Abstract: A particle-dispersed polyimide precursor solution contains: a polyimide precursor consisting of a polymer of a tetracarboxylic dianhydride and a diamine containing a fluorene-based diamine having a fluorene skeleton; particles; and an aqueous solvent containing water.

Abstract: A metal-ion deposition regulator to regulate the flux and deposition of metal ions in an electrochemical cell. The regulator containing two membranes made of a polymer and a plurality of two-dimensional porous nanosheets sandwiched between the two membranes. The regulator is capable of distributing flux of metal ions passing through the metal-ion deposition regulator and regulating the deposition of the metal ions onto the cathode or anode thereby suppressing dendrite growth in the electrochemical cell. An electrochemical cell containing an anode, a cathode, a liquid electrolyte, and a metal-ion deposition regulator. A method of making a metal-ion deposition regulator. The method includes fabricating two-dimensional porous nanosheets utilizing graphene oxide as an expendable template, and sandwiching the porous nanosheets between two membranes made of a polymer such that the nanosheets are in contact with the two membranes.

Abstract: In a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, a separator includes a substrate, a first filler layer containing phosphate salt particles, and a second filler layer interposed between the substrate and the first filler layer and containing inorganic particles. The separator is disposed between a positive electrode and a negative electrode in such a manner that the first filler layer and the second filler layer are directed to the positive electrode side. Further, a resin layer is disposed between the positive electrode and the first filler layer.

Abstract: A battery separator and a preparation method therefor are provided. The separator includes a lithium ion battery separator substrate and an inorganic coating, the lithium ion battery separator substrate consists of a support layer and a dense layer, and the inorganic coating is coated on the dense layer; the separator has excellent high-temperature resistance, and still has good strength retention and the heat shrinkage rate thereof is no more than 2% after treatment at 300° C. for 1 h, and thus ensures the stability and isolation of the rigid structure of the separator coating at high temperatures; the substrate has a uniform and compact double-layer structure, effectively controls phenomena such as pinholes and filler particles fall-off in a subsequent coating process, and meets the requirements of lithium ion battery separators with respect to heat resistance, porosity and strength, thus having excellent comprehensive performance.

Abstract: Disclosed is a rapidly rechargeable lithium secondary battery. The present invention provides a negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery, the negative electrode being characterized by including: a current collector; a negative electrode material layer which is formed on the current collector and includes negative electrode active material particles, conductive material particles, and a binder; and a surface layer which is formed on the surface of the negative electrode material layer, is formed of insulating particles that are inert with respect to lithium, and partially shields the negative electrode material layer. According to the present invention, a negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery having a high charging speed without lifetime degradation can be provided.

Abstract: Provided is a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that can be produced while mixing at an interface between a positive electrode active material layer and a heat resistant layer is restricted even if a positive electrode slurry and a heat resistant layer slurry are simultaneously applied. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery disclosed here includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector, a positive electrode active material layer formed on the positive electrode current collector, and a heat resistant layer which is formed on the positive electrode current collector and is adjacent to the positive electrode active material layer. The positive electrode active material layer contains a positive electrode active material. The positive electrode active material is porous particles in which primary particles are aggregated.

Abstract: A photochromic curable composition comprising a radically polymerizable monomer having at least one oxetanyl group in one molecule, a photochromic compound and radically polymerizable monomers other than the above polymerizable monomer, and a photochromic cured body obtained by polymerizing the photochromic curable composition.

Abstract: A flame retardant separator for secondary batteries, and more particularly, a flame retardant separator for secondary batteries comprising or coated with a metal hydroxide having a low Gibbs free energy among polymorphs of a metal hydroxide used as an inorganic flame retardant.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a separator is provided. The separator includes a composite membrane. The composite membrane includes a substrate layer, a first composite layer, and a second composite layer. The first composite layer is located on one surface of the substrate layer. The second composite layer is located on the other surface of the substrate layer. The composite membrane has a coefficient of air permeability of 1×10?14 m2 or less. The first composite layer has a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is in contact with the substrate layer. The second surface is located on an opposite side to the first surface. Denseness of a portion including the first surface is lower than denseness of a portion including the second surface in the first composite layer.

