An embodiment is directed to a solid state electrolyte-comprising Li or Li-ion battery cell, comprising an anode electrode, a cathode electrode with an areal capacity loading that exceeds around 3.5 mAh/cm.sup.2, an ionically conductive separator layer that electrically separates the anode and cathode electrodes, and one or more solid electrolytes ionically coupling the anode and the cathode, wherein at least one of the one or more solid electrolytes or at least one solid electrolyte precursor of the one or more solid electrolytes is infiltrated into the solid state Li or Li-ion battery cell as a liquid.

An electrolyte for a lithium-secondary battery including a solvent, a lithium salt and an additive, wherein the additive includes a diamine-based compound, and a lithium-secondary battery including the same.

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.

The present disclosure relates to a lithium secondary battery using lithium titanium oxide (LTO) as a negative electrode active material. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a secondary battery having improved input and output characteristics through the optimization of the pore ratio of the LTO. The lithium secondary battery including the lithium titanium oxide negative electrode active material according to the present disclosure provides an effect of significantly improved output density through the maximization of reaction active sites with electrolyte due to a porous structure.

A composite negative electrode based on pure metallic lithium, pure metallic sodium or one of their alloys and a polymer membrane, a method for manufacturing such an electrode, as well as an electrical energy storage system, in particular an electrochemical accumulator such as a secondary (rechargeable) lithium or sodium battery comprising at least one such negative electrode. It is particularly applicable to Lithium-Metal-Polymer or LMP™ batteries.

The present disclosure provides a liquid detection sensor which has the general purpose usability and can prevent the deterioration of a metal-air battery being an electric power source even when being installed for a long term, and in which the metal-air battery being an electric power source can exhibit an excellent electric power generation performance. The liquid detection sensor has the metal-air battery having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution-forming component positioned between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein the electrolytic solution-forming component is enclosed in the inside of a resin-made bag; and a resin of the resin-made bag has dissolvability or dispersibility in a liquid being an object to be detected.

Articles and methods including additives in electrochemical cells, are generally provided. As described herein, such electrochemical cells may comprise an anode, a cathode, an electrolyte, and optionally a separator. In some embodiments, at least one of the anode, the cathode, the electrolyte, and/or the optional separator may comprise an additive and/or additive precursor. For instance, in some cases, the electrochemical cell comprises an electrolyte and an additive and/or additive precursor that is soluble with and/or is present in the electrolyte. In some embodiments, the additive precursor comprises a disulfide bond. In certain embodiments, the additive is a carbon disulfide salt. In some cases, the electrolyte may comprise a nitrate.

An aspect of the present invention is a nonaqueous electrolyte energy storage device that includes a negative electrode including a lithium alloy and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a fluorinated solvent, in which the lithium alloy contains silver, and the content of silver with respect to the total content of lithium and silver in the lithium alloy is 3% by mass or more and 20% by mass or less. Another aspect of the present invention is a nonaqueous electrolyte energy storage device that includes a negative electrode including a lithium alloy and a nonaqueous electrolyte including a lithium salt containing fluorine, in which the lithium alloy contains silver, and the content of silver with respect to the total content of lithium and silver in the lithium alloy is 3% by mass or more and 20% by mass or less.

A negative electrode for a lithium metal battery includes a metal current collector substrate. A lithium metal layer is formed on at least one surface of the metal current collector substrate. A pre-lithiation layer is formed on the lithium metal layer. The pre-lithiation layer includes a prelithiated active material.

A lithium secondary battery comprising a positive electrode including sulfur, a negative electrode including a Li—Mg alloy, and an electrolyte including a furan-based solvent is provided. The lithium secondary battery has improved lifetime characteristics as growth of lithium dendrites and side reaction between polysulfides leached from the positive electrode and lithium at the negative electrode are suppressed due to interaction of the Li—Mg alloy comprised in the negative electrode and the furan-based solvent comprised in the electrolyte.