Abstract: A battery includes an electrode body obtained by stacking a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate with a separator interposed therebetween, an exterior body having an opening and housing the electrode body, a sealing plate sealing the opening, and an external terminal attached to the sealing plate. A tab is provided at at least one of the positive electrode plate or the negative electrode plate, and is electrically connected to the external terminal via a current collector between the electrode body and the sealing plate. The current collector includes a first current collector and a second current collector. The first current collector and the second current collector are welded to each other at a welding point covered with a covering member.

Abstract: The application relates to a sampling assembly, a connection assembly, a battery module and a vehicle. The sampling assembly is used for a battery module including a busbar. The sampling assembly includes: a sampling circuit board having a predetermined length and a predetermined width; a sampling leg including a first connection portion, an intermediate portion and a second connection portion, the first connection portion being connected to the sampling circuit board, the second connection portion configured to be connected to the busbar, the first connection portion including a first connection region connected to the intermediate portion, the second connection portion including a second connection region connected to the intermediate portion, at least a part of the intermediate portion having a cross-sectional area which is smaller than a cross-sectional area of the first connection region and smaller than a cross-sectional area of the second connection region.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery module including a busbar structure for adhesion with an electrode lead. The battery module can include a battery cell stack having a plurality of stacked battery cells, electrode leads protruding from the battery cell stack, a busbar electrically connected to the electrode leads, and a busbar frame on which the busbar is mounted. The busbar can be formed of a tongs part and a fixing part for connecting and fixing the tongs part. The electrode leads can be mounted between the tongs part of the busbar. The battery module can be manufactured through the steps of mounting a busbar in an opening part of a busbar frame, inserting an electrode lead between the tongs part of the busbar, closely adhering the busbar and the electrode lead through a jig, and removing the jig.

Abstract: A method for jump-starting a hydrogen fuel cell-powered aircraft is disclosed. The method accesses a fuel cell stack containing latent oxygen therein. Accesses a hydrogen fuel source and provides hydrogen from the hydrogen fuel source into the fuel cell stack causing the hydrogen to mix with the latent oxygen in the fuel cell stack and generate a voltage. The voltage is then provided to a component of the hydrogen fuel cell-powered aircraft such that additional oxygen is introduced to the fuel stack.

Abstract: A device and a method for sensing the electrolytic conductivity of a fluid are disclosed. The device comprises a battery (1) having an oxidizing electrode (2) and a reducing electrode (3) connected by a hydrophilic and/or a porous material or an empty receptacle (4) providing a microfluidic cavity for a fluid (10), said battery (1) being activated upon the addition of said fluid (10) therein and providing electrical energy while the fluid (10) impregnates by capillarity said microfluidic cavity; and at least one instrument (5) connected to the battery (1). The instrument (5) has an equivalent impedance that makes the battery (1) work at a specific operating point allowing determining or discriminating among values of electrolytic conductivity of the fluid (10) and includes means for quantifying the electrolytic conductivity of the fluid (10), thereby inferring the conductivity of the fluid (10) from the performance of the battery (1).

Abstract: A method for detecting internal short circuit within an electrochemical cell, from on-line measuring and processing thermodynamics data and kinetics data on the electrochemical cell. The thermodynamics data comprises open-circuit voltage data, entropy variations and/or enthalpy variations data, and combinations thereof. The kinetics data comprises cell voltage, cell temperature, cell internal resistance and current, and combinations thereof.

Abstract: Battery electrodes using VACNT forests to create 3D electrode nanostructures, and methods of making, are described. The VACNTs are electrically and mechanically attached to the anode or cathode substrates, providing a large area of 3D surfaces for coating with active materials and high-conductivity electron pathways to the cell current collectors. A number of different active materials suitable for anodes and cathodes in lithium-ion batteries may be used to coat the individual carbon nanotubes. The high surface area provided by the VACNT forest and the nano-dimensions of the coated active materials enable both high energy-density and high power-density to be achieved with the same battery. Complete conformal coating of the individual CNTs may be achieved by a number of different methods, and coating with multiple active materials may be used to create nanolaminate coatings having improved electrochemical characteristics over single materials.

Abstract: Disclosed is a binder composition for a negative electrode which includes a binder polymer containing at least one first functional group selected from the group consisting of a hydroxy group and a carboxyl group, and a crosslinked polymer containing at least one second functional group selected from the group consisting of an amino group and an isocyanate group, wherein the crosslinked polymer is present in an amount of 1.5 parts by weight to 8.5 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the binder polymer.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrode for a secondary battery, including: an electrode current collector including a coated portion and a non-coated portion, and an active material layer located on the coated portion of the electrode current collector, wherein at least perforated portion is formed on the boundary surface between the coated portion and the non-coated portion.

Abstract: A positive-electrode active material for a magnesium secondary battery contains a composite oxide represented by the following composition formula: M1xM2yO2, where M1 is sodium, M2 is nickel and manganese, and 0<x+y?2.