Abstract: Separators, materials, and processes for producing electrochemical cells, for example, lithium (Li) metal batteries, and electrochemical cells produced therefrom. Such a separator includes a permeable membrane formed of a first polymer that is hydrophobic and has oppositely-disposed first and second surfaces, a second polymer that is hydrophilic and is incorporated into the first surface of the first polymer so that the first surface of the first polymer is a hydrophilic surface, and a conductive composite layer on the hydrophilic surface. The composite layer contains at least one layer of a carbonaceous material and an aqueous binder that binds the carbonaceous material together and to the hydrophilic.

Abstract: A composite membrane with nanostructured inorganic and organic phases is applied as an ion-selective layer to prove processability, prevent dendrite shorting, and increase power output of lithium-metal anodes through better Li-ion conductivity. Nanoconfinement, as opposed to macroscale confinement, is known to dramatically alter the properties of bulk materials. Control over a ceramic's size, shape, and properties is achieved with polymer templates. This is a new composition of matter and unique approach to composite membrane design.

Abstract: A separator includes a substrate, a first layer on the substrate, the first layer including LiFePO4 (LFP) particles, and a second layer on the substrate, the second layer including organic particles having a melting point in a range of about 100° C. to about 130° C.

Abstract: A carbon-sulfur composite including a carbonized metal-organic framework (MOF); and a sulfur compound introduced to at least a part of an outside surface and an inside of the carbonized metal-organic framework, wherein the carbonized metal-organic framework has a specific surface area of 1000 m2/g to 4000 m2/g, and the carbonized metal-organic framework has a pore volume of 0.1 cc/g to 10 cc/g, and a method for preparing the same.

Abstract: Provided is an all-solid-state battery with high charge-discharge efficiency. Disclosed is an all-solid-state battery, wherein the all-solid-state battery comprises a cathode comprising a cathode layer, an anode comprising an anode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the cathode layer and the anode layer; wherein the anode layer contains at least one selected from the group consisting of a lithium metal and a lithium alloy; and wherein a protective layer comprising a composite metal oxide represented by Li-M-O (where M is at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Au, Al and Sn) is disposed between the anode layer and the solid electrolyte layer.

Abstract: A composite separator includes: a porous substrate; and a composite electrolyte on a surface of the porous substrate, the composite electrolyte including block copolymer, an ionic liquid, and a particle, wherein a size of the particle is larger than a pore size of the porous substrate, the particle includes an organic particle, an inorganic particle, an organic-inorganic particle, or a combination thereof, and the particle has a particle size of greater than about 1 micrometer to about 100 micrometers.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composition for non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer which comprises non-conductive particles; a water-soluble polymer having a degree of swelling in electrolyte solution of greater than 1.0 time and 2.0 times or less; and a water-insoluble polymer having a volume-average particle diameter of 0.01 ?m or more and 0.30 ?m or less.

Abstract: To provide a separator which has a combination of a preferable air permeability enabling high prevention of internal short circuit and a high retention rate of such an air permeability in an electrolytic solution, and has more improved uniformity of the air permeability. A separator comprising a porous sheet and cellulose nanofibers, wherein the porous sheet comprises a binder component having the SP value of 11 to 16 (cal/cm3)1/2, and the porous sheet has the cellulose nanofibers at the inside and on the surface thereof, and wherein the cellulose nanofibers are combined with the porous sheet by fusion of the binder component.

Abstract: New and/or improved coatings for porous substrates, including battery separators or separator membranes, and/or coated porous substrates, including coated battery separators, and/or batteries or cells including such coatings or coated separators, and/or related methods including methods of manufacture and/or of use thereof are disclosed. Also, new or improved coatings for porous substrates, including battery separators, which comprise at least a polymeric binder and heat-resistant particles with or without additional additives, materials or components, and/or to new or improved coated porous substrates, including battery separators, where the coating comprises at least a polymeric binder and heat-resistant particles with or without additional additives, materials or components are disclosed.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer with which it is possible to form a functional layer that has excellent heat shrinkage resistance and adhesiveness after immersion in electrolyte solution and that can cause a non-aqueous secondary battery to display excellent cycle characteristics. The composition for a functional layer contains first organic particles, second organic particles, and a solvent. The first organic particles include a polyfunctional ethylenically unsaturated monomer unit in a proportion of not less than 20 mass % and not more than 90 mass %. The second organic particles include a nitrile group-containing monomer unit in a proportion of not less than 20 mass % and not more than 80 mass % and a cross-linkable monomer unit in a proportion of not less than 0.1 mass % and not more than 10 mass %.

