A battery cell includes an electrode assembly and a packaging bag for accommodating the electrode assembly, where the battery cell further includes a first adhesive layer and a second adhesive layer, and the first adhesive layer is adhered to a side of the electrode assembly; and the second adhesive layer is disposed on an outermost surface of the electrode assembly to bond the packaging bag and the electrode assembly, and the first adhesive layer is disposed between the electrode assembly and the second adhesive layer. A battery is further provided, including a housing and the foregoing battery cell, where the battery cell is accommodated in the housing.

A method for making a lithium foil anode of an all-solid-state lithium battery includes the steps of: a) dispersing a carbon nanomaterial in water to form a dispersion; b) mixing dopamine with the dispersion so as to permit the dopamine to perform a polymerization reaction in the dispersion to obtain a surface-modified carbon nanomaterial which is surface-modified by polydopamine; c) forming a regular sub-millimeter textured structure on a lithium foil; d) mixing the surface-modified carbon nanomaterial with a lithium ion-containing polymer to form a mixture; and e) applying the mixture on the lithium foil.

A method for making a lithium foil anode of an all-solid-state lithium battery includes the steps of: a) dispersing a carbon nanomaterial in water to form a dispersion; b) mixing dopamine with the dispersion so as to permit the dopamine to perform a polymerization reaction in the dispersion to obtain a surface-modified carbon nanomaterial which is surface-modified by polydopamine; c) forming a regular sub-millimeter textured structure on a lithium foil; d) mixing the surface-modified carbon nanomaterial with a lithium ion-containing polymer to form a mixture; and e) applying the mixture on the lithium foil.

An electrode manufacturing apparatus according to one aspect of the present disclosure is configured to discharge a liquid to form a resin layer or an inorganic layer on an electrode substrate which is being conveyed in a predetermined direction. The electrode manufacturing apparatus includes a detector, a liquid discharger provided downstream of the detector in the predetermined direction and configured to discharge the liquid to form the resin layer or the inorganic layer, and a controller configured to control a discharge condition of the liquid discharger. Points where a property varies are present on the electrode substrate along a direction intersecting the predetermined direction. The detector outputs pieces of detection information obtained by detecting one of the points in time series, and the controller controls the discharge condition of the liquid discharger based on combined detection information obtained by combining the pieces of detection information.

A battery module comprising a plurality of battery cells (2), which are each connected electrically conductively in series and/or in parallel with one another, and comprising a switching device (3), which has a first terminal (31) and a second terminal (32), wherein a first electrically conductive connecting element (41) connects the first terminal (31) of the switching device (3) electrically conductively to a first terminal (51) of a fuse element (5), and a second terminal (52) of the fuse element (5) is electrically conductively connected to a voltage tap (61) of a terminally arranged battery cell (2, 21), and a second electrically conductive connecting element (42) connects the second terminal (32) of the switching device (3) electrically conductively to a voltage tap (62) of the battery module (1).

A battery module comprising a plurality of battery cells (2), which are each connected electrically conductively in series and/or in parallel with one another, and comprising a switching device (3), which has a first terminal (31) and a second terminal (32), wherein a first electrically conductive connecting element (41) connects the first terminal (31) of the switching device (3) electrically conductively to a first terminal (51) of a fuse element (5), and a second terminal (52) of the fuse element (5) is electrically conductively connected to a voltage tap (61) of a terminally arranged battery cell (2, 21), and a second electrically conductive connecting element (42) connects the second terminal (32) of the switching device (3) electrically conductively to a voltage tap (62) of the battery module (1).

An electrolyte composition for a lithium secondary battery includes a lithium salt comprising a nitrogen element, a first additive having a LUMO (lowest occupied molecular orbital) value lower than a LUMO value of the lithium salt, and a second additive having a LUMO value higher than the LUMO value of the lithium salt.

An electrolyte composition for a lithium secondary battery includes a lithium salt comprising a nitrogen element, a first additive having a LUMO (lowest occupied molecular orbital) value lower than a LUMO value of the lithium salt, and a second additive having a LUMO value higher than the LUMO value of the lithium salt.

An electrochemical cell is provided comprising a thin metal foil packaging made from at least one sheet of metal foil and having a perimeter extending around at least a portion of the electrochemical cell, as well as an electrochemical cell stack contained within the thin metal foil packaging, and a metal-to-metal welded seal around at least a portion of the perimeter of the thin metal foil packaging. The metal-to-metal welded seal is hermetic or nearly hermetic. Furthermore, the metal-to-metal welded seal is narrow, having a width of less than about 1 mm, and is less than about 5 mm away from the electrochemical cell stack. In some embodiments, the thin metal foil packaging functions not only as a hermetically or near hermetically sealed packaging, but also as either the negative or positive current collector, with one electrode of the cell bonded to the foil packaging. A method for making the foregoing electrochemical cell is also provided and involves using laser energy the metal-to-metal welded seal, wherein the laser energy is applied to the foil at high speed using a scanning laser.

An electrochemical cell is provided comprising a thin metal foil packaging made from at least one sheet of metal foil and having a perimeter extending around at least a portion of the electrochemical cell, as well as an electrochemical cell stack contained within the thin metal foil packaging, and a metal-to-metal welded seal around at least a portion of the perimeter of the thin metal foil packaging. The metal-to-metal welded seal is hermetic or nearly hermetic. Furthermore, the metal-to-metal welded seal is narrow, having a width of less than about 1 mm, and is less than about 5 mm away from the electrochemical cell stack. In some embodiments, the thin metal foil packaging functions not only as a hermetically or near hermetically sealed packaging, but also as either the negative or positive current collector, with one electrode of the cell bonded to the foil packaging. A method for making the foregoing electrochemical cell is also provided and involves using laser energy the metal-to-metal welded seal, wherein the laser energy is applied to the foil at high speed using a scanning laser.