Abstract: The present invention is directed to the fabrication of thin aluminum anode batteries using a highly reproducible process that enables high volume manufacturing of the galvanic cells. A thin aluminum anode galvanic cell having a meshed structure is provided which includes a catalytic metal layer positioned on a patterned silicon substrate, an etched dielectric layer positioned to cover the catalytic metal layer, the catalytic metal layer serving as an etch stop for the etched dielectric layer and an etched aluminum layer positioned to cover the dielectric layer, the dielectric layer serving as an etch stop for the etched aluminum layer.

Abstract: A package for a battery is provided. The package includes a first material layer; a black material layer including a blackbody material; and a metal layer, wherein the black material layer has a color different than the metal layer and is provided between the first material layer and the metal layer. A battery including the package is further provided.

Abstract: An electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium battery that includes a lithium salt and a non-aqueous organic solvent, wherein the non-aqueous organic solvent includes a fluoro-based solvent represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same. R—O—R???Chemical Formula 1 In Chemical Formula 1, R and R? are independently a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C6 alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C6 fluoroalkyl group, wherein at least one of R and R? is the substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C6 fluoroalkyl group, and a substitution ratio of fluoro in the fluoro-based solvent represented by the Chemical Formula 1 may range from more than about 0% to less than or equal to about 50%.

Abstract: A secondary battery capable of assembling a bare cell and a protective circuit module (PCM) in a manner of mechanical connection without performing a molding is provided. The secondary battery includes a bare cell whose top surface is provided with an electrode terminal having a polarity, a first case covering the top surface of the bare cell, a second case covering a first side surface of the bare cell, a first lead tab coupling the electrode terminal to the PCM, and a second lead tab coupling a surface of the bare cell having another polarity to the protective circuit module. Both of the first and the second lead tabs are covered by the first case.

Abstract: A battery cell including an electrode assembly; a taping portion on the electrode assembly, the taping portion including a first adhesive layer on the outer surface of the electrode assembly, a first base layer on the first adhesive layer, and a second base layer on the first base layer; and a case receiving the electrode assembly.

Abstract: The method for fabricating a lithium microbattery is performed from a stack of layers successively including: a first layer made from a first material, a second layer made from a second material, a solid electrolyte layer and a first electrode. The method further includes etching to form a first pattern made from the first material and a second pattern made from the second material, the second pattern defining a covered area and an uncovered area of the electrolyte layer. The uncovered area is then etched using the second pattern as etching mask. After etching of the first pattern, a lithium-based layer is formed on the second pattern, the lithium-based layer and the second pattern forming a second lithium-based electrode.

Abstract: A lithium rechargeable battery in which an anti-rotation groove is integrally formed with a lower recess of a safety vent at a lower surface of a cap plate, and an insulating plate and a terminal plate rest in the anti-rotation groove so that the terminal plate is prevented from rotating when a cap assembly is assembled is provided. In addition, instead of the anti-rotation groove, a resting recess is formed on a lower surface of the cap plate, and the insulating plate and the terminal plate rest in the resting recess, so that the terminal plate is prevented from rotating when the cap assembly is assembled.

Abstract: An encasement for an electrochemical cell and method of making such encasement is discloses. The design of the encasement results in an encasement having an area of high stress located away from the weld zone area of the encasement, where the cover and the case are welded together.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a temperature sensing device based on printed silicon-carbon nanocomposite film is disclosed. This method includes high-crystal-quality Si nanoparticles (NPs) homogeneously mixed with carbon NPs and Si—C nanocomposites printed as negative temperature coefficient (NTC) thermistor. These mixtures of Si and C NPs are formulated into screen printing paste with acrylic polymer binder and ethylene glycol (EG) as solvent. This composite paste can be successfully printed on flexible substrates, such as paper or plastics, eventually making printable NTC thermistors quite low-cost. Si and carbon powders have size range of 10 nanometers to 100 micrometers and are mixed together with weight ratios of 100:1 to 10:1. More carbon content, higher conductivity of printed Si—C nanocomposite films keeping similar sensitivity of high-quality Si NPs.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly including a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and a separator therebetween, a case housing the electrode assembly, a cap plate sealing the case and electrically connected to the positive electrode, a negative terminal and a positive terminal penetrating the cap plate and respectively electrically connected to the negative electrode and the positive electrode, and a safety member located between the electrode assembly and the case, electrically connected to the negative electrode, and including an end portion coupled to the negative electrode, a plate portion at a side of the electrode assembly, and a resistance controller coupling the end portion and the plate portion, and having a higher electrical resistance than the plate portion.