Abstract: A composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer including a particulate polymer, wherein the particulate polymer is a copolymer containing 20% by weight or more and 80% by weight or less of an aromatic monovinyl monomer unit; and 0.01% by weight or more and 2% by weight or less of a polyvalent ethylenically unsaturated crosslinkable monomer unit, a volume-average particle diameter D of the particulate polymer is 0.5 ?m or more and 5 ?m or less, and a swelling degree of the particulate polymer to an electrolyte solution is more than 1 time and 3 times or less; and a non-aqueous secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a curable composition for preparing a composite polymer electrode, the curable composition containing: A) a Li-ion conducting solid electrolyte whose general composition has the formula: Li7+x?yMIIxMIII3?xMIV2?yO12 wherein MII, MIII, MIV, MV are species of valence II to V; where 0?x<3, preferably 0?x?2; and 0?y<2 preferably 0?y?1; (B) a polymer; (C) a lithium salt; (D) an active plasticizer; and (E) a photoinitiator. The invention also relates to a process of preparing the curable composition, cured compositions and films derived from the curable composition, and solid-state lithium batteries whose solid electrolyte layer contains a cured composition or a cured film according to the invention.

Abstract: A porous separator including a porous layer including plate-type inorganic particles, and a first binder polymer located on a part of or all surfaces of the plate-type inorganic particles, wherein the first binder polymer connects and fixes the plate-type inorganic particles, and an electrochemical device including the same.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a solid-state battery includes: an electrode material filling step of filling a plurality of holes of a porous conductive base material with an active material contained in an electrode slurry so as to form a first electrode body, by dipping the porous conductive base material having the plurality of holes into the electrode slurry; a solid electrolyte material coating step of coating a surface with a solid electrolyte material contained in a solid-electrolyte slurry by dipping at least one of the first electrode body or a second electrode body having a polarity different from that of the first electrode body into the solid-electrolyte slurry; and a solid-state battery laminating step of obtaining a solid-state battery by laminating and pressing the first electrode body and the second electrode body.

Abstract: The invention provides a novel ceramic-metal oxide-polymer composite material. A functionalized metal oxide nanolayer coating can be bonded between LICGCs and polymers/oligomers, which protects the LICGC from corrosion, has a low interfacial resistance to Li+ migration, and can be a SIC. Hybrid ceramic-polymer electrolytes were formed by engineering the interface between a LICGC and a polymer, polyethylene oxide (PEO), by sputter coating a 200 nm thick SiO2 layer onto a lithium ion conducting glass ceramic (LICGC) and silanating the SiO2 with a functionalized PEG in the presence of LiTFSI. A low interfacial resistance (Rinterfacial) was measured, the same as that obtained for a SiO2 interface soaked with liquid tetraglyme/LiTFSI. The pegylated SiO2 interface (unlike the tetraglyme/LiTFSI interface) protected the LICGC from corrosion by Li0 metal. The (PEG-LiTFSI)—SiO2-LICGC could be bonded with polyethylene oxide/LiTFSI.

Abstract: The present application provides a separator comprising a first porous substrate, a second porous substrate and a first coating layer including a substance that reversibly intercalates and deintercalates lithium and a first inorganic particle, and an electrochemical device, wherein the first coating layer is disposed between the first porous substrate and the second porous substrate. By disposing the first coating layer between the first porous substrate and the second porous substrate, the present application improves the safety performance, rate performance and cycle performance of the electrochemical device.

Abstract: An energy storage apparatus is described and claimed herein comprising, generally, a battery housing enclosing a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and an electrolyte, wherein the electrolyte comprises a salt dissolved in either an amide-based solvent. In various embodiments, the amide-based solvent is a tertiary amide. Moreover, the energy storage apparatus may be a lithium ion battery that comprises an electrolyte with a lithium salt dissolved in a tertiary amide.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a separator for a lithium secondary battery, which includes a porous substrate, and a lithium metal layer formed on one side of the porous substrate, wherein the lithium metal layer is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the porous substrate and has a window frame shape with an empty interior, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: A separator for secondary batteries, including: a separator substrate having at least one surface, wherein the separator substrate includes a polyolefin-based polymer resin having a porous structure and a coating layer is applied to one surface or opposite surfaces of a separator substrate made of a polyolefin-based polymer resin having a porous structure, wherein the coating layer includes a thickener, a filler, a particle-type binder, and a dissolution-type binder, wherein the thickener comprises carboxymethyl cellulose, and wherein an amount of the particle-type binder is greater than an amount of the dissolution-type binder.

