The invention discloses a lithium battery structure and the electrode layer thereof. The lithium battery structure includes two battery units with the two negative active material layers being disposed in face-to-face arrangement. The negative current collector includes a conductive substrate with a plurality of through holes and an isolation layer. The isolation layer is covered on one surface of the conductive substrate and extended along the through holes to another surface to cover the edge of the openings of the through holes. It can be effectively avoided the lithium dendrites depositing near the openings of the through holes on the conductive substrate. Also, the face-to-face arrangement of the negative active material layers is effectively control the locations of the plated lithium dendrites. Therefore, the safety of the battery and the cycle life of the battery is greatly improved.

This disclosure relates to a battery and a method for its manufacture. An example method includes forming a substrate having a first surface, the first surface having a plurality of pores. The pores may be configured to house lithium metal. The method includes incorporating lithium metal into at least a portion of the plurality of pores. The lithium metal may be incorporated into the pores via a pre-lithiation process, which may include electroplating of lithium metal into the porous substrate. The method also includes forming an electrolyte disposed between the first surface of the substrate and a cathode. The electrolyte is configured to reversibly transport lithium ions via diffusion between the substrate and the cathode. The method also includes forming the cathode. Some embodiments may provide the substrate to jointly serve as an anode and electrically-conductive current collector.

The present disclosure provides a cable-type secondary battery, comprising: an inner electrode; a separation layer surrounding the outer surface of the inner electrode to prevent a short circuit between electrodes; and a sheet-form outer electrode spirally wound to surround the separation layer or the inner electrode.

The present invention provides a method for producing a lithium secondary battery in which peeling of an active substance can be prevented and the generation of metal powder can be prevented when a power collection foil is processed at an electrode production step. The method for producing the lithium secondary battery includes an electrode-producing step of producing a positive electrode and a negative electrode; a step of forming a group of electrodes by layering the positive electrode and the negative electrode on each other through a separator, or winding the positive electrode and the negative electrode through a separator; and a step of immersing the group of the electrodes in an electrolyte. The electrode-producing step has a boring step of forming a plurality of through-holes penetrating a power collection foil and having projected parts projected from at least a rear surface of the power collection foil.

A current collector including: a polymer film including a first major surface, an opposite second major surface, and a plurality of openings extending through a thickness of the polymer film; a first layer on the first major surface of the polymer film; a second layer on the second major surface of the polymer film; and a third layer on an inner surface of an opening of the plurality of openings, wherein the third layer contacts the first layer and the second layer, and wherein the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer each independently has an electrical conductivity of greater than 10 Siemens per meter.

The present invention provides a foil with fine and uniform functional porosity that can be produced cheaply in roll-to-roll configuration, whereas the porosity stems from corrugation and/or perforation and of the foil. The presently disclosed augmented metallic foils are useful in many application, including, but not limited for use as current collectors in lithium-ion barratries.

A method for producing a composite electrode for an electrochemical cell is provided herein. The method includes: applying a self-supporting electrode film and/or a dry electrode mixture to a porous collector foil; and compressing the self-supporting electrode film and/or the dry electrode mixture and the porous collector foil to form a composite electrode. The self-supporting electrode film and/or the dry electrode mixture includes a multiplicity of dry-processed particles, the multiplicity of dry-processed particles containing at least a binder, a conductivity additive, and an active material; the porous collector foil ahs openings that extend through the porous collector foil; the electrode film or the dry electrode mixture is pressed at least partially into the openings of the porous collector foil; and the composite electrode is free from adhesion promoters. A composite electrode is further provided. An electrochemical cell including at least one composite electrode is further provided.

A secondary lithium-ion cell includes an anode having a negative electrode material and a current collector with a strip-shaped main region loaded with a layer of the negative electrode material and a free edge strip not loaded with the negative electrode material. The cell further includes a cathode having a positive electrode material and a current collector with a strip-shaped main region loaded with a layer of the positive electrode material and a free edge strip that is not loaded with the positive electrode material. The cell additionally includes a sheet metal member contacting one of the free edge strips. The anode and the cathode are provided in an electrode-separator assembly with a sequence anode/separator/cathode, the electrode-separator assembly forming a coil with two terminal end faces enclosed in a housing. The negative electrode includes lithium titanate (LTO), and the positive electrode includes lithium manganese oxide (LMO).

An alkaline electrochemical cell has a central cathode having a corresponding cathode current collector electrically connected with a positive terminal of the electrochemical cell. The cathode current collector has a tubular shape, such as a cylindrical shape or rectangular shape, extending parallel with the length of the central cathode. The cathode current collector is embedded within the central cathode, such as at a medial point of a radius of the central cathode, thereby minimizing the distance between the cathode current collector and any portion of the central cathode, thereby increasing the mechanical strength of the cathode and facilitating charge transfer to the cathode current collector.

A fuel electrode incorporates a first and second corrugated portion that are attached to each other at offset angles respect to their corrugation axis and therefore reinforce each other. A first corrugated portion may extend orthogonally with respect to a second corrugated portion. The first and second corrugated portions may be formed from metal wire and may therefore have a very high volumetric void fraction and a high surface area to volume ratio (sa/vol). In addition, the strands of the wire may be selected to enable high conductivity to the current collectors while maximizing the sa/vol. In addition, the shape of the corrugation, including the period distance, amplitude and geometry may be selected with respect to the stiffness requirements and electrochemical cell application factors. The first and second corrugated portions may be calendared or crushed to reduce thickness of the fuel electrode.