The present invention provides a battery, comprising a case, a cell packaged in the case, an electrical terminal located at one end of the case and electrically connected to the cell, a safety device and a current cut-off device. The safety device comprises a first and second electrode respectively electrically connected to a positive electrode or a negative electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode are arranged spaced apart from each other and form an electric field, and a gas generating material capable of generating an inert gas when a voltage reaches or exceeds a threshold value is provided in the electric field. The current cut-off device is electrically connected between the cell and the electrical terminal and is capable of causing a brake of circuit in response to a pressure difference between the inside and the outside of the battery caused by the inert gas.

Energy storage devices, battery cells, and batteries of the present technology may include a housing characterized by a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The batteries may include a set of electrodes located within the housing. The set of electrodes may be positioned within the interior region of the housing. The set of electrodes may include a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode may include a tab coupled with a surface of the housing at a distal end and coupled with the first electrode at a proximal end. The tab may be coupled with a first surface of the first electrode. A first insulating material may be applied along a second surface of the first electrode across a section corresponding to a location where the tab is coupled with the first electrode. The batteries may also include a cap at least partially contained within the interior region of the housing. The cap may be characterized by a first surface facing the set of electrodes.

Energy storage devices, battery cells, and batteries of the present technology may include a housing characterized by a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The batteries may include a set of electrodes located within the housing. The set of electrodes may be positioned within the interior region of the housing. The set of electrodes may include a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode may include a tab coupled with a surface of the housing at a distal end and coupled with the first electrode at a proximal end. The tab may be coupled with a first surface of the first electrode. A first insulating material may be applied along a second surface of the first electrode across a section corresponding to a location where the tab is coupled with the first electrode. The batteries may also include a cap at least partially contained within the interior region of the housing. The cap may be characterized by a first surface facing the set of electrodes.

A dendrite resistant battery may include a first electrode, a second electrode, and an electrolyte interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The dendrite resistant battery may further include at least one acoustic wave device configured to generate a plurality of acoustic waves during a charging of the battery. The charging of the battery may trigger cations from the first electrode to travel through the electrolyte and deposit on the second electrode. The plurality of acoustic waves may agitate the electrolyte to at least homogenize a distribution of cations in the electrolyte. The homogenization of the distribution of cations may prevent a formation of dendrites on the second electrode by at least increasing a uniformity of the deposit of cations on the second electrode. Related methods and systems for battery management are also provided.

A dendrite resistant battery may include a first electrode, a second electrode, and an electrolyte interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The dendrite resistant battery may further include at least one acoustic wave device configured to generate a plurality of acoustic waves during a charging of the battery. The charging of the battery may trigger cations from the first electrode to travel through the electrolyte and deposit on the second electrode. The plurality of acoustic waves may agitate the electrolyte to at least homogenize a distribution of cations in the electrolyte. The homogenization of the distribution of cations may prevent a formation of dendrites on the second electrode by at least increasing a uniformity of the deposit of cations on the second electrode. Related methods and systems for battery management are also provided.

An anode material composition is provided for a metal-ion battery that comprises an active material coating, a current conductive current collector, and a conductive interlayer coupling the active material coating to the current collector. The active material coating may have a capacity loading of at least 2 mAh/cm.sup.2 and comprise active material particles that exhibit volume expansion in the range of about 8 vol. % to about 160 vol. % during a first charge-discharge cycle and volume expansion in the range of about 4 vol. % to about 50 vol. % during one or more subsequent charge-discharge cycles.

An anode material composition is provided for a metal-ion battery that comprises an active material coating, a current conductive current collector, and a conductive interlayer coupling the active material coating to the current collector. The active material coating may have a capacity loading of at least 2 mAh/cm.sup.2 and comprise active material particles that exhibit volume expansion in the range of about 8 vol. % to about 160 vol. % during a first charge-discharge cycle and volume expansion in the range of about 4 vol. % to about 50 vol. % during one or more subsequent charge-discharge cycles.

A wound battery which relates to the field of batteries. The wound battery is formed by winding a battery sheet. The battery sheet is flexible and includes a flexible current collector, a positive active layer, a negative active layer, and an insulating separator which is formed on a surface of the positive active layer and/or a surface of the negative active layer, and is configured to prevent the positive active layer from directly contacting the negative active layer.

A wound battery which relates to the field of batteries. The wound battery is formed by winding a battery sheet. The battery sheet is flexible and includes a flexible current collector, a positive active layer, a negative active layer, and an insulating separator which is formed on a surface of the positive active layer and/or a surface of the negative active layer, and is configured to prevent the positive active layer from directly contacting the negative active layer.

A negative electrode comprises a negative electrode collector, a first negative electrode mixture layer that is provided on the surface of the negative electrode collector, and a second negative electrode mixture layer that faces the positive electrode; the first negative electrode mixture layer and the second negative electrode mixture layer contain graphite particles; the ratio of the void fraction (S2) among the graphite particles in the second negative electrode mixture layer to the void fraction (S1) among the graphite particles in the first negative electrode mixture layer, namely S2/S1 is from 1.1 to 2.0; the ratio of the packing density (D2) of the second negative electrode mixture layer to the packing density (D1) of the first negative electrode mixture layer, namely D2/D1 is from 0.9 to 1.1; and the separator has a thickness of 10 μm or less, while having a porosity of from 25% to 45%.