A battery and a method of constructing a battery are disclosed in which a first conductive substrate portion has a first face and a second conductive substrate portion has a second face opposed to the first face. A first electrode material is disposed in electrical contact with the first face, an electrolyte material is disposed in contact with the first electrode material, a second electrode material is disposed in contact with the electrolyte material, and a conductive tab disposed in contact with the second electrode material. The first conductive substrate portion, the first electrode material, and the conductive tab extend outward beyond a particular edge of the second conductive substrate portion.

An electrode assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object includes: a first electrode formed in the form of a single sheet and repetitively in-folded and out-folded at a predetermined interval; a second electrode provided in plurality and respectively interposed in spaces formed by folding the first electrode; a separator formed in the form of a single sheet and interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode so as to be repetitively in-folded and out-folded at a predetermined interval together with the first electrode; and a cover part configured to cover at least portions of an area, on which the separator is out-folded and an exposed surface, which is exposed to the outside together with the second electrode.

An electrode assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object comprises: a first electrode formed in the form of a single sheet and repetitively in-folded and out-folded at a predetermined interval; a second electrode formed into a plurality of pieces and respectively interposed in spaces formed by folding the first electrode; and a separator formed in the form of a single sheet and interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode so as to be repetitively in-folded and out-folded at a predetermined interval together with the first electrode, wherein the first electrode is a single-sided electrode in which a first electrode active material is applied to only one surface of a first electrode collector, and the second electrode is a double-sided electrode in which a second electrode active material is applied to all both surfaces of a second electrode collector.

The present invention provides a secondary battery that has high energy density, high capacity, excellent cycle characteristics, and high productivity. The present invention relates to a secondary battery including: a laminate formed by alternately folding a sheet at an acute angle a plurality of times, the sheet having a negative electrode that is free of a negative electrode active material, and separators or solid electrolytes disposed on both surfaces of the negative electrode; and a plurality of positive electrodes each disposed in a space between separators or solid electrolytes facing each other formed by folding the sheet.

An electrode assembly is provided and includes: a first electrode sheet comprising a first flat and straight portion and a first tab connected to an end portion of the first flat and straight portion along a first direction; a second electrode sheet comprising a second flat and straight portion, the first flat and straight portion and the second flat and straight portion being stacked along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a first separator and a second separator, the first separator comprising a first separation portion, a first bent portion and a first extension portion, and the second separator comprising a second separation portion, wherein the first separation portion and the second separation portion are positioned on both sides of the second flat and straight portion along the second direction respectively, and separate the first flat and straight portion from the second flat and straight portion.

Provided is a secondary battery adopting an all-solid-state secondary cell structure with a storage layer sandwiched between a positive electrode layer and a negative electrode layer and which is superior to a conventional secondary battery with respect to at least one of volume, manufacturing, and positioning. The present invention provides a secondary battery including a single-layer secondary cell having a folded structure that a sheet-shaped single-layer secondary cell with a storage layer sandwiched between a positive electrode layer and a negative electrode layer is folded in two or four. Here, it is preferable that a plurality of the single-layer secondary cells each having the folded structure are arranged in parallel and adjacent single-layer secondary cells each having the folded structure are electrically connected directly or via a positive electrode terminal member or a negative electrode terminal member, so that at least one of current capacity increasing and terminal voltage heightening is achieved.

A battery includes a first conductive substrate portion having a first face, and a second conductive substrate portion having a second face opposed to the first face. Each of the first and second faces has a perimeter portion and an interior portion inside the perimeter portion. A first electrode material of the battery is disposed in contact with the interior portion of at least one of the first and second faces, and a jettable electrolyte material disposed in contact with the first electrode material. A second electrode material is disposed in contact with the electrolyte material, and a conductive tab is disposed in contact with the second electrode material. The conductive tab extends outwardly from the interior region beyond the perimeter portion of at least one of the first and second faces.

The present invention relates to an electrode assembly in which a plurality of electrode stacks are stacked to improve product reliability when manufactured and a method for manufacturing the same. The present invention also relates to a method for manufacturing an electrode assembly and includes a preparation step of preparing a plurality of electrode stacks in which an electrode and a separator are alternately stacked, a stacking step of stacking the plurality of electrode stacks on each other, a packaging step of wrapping and packaging a circumferential potion of the plurality of stacked electrode stacks using a separator member, and a fixing step of heating and pressing the separator member to fix the plurality of stacked electrode stacks.

The disclosure relates to an electrode assembly and its forming method and a manufacturing system, a secondary battery, a battery module and a device. The electrode assembly includes: a first electrode plate including a plurality of bending sections and a plurality of stacked first stacking sections, each bending section being configured to connect two adjacent first stacking sections, herein the bending section includes a guiding portion for guiding the bending section to be bent during production; and a second electrode plate with a polarity opposite to that of the first electrode plate, the second electrode plate including a plurality of second stacking sections, and each second stacking section being disposed between two adjacent first stacking sections.

A battery unit and a battery module, where the battery unit includes an electrode assembly, including a first electrode and a second electrode, which have opposite polarities, each of the first electrode and the second electrode includes a coated portion and an uncoated portion, and the uncoated portion is located at an end part of a coated portion along the length direction of the electrode assembly and forms a tab; two terminals, arranged at the top of the electrode assembly; and two current collectors for electrically connecting the tabs on both sides of the electrode assembly with the terminals on the same side respectively. At least one end of at least one current collector along the width direction of the electrode assembly is a flat plate structure, and the tab covers the flat plate structure from the outer side after being bent.