Abstract: A lithium battery includes a cathode, an anode including a component made of silicon, a separator element disposed between the cathode and the anode, an electrolyte, and a substrate. The anode is disposed over the substrate or the anode is integrally formed with the substrate.

Abstract: A cage assembly is provided to protect a battery pack in a vehicle. The cage assembly includes a top sub-assembly and a bottom sub-assembly that are secured together to protect the battery pack. U-shaped frames and base frames are connected together by tubular members.

Abstract: This invention relates to a nonaqueous-electrolyte battery containing a current collector, a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution. The positive electrode contains a lithium-containing phosphoric acid compound represented by LixMPO4 as a positive-electrode active material, where M is at least one element selected from Group-2 to Group-12 metals of the periodic table, and x satisfies 0<x?1.2. The negative electrode contains a negative-electrode active material capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution contains a chain ether and a cyclic carbonate having an unsaturated bond.

Abstract: A battery module including a plurality of battery cells, the battery cells being stacked along a first direction, wherein the battery cells are alternately offset in a second direction, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction.

Abstract: Provided is an food packing material, manufacturing method. A battery pack and a electrical bike having the same are further provided. In particular, the battery pack may include a battery pack, battery array, a protecting circuit module, and a connection terminal section. The battery case may be formed as cylindrical or polygon. The battery array may include a plurality of batteries formed as multi-stage within the battery pack. The protecting circuit module may be provided between an upper portion of the battery array and an upper surface of the battery pack. A connection terminal portion may be formed at the lower stage of the battery pack and may include a power terminal and a control terminal. By providing the battery pack as bottle shape, the electrical bike can selectively accommodate the bottle for the bike and the battery pack.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly; a can having an opening configured to receive the electrode assembly, wherein the can includes a first stepped portion and a second stepped portion on an inner surface adjacent to the opening and wherein the first and second stepped portions have different depths; a cap assembly comprising a cap plate hermetically sealing the opening of the can; and an insulation case located between the electrode assembly and the cap assembly.

Abstract: Disclosed are an electrode active material including lithium metal oxide particles and a polydopamine layer formed on a surface of each of the lithium metal oxide particles, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: A system for protecting an electrochemical element from an external shock includes an electrochemical element, a bag-shaped aluminum laminate film configured to receive and entirely cover the electrochemical element, and a protector configured to cover the electrochemical element and the bag-shaped aluminum laminate film. The protector includes a frame having corners and a plurality of recesses disposed at an inner surface of the corners. When the electrochemical element is received in the bag-shaped aluminum laminate film and an interior of the bag-shaped aluminum laminate film is vacuumed, a plurality of wrinkled portions are formed at corners of the bag-shaped aluminum laminate film. The plurality of recesses of the protector are configured to receive the plurality of wrinkled portions of the bag-shaped aluminum laminate film such that portions of the protector other than the plurality of recesses are in intimate contact with the bag-shaped aluminum laminate film.

Abstract: Provided is a cathode material capable of obtaining high energy density and superior instantaneous output characteristics in a lithium ion secondary battery. The cathode material is used in a lithium ion secondary battery (1), and includes FeF3 and LiV3O8 as a cathode active material. A mass ratio of FeF3 to LiV3O8 of the cathode material is in a range of 86:14 to 43:57. The cathode material further comprises a conductive auxiliary.

Abstract: A lithium ion battery exterior material, includes: a base material layer, and a sequentially laminated adhesive layer, aluminum foil layer provided with a corrosion prevention treated layer, and an adhesive resin layer on one surface of the base material layer; wherein, the adhesive resin layer contains an acid-modified polyolefin resin and a miscible elastomer dispersed in the acid-modified polyolefin at a dispersed phase size of 1 nm to less than 1 ?m.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery configured to stably and easily interrupt a current includes: an electrode assembly including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; a case containing the electrode assembly therein and having a first opening at one end thereof; and a first plate coupled to the case and sealing the first opening, the first plate electrically connected to the electrode assembly, wherein the first plate includes a wrinkle portion configured to deform for disconnecting the first plate from the electrode assembly when an internal pressure of the case is greater than a reference pressure.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery pack including: a plurality of cylindrical battery cells arranged in at least two rows and a plurality of layers; and a partition member for partitioning the battery cells; wherein the partition member includes a partition plate and support plates; the battery cells in the state of being partitioned by the support plates have terminals on one side being fixed substantially in parallel to the partition plate by an electrode tab or tabs, and have terminals on the other side in at least one layer being fixed substantially in parallel to the partition plate by an electrode tab or tabs; and the support plates for clamping the battery cell of which the terminal on the other side is fixed by the electrode tab are formed respectively with projected pieces.

