A reference electrode for a lithium-ion battery cell in the form of a porous ultrathin film that is fabricated from aluminum or an aluminum alloy is described. The aluminum layer is conductive and functions as a current collector for the reference electrode. The alloying elements may include but not limited to one or more of copper, zinc, silver, gold, titanium, chrome, rare earth metals, etc., to achieve target values for electrical, mechanical and chemical properties. Also disclosed is an electrochemical battery cell having an anode, a cathode, and a reference electrode, wherein the reference electrode is interposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein the reference electrode is an electrode layer that is arranged on a current collector, and wherein the current collector is fabricated from an aluminum alloy.

A battery electrode, and a method for fabricating the battery electrode are described. The battery electrode includes a lithium foil that is arranged between a first porous current collector and a second porous current collector. The first and second porous current collectors each defines a multiplicity of interstitial spaces, and the lithium foil is embedded in the interstitial spaces defined by the first porous current collector and in the interstitial spaces defined by the second porous current collector, thus enabling two-side functionality.

The present invention provides a negative electrode of lithium ion secondary battery, a preparation method thereof and a lithium ion secondary battery. The negative electrode of the lithium ion secondary battery comprises a negative electrode active material, a pre-lithiated conductive layer and a negative electrode current collector. By using the negative electrode of lithium ion secondary battery, the preparation method thereof and the lithium ion secondary battery of the present invention, technical effects of excellent electrochemical performance, especially excellent first discharge capacity and first time efficiency are achieved, and excellent negative electrode plate binding force is achieved.

A lead-acid battery includes a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and an electrolyte solution. The positive electrode plate includes a positive current collector and a positive electrode material. The negative electrode plate includes a negative current collector and a negative electrode material. The positive current collector contains a lead alloy containing Ca and Sn. The content of Ca in the positive current collector is 0.2% by mass or less, and the content of Sn is 0.5% by mass or more. The negative electrode material contains a first organic expander (excluding a lignin compound) containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a unit of a monocyclic aromatic compound and a unit of a bisphenol S compound.

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).

A positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode plate, a battery, a battery module, a battery pack, and an apparatus including the positive electrode current collector are provided. In some embodiments, a positive electrode current collector is provided, including an organic support layer and an aluminum-based conductive layer disposed on at least one surface of the organic support layer, where the aluminum-based conductive layer contains Al and at least one modifying element selected from O, N, F, B, S, and P, an XPS spectrogram of the aluminum-based conductive layer with a surface passivation layer removed through etching has at least a first peak falling in a range of 70 eV to 73.5 eV and a second peak falling in a range of 73.5 eV to 78 eV, and a ratio x of peak intensity of the second peak to that of the first peak satisfies 0<x≤3.0.

According to one embodiment, a secondary battery is provided. The secondary battery includes a first electrode having a first current collector, second electrode having a second current collector, and an aqueous electrolyte. The first electrode includes a first lead, and a first joint for electrically connecting the first current collector and the first lead. At least a part of the surface of the first current collector has a first current collector coating. At least a part of the surface of the first lead has a first lead coating. The thickness of the first lead coating is larger than the thickness of the first current collector coating.

An electrode of the present disclosure includes an electrode mixture layer and an electrode current collector layer. The electrode current collector layer is in contact with the electrode mixture layer. The electrode mixture layer includes a solid electrolyte material and an active material. The solid electrolyte material includes Li, M, and X. M is at least one selected from the group consisting of metal elements other than Li and metalloid elements. X is at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I. The electrode current collector layer has a surface material in contact with the electrode mixture layer, and a copper content in the surface material is less than 50 mass %.

A battery including a first and second electrode layer, and an electrolyte layer including a first solid electrolyte material. The battery satisfies (A), (B), (C), or (D). (A) The current collector layer has, in at least a partial region thereof, a copper content of less than 50 mass %. (B) At least one selected from the group of the current collector layer and an electrode lead has, in at least a partial region thereof, a copper content of less than 50 mass %. (C) At least one selected from the group of the current collector layer and an exterior body has, in at least a partial region thereof, a copper content of less than 50 mass %. (D) at least one selected from the group of the current collector layer, the electrode lead, and the exterior body has, in at least a partial region thereof, a copper content of less than 50 mass %.

A traction battery includes a plurality of solid-state-battery cells arranged in a stack, a pair of endplates engaging with opposing ends of the stack and configured to generate a predetermined magnitude of stack pressure in the stack, and a plate of shape-memory alloy disposed in the stack. The plate of shape-memory alloy is configured to expand or contract in thickness responsive to volume changes within the battery cells to maintain the stack pressure within a range of the predetermined magnitude.