A flow battery according to embodiments includes a cathode, anodes, a reaction chamber, an electrolytic solution, a manifold, a plurality of first supply holes, and a gas supply part. The reaction chamber houses the cathode and the anodes. The electrolytic solution is housed inside the reaction chamber and contacts the cathode and the anodes. The manifold is arranged under the reaction chamber. The plurality of first supply holes connect the reaction chamber and the manifold. The gas supply part supplies a gas to the manifold. When the manifold is filled with the electrolytic solution, the cathode and the anodes are not exposed to an outside of the electrolytic solution, and when the manifold is filled with a gas, a gas layer that is not filled with the electrolytic solution exists in the reaction chamber.

Provided is a secondary battery manufacturing system for simplifying a process of manufacturing unit cells by laminating and a process of forming an electrode assembly using the unit cells, and the secondary battery manufacturing system includes: a unit cell forming device for the forming unit cells, in which a separator, an anode cell, a separator, a cathode cell, and a separator are stacked in order, from a separator roll, an anode cell roll, and a cathode cell roll, which are rolled; an inverting device for forming inverted unit cells, in which a separator, a cathode cell, a separator, an anode cell, and a separator are stacked in order, by inverting some of two or more unit cells formed by the unit cell forming device; and a stacking device for stacking a unit cell, an anode cell, an inverted unit cell, and a cathode cell in order, in which the process of manufacturing an electrode assembly is simplified, and the defect rate of the manufactured electrode assembly is lowered.

Provided is a secondary battery manufacturing system which includes: a unit cell forming device for the forming unit cells, in which a separator, an anode cell, a separator, a cathode cell, and a separator are stacked in order, from a separator roll, an anode cell roll, and a cathode cell roll, which are rolled; an inverting device for forming inverted unit cells, in which a separator, a cathode cell, a separator, an anode cell, and a separator are stacked in order, by inverting some of two or more unit cells formed by the unit cell forming device; and a stacking device for stacking a unit cell, an anode cell, an inverted unit cell, and a cathode cell in order, in which the process of manufacturing an electrode assembly is simplified, and the defect rate of the manufactured electrode assembly is lowered.

A battery module includes a cell stack in which a plurality of plate-shaped cells is stacked such that each main surface, which is a surface of each of the plate-shaped cells in a cell thickness direction, faces one another.

Battery core packs employing minimum cell-face pressure containment devices and methods are disclosed for minimizing dendrite growth and increasing cycle life of metal and metal-ion battery cells.

Battery core packs employing minimum cell-face pressure containment devices and methods are disclosed for minimizing dendrite growth and increasing cycle life of metal and metal-ion battery cells.

An electrode assembly according to the present disclosure includes an electrode stack part formed by stacking at least one radical unit having a four-layered structure of a first electrode, a separator, a second electrode and a separator, and an electrode fixing part for wrapping and fixing the electrode stack part. The electrode assembly according to the present disclosure may be fabricated by means of a stacking process other than a folding process, and may accomplish accurate alignment and stable fixing.

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of battery, and particularly to a battery module. The battery module includes a case body having a cavity, a plurality of battery units accommodated in the cavity of the case body, an output electrode assembly disposed on the case body and electrically connected to output terminals of the plurality of battery units, and an end cap connected to the case body and arranged to press and cover at least a part of the output electrode assembly. The battery module according to the present disclosure has a sound design, through which the airtightness of the output electrode assembly is not liable to be broken during the running of the vehicle.

A battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules that includes a plurality of battery cells, a battery cell holder, a second-electrode assembly including a plurality of second-electrode bus bar plates, a first-electrode assembly, and a cover. The first-electrode assembly includes a plurality of first-electrode bus bar plates, a first-electrode terminal, a second-electrode terminal connected to one of the plurality of second-electrode bus bar plates, and an inter-electrode bus bar connecting the second-electrode bus bar plate and one of the first-electrode bus bar plate and the first-electrode terminal. The first-electrode assembly is in a first pattern or a second pattern. An arrangement of the first-electrode terminal and the second-electrode terminal in the battery module differs according to the pattern of the first-electrode assembly.

An electrochemical cell and battery system including cells, each cell including a catholyte, an anolyte, and a separator disposed between the catholyte and anolyte and that is permeable to the at least one ionic species (for example, a metal cation or the hydroxide ion). The catholyte solution includes a ferricyanide, permanganate, manganate, sulfur, and/or polysulfide compound, and the anolyte includes a sulfide and/or polysulfide compound. These electrochemical couples may be embodied in various physical architectures, including static (non-flowing) architectures or in flow battery (flowing) architectures.