Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly; a case accommodating the electrode assembly; a cap plate coupled to a top portion of the case; an electrode terminal electrically connected to the electrode assembly and including a terminal pillar passing through the cap plate, and an extension part extending horizontally from a top end of the terminal pillar; a terminal plate electrically connected to the electrode terminal; an insulation member between the terminal plate and the cap plate; and a fuse part defined by a portion of the extension part and the terminal plate that are welded to each other and located on the insulation member.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an irregular electrode includes forming a first electrode line by continuously coating a first electrode slurry on a metal sheet, forming at least one second electrode line formed with a dotted line shape including uncoated portions positioned in parallel to the first electrode line by intermittently coating a second electrode slurry on the metal sheet that does not overlap the first electrode line, and forming the irregular electrode by notching the metal sheet with an irregular shape including the second electrode line and the first electrode line except for the uncoated portions of the at least one second electrode line.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an oxyhalide electrochemical cell comprising an anode of a Group IA metal and a cathode of a composite material prepared from a first electrochemically active carbonaceous material and a second electrochemically non-active carbonaceous material. The cathode material of the present invention provides increased discharge capacity compared to traditional lithium oxyhalide cells. In addition, the cathode material of the present invention is chemically stable which makes it particularly useful for applications that require increased rate capability in extreme environmental conditions such as those found in oil and gas exploration.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a secondary battery is provided for manufacturing a secondary battery that includes an electrode winding body formed of a positive electrode and a negative electrode, and having a non-rectangular shape in planar view. In this manufacturing method, a positive electrode precursor and a negative electrode precursor are stacked on each other with a separator interposed therebetween to form an electrode precursor laminate, which is wound to form the electrode winding body. Moreover, the electrode precursor laminate has a comb-teeth shape in planar view, and winding is performed such that a winding axis for winding is substantially parallel to an extending direction of a terminal element of the secondary battery, whereby the electrode winding body is made non-rectangular.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolyte having lithium-ion conductivity. A negative electrode current collector includes a layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, first protrusions protruding from the first surface, and second protrusions protruding from the second surface. The first and second surfaces are surfaces on which lithium metal is deposited during charge. When viewed in a direction of a normal to the first surface, a total area of overlap between the first protrusions and the second protrusions is ½ or less of a total area of the first protrusions.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly including first electrode plates and second electrode plates alternately stacked with a separator therebetween, and first electrode tabs overlapping one another at a same position and outwardly protruding, the first electrode tabs being uncoated portions of the first electrode plates, and a fixing tape adhered between the separator positioned at each of opposite long side surfaces and outer surfaces of the first electrode tabs; a first collector portion welded to the first electrode tabs of the electrode assembly; and a case accommodating the electrode assembly and the first collector portion.

Abstract: A top cap for a secondary battery includes a circumferential area which defines an outer circumferential surface of the top cap, a central area which defines a central portion of the top cap, a connection area which connects the circumferential area to the central area, and a protrusion area which protrudes downward from the circumferential area, the central area, or the connection area. The top cap is assembled with a battery case, an electrode assembly positioned therein, and a through-hole formation member to form a secondary battery, in which at least a portion of the protrusion area of the top cap is positioned within a through-hole of the through-hole formation member.

Abstract: A data cable device includes USB connectors respectively formed at opposing ends of the data cable device; at least one data line having ends electrically connected to the respective USB connectors; a protection circuit module having a printed circuit board at which an external terminal is formed; a cable battery including an external input/output terminal electrically connected to an internal terminal of the printed circuit board, an inner electrode layer having a cylindrical shape formed at an inner center of the cable battery, a separator layer formed at an outer side of the inner electrode layer, an outer electrode layer formed at an outer side of the separator layer, and an inner insulation coating layer surrounding an outer surface of the outer electrode layer; and an outer insulation coating layer formed to surround at least a portion of an outer surface of the cable battery.

Abstract: A process for improving the efficiency of a steam power generation plant, the process providing utilizing steam or water from a steam cycle of a steam power plant; and supplying a steam cycle treatment to the steam cycle, thereby generating a hydrophobic coating within the steam cycle.