Abstract: A battery pack, which prevents a circuit module from being bent, has durability against an external impact, and is easily welded. The battery pack includes a bare cell on which an electrode terminal protrudes from a surface thereof, a circuit module disposed on the surface of the bare cell and electrically connected to the bare cell, and an elastic holder disposed between the circuit module and the surface of the bare cell and through which the electrode terminal passes. The elastic holder comprises an elastic material.

Abstract: An electrical storage battery includes a housing and a plurality of rectangular cell assembly modules electrically coupled together. The rectangular cell assembly modules are mounted by spring damping elements in the housing and are in each case arranged in an intermediate space between an outer area of at least one lower edge of the cell assembly modules and the housing, with at least one common spring damping element extending transversely with respect to the direction of the longest side of the cell assembly modules along the plurality of cell assembly modules.

Abstract: A secondary battery including: an electrode assembly; a battery case accommodating the electrode assembly; a lead terminal that is extended from the electrode assembly and across the battery case, where the lead terminal is withdrawn from the battery case; an encapsulation tape formed on a portion of the lead terminal crossing the battery case; and an insulation member that is formed on the lead terminal to overlap with at least a portion of the encapsulation tape.

Abstract: In an electrochemical device having an element main body 1A enclosed in an exterior package 1B, a peripheral region of the exterior package 1B is provided with an elastic structure or a plurality of elastic structures R1, R2 having an elastic force in a thickness direction (Z-axis direction) of films. Each of the elastic structures R1, R2 has a first region of the exterior package 1B folded along a film outer edge, and a second region of the exterior package 1B opposed to the first region. Two ends R11, R13 (R21, R23) of the first region in a direction along the film outer edge are in contact with the second region, and between the two ends R11, R13 (R21, R23) there is a space (with a maximum height 2R) between the first region and the second region.

Abstract: The electric storage device includes: an electrode assembly; and an electrolytic solution at least part of which is impregnated into the electrode assembly, wherein the electrode assembly includes, as electrode assembly forming members, at least a positive electrode and a negative electrode that face each other, and contains lithium carbonate, the electrolytic solution contains at least lithium hexafluorophosphate, at least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode includes an active material layer containing a metal compound, the active material layer includes a peripheral area and an inner area inside the peripheral area, the electrode assembly includes a high-content part the ratio of lithium carbonate content of which is higher than that of the inner area.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly, the electrode assembly having first and second electrode plates and a separator therebetween, a case accommodating the electrode assembly, and first and second electrode tabs respectively connected to the first and second electrode plates, the first electrode tab being formed of an aluminum alloy including 97 wt % to 98.5 wt % of aluminum (Al), 1 wt % to 3 wt % of iron (Fe), and 0 wt % to less than 1 wt % of an impurity.

Abstract: An electrolyte composition including a lithium salt (A), an first anion (B1) represented by formula (1), and an organic solvent (C) are provided. When the electrolyte composition is applied in a lithium battery, good structural stability, high battery efficiency, and long charge-discharge cycle life of the lithium battery can be achieved.

Abstract: A connecting structure for a secondary battery for electrically connecting a core pack where two or more unit cells are electrically connected and a protection circuit module made of the unit cells of the core pack and a PCB substrate. The connecting structure includes a metal plate having an electrode connecting unit connected to an electrode of each unit cell of the core pack and a circuit connecting unit connected to the protection circuit module; and a circuit terminal unit electrically connected to the circuit connecting unit by being located in a connection hole formed in the PCB substrate of the protection circuit module so that the upper and lower portions of the PCB substrate communicate with each other. The circuit connecting unit is coupled and electrically connected to the circuit terminal unit by means of a connection method which allows selective connection and separation.

Abstract: In the present invention, there is provided a battery pack including first to fifth terminal portions sequentially arrayed at one side surface of a housing, wherein the first terminal portion formed on one end side of the one side surface is a positive electrode terminal, the fifth terminal portion formed on the other end side is a negative electrode terminal, the fourth terminal portion formed adjacently to the fifth terminal portion is an ID terminal, and the fourth terminal portion and the fifth terminal portion are proximate to each other; and a guide portion for guiding the loading and unloading of the battery pack into and from a battery mounting portion is formed substantially in the center of the one side surface in array with the terminal portions, and the third terminal portion arranged centrally is formed at a position deviated toward the one end side or the other end side.

Abstract: A curved container for electrochemical battery cells manufactured with an open side into which the battery cells are placed along with a resilient structure such that when the lid is placed on the container and attached/sealed, the battery cells are sealed in the container and preloaded against the large top and bottom surfaces of the container. Electrical contacts feed through one edge of the container to enable the electrical power generated by the cells to be safely accessed, and the cells can be safely charged without external atmospheric leaks into the container, or gases generated during battery use to escape. The containers can be stacked on edge next to each other as a stack but without the need to compress the stack to maintain battery cell compression, which enables a container to be easily replaced without having to dissemble the stack.

