An electrode assembly includes a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate. The first electrode plate includes a first current collector and a first active material layer, where the first current collector includes a first body portion and a first tab, the first active material layer is applied on a surface of the first body portion, and the first tab extends from an end of the first body portion in a first direction. The second electrode plate includes a second current collector and a second active material layer, where the second current collector includes a second body portion and a second tab, the second active material layer is applied on a surface of the second body portion, and the second tab extends from an end of the second body portion in the first direction.

Batteries according to embodiments of the present technology may include an electrode stack. The electrode stack may include an anode electrode having an anode current collector, and an anode active material disposed on the anode current collector. The anode electrode may define one or more first apertures through the anode electrode. The electrode stack may also include a cathode electrode having a cathode current collector, and a cathode active material disposed on the cathode current collector. The cathode electrode may define one or more second apertures through the cathode electrode.

Batteries according to embodiments of the present technology may include an electrode stack. The electrode stack may include an anode electrode having an anode current collector, and an anode active material disposed on the anode current collector. The anode electrode may define one or more first apertures through the anode electrode. The electrode stack may also include a cathode electrode having a cathode current collector, and a cathode active material disposed on the cathode current collector. The cathode electrode may define one or more second apertures through the cathode electrode.

The present invention provides a conductive fabric comprising base cloth and a conductive metallic circuit structure formed on the surface of the base cloth. The conductive metallic circuit structure comprises at least one metallic seed layer and at least one chemical-plating layer. The metallic seed layer is an evaporation-deposition layer or a sputter-deposition layer and has a circuit pattern. The chemical-plating layer is applied over the surface of the metallic seed layer. The conductive fabric has improved conductivity and heat generation efficiency.

The present application provides a current collecting plate and a cylindrical lithium battery. The current collecting plate includes a circular current collecting plate, a center of the circular current collecting plate is provided with a central area, an edge of the circular current collecting plate is provided with at least one notch, and circumferences of concentric circles outside the central area of the circular current collecting plate are respectively provided with a liquid guiding hole, and each liquid guiding hole and the notch are configured for guiding liquid for to a battery electrode group at a bottom of the circular current collecting plate.

The present application provides a current collecting plate and a cylindrical lithium battery. The current collecting plate includes a circular current collecting plate, a center of the circular current collecting plate is provided with a central area, an edge of the circular current collecting plate is provided with at least one notch, and circumferences of concentric circles outside the central area of the circular current collecting plate are respectively provided with a liquid guiding hole, and each liquid guiding hole and the notch are configured for guiding liquid for to a battery electrode group at a bottom of the circular current collecting plate.

An electrode assembly, a method and system for manufacturing same, a battery cell, and a battery are provided. The electrode assembly includes a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate that are stacked. A positive active material layer of the positive electrode plate is disposed opposite to a negative active material layer of the negative electrode plate.

A positive-electrode core laminate of a portion of a positive-electrode core on which no positive-electrode active material layer is formed is bonded to a positive-electrode current collector by ultrasonic bonding. A core recess is formed in a bonding region of the positive-electrode core laminate bonded to the positive-electrode current collector by ultrasonic bonding, a region of the positive-electrode core laminate in which the core recess is formed includes a solid-state bonding layer and a central layer, the solid-state bonding layer being formed by solid-state bonding between layers of the positive-electrode core, the central layer being disposed between the solid-state bonding layers formed on both faces of the positive-electrode core, and the first average grain size of metal crystal grains constituting the solid-state bonding layer is smaller than the second average grain size of metal crystal grains constituting the central layer.

A secondary battery production method is provided, with which deformation of a current collector is reduced. The method produces a secondary battery including: an electrode assembly having positive and negative electrode plates; and a positive electrode current collector. The positive electrode plate includes a positive electrode core and a positive electrode active material layer, and the electrode assembly includes a positive electrode core-stacked portion. The method includes: an electrode assembly production step of producing the electrode assembly; and an ultrasonic bonding step of ultrasonically bonding the positive electrode current collector to the positive electrode core-stacked portion. The positive electrode current collector has a thin-walled portion. In the ultrasonic bonding step, the thin-walled portion and the positive electrode core-stacked portion are sandwiched between a horn and an anvil, and the thin-walled portion and the positive electrode core-stacked portion are ultrasonically bonded together.

A secondary battery production method is provided, with which deformation of a current collector is reduced. The method produces a secondary battery including: an electrode assembly having positive and negative electrode plates; and a positive electrode current collector. The positive electrode plate includes a positive electrode core and a positive electrode active material layer, and the electrode assembly includes a positive electrode core-stacked portion. The method includes: an electrode assembly production step of producing the electrode assembly; and an ultrasonic bonding step of ultrasonically bonding the positive electrode current collector to the positive electrode core-stacked portion. The positive electrode current collector has a thin-walled portion. In the ultrasonic bonding step, the thin-walled portion and the positive electrode core-stacked portion are sandwiched between a horn and an anvil, and the thin-walled portion and the positive electrode core-stacked portion are ultrasonically bonded together.