Abstract: A battery is provided. The battery includes an electrode group including a positive electrode and a negative electrode, and an electrolyte including an electrolytic solution. The electrode group includes an insulating layer having an insulating material, and the electrolytic solution includes a nonaqueous solvent containing propylene carbonate in an amount of 5% by mass or more and an additive including one or more predetermined compounds.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery and method for preparing the same. The battery includes a cell and an electrolyte; the cell includes a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate and a separator. Wherein in the battery, at least one surface of the positive electrode film and/or the negative electrode film is provided with protrusions, with a proviso that: 0.3?(Tc+Ta)/(Hc+Ha)?1; wherein Tc is a height of the protrusions provided on the at least one surface of the positive electrode film, Ta is a height of the protrusions provided on the at least one surface of the negative electrode film, Hc is a thickness increase of the positive electrode film when the battery has a 100% SOC, Ha is a thickness increase of the negative electrode film when the battery has a 100% SOC.

Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery, which can reduce defects of an uncoated portion of a current collector while ensuring a larger capacity and improving welding quality of the current collector. In one embodiment, the secondary battery includes a series of electrode assemblies each including a first electrode tab and a second electrode tab, a case accommodating the electrode assemblies, a cap plate coupled to the case at an opening in the case, a first current collector electrically connected to the first electrode tabs of the electrode assemblies, a second current collector electrically connected to the second electrode tabs of the electrode assemblies, and a first series of sub-tabs. A first sub-tab is coupled to the first electrode tab of a first electrode assembly, and a second sub-tab is coupled to the first electrode tab of a second electrode assembly. The first sub-tab is bent along a first boundary and the second sub-tab is bent along a second boundary.

Abstract: A tab derived from an electrode body and a terminal of a battery are electrically connected to each other using a collector. The collector includes a first conductive member connected to a tab-side conductive member, and a second conductive member connected to a terminal-side conductive member. The collector opposes a sealing plate with an insulating member in between. A through hole and a thin portion provided at a peripheral edge of the through hole are provided in either one of the first conductive member and the second conductive member. The through hole and the other one of the conductive members are overlapped to join the peripheral edge of the through hole and the other one of the conductive members to each other so that the thin portion becomes a fuse. An insulating material is provided between the first conductive member and the second conductive member.

Abstract: A secondary battery and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. An electrode assembly accommodated in the secondary battery having various shapes is manufactured. In particular, a method for manufacturing a secondary battery includes an electrode stack preparation step of preparing an electrode stack which includes a first unit cell having a first area and a second unit cell having a second area that is less than the first area, and which has a structure in which the second unit cell is disposed on one surface of the first unit cell. The method further includes a curved surface formation step of pressing at least a part of an independent portion, which does not overlap the second unit cell, of the first unit cell to form a curved surface on the at least the part of the independent portion.

Abstract: To improve the flexibility of a power storage device, or provide a high-capacity power storage device. The power storage device includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an exterior body, and an electrolyte. The outer periphery of each of the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer is a closed curve. The exterior body includes a film and a thermocompression-bonded region. The inner periphery of the thermocompression-bonded region is a closed curve. The electrolyte, the positive electrode active material layer, and the negative electrode active material layer are in a region surrounded by the thermocompression-bonded region.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a secondary battery and a battery module. The secondary battery comprises a casing, which includes a receiving hole having an opening; a top cover assembly, which includes a top cover plate connected to the casing to close the opening; an electrode assembly disposed within the receiving hole, the electrode assembly has an dimension of 0.01 mm to 1000 mm in an axial direction of the receiving hole, the electrode assembly includes two end faces opposed to each other in a first direction perpendicular to the axial direction and tabs extending from the end faces, the electrode assembly includes two or more electrode units laminated in the axial direction, and in a second direction perpendicular to the axial direction and the first direction, the dimension of the tab is smaller than the dimension of the end face; and a current collecting member electrically connected to the tab.

Abstract: A heat-resistant multi-layer composite lithium-ion battery separator, and coating device and manufacturing method for same. The battery separator comprises a base membrane (12) having two end faces provided with a coating paste, and the end faces of the base membrane (12) are both adhered with a composite layer via the coating paste. The composite layer comprises one, two, or multiple composite films (13). The composite films (13) are adhered and fixed via the coating paste. The coating device is employed during the manufacturing, and comprises a base membrane uncoiling reel (1), a coating roller (2), a composite film uncoiling mechanism, a heating and drying mechanism, and a coiling reel (6). The coating roller (2) is arranged in a one-to-one correspondence to the composite film uncoiling mechanism, and two sets of the coating roller and the composite film uncoiling mechanism are provided on two sides of the base membrane (12).

