Abstract: An energy storage device includes: an electrode having a composite layer formed by applying a composite directly or indirectly onto a substrate and a non-applied portion, onto which the composite is not applied; and a separator layered on the electrode to face the composite layer. Here, a drawn area is formed in at least. a part of the non-applied portion, and an intermediate layer is interposed at least between the drawn area and the composite layer.

Abstract: An energy storage apparatus includes: at least one energy storage device which includes an electrode assembly and a case for housing the electrode assembly; a spacer which is arranged adjacent to the case; and a holder which holds the energy storage device and the spacer. The energy storage device includes an insulating film which covers an outer surface of the case and is adhered to at least a portion of the outer surface of the case. The spacer has at least one of edges and corners thereof disposed at positions where the edges or the corners are in contact with the outer surface of the case with the insulating film interposed therebetween.

Abstract: An energy storage device includes: a flattened electrode assembly formed by winding electrodes such that a hollow portion is formed, the electrode assembly including a pair of curved portions opposed manner in a major axis direction and a pair of flat portions opposed in a minor axis direction; and a case storing the electrode assembly therein, wherein assuming a thickness of the flat portion in the minor axis direction as A, a thickness of the curved portion in a radial direction as B, and a thickness of the hollow portion in the minor axis direction as W, the electrode assembly satisfies A+(W/2)?B in a state where the electrode assembly is discharged.

Abstract: An energy storage device includes: an electrode assembly; a case for storing the electrode assembly therein, the case having an electrolyte solution sealing portion where an electrolyte solution pouring hole formed in the case is sealed; and at least one partition member arranged in a gap formed between the case and the electrode assembly stored in the case. The partition member partitions the gap in the winding axis direction of the electrode assembly by surrounding the electrode assembly in the winding direction of the electrode. The electrolyte solution pouring hole is arranged at a position closer to one end of the electrode assembly than the partition member close to one end of the case is in the winding axis direction.

Abstract: An energy storage device includes: a first guide portion which is arranged in the inside of a case and allows an electrolyte solution to flow toward one end of an electrode assembly in a winding axis direction from an electrolyte solution pouring hole; and a second guide portion which is arranged in the inside of the case and allows a fluid to flow toward the electrolyte solution pouring hole from the inside of the case, and which prevents the electrolyte solution from flowing toward the other end of the electrode assembly in the winding axis direction from the electrolyte solution pouring hole or suppresses the electrolyte solution from flowing toward the other end of the electrode assembly in the winding axis direction from the electrolyte solution pouring hole.

Abstract: There is provided an energy storage device including an electrode assembly having a pair of electrodes overlapped with each other. At least one of the electrodes includes a current collecting substrate, an active material layer arranged on the current collecting substrate, an intermediate layer arranged between the current collecting substrate and the active material layer, and an insulating layer arranged on the current collecting substrate. The active material layer contains an active material and a first binder. The intermediate layer contains a carbonaceous material and a second binder. The insulating layer contains an insulating material and a third binder. The second binder is a nonaqueous binder. The third binder is an aqueous binder.

Abstract: An object is to provide an electrode assembly for an electric storage device, such as a nonaqueous electrolyte cell, and an electric storage device that are capable of preventing increase of a short-circuit current at the time of occurrence of a short-circuit within a cell and have high safety. In order to achieve the object, provided is an electrode assembly for an electric storage device including a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, in which at least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode includes a current collector, an active material layer formed on at least one face of the current collector, and an undercoat layer formed between the current collector and the active material layer and including an organic binder that evaporates and decomposes when heated to a predetermined temperature or more.

Abstract: An electric storage device includes: a rolled electrode assembly 10 formed by winding a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator so as to have curved portions and linear portions; current collectors 7; and an electrolyte solution 3. A positive electrode substrate has at one end 10A an unformed portion 11E formed without a positive electrode mixture layer, and a negative electrode substrate has at the other end 10B an unformed portion 13E formed without a negative electrode mixture layer. The current collectors 7 are connected respectively to at least part of the linear portions in the unformed portion of the positive electrode at the one end 10A and that of the negative electrode at the other end 10B. The one end 10A in the positive electrode has a length greater than the winding length, and/or the other end 10B in the negative electrode has such a length.

