Provided is a wound cell, formed by winding of a first and second separator, a first and second electrode plate from start ends thereof, outermost circle of second electrode plate includes second single-side coated area, surface of which facing center of the wound cell is second blank current collector area not coated with second active material, portion of first electrode plate opposite to second blank current collector area includes first single-side coated area, surface of which away from the center of the wound cell is first blank current collector area not coated with first active material; tail end of first electrode plate contains first blank foil area, portion of second electrode plate opposite to first blank foil area contains second blank foil area; start ends of first and second single-side coated area are located at two opposite sides in thickness direction of the cell.

A cell of an energy storage device with at least one electrode that is tabless, and methods of forming thereof, are described. The cell includes a first substrate having a first coating disposed thereon, wherein a second portion of the first substrate at a proximal end along the width of the first substrate comprises a conductive material. An inner separator is disposed over the first substrate. A second substrate is disposed over the inner separator. The second substrate has a second coating disposed thereon. The first substrate, the inner separator, and the second substrate in a successive manner, the first substrate, the inner separator, and the second substrate are rolled about a central axis.

A secondary battery includes a positive electrode current collector attached to an electrode group, a sealing body including a lid plate and a positive electrode terminal, and a current collecting lead interposed between the positive electrode current collector and the sealing body, and joined to the positive electrode current collector and the sealing body. The current collecting lead has a top wall located on a side of the sealing body, a bottom wall facing the top wall, and located on a side of the positive electrode current collector, and a pair of side walls and extending between a side edge of the top wall and a side edge of the bottom wall, and facing each other. The top wall includes faced parts and facing the bottom wall, and extension parts extending outward from the faced parts, and the extension parts are joined to the lid plate.

A wound-type battery includes a wound electrode group having a first electrode and a second electrode with polarity opposite to the first electrode, an electrolyte, a battery case, a sealing plate that seals an opening of the battery case, an insulating plate that is disposed between the electrode group and the sealing plate and that has a hole, and a first tab that passes through the hole to electrically connect the first electrode and the sealing plate to each other. At least a part of a region of the first tab that extends through the hole to a sealing plate side is covered with a tab tape on a side facing the insulating plate. The tab tape includes at least a first adhesive layer and a second adhesive layer on a side opposite the first adhesive layer and is in contact with the first tab through the first adhesive layer.

The invention provides a method of improving the cycle-life of a rechargeable alkali metal-sulfur cell. The method comprises implementing an anode-protecting layer between an anode active material layer and a porous separator/electrolyte, and/or implementing a cathode-protecting layer between a cathode active material and the porous separator/electrolyte, wherein the anode-protecting layer or cathode-protecting layer comprises a conductive sulfonated elastomer composite having from 0.01% to 50% by weight of a conductive reinforcement material dispersed in a sulfonated elastomeric matrix material and the protecting layer has a thickness from 1 nm to 100 m, a fully recoverable tensile strain from 2% to 500%, a lithium ion conductivity from 10.sup.7 S/cm to 510.sup.2 S/cm, and an electrical conductivity from 10.sup.7 S/cm to 100 S/cm when measured at room temperature. This battery exhibits an excellent combination of high sulfur content, high sulfur utilization efficiency, high energy density, and long cycle life.

A film that contains Ni.sub.2O.sub.3H as a main component.

Provided is a wound cell, formed by successively stacking and winding of first separator, first electrode plate, second separator and second electrode plate from head ends thereof, the first separator is located at innermost side of the flat-shaped cell; a first and second electrode tab is electrically connected with the first and second electrode plate, respectively; the first and second electrode tabs are located on a flat plane of the flat-shaped cell along a length direction thereof and do not overlap each other in a thickness direction thereof; a distance from the first or second electrode tab to a tail end of the first or second current collector is no larger than of total length of the first or second current collector, a sum of number of layers of the first separator and the second separator at the innermost side of the cell is no more than two.

A negative electrode plate, a battery, and a battery pack are provided. The negative electrode plate includes a negative current collector and a negative material layer disposed on a surface of the negative current collector. The negative material layer includes a hard carbon material containing primary particles and secondary particles, and the primary particles have a defect value different from that of the secondary particles. In comparison with the solution of only using one kind of hard carbon particles having the same defect value as the negative material layer, the negative electrode plate of the present disclosure includes two kinds of hard carbon particles with different defect values, which combines the excellent properties of the two kinds of hard carbon particles. Therefore the negative electrode plate has excellent properties while satisfying the requirements of a battery, such as high energy density, high first-cycle discharge efficiency, and excellent rate performance.

According to one embodiment, a battery includes a flat-shaped electrode group, a package member and a terminal section. The package member includes a stainless steel-made first package having a flange at an opening and a stainless steel-made second package. The electrode group is stored in a space formed by welding the flange of the first package to the second package. The terminal section includes a through-hole that is open to the first package, a ring-shaped rising portion that extends from a periphery of the through-hole toward an inside of the package member, a ring-shaped member that is arranged on an outer surface of the rising portion, an insulation gasket, and an external terminal. The external terminal is fixed to the first package by caulking.

A battery comprises an electrode group including a separator, a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The negative electrode comprises a negative electrode core, negative electrode mixture layers retained to the negative electrode core, and a fluorine resin layer disposed on the surface of the negative electrode mixture layers. The negative electrode mixture layers include a first outermost peripheral region located at the outermost periphery of the electrode group and a second outermost peripheral region located opposite to the first outermost peripheral region. When the amount of the fluorine resin constituting a first fluorine resin layer in a portion of the first outermost peripheral region is represented by A, and the amount of the fluorine resin constituting a second fluorine resin layer in a portion of the second outermost peripheral region is represented by B, a relation A>B is satisfied.