Abstract: Described herein are additives for use in electrolytes that provide a number of desirable characteristics when implemented within batteries, such as high capacity retention during battery cycling at high temperatures. In some embodiments, a high voltage electrolyte includes a base electrolyte and one or more vinylsilane or fluorosilane additives, which impart these desirable performance characteristics.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-aqueous electrolyte solution including a non-aqueous organic solvent, lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (LiFSI), and a pyridine-based compound represented by Formula 1, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. The lithium secondary battery of the present invention including the non-aqueous electrolyte solution of the present invention may exhibit excellent low-temperature and room-temperature output characteristics, high-temperature and room-temperature cycle characteristics, and capacity characteristics after high-temperature storage.

Abstract: A positive active material composition for a lithium secondary battery includes a positive active material that allows intercalation and deintercalation of lithium ions, a binder, and a conductive agent. The conductive agent includes a first conductive agent having an average particle diameter (D50) ranging from about 20 nanometers (nm) to about 40 nm and a second conductive agent having a D50 ranging from about 1 micrometer (?m) to about 5 ?m.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a lithium-ion battery that exhibits excellent long-term life properties, does not suffer from rapid capacity degradation, and exhibits excellent charging/discharging characteristics in low-temperature environments. The present invention is directed to a negative electrode for a lithium ion battery, which comprises a negative electrode active material containing a graphite or an amorphous carbon, conductive additives containing a graphite, and a binder; and a lithium ion battery comprising this negative electrode. The negative electrode is characterized in that the negative electrode active material has a spherical or massive shape; the conductive additives have a platy shape; and part of an edge surface of the conductive additives contacts a surface of the negative electrode active material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sodium-sulfur dioxide secondary battery. The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a sodium-sulfur dioxide secondary battery and a configuration of the sodium-sulfur dioxide secondary battery manufactured using the method. The method includes preparing a cathode and an anode, and providing an inorganic liquid electrolyte containing sulfur dioxide (SO2) and a sodium salt (NaAlCl4) between the cathode and the anode.

Abstract: Electrolyte for an electrochemical battery cell, containing sulfur dioxide and a conductive salt. Improved characteristics of a cell filled with the electrolyte are achieved in that the molar concentration of hydroxide groups in the electrolyte is at most 50 mmol per liter and the molar concentration of chlorosulfonate groups in the electrolyte is at most 350 mmol per liter.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sodium-sulfur dioxide secondary battery. The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a sodium-sulfur dioxide secondary battery and a configuration of the sodium-sulfur dioxide secondary battery manufactured using the method. The method includes preparing a cathode and an anode, and providing an inorganic liquid electrolyte containing sulfur dioxide (SO2) and a sodium salt (NaAlCl4) between the cathode and the anode.

Abstract: There are provided a sodium-metal chloride secondary battery and a method of manufacturing the same. A secondary battery that is operated at room temperature and has a more stable electrochemical characteristic is provided. The present invention provides a sodium-metal chloride secondary battery and a method of manufacturing the same. The battery includes an anode made of a sodium-containing inorganic material, an electrolytic solution containing an electrolyte (NaAlCl4) and a solvent (sulfur dioxide), and a cathode including a carbon-based material in which NaCl is generated and decomposed according to an oxidation-reduction reaction of NaAlCl4-xSO2 and a metal chloride (CuCl2).

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a primary electrochemical cell having an improved discharge performance, and/or improved reliability under physical abuse and/or partial discharge. More particularly, the present disclosure is directed to such a primary cell that comprises an improved cathode material comprising iron disulfide and a select pH-modifier and an improved non-aqueous electrolyte that comprises a solvent, a salt, pH-modifiers, and selected organic or inorganic additives, which improve cell stability and discharge performance.

Abstract: A secondary battery capable of suppressing resistance rise even after repeated charge and discharge is provided. The secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution. The anode contains titanium-containing lithium composite as an anode active material, and the electrolytic solution contains cyclic disulfonic acid anhydride.

