The present application relates to a negative electrode plate and a secondary battery. Specifically, the present application provides a negative electrode plate comprising a negative electrode current collector and an negative electrode film coated on at least one surface of the negative electrode current collector and containing the negative active material, wherein the negative electrode plate satisfies 0.6≤0.7×P×(D90−D10)/D50+B/3≤8.0, wherein P refers to the porosity of the negative electrode film; B refers to the active specific surface area of the negative electrode film, and the unit thereof is m.sup.2/g; D10 refers to the particle size corresponding to the cumulative volume percentage of the negative active material reaching 10%, D90 refers to the particle size corresponding to the cumulative volume percentage of the negative active material reaching 90%, and D50 refers to the particle size corresponding to the cumulative volume percentage of the negative active material reaching 50%.

A method for manufacturing an electrode. To provide a particularly cost-effective method, which is able to provide a current collector layer that adheres well and is electrically well-connected, the method including: a) providing a layer having an active material; b) one-sided electrochemical deposition of a metallic material on the layer having the active material, thus forming a current collector layer having the metallic material; c) joining the product obtained in b) to another layer having an active material and to a contact element so that the current collector layer having the deposited metallic material is situated between two layers having an active material, and that the contact element for establishing contact is at least partially exposed and is in contact with the current collector layer having the deposited metallic material.

A method of fabricating a negative electrode for an electrochemical cell may comprise: providing an electrically conductive substrate; depositing a metal layer on the substrate; anodizing the metal layer to form a porous layer on the substrate; depositing a layer of ion conducting material on the porous layer, the layer extending at least partially into pores of the porous layer; densifying the layer of ion conducting material; depositing a layer of alkali metal on the densified layer of ion conducting material; attaching a temporary electrode to the layer of alkali metal and passing a current between the temporary electrode and the substrate to drive alkali metal through the densified layer of ion conducting material to the surface of the substrate, forming an alkali metal reservoir at the surface of the substrate. Furthermore, an electrically conductive mesh may be used in place of the porous layer on the substrate.

A method for using an integrated battery and device structure includes using two or more stacked electrochemical cells integrated with each other formed overlying a surface of a substrate. The two or more stacked electrochemical cells include related two or more different electrochemistries with one or more devices formed using one or more sequential deposition processes. The one or more devices are integrated with the two or more stacked electrochemical cells to form the integrated battery and device structure as a unified structure overlying the surface of the substrate. The one or more stacked electrochemical cells and the one or more devices are integrated as the unified structure using the one or more sequential deposition processes. The integrated battery and device structure is configured such that the two or more stacked electrochemical cells and one or more devices are in electrical, chemical, and thermal conduction with each other.

The present invention provides a method for preparing an electrode material, comprising providing an acidic plating bath; adding titanium dioxide in the form of powder, metal salt, and reductant to said acidic plating bath to obtain a precursor; and heat treating said precursor to obtain an electrode material. When the electrode material obtained by said method is applied to batteries, the batteries have not only high capacity, but also long lifetime.

The present invention provides a viscous adhesive capable of retaining the shape of an electrode and allowing for production of an electrode for a lithium-ion battery having a structure in which the energy density of the electrode does not decrease. The present invention relates to a viscous adhesive for a lithium-ion electrode which allows active materials to adhere to each other in a lithium-ion electrode, the viscous adhesive having a glass transition temperature of 60° C. or lower, a solubility parameter of 8 to 13 (cal/cm.sup.3).sup.1/2, and a storage shear modulus and a loss shear modulus of 2.0×10.sup.3 to 5.0×10.sup.7 Pa as measured in a frequency range of 10.sup.−1 to 10.sup.1 Hz at 20° C., wherein the viscous adhesive is an acrylic polymer essentially containing a constituent unit derived from a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester monomer, the proportion of the (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester monomer in monomers constituting the viscous adhesive is 50 wt % or more based on the total monomer weight, and the proportion of a fluorine-containing monomer is less than 3 wt % based on the total monomer weight.

Provided is a current collecting assembly for use in an electrochemical cell. In some embodiments, the current collecting assembly comprises a current collecting substrate having a first side defining a first surface, and a second side defining a second surface. Each of the first and second surfaces defines a surface area. The current collecting assembly further comprises a first assembly of reinforcing structures disposed on and attached to the first side of the current collecting substrate. The current collecting substrate comprises a conductive material. The first assembly of reinforcing structures comprises a first set of reinforcing structures. The first set of reinforcing structures comprises a first polymer material. The first assembly of reinforcing structures mechanically reinforces the current collecting substrate.

An apparatus and method for measuring the isoelectric pH for materials deposited on or otherwise affixed onto and in contact with an electrode surface, and a method for utilizing the isoelectric pH to form nanometer thickness, self-assembled layers on the material, are described. Forming such layers utilizing information obtained about the isoelectric pH values of the substrate and the coating is advantageous since the growth of the coating is self-limiting because once the surface charge has been neutralized there is no longer a driving force for the solid electrolyte coating thickness to increase, and uniform coatings without pinhole defects will be produced because a local driving force for assembly will exist if any bare electrode material is exposed to the solution. The present self-assembly procedure, when combined with electrodeposition, may be used to increase the coating thickness. Self-assembly, with or without additional electrodeposition, allows intimate contact between the anode, electrolyte and cathode which is required for successful application to solid-state batteries, as an example.

The present invention relates to nanostructured materials for use in rechargeable energy storage devices such as lithium batteries, particularly rechargeable secondary lithium batteries, or lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). The present invention includes materials, components, and devices, including nanostructured materials for use as battery active materials, and lithium ion battery (LIB) electrodes comprising such nanostructured materials, as well as manufacturing methods related thereto. Exemplary nanostructured materials include silicon-based nanostructures such as silicon nanowires and coated silicon nanowires, nanostructures disposed on substrates comprising active materials or current collectors such as silicon nanowires disposed on graphite particles or copper electrode plates, and LIB anode composites comprising high-capacity active material nanostructures formed on a porous copper and/or graphite powder substrate.

In a method for manufacturing a connecting contact for an electrode of an electrochemical store, the electrode having a first material, a contact element made of a second material is provided, the contact element having a section coated using the first material, and the coated section is electrically and mechanically connected to the electrode to manufacture the connecting contact.