Abstract: A method for manufacturing zinc negative electrodes includes mixing a powder including zinc with polytetrafluoroethylene to form a homogenous blend, injecting a lubricant into the homogenous blend to form a dough, kneading the dough to form a fibrillated dough, and extruding the fibrillated dough through a die to form a ribbon. The method also includes calendering the ribbon to a target thickness to form a plaque, drying the plaque to form an active material sheet, laminating portions of the active material sheet to a current collector substrate such that the current collector substrate is sandwiched between the portions to form an electrode blank, and sectioning the electrode blank into zinc negative electrodes.

Abstract: A secondary battery that includes an electrode assembly and an exterior body which houses the electrode assembly. The exterior body includes a first exterior body and a second exterior body, and a sealing edge of the exterior body is formed by a combination of the first exterior body and the second exterior body. At the sealing edge, one of the first exterior body and the second exterior body is folded back upon itself so that an end surface of the first exterior body and an end surface of the second exterior body face each other, and an insulating material is provided between the facing end surfaces of the first exterior body and the second exterior body.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode, for reducing a difference in ductility between a non-coating portion and a coating portion of the electrode, a method for manufacturing the electrode, and a roller for manufacturing the electrode. Also, the electrode according to the present invention includes an electrode foil, a coating portion coated with an electrode active material on one surface of the electrode foil, and a non-coating portion which is disposed adjacent to the coating portion on the one surface of the electrode foil, and is not coated with the electrode active material and on which a pattern is disposed.

Abstract: Provided are a positive electrode for a secondary battery which includes a positive electrode collector, a porous positive electrode active material layer disposed on a surface of the positive electrode collector and including a positive electrode active material and first carbon nanotubes, and a conductive layer disposed on a surface of the positive electrode active material layer, wherein the conductive layer includes a porous network structure formed by a plurality of second carbon nanotubes and has a porosity equal to or greater than a porosity of the positive electrode active material layer +10 vol %, and a secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: A capacitor and methods of processing an anode metal foil are presented. The capacitor includes a housing, one or more anodes disposed within the housing, one or more cathodes disposed within the housing, one or more separators disposed between an adjacent anode and cathode, and an electrolyte disposed around the one or more anodes, one or more cathodes, and one or more separators within the housing. The one or more anodes each include a metal foil that includes a first plurality of tunnels through a thickness of the metal foil in a first ordered arrangement, the first ordered arrangement being a close packed hexagonal array arrangement, and having a first diameter, and a second plurality of tunnels through the thickness of the metal foil having a second ordered arrangement and a second diameter greater than the first diameter.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a rechargeable battery including a cell assembly including a plurality of unit cells disposed to be separated by a predetermined interval, a casing member receiving the cell assembly, a first connection part connecting the plurality of unit cells, and a second connection part disposed parallel to the first connection part and connecting the plurality of unit cells, wherein each of the plurality of unit cells includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode.

Abstract: Disclosed is a secondary battery obtained by rolling a cathode 31 and an anode 32 by interposing separators 33 and 34. The cathode 31 and the anode 32 have metal foils 31a and 32a, mixture layers 31b and 32b formed on the metal foils 31a and 32a, and foil exposure portion 31c and 32c that expose the metal foils 31a and 32a and are provided in one side in the width direction, respectively. The cathode 31 or the anode 32 has an insulation layer 35 that covers the mixture layers 31b and 32b, and a tip of a taper portion 32t of the mixture layer 32b, where the taper portion 32t is adjacent to the foil exposure portions 31c and 32c and has a thickness gradually reduced toward the foil exposure portions 31c and 32c, is exposed from the insulation layer 35.

Abstract: An electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery that is less likely to cause loss of a mixture layer and that can ensure good cycle characteristics of the battery. An electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of an exemplary embodiment includes a rectangular current collector and a mixture layer that contains an active material and a binder and that is formed on the current collector. The mixture layer covers at least one edge of four linear peripheral edges of the current collector, and the binder content in the mixture layer has a maximum value at a position 0.5 mm to 5.5 mm away from the one edge in a second direction that is perpendicular to a first direction along the one edge. The maximum value is more than 100% and 240% or less of the binder content at the center in the second direction of the mixture layer.