Abstract: A method for preparing a carbon nanotube sodiophilic metal anode-free sodium metal battery electrode material is provided, and the method includes the following steps: the carbon nanotubes are modified by a dielectric barrier plasma device; the modified carbon nanotubes are mixed and stirred with a sodiophilic metal salt to obtain a precursor slurry; the precursor slurry is dried, placed in a tube furnace after drying, and heated by introducing a reducing gas to react, thereby obtaining a carbon nanotube sodiophilic metal anode-free sodium metal battery electrode material. The electrode material prepared by the method has a stable structure, excellent electrical conductivity, and excellent sodium affinity, and can be applied to anode-free sodium metal battery electrode materials. The entire preparation process is controllable, the synthesis cycle is short, and the operation is simple.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method of producing a secondary battery is provided. The method includes preparing a battery architecture including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte; adjusting a positive electrode potential to a range of 3.4 V to 3.9 V and a negative electrode potential to a range of 1.5 V to 2.0 V based on an oxidation-reduction potential of lithium, thereby providing a potential adjusted state; and holding the battery architecture in the potential adjusted state at a holding temperature of 50° C. to 90° C. The positive electrode includes a lithium-nickel-cobalt-manganese composite oxide. The negative electrode includes a niobium-titanium composite oxide. The electrolyte includes one or more first organic solvent having a viscosity of 1 cP or less.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides energy storage systems that can be manufactured with lower cost. The energy storage system may comprise a plurality of electrochemical cells, a rack placed in an enclosure to support the plurality of electrochemical cells, one or more panels between the rack and the enclosure to form one or more insulation sections, and insulation material disposed in the one or more insulation sections.

Abstract: Provided an electrode for secondary batteries, the electrode including: a substrate; and a plurality of active material layers arranged on the substrate and each including an active material, wherein at least one of the plurality of active material layers includes a binder, and a content of the binder is about 1.0 part by weight to about 1.7 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of a total weight of the plurality of active material layers.

Abstract: A battery module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked, a module frame for housing the battery cell stack, end plates for covering front and rear surfaces of the battery cell stack, and a cooling port configured to supply a refrigerant to a heat sink formed on a bottom part of the module frame, the module frame comprises a module frame protrusion part, which is extended and formed so as to pass through the end plates on the bottom part of the module frame, the cooling port is formed at an upper surface part of the module frame protrusion part, and the end plate comprises an end plate opening formed at a portion thereof corresponding to the cooling port and an insulator formed so as to cover the end plate opening.

Abstract: A pressure relief valve for a battery pack is attached to a port formed in a pack case of a battery pack. The pressure relief valve has a casing including a discharge hole and a valve mechanism configured to open and close the discharge hole. The discharge hole is connected to the port when the pressure relief valve is attached to the port. The pressure relief valve includes a cover attached to the casing. A passage is formed between the cover and the casing to release gas that is discharged from the discharge hole. The valve mechanism includes a valve member configured to close the discharge hole and a biasing portion that biases the valve member to a closed position where the valve member closes the discharge hole.

Abstract: An embodiment provides a separator for a secondary battery, a manufacturing method therefor, and a lithium secondary battery comprising same, the separator including: a porous substrate; and a coating layer including a plurality of ring patterns on at least one surface of the porous substrate, wherein the ring patterns include a plurality of polymer particulates; the ring pattern is spaced apart from each other at regular intervals; a particle diameter of the ring pattern is 10 ?m to 200 ?m, and a ring of the ring pattern has a width (thickness of the ring) of 0.2 ?m to 1.5 ?m.

Abstract: A method for direct recycling of degraded lithium-ion battery (LIB) cathodes includes relithiating degraded lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide (NCM) by mixing the cathode particles with a eutectic molten-salt solution and heating the mixture at ambient pressure over a period of time, followed by a short-time thermal annealing. Combining low-temperature relithiation using the eutectic molten-salt solution with thermal annealing provides successful regeneration and full recovery of the LIB to its original storage capacity, cycling stability and rate capability to the levels of the pristine materials. The method is useful to recycle and remanufacture degraded cathode materials for LIB or sodium-ion batteries.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material with high capacity and excellent charging and discharging cycle performance for a lithium-ion secondary battery is provided. The positive electrode active material contains lithium, cobalt, and oxygen, and the spin density attributed to a bivalent cobalt ion and a tetravalent cobalt ion is within a predetermined range. It is preferable that the positive electrode active material further contain magnesium. An appropriate magnesium concentration is represented as a concentration with respect to cobalt. It is also preferable that the positive electrode active material further contain fluorine.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mounting device for mounting a nut on a screw of a battery assembly, comprising a mounting body having a receptacle extending continuously in a longitudinal direction for receiving the nut, and a holding element extending radially inwardly in the receptacle for holding the nut in a pre-mounting position distanced from the screw as well as a battery assembly comprising the mounting device.