A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an all solid state battery wherein interface resistance between a current collector and an active material layer is low. In the present disclosure, the above object is achieved by providing an all solid state battery comprising: an electrode including a current collector, an electron conductive layer, and an active material layer, in this order, and a solid electrolyte layer formed on the active material layer side of the electrode, and the electron conductive layer is an agglutinate of metal particles or a metal foil, and electron conductivity of the electron conductive layer is 1×10.sup.3 S/cm or more at 25° C.

A strip-shaped electrode sheet includes an electrode foil including a strip-shaped foil exposed portion in which the electrode foil is exposed, a strip-shaped active material layer extending in a longitudinal direction, and a strip-shaped insulator layer containing insulating resin and formed on an insulator-layer support portion along a one-side layer edge portion of the active material layer and between the foil exposed portion of the electrode foil and an active-material-layer support portion. The insulator layer is located lower than a top face of the active material layer toward the electrode foil and includes a slant coating portion covering at least a lower portion of a one-side slant portion of the active material layer and a foil coating portion extending from the slant coating portion in a width-direction one side and covering the insulator-layer support portion of the electrode foil.

The present disclosure is directed to methods for production of composites of carbon nanotubes and electrode active material from liquid dispersions. Composites thusly produced may be used as self-standing electrodes without binder or collector. Moreover, the method of the present disclosure may allow more cost-efficient production while simultaneously affording control over nanotube loading and composite thickness.

A sensor-on-clamp device for use in a drilling system, the clamp being a tool joint clamp and houses one or more sensors mounted to the tool joint clamp, a power source and sensor data transmitting means. One or more sensors for use in a drilling system, said sensors being powerable by a single commercially available, replaceable battery.

Lithium ion batteries, methods of making the same, and equipment for making the same are provided. In one implementation, a method of fabricating a pre-lithiated electrode is provided. The method comprises disposing a lithium metal target comprising a layer of lithium metal adjacent to a surface of a prefabricated electrode. The method further comprises heating at least one of the lithium metal target and the prefabricated electrode to a temperature less than or equal to 180 degrees Celsius. The method further comprises compressing the lithium metal target and the prefabricated electrode together while applying ultrasound to the lithium metal target to transfer a quantity of lithium from the lithium metal target to the prefabricated electrode.

A secondary-battery electrode manufacturing method that allows a secondary-battery electrode including a neat linear cut portion to be stably manufactured at a high speed is provided. A method of manufacturing a secondary-battery electrode (10), which is an example of an embodiment, comprises a first step of forming an active material layer (22) on at least one surface of a long core body (21). The method of manufacturing the secondary-battery electrode (10), which is an example of the embodiment also comprises a second step of cutting an electrode precursor (20) into a predetermined shape by using a continuous wave laser, the electrode precursor (20) being the long core body (21) having the active material layer (22) formed thereon.

An electrode plate which is to be contained in a wound or multilayer electrode body, and which is provided with: a band-like electrode plate core body; mixture layers that are formed on both surfaces of the electrode plate core body; and a tab that extends from one end of the electrode plate core body in the short-side direction. With respect to this electrode plate, the front edge of the electrode plate core body at the end from which the tab extends is covered by the mixture layers.

A method for preparing artificial graphite, including the steps of: pulverizing a carbonaceous material; carrying out a first deferrization to remove magnetic foreign materials generated by pulverizing the carbonaceous material to form a first deferrization product; granulating the first deferrization product of the first deferrization step to form a granulated product; graphitizing the granulated product to form a graphitized product; and carrying out a second deferrization on the graphitized product to remove magnetic foreign materials from the graphitized product to form the artificial graphite. A negative electrode including the artificial graphite and a lithium secondary battery including the negative electrode are also disclosed.

The invention refers to negative electrode plate, preparation method thereof and electrochemical device. The negative electrode plate comprises: a negative current collector, a negative active material layer, and an inorganic dielectric layer which are provided in a stacked manner; the negative active material layer comprises opposite first surface and second surface, wherein the first surface is disposed away from the negative current collector; the inorganic dielectric layer is disposed on the first surface of the negative active material layer and consists of an inorganic dielectric material. The negative electrode plate provided by the application is useful in an electrochemical device, and can result in an electrochemical device having simultaneously excellent safety performance and cycle performance.

A negative electrode for a lithium metal battery, a manufacturing method thereof, and a lithium battery including the same. An adhesive layer including a binder and a conductive material between the negative current collector and the negative active material improves conductivity while also improving adherence between a negative current collector and a negative active material of the lithium battery.