Abstract: A wound battery includes an electrode assembly in which a first electrode and a second electrode are wound together via a separator, the electrode assembly being accommodated in a battery case including a bottomed tube-shaped metallic can. The first electrode has a first uncoated region defined by an exposed portion of a first current collector sheet at an end of the first current collector sheet in the axial direction of winding. The first electrode includes a first current collector lead connected to the first uncoated region. The first uncoated region is disposed on the same side as the open end of the metallic can. The second electrode includes a second current collector lead connected thereto. The first and the second current collector leads extend toward the open end of the metallic can. At least a portion of the first uncoated region is covered with an insulating layer, and the insulating layer extends beyond an end face of the first uncoated region.

Abstract: A secondary battery comprises an electrode assembly comprising radical units in which first and second electrodes are alternately laminated with a separator therebetween and a separation film surrounding the radical units to be repeatedly laminated, wherein the electrode assembly comprises a protection unit laminated on an outermost separation film disposed on the uppermost end or lowermost end of the separation film, the protection unit has a structure comprising a second protection electrode, a separator, and a first protection electrode which are successively laminated from the outermost separation film disposed on the uppermost end or lowermost end of the electrode assembly, the second protection electrode has a cross-sectional coating structure comprising a second collector and a second electrode active material portion coated with a second electrode active material on an inner surface of the second collector, and the inner surface is a surface facing a center of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: A manufacturing method includes the steps of: preparing a battery case having an opening; fabricating an assembly by inserting a wound electrode body and a lid which includes a terminal connected to the wound electrode body and which closes the opening into the battery case; sandwiching the battery case by a pressing jig in a state where the opening faces downward to close a gap between the battery case and the lid; disposing the assembly so that the terminal faces upward by inverting the assembly in a state where the battery case is sandwiched by the pressing jig; and welding the lid and the battery case to each other in a state where the terminal faces upward and the battery case is sandwiched by the pressing jig.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an assembled battery having a plurality of unit cells, spacers disposed so as to sandwich the unit cells, and restraining members that restrain the unit cells and the spacers in an array direction X. In each unit cell, a flat wound electrode body having a winding end fixed by a fixing member is accommodated in a battery case. The spacers are provided with rib portions protruding towards long side surfaces of the battery case. Flat portions of the electrode body each have a pressing region including a pressing site that opposes the rib portions, and a moderation region other than the pressing region. The pressing region includes at least the center of each flat portion in a winding axis direction, and a first pressing region over a direction along a major axis. The fixing member is disposed at the moderation region.

Abstract: A cylindrical secondary battery including a cylindrical battery case configured to receive an electrode assembly and an electrolytic solution, a cap assembly located on the open upper end of the cylindrical battery case, and a jelly-roll type electrode assembly configured to have a structure in which a positive electrode sheet and a negative electrode sheet are wound in the state in which a separator is interposed therebetween, wherein a protective layer, made of a material that exhibits high thermal conductivity, is formed on at least a portion of the inner surface of the cylindrical battery case, including a crimping part is provided.

Abstract: The present application provides a wound electrode assembly, comprising a first and second electrode plates having a first and second current collectors respectively, the first electrode plate has an empty foil segment having an area where the first electrode plate is bent for the first time, and the second electrode plate has a second head segment; the second current collector in the second head segment is coated with active substance on both sides, and projections of a starting end and an ending end of the empty foil segment in a thickness direction fall on the second head segment. The purpose of the present application is to provide a wound electrode assembly to effectively avoid lithium dendrite while improving the utilization of the battery material and the energy density of the battery, thereby improving the safety performance of the battery.

Abstract: A method for producing a button cell includes providing a first metal housing part having a first housing plane region, providing a second metal housing part having a second housing plane region, and providing a cylindrical electrode winding having a first end side, a second end side, and an outer side. The electrode winding is formed from a multi-layer assembly wound in a spiral shape about an axis. The multi-layer assembly includes a positive electrode formed from a first current collector coated with a first electrode material, a negative electrode formed from a second current collector coated with a second electrode material, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The method further includes placing the electrode winding into the first metal housing part and forming a cell housing by assembling together the first metal housing part and the second metal housing part.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a secondary battery provided with a multi-tab. The secondary battery includes a jelly-roll in which an electrode and a separator are stacked to cross each other and which is wound around a central core, a plurality of multi-tab parts extending from the electrode and formed on a predetermined area at an end of the jelly-roll, a can member accommodating the jelly-roll, and an insulation member disposed adjacent to the end to insulate the can member from the jelly-roll. The insulation member includes a central hole punched in a center of the insulation member so that the central core passes therethrough and a tab hole punched around the central hole to correspond to the plurality of multi-tab parts so that the plurality of multi-tab parts pass therethrough.

