Abstract: A battery includes a conductive substrate, the conductive substrate including a first resin layer, a barrier layer, a second resin layer, a first electrode current collector layer, and a first electrode coating layer that are sequentially stacked inward from an outermost side of the battery, an exterior member disposed to face the conductive substrate, a sealing portion formed at edges of the conductive substrate and the exterior member, and at least one second inner electrode positioned between the conductive substrate and the exterior member and stacked using a separator as a border.

Abstract: A case for a rechargeable battery and a rechargeable battery including the case, the case including a sequentially deposited first resin layer and second resin layer, wherein the second resin layer includes a butyl-based resin.

Abstract: An electrode assembly includes a structure including a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate that are wound together, and a separator between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate, a first electrode tab that is electrically connected to the first electrode plate, and a second electrode tab that is electrically connected to the second electrode plate. The structure includes a pair of grooves at opposite sides of the structure, the grooves being formed by compression of the structure at the opposite sides in a direction perpendicular to a winding surface. The structure including a first part and a second part that are oppositely located with respect to a reference line connecting the pair of grooves, and the second part is shifted in a first direction such that the second part is partially misaligned with the first part.

Abstract: A stack-type electrode assembly includes a lowermost electrode in a lowermost portion of the electrode assembly; an uppermost electrode in an uppermost portion of the electrode assembly; at least one unit stack between the lowermost electrode and the uppermost electrode, the at least one unit stack comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and a plurality of separators between the lowermost electrode and unit stack, between the unit stacks, and between the unit stack and the uppermost electrode.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery is disclosed. In one aspect, the battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a separator, and a second electrode stacked together, wherein the first electrode, the separator, and the second electrode are fixed at a fixing portion on a first side of the electrode assembly. A case accommodates the electrode assembly; and first and second electrode tabs are respectively connected to the first and second electrodes and extend from a first end portion of the case so as to form a tab gap therebetween. Each of the first and second electrode tabs includes first and second adhesive portions opposing each other, at least one wire having a bent portion interconnecting the first and second adhesive portions, and an insulating member covering the bent portion.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery includes: an electrode assembly formed by repeatedly stacking first and second electrodes while interposing a separator therebetween, the first and second electrodes each having an uncoated region and a coated region; and a case having a flexible property and accommodating the electrode assembly. The electrode assembly includes a fixing portion where the separator is attached and fixed to the uncoated regions of the first and second electrodes.

Abstract: A flexible secondary battery includes an electrode assembly having a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator between the first and second electrode plates; and a pouch comprising a plurality of outwardly extending protrusions, the pouch sealing the electrode assembly and an electrolyte therein, wherein the pouch is configured such that a degree of strain of the electrode assembly resulting from bending of the pouch is lower than a degree of strain on the pouch from formation of the protrusions.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery includes: an electrode assembly including first electrodes; separators; and second electrodes, wherein the first electrodes, separators, and second electrodes are laminated together and are fixed by a fixing portion at one side; a case, which is flexible, accommodating the electrode assembly, and pressure-adjusted after sealing; a marginal region between a free end of the electrode assembly and an inside surface of the case; and a spacing portion at the marginal region midway along the case, the spacing portion having a space that is narrower than a case thickness, the spacing portion accommodating changes in a length of the free end of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: A flexible secondary battery includes: an electrode stack assembly including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate; a first electrode tab electrically connected to the first electrode plate; and a second electrode tab electrically connected to the second electrode plate. One end of the first electrode tab and one end of the second electrode tab are disposed inside the electrode stack assembly and are stacked together with the first electrode plate, the second electrode plate, and the separator to form the electrode stack assembly. A first welding part is formed between, and binds, at least one of i) a portion of the first electrode plate and a portion of the first electrode tab and ii) a portion of the second electrode plate and a portion of the second electrode tab.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery is provided which includes a stacked electrode assembly in a pouch where the electrode assembly changes in length due to an applied bending stress. According to an exemplary embodiment, a rechargeable battery includes: an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a separator, and a second electrode stacked together and the first electrode, the separator, and the second electrode being fixed with respect to each other by a fixed part at one side of the electrode assembly; and a flexible case accommodating the electrode assembly therein, wherein a gap between a free end of the electrode assembly and an inner surface of the case to accommodate a change in length of the electrode assembly at the free end when the electrode assembly is bent.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a rechargeable battery capable of maintaining alignment among a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator of an electrode assembly even in the case in which a form thereof is changed or bent. The rechargeable battery includes: an electrode assembly formed by stacking a first electrode, a separator, and a second electrode, and having an alignment groove formed therein; a case having flexibility and accommodating the electrode assembly therein; and an alignment guide protruding from the case and partially coupled to the alignment groove so as to accommodate and guide a change in a length of the electrode assembly depending on bending.