Abstract: The invention refers to a method for manufacturing an electrode assembly for a battery cell, whereat segments of a first electrode are placed between a continuous first separator sheet and a continuous second separator sheet; segments of a second electrode are placed on an opposite side of the first separator sheet in respect of the segments of the first electrode and on an opposite side of the second separator sheet in respect of the segments of the first electrode such that a tape element is formed; and the tape element is folded such that the segments of the first electrode and the segments of the second electrode are aligned in a stacking direction. The invention also refers to a battery cell, in particular a lithium ion battery cell, comprising an electrode assembly manufactured using the method according to the invention.

Abstract: An electrode assembly includes an electrode jelly-roll, which includes a winding including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator disposed between the first and second electrode plates; an outer surface parallel to a winding axis of the prismatic electrode jelly-roll, side surfaces perpendicular to the winding axis; a first electrode tab, which is electrically connected to the first electrode plate and extends in a winding axis direction of the prismatic electrode jelly-roll; a second electrode tab, which is electrically connected to the second electrode plate and extends in a winding axis direction of the electrode jelly-roll, wherein an end portion of at least one of the first electrode tab and the second electrode tab is bent in a direction opposite to the direction in which the corresponding electrode tab extends and faces an outer surface of the prismatic electrode jelly-roll.

Abstract: A separator for a lithium-sulfur battery including a separator base; and a coating layer present on one or more surface of the separator base, wherein the coating layer includes a structural unit (A) derived from one or more compound including (i) one or more group selected from the group consisting of a catechol group and a pyrogallol group, and (ii) one or more sulfonic acid group; and a structural unit (B) derived from dopamine, and wherein the coating layer includes a sulfonic acid anion group. Also, a lithium-sulfur battery manufactured using the same, and a method for preparing the separator.

Abstract: A method for preparing a separator, a separator prepared using the same, and an electrochemical device including the same. More specifically, stability of the separator may be reinforced by preparing the separator using a slurry prepared by pre-dispersing an inorganic material and a dispersion resin, and then mixing a binder thereto when preparing the separator.

Abstract: A method of preparing a slurry composition for a secondary battery positive electrode includes preparing a positive electrode active material pre-dispersion by mixing a lithium iron phosphate-based positive electrode active material, a dispersant, and a solvent, and preparing a slurry for a positive electrode by further mixing a conductive agent, a binder, and an additional solvent with the positive electrode active material pre-dispersion is provided. A positive electrode for a secondary battery which is prepared by using the same method, and a lithium secondary battery including the positive electrode are also provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a separator for a lithium ion secondary battery and a battery comprising the separator. The separator supplements the irreversible capacity of a negative electrode. The separator comprises composite particles (A), and the composite particles (A) include a core portion comprising lithium composite metal oxide particles and a shell portion comprising a carbonaceous material with which the core surface is coated at least partially; the composite particles (A) cause lithium deintercalation at 0.1 V to 2.5 V (vs. Li+/Li); the battery has a positive electrode potential of 3 V or more (vs. Li+/Li); and the battery has a driving voltage of 2.5 V to 4.5 V.

Abstract: In accordance with at least selected embodiments, the present application or invention is directed to novel or improved porous membranes or substrates, separator membranes, separators, composites, electrochemical devices, batteries, methods of making such membranes or substrates, separators, and/or batteries, and/or methods of using such membranes or substrates, separators and/or batteries. In accordance with at least certain embodiments, the present application is directed to novel or improved porous membranes having a coating layer, battery separator membranes having a coating layer, separators, energy storage devices, batteries, including lead acid batteries including such separators, methods of making such membranes, separators, and/or batteries, and/or methods of using such membranes, separators and/or batteries.