Abstract: A positive electrode current collector, a positive electrode piece, an electrochemical device and an apparatus, where the positive electrode current collector includes a support layer and a conductive layer provided on the support layer, where a material of the conductive layer is aluminum or aluminum alloy, and a thickness D1 of the conductive layer is 300 nm?D1?2 ?m; an elongation at break B of the support layer is 10,000%?B?12%, and a volume resistivity of the support layer is greater than or equal to 1.0×10?5 ?·m; when a tensile strain of the positive electrode current collector is 2%, a square resistance growth rate T1 of the conductive layer is T1?10%. The positive electrode current collector provided in the present application can simultaneously take into account both high safety performance and electrical performance.

Abstract: A complex electrode assembly includes a first sheet-type wiring which extends in a lengthwise direction of the first sheet-type wiring and comprises a sheet region of which a width that is perpendicular to the lengthwise direction is greater than a thickness that is perpendicular to the lengthwise direction and a width direction of the first sheet-type wiring, and electrode assemblies which are arranged separate from each other in the lengthwise direction of the first sheet-type wiring and are electrically connected to the first sheet-type wiring. The first sheet-type wiring may be disposed to face an outer surface of each of the electrode assemblies.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a positive electrode is provided with: a positive electrode current collector; a positive electrode active material layer which contains a positive electrode active material that is configured from a lithium transition metal oxide; a protective layer which is arranged between the positive electrode current collector and the positive electrode active material layer; and a positive electrode tab which is bonded with the positive electrode current collector at a positive electrode tab bonding part where the positive electrode active material layer and the protective layer are not formed so that the positive electrode current collector is exposed. An end edge of the positive electrode active material layer facing the positive electrode tab and an end edge of the protective layer facing the positive electrode tab are arranged in different positions in the longitudinal direction of the positive electrode.

Abstract: The present application relates to the field of energy storage devices and, particularly, relates to an insulating tape and a Li-ion battery adopting the same. The tape includes a substrate, a hard particle layer and an adhesive layer; the substrate is of a microporous structure, the hard particle layer is stacked on the surface of the substrate, and the particle diameter of the particles of the hard particle layer is greater than the pore diameter of the microporous structure of the substrate, the adhesive layer and the hard particle layer are compositely arranged or separately arranged, the adhesive layer is stacked on a side of the hard particle layer far away from the substrate. The Li-ion battery includes the insulating tape. The Li-ion battery provided by the present application reduces the influence on energy loss of the cell caused by the arrangement of the insulating tape.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery according to one aspect of the present invention includes: an electrode assembly that includes a first electrode and a second electrode; a case of which one side is opened, and that receives the electrode assembly; a cap assembly that includes a cap plate covering the opened portion of the case; a first current collecting member that is disposed at a lower side of the cap assembly and is thus connected with the first electrode; a sealing member that is made of an insulation material and penetrates the cap plate and the first current collecting member; and a first terminal in which a base portion fixed to an outer side of the cap plate and an extension portion formed to penetrate the sealing member such that first current collecting member is fixed to the cap assembly are formed as a single body.

Abstract: The present application provides an electrode assembly comprising a first electrode comprising a first current collector and a second electrode comprising a second current collector, wherein the first current collector comprises a first surface, the second current collector comprises a second surface, the first surface faces the second surface, and the second surface is provided with a conductive material. It is an object of the present application to provide an electrode assembly for improving short-circuit defects existing in the electrode assembly while ensuring resistance to mechanical abuse. The present application further provides a battery.

