Abstract: A furnace for producing a secondary battery cathode material according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes; a chamber of which the internal space is heated by a heater, a conveyer installed in the chamber and conveying a sagger containing raw material power of a cathode material of a secondary battery in one direction; and a gas supply nozzle and an exhaust port installed in the chamber. The chamber is divided into a front chamber, an intermediate chamber, and a rear chamber. The intermediate chamber has an inlet shutter and an outlet shutter for sealing the internal space thereof, and an exhaust port of the intermediate chamber is connected to an exhaust device for discharging gas.

Abstract: An apparatus for calcining a secondary battery cathode material includes: a calcination furnace including an inner space that includes a temperature rising space, a temperature maintaining space, and a cooling space, which sequentially communicate; a plurality of rollers for transferring a sagger, in which a cathode material is accommodated, from the temperature rising space to the cooling space via the temperature maintaining space; a plurality of heaters arranged along the inner space; a plurality of gas feeding parts for feeding gas to the inner space; and a plurality of exhaust parts for exhausting gas from the inner space, wherein the cross-sectional area of the temperature maintaining space is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the temperature rising space and the cross-sectional area of the cooling space.

Abstract: A vertical type apparatus for firing a cathode material of a secondary battery is provided. The vertical type apparatus for firing the cathode material according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of saggers, each having an open upper portion, provided with a through-slit for gas flow in a lower surface thereof, and loaded with the cathode material therein, and a plurality of unit firing furnaces, each having an open upper portion, each plurally stacked in the vertical direction, each receiving the respective sagger.

Abstract: A sodium secondary battery module, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, may comprise: unit stacks in which a plurality of unit cells are laminated, the plurality of unit cells each having an upper cap and a lower cap which seal up a plate-shaped solid electrolyte and a positive electrode component and a negative electrode component which are plate-shaped and respectively disposed on two sides of the solid electrolyte; separators which are interposed between the unit stacks while the plurality of unit stacks are arranged in columns and rows, so as to separate spaces between the unit stacks; and a case for accommodating the plurality of unit stacks and the separators.

Abstract: A sagger for firing an object to be fired includes an active material for a secondary battery. Carbon dioxide that is a reaction by-product produced during a positive electrode active material firing process can be smoothly discharged from the sagger, and such a smooth discharge of carbon dioxide can lower a residual lithium concentration of a positive electrode active material and thus can improve dispersibility of a positive electrode active material slurry and also improve capacity of a battery.

Abstract: An apparatus for calcining a secondary battery cathode material includes: a calcination furnace including an inner space that includes a temperature rising space, a temperature maintaining space, and a cooling space, which sequentially communicate; a plurality of rollers for transferring a sagger, in which a cathode material is accommodated, from the temperature rising space to the cooling space via the temperature maintaining space; a plurality of heaters arranged along the inner space; a plurality of gas feeding parts for feeding gas to the inner space; and a plurality of exhaust parts for exhausting gas from the inner space, wherein the cross-sectional area of the temperature maintaining space is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the temperature rising space and the cross-sectional area of the cooling space.

Abstract: A vertical-type firing apparatus for a positive electrode material for a secondary battery, for vertically moving and firing the positive electrode material for the secondary battery, comprises: a vertical-type firing furnace including an exhaust part, an air supply part, and a firing space positioned between the exhaust part and the air supply part; and a heater for heating the firing space of the vertical-type firing furnace, wherein the firing space includes a temperature-raising space, a cooling space, and a temperature-maintaining space located between the temperature-raising space and the cooling space, and the temperature of the temperature-maintaining space is higher than the temperature of the temperature-raising space and the temperature of the cooling space.

Abstract: A furnace for producing a secondary battery cathode material according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes; a chamber of which the internal space is heated by a heater; a conveyer installed in the chamber and conveying a sagger containing raw material power of a cathode material of a secondary battery in one direction; and a gas supply nozzle and an exhaust port installed in the chamber. The chamber is divided into a front chamber, an intermediate chamber, and a rear chamber. The intermediate chamber has an inlet shutter and an outlet shutter for sealing the internal space thereof, and an exhaust port of the intermediate chamber is connected to an exhaust device for discharging gas.

Abstract: A sodium secondary battery module, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, may comprise: unit stacks in which a plurality of unit cells are laminated, the plurality of unit cells each having an upper cap and a lower cap which seal up a plate-shaped solid electrolyte and a positive electrode component and a negative electrode component which are plate-shaped and respectively disposed on two sides of the solid electrolyte; separators which are interposed between the unit stacks while the plurality of unit stacks are arranged in columns and rows, so as to separate spaces between the unit stacks; and a case for accommodating the plurality of unit stacks and the separators.

Abstract: A sagger for firing an object to be fired includes an active material for a secondary battery. Carbon dioxide that is a reaction by-product produced during a positive electrode active material firing process can be smoothly discharged from the sagger, and such a smooth discharge of carbon dioxide can lower a residual lithium concentration of a positive electrode active material and thus can improve dispersibility of a positive electrode active material slurry and also improve capacity of a battery.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sodium secondary battery comprising: an anode container for accommodating sodium; a cathode container for accommodating a cathode active material and a cathode secondary electrolyte; a solid electrolyte positioned between the anode container and the cathode container and selectively moving sodium ions; and a polymer sealing layer formed along the edge of the solid electrolyte and positioned between the solid electrolyte and the anode container and between the solid electrolyte and the cathode container. Since the sodium secondary battery of the present invention uses the polymer sealing layer, an expensive bonding process and an expensive bonding facility are unnecessary, the number of parts of a single cell can be reduced, and a battery manufacturing process can be simplified.