Electrolyte materials for use in electrochemical cells, electrochemical cells comprising the same, and methods of making such materials and cells, are generally described. In some embodiments, the materials, processes, and uses described herein relate to electrochemical cells comprising sulfur and lithium such as, for example, lithium sulfur batteries.

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.

The present invention achieves a separator core that is easy to clean and that will have no or few remaining foreign substances and a separator roll obtained by winding a separator around the separator core. Provided is a separator core around which a separator is wound or is to be wound, in which at least one of (i) a connection between a surface of a support part and the inner peripheral surface of the outer cylindrical part and (ii) a connection between the surface of the support part and the outer peripheral surface of the inner cylindrical part is made smoothly by a curved face.

The present invention efficiently avoids distortion at an edge and achieves a separator core which has strength. The present invention achieves: a separator core in which an outer cylindrical part has a linearly inclined face at an edge of an outer peripheral surface thereof; and a separator roll including the separator core and a separator for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery wound around the separator core. The present invention provides a method of producing the separator roll.

A battery pack is provided. The battery pack including a plurality of battery cells; a cell holder including a peripheral wall and a plurality of cell storage units; and a plurality of ribs integrally molded with the cell holder between the peripheral wall of the cell holder and the cell storage unit.

An object of the present invention is to provide a laminated porous film excellent in handling ability. A laminated porous film having a layer containing a polymer other than a polyolefin laminated on at least one surface of a polyolefin porous film, wherein the uplift quantity of a side perpendicular to the machine direction, when allowed to stand still for 1 hour under an environment of a temperature of 23° C. and a humidity of 50%, is 15 mm or less.

The invention relates to a battery cell (2), comprising a prismatically designed cell housing with a cover surface (31), on which a negative terminal (11) and a positive terminal (12) are arranged, and an electrode coil (10) arranged within the cell housing and comprising a cathode (14) and an anode (16). The electrode coil (10) is fixed to the cover surface (31) by means of an electrically insulating holder (70), and the holder (70) is connected to at least one electrically insulating spacer (67, 68) which is fastened to the cover surface (31). The invention also relates to a battery system which comprises at least one battery cell (2) according to the invention.

The invention relates to a battery cell (2), comprising a prismatically designed cell housing (3) with a cover surface (31), on which a negative terminal (11) and a positive terminal (12) are arranged, and at least one electrode coil (10) which is arranged inside the cell housing (3) and comprises a cathode (14) having cathode contact lugs (24) and an anode (16) having anode contact lugs (26). The cathode contact lugs (24) and the anode contact lugs (26) extend next to one another from the electrode coil (10) toward exactly one end face (35, 36) of the cell housing (3), the end face (35, 36) running at a right angle to the cover surface (31). The invention also relates to a battery system comprising at least one battery cell (2) according to the invention.

Provided is an all-solid-state lithium battery including an oriented positive electrode plate composed of an oriented polycrystalline body made of lithium transition metal oxide grains, a solid electrolyte layer, a negative electrode layer, and an end insulator insulating and coating ends of the oriented positive electrode plate. The surface of the end insulator and the surface of the oriented positive electrode plate adjacent the solid electrolyte layer form one continuous surface no step exists. Alternatively, the height of the surface of the end insulator adjacent the solid electrolyte layer is lower than that of the surface of the oriented positive electrode plate adjacent the solid electrolyte layer to form a discontinuous surface with proviso that a step between the end insulator and the surface of the oriented positive electrode plate adjacent the solid electrolyte layer is smaller than the thickness of the solid electrolyte layer.

A separator for a battery interposed between a cathode and an anode, and a method of manufacturing the same are provided, the separator for a lithium ion secondary battery including a porous polymer sheet having a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface, and in which a pore communicating the first surface and the second surface is formed, and a heat resistant inorganic material layer coating at least the first surface and a surface of the pore, and formed in an atomic layer deposition method, wherein the heat resistant inorganic material layer formed on the first surface or the second surface has a thickness of 20 nm to 100 nm, porosity of the separator after the heat resistant inorganic material layer is formed is 30% to 70%, and a gurley value is 100 s/100 ml to 1000 s/100 ml.