Provided is a method of improving a cycle-life of a rechargeable alkali metal-sulfur cell, the method comprising implementing an electronically non-conducting anode-protecting layer between an anode active material layer and a cathode active material without using a porous separator in the cell, wherein the anode-protecting layer has a thickness from 1 nm to 100 m and comprises an elastomer having a fully recoverable tensile elastic strain from 2% to 1,000%, a lithium ion or sodium ion conductivity from 10.sup.8 S/cm to 510.sup.2 S/cm, and an electronic conductivity less than 10.sup.4 S/cm when measured at room temperature. This battery exhibits an excellent combination of high sulfur content, high sulfur utilization efficiency, high energy density, no known dendrite issue, no dead lithium or dead sodium issue, and a long cycle life.

An auxiliary electrode for a lithium-ion battery includes a lithium source material. The auxiliary electrode is configured to selectively couple to a negative electrode of a lithium-ion battery to provide lithium for formation of a solid-electrolyte-inter-phase layer on a negative electrode.

The invention relates to an article comprising: a) one or more stacks of battery plates comprising one or more bipolar plates; b) located between each plate is a separator and a liquid electrolyte; further comprising one of more of the features: an integrated valve and an integrated channel communicating with the valve.

Provided is a lithium ion secondary battery including: a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material layer disposed on a positive electrode current collector; a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material layer disposed on a negative electrode current collector; and an electrolyte solution. The positive electrode active material layer includes a positive electrode active material containing a lithium nickel composite oxide. The positive electrode contains an alkaline component by less than 1% relative to a weight of the positive electrode active material. The electrolyte solution includes an additive containing a cyclic carbonate additive with an unsaturated bond. A molar ratio of the cyclic carbonate additive with an unsaturated bond relative to a total molar amount of the additive is 78% or less.

Disclosed is a bipolar battery with which thermal deterioration of the electrode body due to the generation of heat of tabs can be suppressed. The bipolar battery of the present disclosure includes a first member, a second member, and a laminate electrode body arranged therebetween, wherein the laminate electrode body includes a first current collector constituting a lamination direction end surface, a second current collector constituting the other lamination direction end surface, at least one bipolar current collector arranged between the first current collector and the second current collector, and a plurality of power generating elements which are electrically connected in series via the bipolar current collector between the first current collector and the second current collector, the first current collector is arranged between the first member and the bipolar current collector, the second current collector is arranged between the second member and the bipolar current collector, the first current collector has a first tab, the second current collector has a second tab, an amount of heat generated by the first tab during energization of the battery is greater than an amount of heat generated by the second tab, the first member is a cooling member for cooling the first current collector, and a cooling performance of the first member is greater than a cooling performance of the second member.

Disclosed is a bipolar battery with which thermal deterioration of the electrode body due to the generation of heat of tabs can be suppressed. The bipolar battery of the present disclosure includes a first member, a second member, and a laminate electrode body arranged therebetween, wherein the laminate electrode body includes a first current collector constituting a lamination direction end surface, a second current collector constituting the other lamination direction end surface, at least one bipolar current collector arranged between the first current collector and the second current collector, and a plurality of power generating elements which are electrically connected in series via the bipolar current collector between the first current collector and the second current collector, the first current collector is arranged between the first member and the bipolar current collector, the second current collector is arranged between the second member and the bipolar current collector, the first current collector has a first tab, the second current collector has a second tab, an amount of heat generated by the first tab during energization of the battery is greater than an amount of heat generated by the second tab, the first member is a cooling member for cooling the first current collector, and a cooling performance of the first member is greater than a cooling performance of the second member.

Disclosed are composite substrates and rechargeable lithium batteries. The composite substrate includes a support layer, a first metal layer on a top surface of the support layer, and a second metal layer on a bottom surface of the support layer. At least one of the first metal layer and the second metal layer includes a first region to which a tab is configured to be attached, and a second region different from the first region. A ratio of surface roughness of the first region to surface roughness of the second region is in a range of about 3.5 to about 7.

This application discloses a charging method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium, where the method includes: charging a secondary battery; and under a condition that a battery voltage of the secondary battery reaches a first cutoff voltage, performing constant-voltage charging on the secondary battery, and terminating the constant-voltage charging when a charging current of the secondary current reaches a target current; where the target current is greater than a first current, and the first current refers to a current at which a capacity of the secondary battery reaches a fully charged state during constant-voltage charging. A positive electrode active material of the secondary battery includes LiMPO.sub.4, where M includes Mn and Fe elements.

Provided is a terminal assembly for an electrochemical battery comprising a terminal connector; a conductive flat-plate with an electrically conducting perimeter; an electrically insulating tape member; and a terminal bipolar electrode plate. The electrically insulating tape member is in between the conductive flat-plate and the terminal bipolar electrode plate such that the electrically insulating tape member does not cover the entire surface area of the conductive flat-plate. The electrically conducting perimeter enables bi-directional uniform current flow through the conductive flat-plate between the terminal connector and the terminal bipolar electrode plate. Also provided is a battery frame member for a static rechargeable battery comprising a liquid diversion system; a gutter; a sealing member; a gas channel; and a ventilation hole. Also provided is a static rechargeable electrochemical battery comprising a pair of terminal assemblies, at least one bipolar electrode interposed between the pair of terminal assemblies, and a battery frame member.

A bipolar battery comprises bipolar electrodes and a sealing material. The bipolar electrodes are stacked in a perpendicular-to-plane direction. Each of the bipolar electrodes includes a positive electrode layer, a current-collecting foil sheet, and a negative electrode layer in this order. In an in-plane direction, the current-collecting foil sheet extends outwardly beyond the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer. At an end in the in-plane direction, the sealing material is attached to the current-collecting foil sheet to seal interstices between the current-collecting foil sheets that are adjacent to each other in the perpendicular-to-plane direction. The sealing material includes a first resin layer and a second resin layer in the perpendicular-to-plane direction. A relationship of Tm.sub.2<Tm.sub.1<Tm.sub.0 is satisfied. Tm.sub.0 represents a melting point of the current-collecting foil sheet. Tm.sub.1 represents a melting point of the first resin layer. Tm.sub.2 represents a melting point of the second resin layer.