Patent classifications
H01M10/049
All-solid-state battery and production method therefor
A method for producing an all-solid-state battery, comprising the following steps (a) to (d), which are performed in the order of (a), (b), (c), and (d) or in the order of (a), (b), (d), and (c): (a) introducing the all-solid-state battery laminate into the metal case, (b) welding a protruding part of the positive electrode current collector layer or the negative electrode current collector layer and the folding margin part of the metal case, (c) folding the folding margin part, and the protruding part of the positive electrode collector layer or the negative electrode current collector layer, which has been welded to the folding margin part toward the inside of the metal case together, and (d) injecting a sealing resin into the metal case from the opening part of the metal case and then curing the sealing resin to seal the all-solid-state battery laminate in the metal case.
METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SECONDARY BATTERY
The present invention is a method for manufacturing a secondary battery. An electrode assembly and an electrolyte are accommodated into a body of a battery case. The body of the battery case has an accommodation part and a gas pocket part, and a passage that extends from the accommodation part to the outside discharges an internal gas from the accommodation part through the gas pocket part. The battery case is seated in a seating step on a support block, which has an inclined part on a side surface thereof, to support the battery case. The body is pressed to discharge a gas accommodated in the accommodation part through the gas pocket part in the battery case. This method allows easy discharging of internal gas while reducing discharge of the electrolyte with the gas.
NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE RECHARGEABLE BATTERY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE RECHARGEABLE BATTERY
A nonaqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery includes an electrode body, a nonaqueous electrolyte, and a rectangular box-shaped battery case accommodating the electrode body and the nonaqueous electrolyte. The electrode body includes a positive electrode including a positive base and a positive composite material layer, a negative electrode including a negative base and a negative composite material layer, and a porous resin separator disposed therebetween. The electrode body has a low profile when the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the separator are laminated and rolled. When spring constant of the nonaqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery with a load of 316 to 210 N/cm.sup.2 and 95 to 74 N/cm.sup.2 is respectively referred to as spring constant H and spring constant L, the ratio L/H is 0.34 or greater and 0.41 or less. A resistance increase rate between before and after a square wave test is less than or equal to 1.17.
DEGENERATE CELL MANUFACTURING METHOD AND DEGENERATE CELL EVALUATION METHOD
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a degenerate cell and a method for evaluating a degenerate cell including the same. The method for manufacturing a degenerate cell includes: preparing a battery cell which has a structure where an electrode assembly, which is generated by lamination of a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and a separator, is accommodated in a battery case, and an electrode lead is drawn out to an outside of the battery case; and precipitating lithium metal on a predetermined region between the negative electrode and the separator by performing charge and discharge under predetermined temperature, pressure and charge and discharge pattern conditions.
THREE-DIMENSIONAL FOLDED BATTERY UNIT AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
One variation of a battery unit includes: a series of anode collectors; a set of anode electrodes including anode material arranged on both side of the anode collectors; a set of anode interconnects interposed between and electrically coupling adjacent anode collectors and folded to locate the anode collectors in a boustrophedonic anode stack; a series of cathode collectors; a set of cathode electrodes including cathode material arranged on both side of the cathode collectors; a set of cathode interconnects interposed between and electrically coupling adjacent cathode collectors and folded to locate the cathode collectors in a boustrophedonic cathode stack with cathode collectors interdigitated between anode collectors in the boustrophedonic anode stack; and a set of separators arranged between the anode and cathode electrodes and transporting solvated ions between the anode and cathode electrodes.
Secondary battery
A secondary battery has increased space utilization efficiency and can increase a capacity of an electrode assembly within a given dimension. In an exemplary embodiment, a secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly including an electrode uncoated portion; a case receiving the electrode assembly; a cap plate coupled to a top portion of the case and sealing the case; and a current collector including a terminal connector positioned between the electrode assembly and the cap plate, and an electrode connector bent at an end of the terminal connector and positioned between the electrode assembly and the case, and the electrode connector includes a first region connected to the terminal connector and protruding toward the case, and a second region positioned under the first region and protruding toward the electrode assembly.
Method and system for producing nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery
Provided is a method for producing a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and a production system therefor, that allow forming a good SEI film in a shorter time. The production method includes an assembly step, an initial charging step and a high-temperature aging step. At least one from among the initial charging step and the high-temperature aging step has the following sub-steps: a step of performing an AC impedance measurement on the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and, on the basis of the AC impedance measurement, calculating an ionic conductivity of an SEI film that is formed the surface of a negative electrode of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery; and a step of determining whether the calculated ionic conductivity falls within a predetermined range or not, and terminating the initial charging step or the high-temperature aging step when the ionic conductivity falls within the predetermined range, and continuing the initial charging step or the high-temperature aging step when the ionic conductivity does not fall within the predetermined range.
PHASED INTRODUCTION OF LITHIUM INTO THE PRE-LITHIATED ANODE OF A LITHIUM ION ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL
The present invention relates to a method for combining anode pre-lithiation, limited-voltage formation cycles, and accelerating aging via heated storage to maximize specific capacity, volumetric capacity density and capacity retention of a lithium-ion electrochemical cell.
ACTIVATION PROTOCOL GENERATING METHOD, AND ACTIVATION METHOD AND DEVICE USING SAME
A method of generating a charge/discharge protocol of an additional charging/discharging operation included in an activation method with respect to assembled secondary batteries is provided. The method includes operation (a) of measuring a secondary battery thickness increase rate over time while repeating charging/discharging between a first voltage and a second voltage higher than the first voltage with respect to a first secondary battery; operation (b) of performing, at least once, an operation of performing operation (a) with respect to a second secondary battery after fixing the second voltage and changing the first voltage; operation (c) of determining one of first voltages except for a first voltage at a lowest rate from among measured secondary battery thickness increase rates as a lower limit voltage; and operation (d) of setting a protocol so that charging/discharging is repeated between the lower limit voltage and the second voltage.
BATTERY CELL, BATTERY, POWER CONSUMPTION DEVICE, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING BATTERY CELL
Embodiments of the present application disclose a battery cell, a battery, a power consumption device, a method and an apparatus for producing a battery cell. The power consumption device is equipped with the battery, the battery has one or more battery cells, where the battery cell includes: a housing, with a cylindrical accommodating cavity; and an electrode assembly, arranged in the accommodating cavity, and a projection of the electrode assembly along a height direction of the battery cell is a polygon. Even if the electrode assembly in the battery cell expands after charging and discharging, there is still a remaining space between the electrode assembly and an inner wall of the housing, thereby preventing an outer circumferential surface of the electrode assembly from being pressed by the housing, and the remaining space can allow the electrode assembly to expand to avoid a problem of performance degradation of the battery cell.