The present invention relates to a secondary battery. The secondary battery includes a can configured to accommodate an electrode assembly and a cap assembly bonded to an opening of the can. The cap assembly includes an upper cap provided in the opening and connected to an electrode tab of the electrode assembly and a lower cap configured to bond the upper cap to the opening. The lower cap includes a first bonding part bonded to a bottom surface of the upper cap to support the upper cap and a second bonding part formed on an outer circumferential surface of the first bonding part to fix the upper cap while being bonded to the upper cap.

Disclosed are a secondary battery, a battery module and an electric vehicle. The battery module includes a plurality of secondary batteries arranged in sequence. The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly, a housing and a top cover assembly. The electrode assembly is accommodated in an accommodating chamber of the housing. The electrode assembly includes a plurality of electrode units, the plurality of electrode units being stacked in an axial direction of the accommodating chamber. The top cover assembly includes a top cover plate and an insulating member arranged on an inner side of the top cover plate, the top cover plate being connected to the housing, the insulating member being located on a side of the electrode assembly in the axial direction. A first buffer gap is provided between the insulating member and the top cover plate.

A polytetrafluoroethylene film for electronic components, characterized in that the polytetrafluoroethylene film can have a density of 1.40 g/cm.sup.3 or higher and an air impermeability of 3,000 seconds or higher.

A method of manufacturing a pouch type secondary battery according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes the steps of: accommodating an electrode assembly in a space between an upper case and a lower case; and thermally fusing edge parts of the upper case and the lower case to each other, wherein edge parts of the upper case and the lower case each include a substrate layer, a metal layer and a sealing layer that are sequentially stacked, and wherein before the step of thermally fusing, the method further includes forming a plurality of grooves on one surface of at least one sealing layer of each of the upper case and the lower case.

The top cover structure for a secondary battery includes: an insulating plate, provided with a lower through hole penetrating up and down; a top cover plate located on the top of the insulating plate, provided with an upper through hole interconnected with the lower through hole and penetrating up and down; a conductor, passing through the upper through hole and the lower through hole and fixedly connecting with the top cover plate and the insulating plate, and the conductor is provided with an intersecting hole penetrating through the conductor. An intersecting hole penetrating through the conductor is provided on the conductor, so that the conductor can not only connect and conduct the secondary battery from the outside to the inside of the secondary battery, but also can conveniently inject or replenish liquid into the secondary battery through the intersecting hole, thereby improving the production efficiency of the secondary battery.

Method of producing a low interfacial contact resistance material for use in batteries or connectors and a low interfacial contact resistance material for use in batteries or connectors produced thereby.

Method of producing a low interfacial contact resistance material for use in batteries or connectors and a low interfacial contact resistance material for use in batteries or connectors produced thereby.

A cylindrical secondary battery may have an insulation layer formed in a region in which the top cap and the first gasket are coupled to each other. The insulation layer may include a ceramic material and a binder. The secondary battery is designed so that, when an external electrical conductive object is electrically connected directly to a positive electrode and a negative electrode of the secondary battery, an electrode tab of the secondary battery is broken as quickly as possible.

This application relates to a top pressing plate, a secondary battery, and a method for manufacturing a secondary battery. The top pressing plate is used for a secondary battery, the secondary battery including a top cover sheet, an insulating separator and an electrode assembly, the electrode assembly including a main body portion and electrode tabs connected to the main body portion, the electrode tabs each including a welding end portion, the top pressing plate includes: a first surface and a second surface provided oppositely in a thickness direction of the top pressing plate and an accommodating groove recessed from the second surface toward the first surface, the top pressing plate can be provided between the insulating separator and the main body portion, the first surface faces the main body portion, the second surface faces the insulating separator, and the accommodating groove is disposed to accommodate the welding end portion.

The present invention provides a large-capacity secondary battery, including: a rechargeable cell, a steel shell, a protection IC, an integrated IC, resistors, capacitors, an inductor, an LED lamp, a plastic part, a circular rigid FR-4 substrate, a metal cap, an insulation pad and an insulation heat shrink film, for integrating multiple functions of a constant voltage output, charge management and protection, and overcharge, overdischarge and overcurrent protection. Compared with the prior art, the large-capacity secondary battery of the present invention can achieve multi-functional integration of the battery, and also can save the space occupied by accessory structural parts of the battery and achieve a large capacity of the battery.