faces the second pixel electrode and is positioned at a height lower than the second pixel electrode.

Abstract: Discussed is a battery pack including a base plate on which battery modules are mounted; a front frame coupled to a front end of the base plate; a rear frame coupled to a rear end of the base plate; and side frames coupled to opposite sides of the base plate, respectively, wherein the base plate has a size that is less than a size of the module mounting region, and forms only a portion of the module mounting region, and wherein each of the side frames includes: a side wall part facing the battery modules, and a first extension part extending from a lower portion of the side wall part toward the base plate and coupled to a side surface of the base plate, and the first extension part supporting a load of the battery modules and forming the module mounting region together with the base plate.

Abstract: A battery module part includes a body made of synthetic resin and a mesh made of a metal and embedded in the body. The body has a lower melting point than the mesh.

Abstract: Example embodiments include an aerogel composition for battery insulation sheets, the aerogel composition including an aerogel, a functional material including a binder, a dispersant, or a combination thereof, a flame retardant including a phosphorus-based material, and a solvent. Example embodiments also include a method of manufacturing the aerogel composition, a battery insulation sheet formed using the aerogel composition, and a battery module including the aerogel composition.

Abstract: Example embodiments include an aerogel composition for battery insulation sheets, the aerogel composition including an aerogel, a functional material including a binder, a dispersant, or a combination thereof, and a solvent. The binder includes a first binder including an aqueous polymer binder and a second binder including a fluorocarbon-based binder. Example embodiments also include a method of manufacturing the aerogel composition, a battery insulation sheet formed using the aerogel composition, and a battery module including the aerogel composition.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a pack case in which a cell stack assembly is mounted; and a supplementary partition wall coupled to the pack case to compartmentalize a space inside the pack case; wherein the pack case includes: a base plate supporting a lower part of the mounted cell stack assembly; and a side wall of hollow structure coupled to the base plate to support a side part of the cell stack assembly, and including a gas venting path internally; and wherein the supplementary partition wall is coupled to the base plate and side wall of the pack case, and includes a gas flow path internally in connection with the gas venting path of the side wall.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material that includes an active material core that allows for the intercalation and deintercalation of lithium ions. The negative electrode active material also includes a plurality of conductive materials positioned on a surface of the active material core, a plurality of organic linkers each including a hydrophobic group and a polar functional group bonded to the hydrophobic group, and an elastic unit. The elastic unit includes an elastic moiety having two or more binding sites, and a functional group bonded to a binding site of the elastic moiety. The functional group reacts with the polar functional group of the organic linker, and one or more of the plurality of organic linkers are connected to the conductive materials through the hydrophobic groups of the organic linkers.

Abstract: A battery insulation sheet including an aerogel layer. The aerogel layer includes: a fibrillized polymer matrix comprising a dry binder; and aerogel particles distributed in the fibrillized polymer matrix.

Abstract: A battery pack accommodates a battery cell or battery module and a battery pack is capable of efficiently discharging a venting gas generated in the battery pack to the outside of the battery pack through a venting inlet formed in the side frame and preventing the venting gas from flowing back into the battery pack by a backflow prevention unit capable of opening and closing the venting inlet in one direction.

Abstract: An aerogel composition for a battery insulation sheet is provided. The aerogel composition comprising: a solvent; a fibrous support; an aerogel; and a functional material including a binder, a dispersant, or a combination thereof. With respect to a total solid content of the aerogel composition, the fibrous support is present in a content range of 5 wt % to 70 wt %, the aerogel is present in a content range of 10 wt % to 90 wt %, and the functional material is present in a content range of 0.5 wt % to 20 wt %.