Abstract: A soft-packaged lithium-ion battery includes: a battery cell, a package used for accommodating the battery cell and an electrolyte filled into the package, wherein the bottom and/or top of the battery cell are/is provided with a porous material layer. Compared with conventional art, the disclosure can realize a buffer function between the battery cell and the package by providing a porous material layer at the bottom and/or top of the battery cell, thereby reducing impact of the battery cell on the package and improving the reliability of the battery cell packaging. In addition, since the porous material layer has an excellent absorbent property, thereby increasing the contact area between the electrolyte and the battery cell, and realizing rapid infiltration of electrolyte in the battery cell with high-energy density and big thickness (thickness ?4 mm).

Abstract: A battery system includes a polyurea coating applied to a metal casing of a battery cell, wherein the polyurea coating is formed from a reaction mixture of an isocyanate component with ceramic particles, and an amine component with ceramic particles. The ceramic particle-filled polyurea coating exhibits a suitable thermal conductivity to substantially reduce thermal impedance to heat transfer from and to the battery cell, as well as sufficient electrical insulation.

Abstract: A battery case of a rectangular battery has a main body member that has the shape of a bottomed rectangular tube, and a lid member that has the shape of a rectangular plate. The main body member has a rectangular opening portion that is constituted of opening long side portions, opening short side portions, and opening R portions. The lid member seals the opening portion. The opening portion is configured such that each thickness of the opening R portions is larger than each thickness of the opening long side portions respectively. In addition, the opening portion and a lid peripheral edge portion are welded to each other in an airtight manner along an entire circumference thereof, by an energy beam that is radiated from outside the lid member in a thickness direction thereof.

Abstract: A secondary battery including: an electrode assembly; a case for accommodating the electrode assembly and an electrolytic solution; and an identifying tape disposed in the case and that discolors when reacted with the electrolytic solution, wherein the identifying tape includes: a base film; an adhesive material disposed on one surface of the base film; and a discoloration material disposed on one surface of the base film.

Abstract: A power storage apparatus having a battery unit housed in a case includes external terminals of positive and negative poles for providing, from outside the case, electrical connection to corresponding positive and negative poles of the battery unit; and electronic parts, wherein only when a connection with the battery unit is cut from at least one of the external terminals of both the poles, the electronic parts can be accessed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an electrochemical cell, such as in particular a secondary battery, a double-layer capacitor, an electrolytic capacitor or a fuel cell, in which a cell vessel containing two electrodes of one-piece or multi-part design and at least one separator is filled with free-flowing electrolyte. The object of the invention is to match the quantity of electrolyte in an electrochemical cell as exactly as possible to the free volume actually present. The object is achieved in that, before the filling with the electrolyte, the quantity of electrolyte to be put in is determined at least while taking into account the actual thicknesses and the actual weights of the electrodes in the cell vessel and of the separator in the cell vessel.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a non-aqueous electrolyte battery is provided. The non-aqueous electrolyte battery includes a negative electrode contained a negative electrode active material. The negative electrode active material includes a monoclinic ?-type titanium-based oxide or lithium titanium-based oxide. The monoclinic ?-type titanium-based oxide or lithium titanium-based oxide has a peak belonging to (011), which appears at 2?1 in a range of 24.40° or more and 24.88° or less, in an X-ray diffraction pattern obtained by wide angle X-ray diffractometry using CuK? radiation as an X-ray source.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery including: an electrode assembly; a center pin arranged at a center of the electrode assembly; a case containing the electrode assembly; and a cap assembly coupled to an opening of the case and electrically connected to the electrode assembly, and the center pin includes a first pipe arranged at the center of the electrode assembly, and a second pipe arranged in the first pipe with a buffering space between the first pipe and the second pipe, the second pipe having a strength that is different from a strength of the first pipe.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery configured to prevent or substantially prevent explosion resulting from overheating. In one embodiment, a rechargeable battery includes: a first metallic plate; a second metallic plate coupled to the first metallic plate to together include five sides of a hexahedron and define a cavity and an opening to the cavity being a sixth side of the hexahedron, at least one of the first metallic plate or the second metallic plate including a base and walls extending from at least two opposing peripheral sides of the base; a generation member in the cavity and including at least one connection member at a side of the generation member proximate the opening; and a cap assembly including an insulator and at least one electrode lead coupled to the at least one connection member, the cap assembly closing the opening.