Abstract: Provided is an electric storage device including: a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate having a polarity opposite to that of the first electrode plate, and a separator interposed between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate, wherein the first electrode plate includes a current collector, a conductive layer laminated onto the current collector, and a mixture layer laminated onto the conductive layer, the mixture layer contains a binder and primary particles of an active material as its constituents, and the primary particles as a constituent of the mixture layer are partially retained in the conductive layer.

Abstract: Provided is an electric storage device including: a first electrode plate; a second electrode plate having a polarity opposite to that of the first electrode plate; and a separator interposed between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate, wherein the first electrode plate includes a current collector and a mixture layer laminated onto the current collector, the mixture layer contains at least one of the binder and the conductive additive, primary particles of an active material, and secondary particles each having a hollow region formed therein by aggregation of a plurality of the primary particles, and the at least one of the binder and the conductive additive is partially distributed in the hollow region.

Abstract: An energy storage device includes a casing, a power generating element, a current collector, a connection conductor, an external terminal, and a rivet. The energy storage device further includes a welded portion where at least one of a contact portion between a casing inner portion of the rivet and the current collector, a contact portion between a casing outer portion of the rivet and the connection conductor, and a contact portion between the connection conductor and the external terminal is welded at least partially.

Abstract: An object is to provide an electrode assembly for an electric storage device, such as a nonaqueous electrolyte cell, and an electric storage device that are capable of preventing increase of a short-circuit current at the time of occurrence of a short-circuit within a cell and have high safety. In order to achieve the object, provided is an electrode assembly for an electric storage device including a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, in which at least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode includes a current collector, an active material layer formed on at least one face of the current collector, and an undercoat layer formed between the current collector and the active material layer and including an organic binder that evaporates and decomposes when heated to a predetermined temperature or more.

Abstract: The present invention suppresses movement of a power generating element in a case of a battery while minimizing an increase in a workload in an assembly process of the battery. In the battery including: a power generating element 3; a case BC housing the power generating element 3; an electrode terminal 5 disposed outside the case; a current collector 4 connected to the power generating element 3; and a fixing member FE for fixing the current collector 4 to the case BC and having electric conductivity, the current collector 4 and the fixing member FE forming an energizing path between the power generating element 3 and the electrode terminal 5, a spacer 11 which is positioned by engagement with the fixing member FE and which suppresses movement of the power generating element 3 is disposed between the fixing member FE and the power generating element 3.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolytic cell manufacturing method is characterized in that a nonaqueous electrolyte containing vinylene carbonate is used, a coating on the surface of the negative electrode is formed at the initial charging/discharging in such a way by lowering the negative electrode potential to less than 0.4 V with relative to the lithium potential, wherein the nonaqueous electrolytic cell comprises a nonaqueous electrolyte containing an electrolytic salt and a nonaqueous solvent, a positive electrode, and a negative electrode containing a negative electrode material into/from which lithium ions are inserted/desorbed at a potential higher than the lithium potential by 1.2 V. The nonaqueous electrolytic cell is used in a range of negative electrode potential nobler than the lithium potential by 0.8 V.

Abstract: The invention aims to suppress gas generation in a nonaqueous electrolytic cell having a negative electrode containing negative active material such as lithium titanate and particularly suppress swelling in a nonaqueous electrolytic cell by suppressing gas generation at the time of storage at a high temperature. The nonaqueous electrolytic cell comprises a nonaqueous electrolyte containing an electrolytic salt and a nonaqueous solvent, a positive electrode, and a negative electrode containing a negative electrode material into/from which lithium ions are inserted/extracted at a potential higher than the lithium potential by 1.2 V. The nonaqueous electrolytic cell is characterized in that the nonaqueous electrolyte contains vinylene carbonate, the negative electrode has a coat thereon, and the nonaqueous electrolytic cell is used in a range of negative electrode potential nobler than the lithium potential by 0.8 V.