A lithium-ion battery, including a battery cell, an electrolytic solution, and a packaging film. The battery cell is formed by winding a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate that are separated by a separator. The lithium-ion battery is half-charged to obtain a half-charged full battery. The half-charged full battery is stripped of the packaging film to obtain a half-charged cell. When a width of the half-charged full battery is w.sub.1, a width of the half-charged cell is w.sub.2, and g=w.sub.2/w.sub.1, the following conditional expression (1) is satisfied: 0.4<g<0.997. A negative active material of the negative electrode plate includes a silicon-based material. When a capacity per unit volume of the negative electrode plate is a, a and g satisfy the following conditional expression (2): 420 mAh/cm.sup.3<g×a<2300 mAh/cm.sup.3, where 619 mAh/cm.sup.3<a<3620 mAh/cm.sup.3. The present invention further provides an electronic device.

There is provided an electrode composition containing a sulfide-based inorganic solid electrolyte, a polymer binder, an active material having a specific surface area of 10 m.sup.2/g or more, and a dispersion medium, in which a polymer that forms the polymer binder has a constitutional component derived from a (meth)acrylic monomer or vinyl monomer, which has an SP value of 19.0 MPa.sup.1/2 or more. There also provided an electrode sheet for all-solid state secondary battery and an all-solid state secondary battery, and manufacturing methods for an electrode sheet for an all-solid state secondary battery and an all-solid state secondary battery, in which the electrode composition is used.

Described herein are improved composite anodes and lithium-ion batteries made therefrom. Further described are methods of making and using the improved anodes and batteries. In general, the anodes include a porous composite having a plurality of agglomerated nanocomposites. At least one of the plurality of agglomerated nanocomposites is formed from a dendritic particle, which is a three-dimensional, randomly-ordered assembly of nanoparticles of an electrically conducting material and a plurality of discrete non-porous nanoparticles of a non-carbon Group 4A element or mixture thereof disposed on a surface of the dendritic particle. At least one nanocomposite of the plurality of agglomerated nanocomposites has at least a portion of its dendritic particle in electrical communication with at least a portion of a dendritic particle of an adjacent nanocomposite in the plurality of agglomerated nanocomposites.

A rechargeable battery includes at least an electrolyte layer, a cathode layer and an anode layer. The electrolyte layer includes a lithium salt compound arranged between a cathode surface of the cathode layer and an anode surface of the anode layer. The anode layer is a nanostructured silicon containing thin film layer including a plurality of columns, wherein the columns are directed in a first direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the anode surface of the silicon thin film layer. The columns are arranged adjacent to each other while separated by grain-like column boundaries running along the first direction. The columns include silicon and have an amorphous structure in which nano-crystalline regions exist.

Material compositions are provided that may comprise, for example, a vertically aligned carbon nanotube (VACNT) array, a conductive layer, and a carbon interlayer coupling the VACNT array to the conductive layer. Methods of manufacturing are provided. Such methods may comprise, for example, providing a VACNT array, providing a conductive layer, and bonding the VACNT array to the conductive layer via a carbon interlayer.

A lithium secondary battery pack of the present invention includes: a lithium secondary battery including an electrode body formed of a positive electrode and a negative electrode facing each other and a separator interposed therebetween, and a non-aqueous electrolyte; a PTC element; and a protection circuit including a field effect transistor. The lithium secondary battery has an energy density per volume of 450 Wh/L or more, the lithium secondary battery has a current density of 3.0 mA/cm.sup.2 or less, and a relational expression (1) and a relational expression (2) below are established where A (mΩ) is an impedance of the lithium secondary battery and B (mΩ) is an impedance of the entire circuit unit of the lithium secondary battery pack excepting the impedance A (mΩ) of the lithium secondary battery:
A≤50 mΩ  (1)
B/A≤1  (2).

Disclosed is a hybrid electrochemical cell with a first conductor having at least one portion that is both a first capacitor electrode and a first battery electrode. The hybrid electrochemical cell further includes a second conductor having at least one portion that is a second capacitor electrode and at least one other portion that is a second battery electrode. An electrolyte is in contact with both the first conductor and the second conductor. In some embodiments, the hybrid electrochemical cell further includes a separator between the first conductor and the second conductor to prevent physical contact between the first conductor and the second conductor, while facilitating ion transport between the first conductor and the second conductor.

A method is provided for activating a secondary battery having a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and a microporous separator between the negative and positive electrodes permeated with carrier-ion containing electrolyte, the negative electrode having anodically active silicon or an alloy thereof. The method includes transferring carrier ions from the positive electrode to the negative electrode to at least partially charge the secondary battery, and transferring carrier ions from an auxiliary electrode to the positive electrode, to provide the secondary battery with a positive electrode end of discharge voltage V.sub.pos,eod and a negative electrode end of discharge voltage V.sub.neg,eod when the cell is at a predefined V.sub.cell,eod value, the value of V.sub.pos,eod corresponding to a voltage at which the state of charge of the positive electrode is at least 95% of its coulombic capacity and V.sub.neg,eod is at least 0.4 V (vs Li) but less than 0.9 V (vs Li).

A porous silicon composite including: a porous silicon composite cluster comprising a porous silicon composite secondary particle and a second carbon flake on at least one surface of the porous silicon composite secondary particle; and a carbonaceous layer on the porous silicon composite cluster, the carbonaceous layer comprising amorphous carbon, wherein the porous silicon composite secondary particle comprises an aggregate of two or more silicon primary particles, the two or more silicon primary particles comprise silicon, a silicon suboxide of the formula SiO.sub.x, wherein 0<x<2 on a surface of the silicon, and a first carbon flake on at least one surface of the silicon suboxide, the silicon suboxide is in a form of a film, a matrix, or a combination thereof, and the first carbon flake and the second carbon flake are each independently present in a form of a film, particles, a matrix, or a combination thereof. Also a method of preparing the porous silicon composite, a carbon composite, an electrode, and a device, each including the porous silicon composite, and a lithium battery including the electrode.

The present disclosure relates to a negative electrode material that may be used as a negative electrode active material. The negative electrode material includes a silicon oxide material containing a metal (M)-silicate and a carbonaceous material. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the negative electrode material may include the silicon oxide material containing a metal (M)-silicate and the carbonaceous material mixed with each other at a predetermined ratio. The negative electrode active material according to the present disclosure comprises a composite of a carbonaceous material having a broad particle size distribution with a metal-silicate, and thus provides improved electrical conductivity and life characteristics.