Disclosed is a cylindrical battery cell configured such that the outer surface of a cylindrical case excluding electrode terminals is wrapped by a heat-shrinkable tube, wherein the heat-shrinkable tube includes a tube substrate made of a polyester-based resin, the tube substrate being heat-shrinkable; a reinforcement agent, made of a nylon-based resin, for increasing the tensile stress and operating temperature of the heat-shrinkable tube; and an ultraviolet (UV) absorber for absorbing ultraviolet rays radiated to the heat-shrinkable tube and emitting the absorbed ultraviolet rays as thermal energy to prevent the scission of polymer chains of the nylon-based resin or the polyester-based resin as the result of reaction with oxygen.

Provided are a nano-sized thin sheet-like pseudoboehmite and a method of producing the same. The method of producing a sheet-like pseudoboehmite is performed by a one-pot method, unlike the conventional method of performing the reaction first in a basic solution, and then performing redispersion in an acidic solution, thereby simplifying the production process, and thus, may be useful in the production industry of a separator for a secondary battery, and the like.

A lithium ion secondary battery includes a pair of exterior films having outer edges bonded together in a stacked state to form an internal space, a battery body housed in the internal surface, a positive electrode tab terminal connected to the battery body in between the pair of exterior films and extending to an outside, and a negative electrode tab terminal connected to the battery body in between the pair of exterior films and extending to the outside. The pair of exterior films each include a first resin layer constituting an inner surface, the inner surfaces opposing each other. The inner surface of at least one of the pair of exterior films has a plurality of projections arranged thereon apart from each other.

A flexible long-lasting clean energy power generation device with spontaneous moisture absorption is a multi-layer film structure including a hydrophilic support substrate, a conductive layer and a moisture absorbent layer. The conductive layer is coated on an outer side of the hydrophilic support substrate and has a first section and a second section, and the moisture absorbent layer is coated on the first section of the conductive layer, so that the flexible long-lasting clean energy power generation device is formed into an asymmetrical structure. The moisture absorbent layer captures moisture from the ambient environmental humidity, and the moisture forms a capillary pressure difference by a capillary action and an evaporation, so that water molecules and ions move from the wet area of the moisture absorbent layer to the dry area of the second section to form an electric potential difference.

A miniature electrochemical cell of a secondary chemistry having a total volume that is less than 0.5 cc is described. Before the present invention, miniature secondary electrochemical cells have been known to experience undesirable open circuit voltage discharge during their initial 21-day aging period. It is believed that electrolyte permeating through the cathode active material and an intermediate carbonaceous coating contacting the titanium base plate of the casing is the source of the undesirable discharge. To ameliorate this, aluminum is contacted to the inner surface of the base plate inside the casing. While aluminum is resistant to the corrosion reaction that is believed to be the mechanism for degraded open circuit voltage in miniature secondary electrochemical cells containing lithium, it is not biocompatible. This means that titanium is still a preferred material for the casing parts including the base plate that might be exposed to body fluids, and the like.

[Problem] To provide a battery cell case with a novel configuration in which the periphery of an opening in a surface which serves as an outer surface of a case lid having the opening is not resin laminated. [Solution] A battery cell case in which a case body and a case lid are joined by seaming or welding, wherein: the case body is made of a resin laminated steel sheet on a surface which serves as the inner surface of the case body; the resin laminate is made of a film of which a polyolefinic resin is the main ingredient; the case lid is made of a metal sheet; the case lid has an opening for releasing a gas generated by electrolyte injection or preliminary charging; and a range of at least 2 mm from the periphery of the opening in the surface which serves as the outer surface of the lid case is not resin laminated.

A secondary battery assembly includes an electrode assembly having mutually perpendicular transverse, longitudinal, and vertical axes corresponding to X, Y and Z axes, respectively. A constraint is disposed on an outer surface of the electrode assembly. At least one of the electrode assembly or constraint has a protrusion extending in an X-Y plane defined by the X and Y axes and having a first radius of curvature in the X-Y plane. A battery enclosure encloses the electrode assembly and the constraint. An enclosure protection layer is disposed over at least a portion of the protrusion and between the protrusion and the battery enclosure. The enclosure protection layer defines a second radius of curvature overlying the first radius of curvature in the X-Y plane. The second radius of curvature is greater than the first radius of curvature to thereby reduce the potential of the protrusion causing damage to the battery enclosure.

A method for manufacturing an aluminum case of a battery includes: attaching an insulating layer to at least one surface of the plate body with an adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive layer is disposed between the insulating layer and the plate body; stamping, before the adhesive layer is cured, the plate body coated with the insulating layer to form the aluminum case in a predetermined shape, wherein during the stamping of the plate body, the insulating layer is movable relative to the plate body since the adhesive layer is not cured; and curing the adhesive layer after the stamping of the plate body is completed so that the insulating layer is fixed to the plate body, thereby avoiding detachment of the insulating layer and the plate body on the aluminum case.

A battery cell stack of the present invention includes a plurality of battery cells and a resin layer wholly or partially in contact with an outer surface of at least one of the plurality of battery cells, wherein the resin layer includes a solvent-free adhesive, and has specific peel strength and shear strength, such that the resin layer may be applied by a spray coating, and thereby improving structural stability and reliability of the battery cell stack, while simplifying materials and processes necessary to manufacture the battery cell stack.

A non-aqueous electrolytic liquid secondary battery wherein a potential of a metal layer in an exterior body is kept high, and corrosion can be suppressed, wherein an average thickness t1 of a first part of an exterior body covering a first side surface where a negative and a positive electrode terminal of a power generation element exist is different from an average thickness t2 of a second part of the exterior body covering a second side surface that intersects the first. In plan view of the power generation element from a lamination direction, in a second direction orthogonal to a first direction in which the electrode terminals extend, the relationship of t1<t2 is satisfied when a width of the negative electrode is larger than the positive, and in the second direction, the relationship of t1>t2 is satisfied when the width of the negative electrode is smaller than the positive.