Abstract: A rechargeable lithium metal or lithium-ion cell comprising a cathode having a cathode active material and/or a conductive supporting structure, an anode having an anode active material and/or a conductive supporting nano-structure, a porous separator electronically separating the anode and the cathode, a highly concentrated electrolyte in contact with the cathode active material and the anode active material, wherein the electrolyte contains a lithium salt dissolved in an ionic liquid solvent with a concentration greater than 3 M. The cell exhibits an exceptionally high specific energy, a relatively high power density, a long cycle life, and high safety with no flammability.

Abstract: An electrolyte includes an eutectic mixture composed of (a) a hetero cyclic compound having a predetermined chemistry figure, and (b) an ionizable lithium salt. An electrochemical device having the electrolyte. The eutectic mixture included in the electrolyte exhibits inherent characteristics of an eutectic mixture such as excellent thermal stability and excellent chemical stability, thereby improving the problems such as evaporation, ignition and side reaction of an electrolyte caused by the usage of existing organic solvents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to paste-like masses that can be used in electrochemical elements, comprising a heterogeneous mixture of (A) a matrix containing or comprising at least one organic polymer, precursors thereof, or prepolymers thereof, (B) an electrochemically activatable inorganic or largely inorganic liquid that does not dissolve the matrix or essentially does not dissolve the matrix, and, if required, (C) a powdery solid that is essentially inert relative to the electrochemically activatable liquid.

Abstract: Electrolyte for an electrochemical battery cell that contains sulphur dioxide and a conductive salt. The electrolyte is a gel that is formed with to the involvement of a fluorosulphinate. The invention is also directed to a battery cell that contains such an electrolyte.

Abstract: An electrode active material mainly includes an organic compound having, in a structural unit thereof, a conjugated diamine structure represented by the general formula (I), and an electrolyte includes a carbonate ester compound represented by the general formula (II). In the formulae, R1 to R4 represent substituted or unsubstituted alkyl groups, or the like, whereas X1 to X4 represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. A secondary battery is achieved which has a high energy density and thus produces a high output, and has favorable cycle characteristics with a small capacity degradation even in the case of repeating charge and discharge.

Abstract: The present invention provides a lithium-ion electrochemical cell comprising an ionic liquid electrolyte solution and a positive electrode having a carbon sheet current collector.

Abstract: The lithium secondary battery of the present invention is a lithium secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte containing a lithium salt, wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte includes, as a solvent, an ionic liquid containing a bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide anion as an anion component; and the separator is a nonwoven fabric comprising at least one member selected from an organic fiber and a glass fiber and has a porosity of 70% or more.

Abstract: To provide a positive electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having excellent flexibility and capable of increasing the reliability and productivity, and a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the positive electrode. The positive electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes an active material layer that contains: a positive-electrode active material; a binder made of a fluorine-contained resin containing a vinylidene fluoride unit; and an electrolyte represented by one of the following general formulae (1) and (2): wherein M represents a metal element, R1 and R2 each represent fluorine or a fluorinated alkyl group having one to three carbon atoms and are identical to or different from each other, and n represents an integer of 1 to 3; wherein M represents a metal element, R3 represents a fluorinated alkylene group having two to four carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 1 to 3.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rechargeable electrochemical battery cell. Said cell comprises a negative electrode (5), an electrolyte (19), and a positive electrode, the negative electrode (5) having a an electronically conductive substrate (14), onto which an active mass (15) is electrolytically deposited during the charging of the cell. The aim of the invention is to significantly improve the operational safety of said cell. To achieve this, the cell in contact with the substrate (14)of the negative electrode (5) has a porous structure (16)formed by solid particles (17), which is configured and positioned in such a way that the active mass (15), which is deposited during the charging of the cell, penetrates from the surface of the substrate (14) into the pores (18) of the latter and is deposited again therein.

Abstract: An electrolyte includes an eutectic mixture composed of (a) a hetero cyclic compound having a predetermined chemistry figure, and (b) an ionizable lithium salt. An electrochemical device having the electrolyte. The eutectic mixture included in the electrolyte exhibits inherent characteristics of an eutectic mixture such as excellent thermal stability and excellent chemical stability, thereby improving the problems such as evaporation, ignition and side reaction of an electrolyte caused by the usage of existing organic solvents.

