Provided are a heat transfer suppression sheet having an excellent heat transfer prevention effect and excellent retainability of inorganic particles and shape retainability at a high temperature, and a battery pack in which the heat transfer suppression sheet is interposed between battery cells. The heat transfer suppression sheet (10) includes inorganic particles (20), first inorganic fibers (30), and second inorganic fibers (31). The first inorganic fibers (30) are amorphous fibers. The second inorganic fibers (31) contain at least one kind selected from amorphous fibers having a glass transition point higher than that of the first inorganic fibers (30) and crystalline fibers.

A method manages a power train of a motor vehicle including a heat engine and an electric motor electrically linked to a power battery. The method includes controlling a heating system for heating the power battery according to at least one measurement of a temperature representative of an operation of the heat engine.

A method manages a power train of a motor vehicle including a heat engine and an electric motor electrically linked to a power battery. The method includes controlling a heating system for heating the power battery according to at least one measurement of a temperature representative of an operation of the heat engine.

A vehicle power supply system includes: a battery module; a cooling fan configured to taken in air from a passenger compartment of a vehicle; an upstream-side inlet duct that is disposed on an upstream side of the cooling fan; and a downstream-side inlet duct that is disposed on a downstream side of the cooling fan to connect the cooling fan and the battery module together. The cooling fan is disposed obliquely forwards or obliquely rearwards of the battery module, the downstream-side inlet duct is disposed on a lateral side of the battery module, the downstream-side inlet duct has a branching portion configured to divide air discharged from a discharge port of the cooling fan and to supply the air to the battery module, the branching portion is disposed between the cooling fan and the battery module, and the discharge port is directed towards the battery module.

A vehicle power supply system includes: a battery module; a cooling fan configured to taken in air from a passenger compartment of a vehicle; an upstream-side inlet duct that is disposed on an upstream side of the cooling fan; and a downstream-side inlet duct that is disposed on a downstream side of the cooling fan to connect the cooling fan and the battery module together. The cooling fan is disposed obliquely forwards or obliquely rearwards of the battery module, the downstream-side inlet duct is disposed on a lateral side of the battery module, the downstream-side inlet duct has a branching portion configured to divide air discharged from a discharge port of the cooling fan and to supply the air to the battery module, the branching portion is disposed between the cooling fan and the battery module, and the discharge port is directed towards the battery module.

An anode active material for lithium secondary battery includes a secondary particle formed by agglomerating primary particles, an average diameter of the primary particles is in a range from 5 μm to 15 μm, and an average diameter of the secondary particle is in a range from 10 μm to about 25 μm. The primary particles include an artificial graphite, and an I(110)/I(002) of the secondary particle is in a range from about 0.0075 to 0.012.

An anode active material for lithium secondary battery includes a secondary particle formed by agglomerating primary particles, an average diameter of the primary particles is in a range from 5 μm to 15 μm, and an average diameter of the secondary particle is in a range from 10 μm to about 25 μm. The primary particles include an artificial graphite, and an I(110)/I(002) of the secondary particle is in a range from about 0.0075 to 0.012.

There is provided a battery pack capable of supplying a stable output and of being charged stably in a low temperature environment (for instance, 0° C. or lower). A battery pack (1) includes: a battery group (11) having a first battery (10A) and a second battery (10B) disposed around the first battery (10A); and a heater (14) that is disposed on an outer peripheral side of the battery group (11), famed by the second battery (10B), and that generates heat by being energized by the first battery (10A). The first battery (10A) is allowed to be charged and discharged with a higher current than a current of the second battery (10B) in a temperature range lower than or equal to a predetermined temperature.

Provided is a rechargeable battery system comprising at least a battery cell and an external cooling means, wherein the battery cell comprises an anode, a cathode, an electrolyte disposed between the anode and the cathode, a protective housing that at least partially encloses the anode, the cathode and the electrolyte, and at least one heat-spreader element disposed partially or entirely inside the protective housing and wherein the external cooling means is in thermal contact with the heat spreader element configured to enable transporting internal heat of the battery through the heat spreader element to the external cooling means. Also provided is a method of operating a rechargeable battery system, the method comprising implementing a heat spreader element in one or each of a plurality of battery cells and bringing the heat spreader element in thermal contact with one or a plurality of external cooling means.

A heat exchanger may include a heat exchange surface partially coated with a heat-conducting layer. The heat exchange surface may include a plurality of contact regions coated with the heat-conducting layer and a plurality of insulating regions that are not coated with the heat-conducting layer. The heat exchange surface may further include a degree of coverage of the heat-conducting layer that varies to compensate at least one of at least one hot spot and at least one cold spot. The at least one hot spot and the at least one cold spot may be included within at least one of the heat exchange surface and a plurality of energy storage elements of an energy store that contacts the heat exchange surface.