An interfacial protective coating layer of LTO is effective in preventing unwanted interfacial reactions between the solid-state electrolyte and cathode electrodes from occurring. Incorporation of the inventive coating into sodium-based all-solid-state batteries allows for room temperature operation, high voltage, and long cycle life.

A negative electrode active material including negative electrode active material particles, wherein the negative electrode active material particles contain silicon compound particles containing a silicon compound, the silicon compound particles contain Li.sub.2SiO.sub.3, at least a part of a surface of the silicon compound particles is covered with a carbon layer, and a surface layer of the negative electrode active material particles contains a substance having a carboxylic acid structure. Provided by this configuration is a negative electrode active material capable of increasing battery capacity due to improved initial efficiency and capable of realizing satisfactory battery cycle characteristics.

The present disclosure provides a multi-component composite anode material, a method for preparing the same, a lithium-ion battery anode material, and a lithium-ion battery. The multi-component composite anode material includes a core and a shell covering surface of the core; the core includes a graphite substrate and an embedding component embedded in the graphite substrate. The embedding component include nano silicon, lithium titanate, and a first non-graphitic carbon material. The shell includes a second non-graphitic carbon material. The method includes: calcining a first precursor formed by a titanium source, nano-silicon, a lithium source and graphite to prepare a second precursor containing lithium titanate; and carbon-coating the second precursor with a carbon source. The multi-component composite anode material has high specific capacity, high initial coulombic efficiency, ultra-low volume expansion, excellent cycle performance and excellent rate performance.

An electrode for a lithium-ion battery. The electrode has at least one porous silicon layer and a copper layer. There is also described a battery with such an electrode, a method for producing an electrode of this kind, and the use of an electrode of this kind in a battery.

Process for making a partially coated electrode active material wherein said process comprises the following steps: (a) Providing an electrode active material according to general formula Li.sub.1+xTM.sub.1−xO.sub.2, wherein TM is Ni and, optionally, at least one of Co and Mn, and, optionally, at least one element selected from Al, Mg, Ba and B, transition metals other than Ni, Co, and Mn, and x is in the range of from zero to 0.2, wherein at least 50 mole-% of the transition metal of TM is Ni, (b) treating said electrode active material with an aqueous medium, (c) partially removing water by solid-liquid separation method, (d) treating the residue with a compound of Me, Me being selected from at least one of aluminum, boron, phosphorus, antimony, magnesium, vanadium, and tellurium, and (e) treating the residue thermally.

An apparatus for manufacturing an electrode assembly includes a first roller and a second roller, which press both sides of a stack, in which electrodes and a separator are alternately stacked, a first elastic layer provided along an outer circumferential surface of the first roller and comprising an elastic material, and a first deformation prevention roller provided to be in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the first elastic layer so as to prevent the outer circumferential surface of the first elastic layer from being deformed.

An aerosol including an active material powder, a binder, and a gas is prepared. An electric field is formed between a substrate and a porous electrode. The aerosol is electrically charged. The aerosol after the electrically charging is introduced into the electric field. The aerosol passes through the porous electrode and thereby the aerosol is introduced into the electric field. At the time of the aerosol passing through the porous electrode, the aerosol comes into contact with the porous electrode and thereby the aerosol is electrically charged. In the electric field, the aerosol after the electrically charging flies toward the substrate due to electrostatic force. The aerosol adheres to a surface of the substrate and thereby an active material layer is formed.

An electrode loss measuring apparatus includes an electrode which moves in a roll-to-roll state between an unwinder and a rewinder and on which a plurality of reference points are marked at predetermined intervals . The apparatus further includes a reference point detector configured to detect the reference points marked on the electrode, a position measurer configured to derive a position value of the electrode according to a rotation amount of the unwinder or the rewinder and a position value of the corresponding reference point in conjunction with the reference point detector when the reference point detector detects the reference point, and a calculator configured to calculate a loss amount of the electrode by comparing the derived position value of the reference point with a position value of a set reference point when an interval between the reference points is changed due to a loss of a portion of the electrode.

Provided are methods of preparing a separator/anode assembly for use in an electric current producing cell, wherein the assembly comprises an anode current collector layer interposed between a first anode layer and a second anode layer and a porous separator layer on the side of the first anode layer opposite to the anode current collector layer, wherein the first anode layer is coated directly on the separator layer.

A battery electrode composition is provided that comprises a composite material comprising one or more nanocomposites. The nanocomposites may each comprise a planar substrate backbone having a curved geometrical structure, and an active material forming a continuous or substantially continuous film at least partially encasing the substrate backbone. To form an electrode from the electrode composition, a plurality of electrically-interconnected nanocomposites of this type may be aggregated into one or more three-dimensional agglomerations, such as substantially spherical or ellipsoidal granules.