A rechargeable lithium-ion button cell battery having a sealed housing includes a top flat plate and a round or oval cup sealed by laser at the rim of top plate whereas connecting the opening end of the cup sidewall. The top plate has a centered sandwiched structure including two outer plates at upper and lower position, that clamping one inner pin-like conductive plate by its flange, insulated by a gasket. The upper plate of the outer plates has an asymmetric shape to its center line, which allows asymmetric sealing force applied on the inner pin-like plate flange to act as a safety vent. Inside the sealed housing the anode and cathode electrodes are either spiral wound or stacked with separator to be a round or oval roll, one electrode is connected to the cup, the other electrode is connected to the inner pin-like conductive plate of the top plate.

A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode that includes a lithium-manganese oxide as a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode includes SiO.sub.x (0X<2) in which at least a part of a surface is covered with carbon, or a Li-Al alloy as the negative electrode active material, a low-viscosity electrolytic solution that contains propylene carbonate (PC), ethylene carbonate (EC), and dimethoxy ethane (DME) as an organic solvent in a range of {PC:EC:DME}={0.5 to 1.5:0.5 to 1.5:1 to 31} in terms of a volume ratio, and lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (LiFSI) as a supporting salt in an individual amount of 0.6 to 1.2 (mol/L), and the viscosity of the electrolytic solution is constant at higher than 30 C. to room temperature.

A cell, in particular a button cell, and to a method for manufacturing such a cell, the method includes providing a first part and a second part intended to respectively form the lid and the cup of the housing, the first part including an edge area with a zone inclined or perpendicular with respect to a center axis of the housing; applying a layer of adhesive on the edge area of the first part; then inserting the first part into an open end of the second part, the layer of adhesive on the edge area being finally turned towards the open end of the second part; closing the housing by bending an upper portion of the side wall on the zone of the edge area provided with the layer of adhesive, and curing the layer of adhesive to form an adhesive joint sealing the housing.

Excellent thermal stability in addition to excellent cycle property with maintaining a sufficient battery capacity is shown by positive electrode active material particles having a layered rock salt structure, represented by the compositional formula: (Li.sub.X.sub.c)(Ni.sub.aCo.sub.bX.sub.cZ.sub.d)O.sub.2, in the compositional formula: X is a divalent metallic element capable of substituting for Li-site; Z is a metallic element containing at least Al and/or Mn, other than X; 0.931.15; 0.82a<1.00; 0b0.12; 0.001c+e0.040; 0d0.10; and a+b+c+d=1.

Disclosed herein is a gel electrolyte composition and a method of manufacturing a gel electrolyte using the same, and more particularly to a method of manufacturing a gel electrolyte for a lithium-air battery, which is in a gel phase using a gel electrolyte composition including inorganic particles including silica.

A method for producing a battery includes providing a cup-shaped first housing part having a bottom and a side wall, the bottom and the side wall each having an inside and an outside. The method further includes covering the inside of the bottom of the first housing part with an electrically conductive covering, electrically connecting the electrically conductive covering to the bottom of the first housing part by welding, electrically connecting an electric conductor to the electrically conductive covering by welding, and assembling the first housing part and a second housing part to form a housing of the battery, the housing enclosing an interior space that includes a composite body therein. The composite body includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and the electric conductor. The inside of the bottom and the inside of the side wall of the first housing part face the interior space.

A button cell includes housing parts each including a circular bottom, a ring-shaped side wall, a circumferential transition region connecting the bottom and the side wall, and an opening edge defining a circular opening, where the circular bottoms and ring-shaped side walls each have an inside facing into the interior space and an outside facing in the opposite direction and the opening peripheries each lie in a plane oriented parallel to the respective bottom, the inside and the outside of the side wall and the opening edge of the first housing part are coated with a solid polymer coating joined by material-to-material bonding to the sides and the opening edge and forms the sealing element, and the polymer coating is thicker at the opening edge than in a region of the side wall which is at a distance from the opening edge.

A method for producing a battery includes depositing, via sputter deposition, a coating on at least a portion of a cup shaped first housing part of the battery. The coating includes aluminium, chromium, tin, and/or an alloy having two or more of the group consisting of aluminium, chromium, and tin. The method also includes establishing an electrical connection between a current conductor of the battery and the cup-shaped first housing part of the battery and assembling the cup-shaped first housing part of the battery and a second housing part of the battery to form a housing of the battery. The housing has an interior space that includes a composite body including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and the current conductor. The cup-shaped first housing part has a circular or oval bottom and a ring-shaped side wall.

A button-type battery of the present disclosure is provided with a package assembly and a rolled cell. In an actual application process, both a battery cup and a battery cover have a protective function, while a sealing plastic ring has a waterproof function. In addition, when an electrode tab needs welding, position of the electrode tab is determined, and the battery cup and/or the battery cover are subjected to resistance welding. Accordingly, a center welding layer is formed by resistance welding on a contact portion at a central position where the electrode tab of the rolled cell contacts the battery cup and/or the battery cover, and an edge welding layer is formed by resistance welding on a contact portion at an edge position where the electrode tab of the rolled cell contacts the battery cup and/or the battery cover.

The present invention relates, in part, to methods of preparing a safety battery. Methods can include dispensing a safety ink formulation between the two poles of a battery. Upon exposure to moisture, the formulation provides an electrical connection between two poles, thus minimizing electrical discharge and/or reducing the formation of electrochemically generated ions at the pole(s).