An electrochemical device includes a negative electrode plate including a negative current collector provided with a negative active material layer and a positive electrode plate including a positive current collector provided with a positive active material layer. The positive active material layer includes a first region. The first region includes a second region and a third region that does not overlap the second region by any area. A first insulation layer is disposed on a surface of the second region. The negative active material layer includes a fourth region facing towards the third region. An area S2 mm.sup.2 of the second region and an area S1 mm.sup.2 of the first region satisfy: S2<S1≤1.5S2, and a ratio CB of a unit-area capacity of the fourth region to a unit-area capacity of the third region is greater than or equal to 1.1.

A metal-ion battery cell is provided that comprises anode and cathode electrodes, a separator, and an electrolyte. The anode electrode may, for example, have a capacity loading in the range of about 2 mAh/cm2 to about 10 mAh/cm2 and comprise anode particles that (i) have an average particle size in the range of about 0.2 microns to about 40 microns, (ii) exhibit a volume expansion in the range of about 8 vol. % to about 180 vol. % during one or more charge-discharge cycles of the battery cell, and (iii) exhibit a specific capacity in the range of about 600 mAh/g to about 2600 mAh/g. The electrolyte may comprise, for example, (i) one or more metal-ion salts and (ii) a solvent composition that comprises one or more low-melting point solvents that each have a melting point below about −70° C. and a boiling point above about +70° C.

Embodiments described herein relate to electrochemical cells and production thereof under high pressure. In some aspects, a method of producing an electrochemical cell can include disposing a cathode material onto a cathode current collector to form a cathode, disposing an anode material onto an anode current collector to form an anode, and disposing the anode onto the cathode in an assembly jig with a separator positioned between the anode and the cathode to form an electrochemical cell, the assembly jig applying a force to the electrochemical cell such that a pressure in the cathode material is at least about 3,500 kPa. In some embodiments, the cathode material can be a first cathode material, and the method can further include disposing a second cathode material onto the first cathode material. In some embodiments, the first cathode material can include silicon. In some embodiments, the second cathode material can include graphite.

Disclosed are an all-solid-state battery having high energy density and a method for manufacturing the same. One battery structure is pressed instead of pressing each cell unit, an amount of first or second electrode current collectors consumed is reduced, and insulating members are used, thereby simplifying a manufacturing process of the all-solid-state battery and allowing the all-solid-state battery to have high energy density and a stable structure.

This application relates to secondary lithium-sulfur batteries with electrolyte comprising a metal di-cation.

A secondary battery system includes a secondary battery having an electrode body impregnated with an electrolytic solution containing metal ions. The secondary battery system measures an impedance of the secondary battery. The secondary battery system detects high-rate deterioration caused by uneven concentration of the metal ions in the electrolytic solution impregnated into the electrode body.

A method for predicting an onset of a capacity fading in a battery includes measuring, over a period of time, a plurality of parameters related to charging and discharging cycles of the battery; detecting, based on the measured plurality of parameters, the onset of the capacity fade in the battery; and providing a notification on the electronic device indicating the detected onset of the capacity fade.

Provided is a binder composition for lithium ion secondary battery electrode-use that reduces internal resistance of a lithium ion secondary battery while also providing the lithium ion secondary battery with excellent life characteristics. The binder composition contains a copolymer X and a solvent. The copolymer X is obtained from a monomer composition X that contains at least 20.0 mass % and no greater than 75.0 mass % of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid compound (A) composed of either or both of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid and an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid salt, and at least 20.0 mass % and no greater than 75.0 mass % of a copolymerizable compound (B) that has an ethylenically unsaturated bond and a solubility of at least 7 g in 100 g of water at 20° C. The copolymer X has a degree of swelling in electrolysis solution of less than 120 mass %.

A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including electrode body having structure in which positive electrode and negative electrode are laminated with separator and non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes positive electrode current collector, positive electrode active material layer which is disposed on positive electrode current collector and contains first positive electrode active material, and insulating layer which is disposed along one end of positive electrode active material layer in predetermined width direction, and contains inorganic filler and second positive electrode active material. The negative electrode includes negative electrode current collector, and negative electrode active material layer which is disposed on negative electrode current collector and contains negative electrode active material, in which length in width direction is longer than length of positive electrode active material layer in width direction, and negative electrode active material layer faces positive electrode active material layer and at least part of insulating layer.

A lithium secondary battery, wherein there is a pre-lithiated negative electrode such that a total irreversible capacity of a positive electrode is greater than a total irreversible capacity of the negative electrode while satisfying 150< (negative electrode discharge capacity/lithium secondary battery discharge capacity)×100<300, and a relative potential of the negative electrode with respect to lithium metal in an operating voltage range of the lithium secondary battery is in a range of −0.1 V to 0.7 V. Such a lithium secondary battery is capable of maintaining a capacity retention of 60% or more even after 500 cycles or more while achieving an energy density per volume of 800 Wh/L or more.