Abstract: An electrode assembly and a secondary battery including the same, the electrode assembly including a plurality of first polar plates, each first polar plate including a first coating portion coated with a first active material, and a bent first non-coated portion; a plurality of second polar plates, each second polar plate including a second coating portion coated as a second active material, and a bent second non-coated portion; and a plurality of separators between the first polar plates and the second polar plates.

Abstract: An electrochemical storage cell includes a housing; a solid electrolyte tube, which defines an inner space of the housing as a first electrode chamber and a second electrode chamber; a first electrode material in the first electrode chamber; a second electrode material in the second electrode chamber; and an electron channel unit arranged in the second electrode chamber for guiding movement of electrons in the second electrode chamber, the electron channel unit having a non-constant thickness.

Abstract: A flexible secondary battery including an electrode assembly that includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a separator between the first and second electrode layers; a protection film on at least one of an upper surface or a lower surface of the electrode assembly; a fixing unit, the fixing unit fixing one end portion of each of the first electrode layer, the separator, the second electrode layer, and the protection film; and a sealing unit, the sealing unit sealing the electrode assembly and the protection film therein, wherein a melting point of the protection film is higher than a melting point of the separator.

Abstract: Provided is a flexible secondary battery including: an electrode assembly including a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a separator between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer; a flexible gasket surrounding edges of the electrode assembly; a first sealing sheet attached to a first surface of the gasket; and a second sealing sheet attached to a second surface of the gasket facing away from the first surface, wherein the gasket includes a first layer and a second layer formed of the same material and an intermediate layer formed between the first layer and the second layer and formed of a material that is different from the material of the first layer and the second layer.

Abstract: A flexible secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly including a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a separator between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer; a gasket having flexibility and surrounding edges of the electrode assembly; a first sealing sheet attached to a first surface of the gasket; and a second sealing sheet attached to a second surface of the gasket facing away from the first surface, wherein an uneven pattern is at a bendable area of the gasket.

Abstract: A flexible secondary battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a separator that is disposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer; a gasket that is flexible and surrounds an edge of the electrode assembly; a first sealing sheet that is attached to a first surface of the gasket; and a second sealing sheet that is attached to a second surface of the gasket opposite the first surface.

Abstract: A flexible secondary battery includes an electrode assembly including a stack having a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator between the first and second electrode plates, and a fixing member fixing a first end portion of the stack, a first electrode tab and a second electrode tab connected to the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate, respectively, and a molding member surrounding a first end portion of the electrode assembly including the fixing member, and a connection region between the electrode assembly and the first and second electrode tabs, wherein positional variations of a second end portion of the electrode assembly are relatively large as compared to positional variations of the first end portion of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: A flexible secondary battery includes an electrode assembly, a first external cover that is located on a first surface of the electrode assembly, and a second external cover that is located on a second surface of the electrode assembly, the second external cover and the first external cover including a sealing portion where edges of the first external cover and the second external cover are attached to each other to seal the electrode assembly. At least one of the first external cover and the second external cover includes a stress-relief pattern in a center portion.

Abstract: A flexible secondary battery and a method of manufacturing the flexible secondary battery are disclosed. In one aspect, the flexible secondary battery comprises an electrode assembly including a plurality of curved sections that are continuously formed in a first direction. Each of the sections includes upper and lower portions connected to each other. Each upper portion comprises a left upper portion and a right upper portion spaced apart from each other, wherein the left and upper portions of each section are continuously formed with the adjacent sections. The lower portion of each section is spaced apart from the lower portions of the adjacent sections.