Abstract: Forming a lithium lanthanum zirconate thin film includes disposing zirconium oxide on a substrate to yield a zirconium oxide coating, contacting the zirconium oxide coating with a solution including a lithium salt and a lanthanum salt, heating the substrate to yield a dried salt coating on the zirconium oxide coating, melting the dried salt coating to yield a molten salt mixture, reacting the molten salt mixture with the zirconium oxide coating to yield lithium lanthanum zirconate, and cooling the lithium lanthanum zirconate to yield a lithium lanthanum zirconate coating on the substrate. In some cases, the zirconium oxide coating is contacted with an aqueous molten salt mixture including a lithium salt and a lanthanum salt, the molten salt mixture is reacted with the zirconium oxide coating to yield lithium lanthanum zirconate, and the lithium lanthanum zirconate is cooled to yield a lithium lanthanum zirconate coating on the substrate.

Abstract: Provided is a binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery porous membrane capable of forming a porous membrane having improved adhesiveness in electrolyte solution, heat shrinkage resistance in electrolyte solution, and blocking resistance. The binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery porous membrane contains a particulate polymer A and a particulate polymer B having a larger volume-average particle diameter than the particulate polymer A. The particulate polymer A includes a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester monomer unit in a proportion of not less than 50 mass % and not more than 90 mass %. The particulate polymer B has a core-shell structure and includes a nitrile group-containing monomer unit in a core portion of the core-shell structure.

Abstract: A wound electrode assembly for a non-aqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery, the wound electrode assembly including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a porous film between the positive electrode and negative electrode, the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the porous film each being belt-shaped, and an adhesive layer on the surface of the porous film. The adhesive layer includes a fluorine resin-containing particulate, a binder particle supporting the fluorine resin-containing particulate and having a smaller total volume than that of the fluorine resin-containing particulate, and a heat-resistant filler particle. An average particle diameter of the binder particle is about 100 nm to about 500 nm. An average particle diameter of the heat-resistant filler particle is about 10 nm to about 100 nm.

Abstract: Batteries are described that include a cathode material, and anode material, and a polymeric material that separates the cathode material from the anode material. The polymeric material has hydroxide ion conductivity of at least about 50 mS/cm, and a diffusion ration of hydroxide ions to at least one type of metal ion of at least about 10:1. Also described are methods of making a battery that include forming a layer of polymeric material between a first electrode and second electrode of the battery. In additional methods, the polymeric material is coated on at least one of the electrodes of the battery. In further methods, the polymeric material is admixed with at least one of the electrode materials to make a composite electrode material that is incorporated into the electrode.

Abstract: A battery includes an electrode plate group. The electrode plate group includes electrode plates and a separator. The electrode plate group is obtained by laminating a plurality of electrode plates. The separator is disposed between the electrode plates. A surface of at least one of the electrode plates is a particle layer. A surface of the separator is a nonwoven fabric layer. The particle layer includes fibrous particles. The particle layer and the nonwoven fabric layer are in contact with each other.

Abstract: Methods for manufacturing electrodes include applying a fluoropolymer film to a lithium-based host material, defluorinating the fluoropolymer film by heating to produce a lithium electrode having a solid electrolyte interface (SEI) layer including defluorinated fluoropolymers and at least about 5 wt. % LiF. The fluoropolymers can include one or more of fluorinated ethylenepropylene, perfluoroalkoxy alkanes, vinylidenefluoride, and copolymers of perfluoromethylvinylether and tetrafluoroethylene. The fluoropolymers can include one or more fluorinated monomers, including hexafluoropropylene, tetrafluoroethylene, ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene, perfluoroethers, and vinylidene fluoride. The —CF3 functional groups of the defluorinated fluoropolymers can be about 3 wt. % to about 10 wt. % of the SEI layer. The SEI layer can include about 30 wt. % to about 50 wt. % LiF.

Abstract: A separator for secondary batteries, including a separator substrate having at least one surface, wherein the separator substrate comprises a polymer resin having a porous structure, a first coating layer on the separator substrate, the first coating layer includes a first inorganic material and a first binder, and a second coating layer on the first coating layer, the second coating layer includes a second inorganic material and a second binder, wherein the first coating layer further includes a third binder having a glass transition temperature lower than 30° C. and the second coating layer further includes a fourth binder having a glass transition temperature of 30° C. or higher.

