Disclosed is a current collector including: a conductive layer serving as an underlayer of an active material layer; and a conductive substrate, in which the conductive layer includes a conductive material, an inorganic oxide, a binder, and an inorganic compound thermally decomposed at 100° C. or higher and 800° C. or lower.

Provided is a current collector 30, including a metal foil 5 having a plurality of first through holes 5a, a metal oxide film 15 formed on a top or bottom surface of the metal foil 5, and a conductive layer 25 formed on a top or bottom surface of the metal oxide film 15. The plurality of first through holes 5a is filled with a conductive connection member 10 to form the metal foil 5. The metal oxide film 15 is formed to have second through holes 15a at locations corresponding to the plurality of first through holes 5a, respectively, on the top or bottom surface of the metal foil 5. The conductive layer 25 is formed to have a third through hole 25a at a location corresponding to each of the second through holes 15a on a top or bottom surface of the metal oxide film 15.

An electrochemical apparatus includes a first electrode plate, a first terminal, and a second tenninal. The first electrode plate includes a composite current collector, and the composite current collector includes a base layer, a first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer, where the first conductive layer includes a first zone and a second zone, and the first terminal and the second terminal are electrically connected to the first zone. In the electrochemical apparatus and the electric device provided in this application, a heating zone is provided on the composite current collector to connect a heating circuit, a method to introduce a heating structure is optimized, thereby effectively alleviating many problems caused by existing heating methods.

Disclosed is an all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery including an anode that contains, as an anode active material, at least one selected from the group consisting of a metal that is able to form an alloy with Li, an oxide of the metal, and an alloy of the metal and Li, and being excellent in cycle characteristics. The all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery may be an all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery, wherein an anode comprises an anode active material, an electroconductive material and a solid electrolyte; wherein the anode active material comprises at least one active material selected from the group consisting of a metal that is able to form an alloy with Li, an oxide of the metal, and an alloy of the metal and Li; and wherein the solid electrolyte is particles with a BET specific surface area of from 1.8 m.sup.2/g to 19.7 m.sup.2/g.

An electrochemical apparatus includes a negative electrode, where the negative electrode includes a current collector, a first coating, and a second coating. The second coating is provided on at least one surface of the current collector. The first coating is provided between the current collector and the second coating, and the first coating includes inorganic particles. A peeling force F between the first coating and the second coating satisfies 15 N≤F≤30 N. The first coating is provided between the current collector and the second coating of the negative electrode, and the first coating contains the inorganic particles, effectively enhancing adhesion between the current collector and the second coating, reducing the binder amount in the second coating, and increasing the proportion of a negative electrode active material in the negative electrode, thereby increasing the energy density of lithium-ion batteries.

All solid battery composed of anode array organic/nano-clay (layered mineral aluminosilicate)/metal layered electrolyte and cathode.

A method of forming a metal oxy-fluoride surface on lithium metal oxide cathode material particles is disclosed. Such a metal oxy-fluoride surface may help to prevent lithium metal oxide cathode active materials from reacting with water, thus enabling aqueous processing of cathodes made from such materials in the manufacture of lithium batteries. Such a method may also reduce lithium battery manufacturing costs and time by substituting water for currently-used organic solvents that are expensive and require special handling and disposal. Such a method may also reduce the cost of lithium metal oxide cathode active materials as the requirements for moisture-free manufacture, storage, and processing will be reduced or eliminated.

Disclosed herein are polymer conductive films for use with electrochemical devices. An exemplary electrochemical device can include an anode, a cathode, and a bipolar structure disposed between the anode and cathode. The bipolar structure includes a film having a plurality of conductive particles and a plurality of non-conductive polymers, wherein the polymers are integrated with the particles such that the film is non-porous and substantially compositionally homogeneous along a length and/or thickness of the film.

A battery using porous polymer materials with tapered or cone-shaped metalized pores. The types of batteries include, but are not limited to, Li—CoO2, Li—Mn2O4, Li—FePO4, Li—S, Li—O2, and other lithium cathode chemistries. The tapered metalized pores contain lithium metal in small reaction zones in the anode and cathode in a flexible structure. The form factor of such assembly would be very thin. Because of the thin form factor these electrodes would be suitable for batteries that require high power density, such certain electrical vehicles, power tools, and wearable devices.

A negative electrode and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same are provided. The negative electrode comprises a three-dimensional carbon structure coated with a fluorine-based polymer, and lithium metal applied on an outer surface and inside of the three-dimensional carbon structure coated with the fluorine-based polymer, and suppresses generation of lithium dendrite, thereby improving lifetime characteristics of the lithium secondary battery.