Abstract: The present invention provides a high voltage battery cell, and specifically a high voltage battery cell including a jelly roll in which three different types of jelly roll units are stacked freely and connected in series. According to embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a high voltage battery cell which is capable of implementing various cell structures while having a high voltage, and is relatively resistant to an external impact than other typical secondary cells.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery is provided which includes a cylindrical jelly roll in which an electrode assembly having a stacked structure including a positive electrode is wound cylindrically, wherein a semi-cylindrical first winding core and second winding core are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined interval, the positive electrode includes a non-coated portion sheet having a positive electrode tab fused thereto and a coated portion sheet, and the non-coated portion sheet and the coated portion sheet are attached by a tape to provide the positive electrode, one end of the positive electrode is positioned at the core portion of the cylindrical jelly roll, and a portion of the positive electrode having the tape is positioned around a circumference of the winding core member such that it avoids a portion where the first winding core is spaced apart from the second winding core by the predetermined interval.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for collecting and storing the energy emitted by radioisotopes in the form of alpha and or beta particles is described. The present invention incorporates aspects of four different energy conversion and storage technologies, those being: Nuclear alpha and or beta particle capture for direct energy conversion and storage, fuel cells, rechargeable electrochemical storage cells and capacitive electrical energy storage.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing an electrode assembly including a separator feeding unit including a first roll on which one side of a separator strip is wound and a second roll on which the other side of the separator strip is wound, wherein the first and second rolls respectively unwind the separator strip so that the separator strip is fed toward a core portion of the separator strip disposed between the first and second rolls; a separator folding unit for winding the separator strip around the core portion to form a separator spiral folded in a spiral shape about the core portion; a first electrode lamination unit for laminating first electrode members on one surface of the separator spiral; and a second electrode lamination unit for laminating second electrode members on the other surface of the separator spiral.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery that is an example of an embodiment includes a flat electrode body that has a winding structure in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are wound with a separator interposed in between, in which flat portions and bend portions are formed in the flat electrode body. A negative electrode mixture layer is provided in the negative electrode to a winding outer end thereof. The negative electrode includes an extension portion that extends out from a winding outer end of the positive electrode towards a winding direction outer side. A length L of the extension portion in a winding direction satisfies a condition L/((a?b)×2+b?)>0.135, where a is a width of the electrode body and b is a thickness of the electrode body.

Abstract: A wound-type cell and an electrochemical device are provided. The wound-type cell includes a negative electrode. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer. The negative electrode is composed of a double-sided coated area of the negative electrode active material layer, where surfaces of both sides of the negative electrode current collector are coated with the negative electrode active material layer, and an uncoated area where surfaces of the negative electrode current collector are not coated with the negative electrode active material layer.

Abstract: An autonomous impressed current cathodic protection device utilizes a spiral layout of materials, with a magnesium sheet placed in parallel with a copper sheet, and a foamed material in between as insulation, all placed in a plastic container and solidified after inert fluid material is poured in. At a center of the spiral layout, a magnesium anode core is connected through a wire to the surrounding spiral layout. The device can generate electrical voltage of up to ?1.7 volt with increased amperage of up to 500 mA. The presented layout of the materials and components allows for increased flexibility concerning the manufacturing of devices based on the requirements of industrial applications, construction sites, and various needs and demands in marine applications for ships, regardless of size.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material slurry is applied to one surface of a strip-shaped negative electrode core so as to form multiple lines of the negative electrode active material slurry, the lines extending in an X direction and being spaced from each other in a Y direction. Subsequently, while keeping the negative electrode core aloft, first hot air is blown toward the negative electrode core from at least a lower side in a vertical direction, and then, while keeping the negative electrode core aloft, first cooling air having a lower temperature than the first hot air is blown toward the negative electrode core from at least the lower side in the vertical direction so as to decrease the temperature of the negative electrode core to 40° C. or lower.

Abstract: A square secondary battery includes an electrode body including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate, a square outer package housing the electrode body, a metal sealing plate sealing an opening of the square outer package, and a positive electrode collector electrically connected to the positive electrode plate and the sealing plate. The positive electrode collector includes a base portion disposed to oppose the sealing plate, and a lead portion extending from an edge portion of the base portion towards the electrode body. In a short direction of the sealing plate, a boundary between the base portion and the lead portion is positioned on a first side with respect to a center of the sealing plate, and a connection between the sealing plate and the base portion of the positive electrode collector is offset to a second side with respect to the center of the sealing plate.

Abstract: An all solid battery includes: a solid electrolyte layer including an oxide-based electrolyte; a first electrode layer that is formed on a first face of the solid electrolyte layer and includes a ceramic grain; and a second electrode layer that is formed on a second face of the solid electrolyte layer and includes a ceramic grain, wherein at least one of the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer includes a micro particle carbon and a board-shaped carbon.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is an energy storage device that includes an electrode assembly including a positive electrode, a heat resistance layer, a separator, and a negative electrode layered in this order, a peeling strength between the positive electrode and the heat resistance layer being larger than a peeling strength between the heat resistance layer and the separator, and the peeling strength between the heat resistance layer and the separator being larger than a peeling strength between the separator and the negative electrode.