A rechargeable battery and a manufacturing method of the same are provided, which can aid in preventing an electric short from occurring between electrode plates by forming a cutting portion of each on the electrode plates in the shape of a curved surface or a bead having a uniform thickness and/or a diameter sufficient to prevent or substantially prevent the cutting portion from piercing a separator separating the electrode plates from each other. In a present embodiment, the electrode assembly includes an electrode plate having a current collector plate, a coating portion having an electrically active material coated on the current collector plate, a non-coating portion formed at an edge of the current collector plate and not coated with the electrically active material, a cutting portion inwardly formed from the non-coating portion, and a curved portion formed along the cutting portion in a thickness direction of the non-coating portion.

When it has been determined according to a voltage detected by a voltage detecting unit 31 that a voltage detection line 23 between a focused-on battery 21 and the voltage detecting unit 31 has been broken, operations of each of switches 22 are controlled to separate a battery module 2 that includes the voltage detection line 23 from a power supply apparatus 1. When it has been determined according to the voltage detected by the voltage detecting unit 31 that the focused-on battery 21 has been overcharged or overdischarged, power input to, or output from, every battery module 2 is limited.

The present invention relates to a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery (30) which includes: a positive electrode (1); a negative electrode (2); a non-aqueous electrolyte containing a non-aqueous solvent; an outer package (5, 7, 19) receiving the positive electrode (1), the negative electrode (2), and the non-aqueous electrolyte; and a current interrupt valve (14) which interrupts a current in response to an increase in pressure inside the outer package (5, 7, 19). The positive electrode (1) contains a carbonate compound, the non-aqueous solvent contains a fluorinated cyclic carbonate and a fluorinated chain ester, and the total content of the fluorinated cyclic carbonate and the fluorinated chain ester is with respect to the total volume of the non-aqueous solvent, 50 percent by volume or more.

A community energy storage system comprises a cabinet, at least one battery bank mounted within the cabinet, the at least one battery bank comprising a plurality of battery modules electrically coupled to one another in series; and processing structure for monitoring at least one parameter of each of the battery modules, and in the event that the at least one parameter is outside of a threshold value, deactivating the at least one battery bank.

Collector connected to a terminal of a cell includes: substrate portion made of a conductive plate material; connection portion that is defined by first slit formed in the conductive plate material, and is connected to the terminal of the cell; narrow fuse that is defined by second slits that are formed in the conductive plate material so as to extend from first slit, and whose one end is connected to substrate portion and the other end is connected to connection portion; and insulating film bonded to a region including fuse and second slits defining fuse across substrate portion and connection portion.

The present disclosure provides a secondary battery, which comprises a cap plate, at least two cells and two connecting pieces. The cap plate is provided with two electrode terminals which are opposite in electrical polarity. Each cell has two tabs which are opposite in electrical polarity. Each connecting piece has: an electrode terminal electrical connecting portion for electrically connecting with the corresponding electrode terminal of the cap plate; a plurality of tab electrical connecting portions for electrically connecting with the corresponding tabs of the cells respectively; and a plurality of fusing portions electrically connecting the corresponding tab electrical connecting portion to the electrode terminal electrical connecting portion, a width of each fusing portion is less than a width of the electrode terminal electrical connecting portion. A configuration of the connecting piece is simple, thereby reducing the cumulative heat of the secondary battery and reducing the temperature rise.

Disclosed is a secondary battery, wherein an electrode assembly including at least one positive electrode respectively having positive electrode tabs not coated with a positive electrode active material; at least one negative electrode respectively having negative electrode tabs not coated with a negative electrode active material; and at least one separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode is sealed with an electrolyte solution in a battery case, the positive electrode tabs and the negative electrode tabs are respectively connected to positive electrode lead and negative electrode lead protruded to the outside of a battery case, and at least one an electrode terminal selected from the group consisting of the positive electrode tabs, the negative electrode tabs, the positive electrode lead and the negative electrode lead includes Wood's metal.

The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly, a case accommodating the electrode assembly, a cap plate sealing the case and including an inversion plate, and a terminal assembly. The terminal assembly includes an insulation plate coupled to a top surface of the cap plate and having a short-circuit hole corresponding to the inversion plate and an air hole spaced apart from the short-circuit hole, a terminal plate coupled to a top surface of the insulation plate and electrically connected to the electrode assembly, and a sealing member coupled to a bottom surface of the insulation plate and opening or closing the air hole.

Disclosed is a battery pack configured such that a plurality of battery modules is connected to each other in series in a state in which the modules are in contact with each other or stacked adjacent to each other, the pack being fixed such that a stacked state of the modules is maintained even when volume of the modules is changed during charge and discharge, the pack including a cut-off portion connected in series to an electrical connection circuit between modules, a fixing member to fix a circuit breaker to at least one outer surface of the pack, and the breaker configured to be electrically conducted when an outer surface of at least one module expands by a reference volume value or more, the breaker being connected in series to the electrical connection circuit to short-circuit the cut-off portion when electric conduction is performed due to swelling of the modules.

A rechargeable battery including an electrode assembly; a terminal; and a current collector electrically connecting the electrode assembly and the terminal, the current collector including a first fuse for a first current and a second fuse for a second current, the first current being different from the second current.