Abstract: The molding packaging material 1 according to the present invention includes a heat resistant resin layer 2 as an outer layer, a thermoplastic resin layer 3 as an inner layer, a metal foil layer 4 arranged between the heat resistant resin layer and the thermoplastic resin layer, and a black ink layer 10 arranged between the metal foil layer 4 and the heat resistant resin layer 2. The black ink layer 10 contains carbon black, diamine, polyol, and hardening agent. The black ink layer does not partially crack and detach even when the molding packaging material according to the present invention is used in a somewhat harsh environment such as a hot and humid environment and/or at the time of molding or sealing.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electrical device comprises the steps of providing a substrate, providing an electrical component on the substrate, providing a first electrical contact on the substrate that is electrically connected to the electrical component, and providing an electrochemical cell on or integrating the substrate for providing electrical energy to said electrical component. The electrochemical cell comprises at least one electrochemical layer comprising a cured or dried ink and a first electrode contact electrically connected to said at least one electrochemical layer. The method further includes the step of securing the electrochemical cell to the substrate through an electrically conductive connection that provides both a structural connection and an electrical connection between the first electrical contact and the first electrode contact.

Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising an electrode group including a positive electrode, a negative electrode including a material for absorbing-desorbing lithium ions, and a separator arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, a nonaqueous electrolyte impregnated in the electrode group and including a nonaqueous solvent and a lithium salt dissolved in the nonaqueous solvent, and a jacket for housing the electrode group and having a thickness of 0.3 mm or less, wherein the nonaqueous solvent ?-butyrolactone in an amount larger than 50% by volume and not larger than 95% by volume based on the total amount of the nonaqueous solvent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lithium ion secondary battery having an electrode element in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are arranged so as to face each other, an electrolyte and an outer package housing the electrode element and the electrolyte, wherein the negative electrode is formed by using a second negative electrode active material in which lithium is doped into a first negative electrode active material containing a metal (a) capable of forming an alloy with lithium, a metal oxide (b) capable of absorbing and desorbing lithium ions, and a carbon material (c) capable of absorbing and desorbing lithium ions; and the electrolyte contains a fluorinated ether compound represented by a predetermined formula.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly including electrodes both sides of a separator; a case accommodating the electrode assembly; a cap plate coupled to an opening of the case; an electrode terminal assembled to a terminal hole of the cap plate; an insulator between the electrode terminal and a first surface of the cap plate; a gasket between the electrode terminal and a second surface of the cap plate; and a lead tab at one side of the gasket to connect the electrode terminals to the electrode assembly. The electrode terminal and the cap plate form a vent hole that penetrates the electrode terminal and the cap plate, and the vent hole is sealed by a vent plate.

Abstract: In case a similar component-to-be-loaded is erroneously loaded on a main body side apparatus, contact of terminals are avoided. To this end, a video camera (main body side apparatus) 1 has a main body side terminal 30, and a battery pack (component-to-be-loaded) 100 has a battery side terminal (component-to-be-loaded side terminal) 120.

Abstract: System, methods, and apparatuses for removably attaching a battery to a user device are provided herein. In certain embodiments, a system may include an adhesive layer formed on an inner portion of the user device. The system may also include a battery retention label. The battery retention label may include a body portion configured to be adhered to the inner portion of the user device by the adhesive layer. The body portion may be configured to receive the battery thereon. The battery retention label may also include one or more tabs extending from the body portion. Each of the one or more tabs may include a battery adhesive layer formed on one side thereof. Moreover, each of the one or more tabs may be folded over the battery so that the battery adhesive layer adheres to the battery and retains the battery within the battery retention label.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly; a case housing the electrode assembly; a terminal electrically coupled to the electrode assembly, wherein the terminal includes a coupling part electrically coupled to the electrode assembly; and an extension part integral as a single piece with and extending from the coupling part; and a cap assembly sealing the case and comprising a cap plate and a short circuit plate, wherein the extension part at least partially covers the short circuit plate.

Abstract: [Object] To prevent elements in a pack main body and an electronic apparatus from malfunctioning even if the pack main body having an outer shape line-symmetric in up and down directions and left- and right-hand directions is incorrectly attached. [Solving Means] There are provided a pack main body 11 installing the battery cell 29 and a terminal portion 12 constituted of a plus terminal 12a, a minus terminal 12b, and a control terminal 12c that are provided on a front surface 11c of the pack main body 11. The plus terminal 12a, the minus terminal 12b, and the control terminal 12c are provided so as to be deviated to one end portion 11f in a width direction of the front surface 11c and arranged in an order of the plus terminal 12a, the control terminal 12c, and the minus terminal 12b.