Abstract: Disclosed are a separator and an electrochemical device including the same. The separator includes: a porous substrate having a plurality of pores; and a pair of porous coating layers formed on both surfaces of the porous substrate, and including a plurality of inorganic particles and a binder polymer disposed partially or totally on the surface of the inorganic particles to connect and fix the inorganic particles with each other, wherein the amount of the binder polymer and the amount of the inorganic particles in one porous coating layer are the same as those in the other porous coating layer, the binder polymer is used in an amount of 5-40 wt % based on the total weight of the porous coating layer, the inorganic particles include boehmite particles and non-boehmite particles, and the boehmite particles and the binder polymer are used at a weight ratio of 1:1-1:5.

Abstract: Disclosed is a binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery porous membrane which comprises: a particulate polymer; a sulfosuccinic acid ester and/or a salt thereof; and water, wherein the particulate polymer has a surface acid amount S of 0.05 mmol/g or more and 0.50 mmol/g or less, and a ratio L/S which is a ratio of an acid amount L in a liquid phase of the binder composition to the surface acid amount S is 0.1 or more and 0.2 or less.

Abstract: Electrodes and methods of forming electrodes are described herein. The electrode can be an electrode of an electrochemical cell or battery. The electrode includes a current collector and a film in electrical communication with the current collector. The film may include a carbon phase that holds the film together. The electrode further includes an electrode attachment substance that adheres the film to the current collector.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel process that involves a reliable, robust, reproducible, and cost effective casting technique for a shutdown separator with, for example, a combination of poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) (PVdF-HFP) copolymer, polysulfonamide (PSA)/polyether imide (PEI), and CaCO3 powder, and for a non-shutdown separator with, for example, a combination of polysulfonamide (PSA)/polyether imide (PEI), filler/plasticizer, and metal oxide nanostructures (SiO2, TiO2, and Al2O3).

Abstract: A negative electrode according to various aspects of the present disclosure includes a negative electroactive material and a layer. The negative electroactive material includes a lithium-aluminum alloy. The layer is disposed directly on at least a portion of the negative electroactive material and coupled to the negative electroactive material. The layer includes anodic aluminum oxide and has a plurality of pores. The present disclosure also provides an electrochemical cell including the negative electrode. In certain aspects, the negative electroactive material is electrically conductive and functions as a negative electrode current collector such that the electrochemical cell is free of a distinct negative electrode current collector component. In certain aspects, the layer is ionically conductive and electrically insulating and functions as a separator such that the electrochemical cell is free of a distinct separator component.

Abstract: A separator for a secondary cell includes a porous polymer substrate having a first surface, a second surface opposing the first surface, and a plurality of pores connecting the first surface to the second surface; and heat-resistant coating layers formed on at least one of the first surface and the second surface of the porous polymer substrate and on internal surfaces of the pores using an atomic layer deposition process (ALD). Pores having a non-coated region are present in the internal surfaces of the pores.

Abstract: A polymer composite membrane, a method for fabricating same, and a lithium-ion battery including same are provided. The polymer composite membrane includes a porous base membrane and a heat-resistant layer covering at least one side surface of the porous base membrane, the heat-resistant layer includes a plurality of heat-resistant sub-layers sequentially stacked, and pore-blocking temperatures of the heat-resistant sub-layers are sequentially increased from inside to outside; each of the heat-resistant sub-layers includes at least one of a first heat-resistant polymer material and a second heat-resistant polymer material, and each of the heat-resistant sub-layers is separately configured as a fiber network structure; the melting point of the first heat-resistant polymer material is not less than 200° C.; and the melting point of the second heat-resistant polymer material is not less than 100° C.

Abstract: An electronic device and battery included therein are disclosed. The device includes a battery which itself comprises a jelly-roll structure having a rolled stack of a cathode, a separator, and an anode; an outer cover layer enclosing surfaces of the jelly-roll; and a pouch sealing the jelly-roll and the outer cover layer. The jelly-roll includes a first surface, a second surface disposed in a opposite direction, a third surface corresponding to one side of the rolled stack and connecting the first surface and the second surface, and a fourth surface corresponding to other side of the rolled stack, connecting the first surface and the second surface, and disposed in a direction opposite to the third surface. The outer cover layer includes a first portion, a second portion, a third portion, and a fourth portion bonded to first, second, third and fourth surfaces, respectively.