Abstract: Electrolyte for an electrochemical battery cell that contains sulphur dioxide and a conductive salt. The electrolyte is a gel that is formed with to the involvement of a fluorosulphinate. The invention is also directed to a battery cell that contains such an electrolyte.

Abstract: Rechargeable battery cell operable at normal temperature, with an SO2 based electrolyte system, a negative electrode and a positive electrode, wherein one of the electrodes has an electronically conductive discharge element. An improved cycle stability and consequently a longer useful lifetime is achieved in that, as a reaction protection material to protect the discharge element against unwanted reactions with constituents of the SO2 based electrolyte system, at least a surface layer of the electronically conductive discharge element contains an alloy of chrome with another metal and/or a protective metal, selected from rhodium, tungsten, rhenium, tantalum, platinum, iridium, osmium or technetium in pure form, as an alloy or as a constituent of a compound and/or a carbide, nitride or phosphide of titanium, nickel, cobalt, molybdenum, iron, vanadium, zircon or manganese.

Abstract: Rechargeable electrochemical cell, with a negative electrode, which in charged state contains an active metal selected from the group of the alkaline metals, the alkaline-earth metals and the metals of the second subgroup of the periodic table of elements; an electrolyte solution based on sulfur dioxide; and a positive electrode containing the active metal, from where ions come out into the electrolyte solution during the charging process. A self discharge reaction takes place at the negative electrode, for which the sulfur dioxide of the an electrolyte solution reacts with the active metal of the negative electrode to form a poorly soluble compound. According to the invention, the electrochemical charge quantity of the sulfur dioxide in the cell, calculated with one faraday per mole sulfur dioxide, is smaller than the charge amount of the active metal which can be theoretically electrochemically accumulated in the positive electrode.

Abstract: Nonaqueous electrochemical cell (9) with a negative electrode (4), an electrolytic solution and a positive electrode (3). The operational safety is increased by the fact that the cell contains a salt (10) in solid state in the area of at least one of the two electrodes (3,4).

Abstract: Disclosed are oxidizer-treated lithium electrodes, battery cells containing such oxidizer-treated lithium electrodes, battery cell electrolytes containing oxidizing additives, and methods of treating lithium electrodes with oxidizing agents and battery cells containing such oxidizer-treated lithium electrodes. Battery cells containing SO2 as an electrolyte additive in accordance with the present invention exhibit higher discharge capacities after cell storage over cells not containing SO2. Pre-treating the lithium electrode with SO2 gas prior to battery assembly prevented cell polarization. Moreover, the SO2 treatment does not negatively impact sulfur utilization and improves the lithium's electrochemical function as the negative electrode in the battery cell.

Abstract: Actuators are described that operate as a result of double-layer charge injection in electrodes having very high gravimetric surface areas and gravimetric capacitances. The actuator output of the actuators may be a mechanical displacement that can be used to accomplish mechanical work. As a result of the non-faradaic process and the actuator materials utilized, such as carbon nanotubes, the actuators have improved work capacity, power density, cycle life, and force generation capabilities. Other benefits include low voltage operation and high temperature performance. The actuators also convert a mechanical energy input to an electrical energy output. The actuators may be used to control either thermal, electrical or fluid transport or cause either the switching, phase shift, or attenuation of electromagnetic radiation.

Abstract: A rechargeable cell with an alkali or alkaline earth metal electrode with a coulombic capacity about the same as a metal halide electrode such as CuCl2, CuBr2, and the like, or a metal oxide positive electrode such as LiCoO2, MnO2 and the like or a carbonaceous positive electrode and a sulfur dioxide electrolyte solvent containing a salt that produces a halogen and/or a Lewis acid on overcharge is disclosed. On most discharges, the active metal of the negative electrode is anodically dissolved and any dendrites are anodically dissolved or electrically isolated and scavenged. About every 4 to 50 cycles, the cell is overdischarged in reversal to reduce the state of charge of the positive electrode relative to the negative electrode and compensate for undercharging of the negative electrode during recycling.

Abstract: Electrolyte systems for lithium batteries with enhanced safety containing at least one lithium-containing conductive salt and at least one electrolyte liquid, in which the electrolyte liquid includes an effective amount of at least one partially fluorinated amide of formula (I)