A method of manufacturing a structure, the method comprising: obtaining a flowable liquid comprising a homogenous mixture of an active material and a binding material; generating a plurality of droplets from the flowable liquid; and depositing the plurality of generated droplets on a support, wherein the plurality of droplets self-assemble to form a continuous structure, wherein the continuous structure comprises a plurality of microstructure units, and wherein the active material and the binding material self-segregate to form a non-uniform distribution of the active material and the binding material in each of the units.

A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an all solid state battery wherein interface resistance between a current collector and an active material layer is low. In the present disclosure, the above object is achieved by providing an all solid state battery comprising: an electrode including a current collector, an electron conductive layer, and an active material layer, in this order, and a solid electrolyte layer formed on the active material layer side of the electrode, and the electron conductive layer is an agglutinate of metal particles or a metal foil, and electron conductivity of the electron conductive layer is 1×10.sup.3 S/cm or more at 25° C.

Disclosed are a positive electrode plate and a battery including the positive electrode plate. The positive electrode plate includes a positive electrode current collector, at least one thermosensitive coating layer, at least one composite fusion layer, and at least one positive electrode active material layer. The thermosensitive coating layer has electrical conductivity at room temperature, and has advantages of increasing a contact area between the active material and the current collector, effectively reducing battery polarization, and the like. When a temperature of the positive electrode plate during use reaches a thermosensitive temperature and higher, thermosensitive polymer microspheres melt to form at least one continuous electron blocking layer, therefore forming a current blockage, and an internal blockage is formed inside the battery, thereby preventing further thermal runaway of a secondary battery, and improving safety performance of the secondary battery.

According to one embodiment, a secondary battery includes positive electrodes, negative electrodes, a separator, a positive electrode lead, a negative electrode lead, and an aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrodes each include a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode tab. The positive electrode current collector includes a first polymeric material. The negative electrodes each include a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode tab. The negative electrode current collector includes a second polymeric material. At least a portion of the positive electrode tab is in direct contact with the positive electrode lead. At least a portion of the negative electrode tab is in direct contact with the negative electrode lead.

Provided are a positive current collector, a preparation method thereof, a positive electrode sheet, a cell and a battery. The positive current collector. The positive current collector includes a substrate film and a functional layer arranged on a surface of the substrate film. The substrate film has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first surface has a first functional layer provided thereon, and the second surface has a second functional layer provided thereon. The first functional layer includes a bonding layer, a current conducting layer, and a protective layer that are stacked sequentially. The bonding layer is arranged on the first surface. The first functional layer is divided to have a first functional segment and a second functional segment in a direction parallel to the first surface. The first functional segment has a thickness greater than a thickness of the second functional segment.

The electrical collector body of the secondary battery includes a resin layer, and metal foils that cover both surfaces of the resin layer. On the metal foils, multiple holes are formed.

The present disclosure can improve activation stability of the current cut-off function of the electrode current collector. The electrode current collector 10 disclosed herein includes a sheet-like resin base material 12, and a metal thin film 14 provided on a surface 12a, 121 of the resin base material 12. in the electrode current collector 10 disclosed herein, the surface 12a. 12b of the resin base material 12 in contact with the metal thin films 14 has a surface rough ness Rz of 2 μm or more. This can largely improve the adhesion between the resin base material 12 and the metal thin film 14. Thus, when abnormal heat generation occurs, the resin base material 12 is melted and deformed so as to pull the metal thin film 14, thereby breaking the metal thin films 14. As a result, the current cut-off function can be stably activated, and the progression of abnormal heat generation can be substantially prevented, as appropriate.

The present disclosure provides a lithium ion secondary battery, a battery core, a negative electrode plate and an apparatus containing the lithium ion secondary battery. The lithium ion secondary battery includes a battery core and an electrolytic solution, the battery core including a positive electrode plate comprising a positive current collector and a positive active material layer, a separator, and a negative electrode plate comprising a negative current collector and a negative active material layer, wherein the positive current collector and/or the negative current collector are a composite current collector, the composite current collector comprises a polymer-based support layer and a conductive layer disposed on at least one surface of the support layer, and the composite current collector has a thermal conductivity in a range of 0.01 W/(m.Math.K) to 10 W/(m.Math.K), preferably in a range of 0.1 W/(m.Math.K) to 2 W/(m.Math.K).

This application relates to an electrode plate, an electrochemical apparatus, and an apparatus thereof. The electrode plate includes a current collector, an electrode active material layer provided on at least one surface of the current collector, and an electrical connection member electrically connected to the current collector. The electrode active material layer is provided at a zone referred to as a membrane zone on a main body portion of the current collector, the electrical connection member and the current collector are welded and connected at a welding zone referred to as an adapting welding zone at an edge of the current collector, and a transition zone is referred to as an extension zone, where the transition zone is of the current collector between the membrane zone and the adapting welding zone and coated with no electrode active material layer. The current collector is a composite current collector.

A current collector and a preparation method and application thereof, where the current collector includes a first metal layer and a second metal layer provided in a laminated manner, at least one first region and at least one second region are included between the first metal layer and the second metal layer, and the first region and the second region are alternately arranged in a first direction; the first region is provided with a polymer layer, and the polymer layer is respectively bonded to the first metal layer and the second metal layer through an adhesive layer. The current collector of the present application not only has a high welding yield, effectively saving the production cost of the lithium ion battery, but also can reduce the internal resistance of the lithium ion battery, significantly improving the cycle performance and the safety performance of the lithium ion battery.