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.

Provided is a packaging material for a power storage device capable of securing excellent formability without causing pinholes and/or cracks even when deep depth forming is performed and also capable of sufficiently preventing delamination even when deep depth forming is performed or even when it is used under severe environments, such as, e.g., high temperature and high humidity. [Solving means] The packaging material for a power storage device has a configuration including a heat resistant resin layer 2 serving as an outer layer, a heat fusible resin layer 3 serving as an inner layer, and a metal foil layer 4 disposed between both the two layers. The heat resistant resin layer 2 is composed of a heat resistant resin film with a hot water shrinkage percentage of 1.5% to 12%. The heat resistant resin layer 2 and the metal foil layer 4 are bonded via an outer adhesive layer 5 composed of a cured film of an electron beam curable resin composition.

A multilayer material for use as a thermal insulation barrier and/or flame barrier in a rechargeable electrical energy storage system is provided. The multilayer material comprises at least one inorganic fabric layer bonded to a nonwoven layer comprising inorganic particles and inorganic fibers by an inorganic adhesive, wherein the inorganic adhesive. The inorganic adhesive can be a modified inorganic adhesive comprising at least 99 wt. % inorganic constituents and an organic additive of at least 0.01 wt. % and less than 1 wt. % based on a total solids content of the inorganic adhesive.

A low shrinkage low oligomer polyester film and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The method includes forming at least one polyester composition into an unstretched polyester thick film and stretching the unstretched polyester thick film in a machine direction (MD) and a transverse direction (TD) at a stretch ratio of two to six times. The polyester composition includes 94% to 99.974% by weight of a polyester resin, 0.01% to 1% by weight of a primary antioxidant, 0.01% to 1% by weight of a secondary antioxidant, 0.003% to 2% by weight of a nucleating agent, and 0.003% to 2% by weight of a flow aid. The polyester resin has an intrinsic viscosity between 0.60 dl/g and 0.80 dl/g.

A metal-resin bonded article includes a composite laminate including a metal base material having laminated thereon one layer or plural layers of a resin coating layer, and a resin material bonded and integrated thereto, the resin coating layer being laminated on a surface-treated surface of the metal base material, at least one layer of the resin coating layer containing a resin composition containing a linear chain polymer having a linear polymer structure polymerized on the metal base material, a bonding strength between the composite laminate and the resin material and an adhesion force between the metal base material and the resin coating layer satisfying particular conditions.

An apparatus includes a component having an edge feature that has a radius of curvature. The apparatus includes an underlayer arranged over the edge feature and configured to increase the radius of curvature of the edge feature. The apparatus includes a powder coating arranged over the component and over the underlayer to form a continuous layer. The underlayer is configured to remain under the powder coating. The underlayer helps the powder coating achieve a more uniform thickness over the edge feature. The apparatus is formed by applying an underlayer to a first region of the component to form an underlaid component. The first region includes the edge feature. A powder coating is applied to the underlaid component. A masking layer may be applied to a region other than the first region, and after powder coating, the masking may be removed to expose a surface of the component.

A polyolefin micro porous film includes at least one of polyethylene and polypropylene, in which the compressive elastic modulus is 95 MPa or more and 150 MPa or less, the surface roughness (Ra) of a film surface is measured for a front surface and a rear surface, and the average value (Ra(ave)) thereof is 0.01 μm to 0.30 μm.

A system and a method for an energy harvesting and storage apparatus including a flexible substrate, an energy harvesting device disposed on the flexible substrate, the energy harvesting device is configured to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy, an energy storage device disposed on the flexible substrate and in electrical communication with the energy harvesting device and configured to receive and store the electrical energy from the energy harvesting device.

A battery packaging material includes a substrate layer, a heat-fusible resin layer, a barrier layer arranged between the substrate layer and the heat-fusible resin layer, and a substrate protective layer as an outermost layer arranged on an outer side of the substrate layer. The substrate protective layer includes a binder resin 21, and wax, resin beads, and inorganic fine particles as solid fine particles. The solid fine particles project outward from a surface of the substrate protective layer to form a protrusion. In a plan view of the substrate protective layer, an area ratio of a portion of the protrusion having a height of 1 μm or more from a reference plane of an arithmetic average height Sa is 5% to 20%.

Aluminum alloy foil that, when used for battery packaging material, unlikely to develop pinholes or cracks even during molding of battery packaging material, and can exhibit excellent moldability. Aluminum alloy foil, which is for use in battery packaging material, wherein, with respect to cross section obtained by cutting aluminum alloy foil in vertical direction to rolling direction of aluminum alloy foil, which is a vertical direction to surface of aluminum alloy foil, proportion of total area of a {111} plane in total area of crystal planes of face-centered cubic structure, obtained by performing crystal analysis using EBSD method, is 10% or more; and with respect to cross section, a number average grain diameter R (μm) of crystals in face-centered cubic structure, obtained by performing crystal analysis using EBSD method, satisfies following equation: number average grain diameter R≤0.056X+2.0, where X=thickness (μm) of aluminum alloy foil.