Provided is a method of preparing an alkali-sulfur cell comprising: (a) combining a quantity of an active material, a quantity of an electrolyte containing an alkali salt dissolved in a solvent, and a conductive additive to form a deformable and electrically conductive electrode material, wherein the conductive additive, containing conductive filaments, forms a 3D network of electron-conducting pathways; (b) forming the electrode material into a quasi-solid electrode (the first electrode), wherein the forming step includes deforming the electrode material into an electrode shape without interrupting the 3D network of electron-conducting pathways such that the electrode maintains an electrical conductivity no less than 10.sup.6 S/cm; (c) forming a second electrode (the second electrode may be a quasi-solid electrode as well); and (d) forming an alkali-sulfur cell by combining the quasi-solid electrode and the second electrode having an ion-conducting separator disposed between the two electrodes.

Electrolyte formulations including additives or combinations of additives. The electrolyte formulations are useful in lithium ion battery cells having lithium titanate anodes. The electrolyte formulations provide low temperature power performance and high temperature stability in such lithium ion battery cells.

The invention relates to the use of a bis(pyridinium)-naphthalene diimide redox ionic compound as electrode active material, notably for an aqueous electrolyte battery, to a negative electrode comprising at least said bis(pyridinium)-naphthalene diimide redox ionic compound, to a battery, notably an aqueous electrolyte battery comprising said negative electrode, and to particular bis(pyridinium)-naphthalene diimide redox ionic compounds.

The invention relates to the use of a bis(pyridinium)-naphthalene diimide redox ionic compound as electrode active material, notably for an aqueous electrolyte battery, to a negative electrode comprising at least said bis(pyridinium)-naphthalene diimide redox ionic compound, to a battery, notably an aqueous electrolyte battery comprising said negative electrode, and to particular bis(pyridinium)-naphthalene diimide redox ionic compounds.

According to one embodiment, a battery is provided. The battery includes one or more electrode stack. The one or more electrode stack includes an electrolyte layer, a first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer. The electrolyte layer includes an electrolyte and a carboxymethylcellulose sodium salt. The first electrode layer includes a first active material and a carboxymethylcellulose ammonium salt. The second electrode layer includes a second active material and a first binder soluble in an organic solvent. The first electrode layer is bound to a first surface of the electrolyte layer. The second electrode layer is bound to a second surface of the electrolyte layer on a reverse side to the first surface.

To provide a novel stabilization method for suppressing over-time denaturation of a high-purity ethylene carbonate-containing composition, a stabilized high-purity ethylene carbonate-containing composition, and the like. A method for stabilizing a high-purity ethylene carbonate-containing composition includes adjustment of content of the total of formic acid and a formic acid salt, or 2-chloroethanol to 500 ppm by mass or less in the high-purity ethylene carbonate-containing composition including 90% by mass or more ethylene carbonate.

To provide a novel stabilization method for suppressing over-time denaturation of a high-purity ethylene carbonate-containing composition, a stabilized high-purity ethylene carbonate-containing composition, and the like. A method for stabilizing a high-purity ethylene carbonate-containing composition includes adjustment of content of the total of formic acid and a formic acid salt, or 2-chloroethanol to 500 ppm by mass or less in the high-purity ethylene carbonate-containing composition including 90% by mass or more ethylene carbonate.

The present teaching provides a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery provided with a non-aqueous electrolyte solution having a composition able to achieve high battery performance even in an extremely low temperature region (for example, 30 C. or lower). The non-aqueous electrolyte solution disclosed herein contains, as non-aqueous solvents, ethylene carbonate (EC), propylene carbonate (PC), dimethyl carbonate (DMC), ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC) and ethyl propionate (EP), and when the total volume of the non-aqueous solvents is 100 vol. %, the content of EC is 20 to 30 vol. %, the content of PC is 5 to 10 vol. %, the content of EP is 5 to 10 vol. %, and the content of DMC+EMC is 50 to 70 vol. %.

The present teaching provides a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery provided with a non-aqueous electrolyte solution having a composition able to achieve high battery performance even in an extremely low temperature region (for example, 30 C. or lower). The non-aqueous electrolyte solution disclosed herein contains, as non-aqueous solvents, ethylene carbonate (EC), propylene carbonate (PC), dimethyl carbonate (DMC), ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC) and ethyl propionate (EP), and when the total volume of the non-aqueous solvents is 100 vol. %, the content of EC is 20 to 30 vol. %, the content of PC is 5 to 10 vol. %, the content of EP is 5 to 10 vol. %, and the content of DMC+EMC is 50 to 70 vol. %.

A solid electrolyte (10) of the present disclosure includes porous silica (11) having a plurality of pores (12) interconnected mutually and an electrolyte (13) coating inner surfaces of the plurality of pores (12). The electrolyte (13) includes 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide represented by EMI-FSI and a lithium salt dissolved in the EMI-FSI. A molar ratio of the EMI-FSI to the porous silica (11) is larger than 1.0 and less than 3.5.