A method for manufacturing a nickel-metal hydride battery includes: a first step of preparing a first nickel-metal hydride battery having a positive electrode including nickel hydroxide (Ni(OH).sub.2); and a second step of manufacturing the second nickel-metal hydride battery by performing 600% overcharging to the prepared first nickel-metal hydride battery. The 600% overcharging is a process for supplying the first nickel-metal hydride battery with an amount of electric power of 600% of the rated capacity of the first nickel-metal hydride battery.

Systems and methods for charging and discharging a plurality of batteries are described herein. In some embodiments, a system includes a battery module, an energy storage system electrically coupled to the battery module, a power source, and a controller. The energy storage system is operable in a first operating state in which energy is transferred from the energy storage system to the battery module to charge the battery module, and a second operating state in which energy is transferred from the battery module to the energy storage system to discharge the battery module. The power source electrically coupled to the energy storage system and is configured to transfer energy from the power source to the energy storage system based on an amount of stored energy in the energy storage system. The controller is operably coupled to the battery module and is configured to monitor and control a charging state of the battery module.

An energy storage device may include a housing and an electrolyte-impermeable-barrier-member disposed within an internal space of the housing. The electrolyte-impermeable-barrier-member may partition the internal space of the housing into a receptacle space and an intervening space. The energy storage device may further include a first electrode disposed in the intervening space and a second electrode disposed in the receptacle space. The electrolyte-impermeable-barrier-member may define at least one through-hole serving as a channel connecting the receptacle space and the intervening space. The electrolyte-impermeable-barrier-member may further include an electrolyte disposed with respect to the electrolyte-impermeable-barrier-member in a manner so as to be shielded by the electrolyte-impermeable-barrier-member from direct contact with the housing, wherein the electrolyte may interact with the second electrode within the receptacle space and may reach through the at least one through-hole of the electrolyte-impermeable-barrier-member to interact with the first electrode within the intervening space.

Systems and methods for charging and discharging a plurality of batteries are described herein. In some embodiments, a system includes a battery module, an energy storage system electrically coupled to the battery module, a power source, and a controller. The energy storage system is operable in a first operating state in which energy is transferred from the energy storage system to the battery module to charge the battery module, and a second operating state in which energy is transferred from the battery module to the energy storage system to discharge the battery module. The power source electrically coupled to the energy storage system and is configured to transfer energy from the power source to the energy storage system based on an amount of stored energy in the energy storage system. The controller is operably coupled to the battery module and is configured to monitor and control a charging state of the battery module.

There is disclosed an electrode cartridge for use in a hermetic zinc secondary battery comprising a separator structure including a separator exhibiting hydroxide ion conductivity and water impermeability; a counter member liquid-tightly sealed to the separator structure so as to form an internal space and constituting an open-top water impermeable case together with the separator structure; and an electrode that is accommodated in the internal space of the water impermeable case and is a negative electrode containing zinc and/or zinc oxide or a positive electrode. According to the present invention, there is provided an electrode built-in component that can reliably isolate the positive and negative electrodes from each other with a hydroxide ion conductive separator, in the form of an electrode cartridge that is easy to handle and manufacture and that is more advantageous for assembling a stacked-cell battery, while reducing the number of sealing joints.

Systems and methods for charging and discharging a plurality of batteries are described herein. In some embodiments, a system includes a battery module, an energy storage system electrically coupled to the battery module, a power source, and a controller. The energy storage system is operable in a first operating state in which energy is transferred from the energy storage system to the battery module to charge the battery module, and a second operating state in which energy is transferred from the battery module to the energy storage system to discharge the battery module. The power source electrically coupled to the energy storage system and is configured to transfer energy from the power source to the energy storage system based on an amount of stored energy in the energy storage system. The controller is operably coupled to the battery module and is configured to monitor and control a charging state of the battery module.

An alkaline storage battery includes: a cylindrical case having a side wall including an opening end portion and a bottom; a sealing plate; a gasket interposed between the sealing plate and the opening end portion; and a sealant between the gasket and the opening end portion. The side wall has an annular groove opened at an outer surface thereof, and an inwardly curl portion at the opening end portion. In at least part of the groove, the minimum width L1 is within 0.2 mm. The sealant includes a polyamide resin formed such that when two test-plate materials are bonded together at bonding faces facing each other via a bonding portion of the sealant, and moved in parallel with the bonding faces and in opposite directions to have a relative displacement within 0.5 to 5 mm, a stress at least 0.02 N/mm.sup.2 is applied to the bonding portion.

Systems and methods for charging and discharging a plurality of batteries are described herein. In some embodiments, a system includes a battery module, an energy storage system electrically coupled to the battery module, a power source, and a controller. The energy storage system is operable in a first operating state in which energy is transferred from the energy storage system to the battery module to charge the battery module, and a second operating state in which energy is transferred from the battery module to the energy storage system to discharge the battery module. The power source electrically coupled to the energy storage system and is configured to transfer energy from the power source to the energy storage system based on an amount of stored energy in the energy storage system. The controller is operably coupled to the battery module and is configured to monitor and control a charging state of the battery module.

Modified polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) and a PPS modification method, a PPS solid separator, a prefabricated zinc salt separator and a manufacturing method thereof, a to-be-filled zinc-manganese secondary battery and a manufacturing method, a formation method and an application method thereof are provided. Through hydrothermal synthesis, tetrachlorobenzoquinone in PPS powder undergoes a dechlorination and hydrogenation reaction to form molecules with a chlorocatechol structure, to improve the adsorption performance of the PPS solid separator towards harmful molecules. Moreover, in combination with the protection of welding spots during the battery assembly process, and a formation method involving injection of an aqueous electrolyte solution followed by alcohol during the formation process, the cycling stability of the battery is improved and the service temperature range of the battery is broadened.

The present invention relates to a process for producing an electrode for an alkaline ion ac-cumulator, wherein the process comprises at least the process steps: a) Providing an electrode layer pre-loaded with alkali ions and b) currentless contacting of the pre-loaded electrode layer provided in process step a) with a solution comprising an organic solvent and at least one additive dissolved therein, the addi-tive being selected from the group consisting of carbon dioxide, organic carbonates, organic silanes, derivatives thereof or mixtures of at least two additives from this group, and cur-rentless deposition of at least part of the additive onto the pre-loaded electrode layer in the absence of an electrolyte salt. Furthermore, the present invention relates to pre-loaded elec-trodes produced by the process according to the invention and to the use of the process for producing electrodes for alkaline ion accumulators.