Particles of active electrode material for a lithium-ion cell are suspended in an atmospheric plasma-activated gas stream and deposited on a surface of a metal current collector foil having a surface film of an oxide of the metal. The metal oxide film-containing surface of the current collector is pre-coated with a thin layer of an electrically conductive organic polymer composition that serves as a bonding surface for the plasma-applied particles of electrode material. For example, a non-conductive polymer (such as polyvinylidene difluoride) may be filled with carbon particles or copper particles. The polymer layer is typically only a few micrometers in thickness and composed to be compatible with the plasma-applied electrode material particles and to conduct electrons between the oxide film-coated, metal current collector and the deposited electrode layer.

According to one embodiment, there is provided a secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material and an additive resin containing a hydroxyl group unit and a first unit. The first unit consists of at least one of a butyral unit and an acetal unit. A content ratio of a content of the first unit contained in the additive resin to a content of the hydroxyl group unit contained in the additive resin is in a range of 1.2 to 18.

A lithium secondary battery comprises an electrode group and a nonaqueous electrolyte having lithium-ion conductivity. A negative electrode current collector has a first surface facing outward of winding of the electrode group and a second surface facing inward of the winding of the electrode group. At least the first surface or the second surface includes a first region and a second region that is closer to an innermost circumference of the winding of the electrode group than the first region. Protrusions include outer-circumference-side protrusions disposed on the first region and inner-circumference-side protrusions disposed on the second region. In at least the first surface or the second surface, a first area rate is larger than a second area rate.

A rechargeable electrochemical battery in the form of a single or multi-stranded wire assembly may be utilized as a power source for any number of implantable or non-implantable medical devices. As the wire form battery may be scaled to micro size, it may be utilized to power medical devices that were traditionally non-active devices, but which may be enhanced with active components. The wire form battery may be cut to size for a particular application which provides the same open circuit voltage regardless of how the wire is ultimately configured and the length of the wire utilized. Although the battery is in wire form, various arrangements of the components within the battery are also possible.

An electrode for a secondary battery cell has a foil-like electrode main body, the electrode main body including a collector section as a current collector and a contact section for electrically contacting a cell tab, the collector section and the contact section having different electrical conductivities and/or different thermal conductivities. A secondary battery cell has such an electrode, and an electrically powered motor vehicle may have a traction battery with such a secondary battery cell.

A bipolar aqueous intercalation battery (AIB) is disclosed herein. The AIB can comprise an anode, a cathode, a separator disposed between the anode and the cathode, a frame surrounding the anode, the cathode and the separator, and bipolar layers including a first bipolar layer at a first side of the frame and a second bipolar layer at a second side of the frame opposite the first side. The first bipolar layer and the second bipolar layer each abut the frame, such that the frame, the first bipolar layer and the second bipolar layer together are configured to contain an electrolytic fluid and form a water-tight seal around the anode, the cathode, and the separator.

The present invention aims to provide a method for producing a pinhole-free thin resin current collector for negative electrodes. The method for producing a sheet-shaped resin current collector for negative electrodes of the present invention includes stacking three or more layers of melts of conductive resin compositions each containing a polyolefin and a conductive filler to obtain a multilayered body, wherein the polyolefin contained in each of the conductive resin compositions that form the respective layers of the multilayered body has a melt mass flow rate of 15 to 70 g/10 min as measured at a temperature of 230° C. and a load of 2.16 kg in accordance with JIS K7210-1:2014.

The present application relates to a positive electrode plate and an electrochemical device. The positive electrode plate includes a current collector, a positive active material layer, and a binding layer disposed between the current collector and the positive active material layer, the binding layer comprising a polymer material, a conductive material, and an inorganic filler, wherein the polymer material comprises a binding layer matrix and the binding layer matrix is an oil-dispersible polymer material having a solubility in NMP at 130° C. for 5 minutes, which is 30% or less of the solubility of PVDF under the same conditions. The positive electrode plate can improve the safety performance of the electrochemical device (for example, a capacitor, a primary battery, a secondary battery, or the like) under abnormal conditions such as nailing penetration.

The present application relates to a composite current collector, and a composite electrode and an electrochemical device comprising the same. The composite current collector of the present application comprises an intermediate layer, a first metal layer, a second metal layer, and a through hole. The intermediate layer has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the first metal layer is disposed on the first surface, and the second metal layer is disposed on the second surface. The through hole penetrates through the intermediate layer, the first metal layer and the second metal layer, wherein the through hole is filled with an electrically insulated ionic conductor.

The present invention provides a conductive metal resin multilayer body that comprises: a metal foil; and a resin layer which is arranged on at least one surface of the metal foil, and which contains a resin, organic fibers and a conductive filler that is formed of a non-metal material.