The present disclosure relates to a horizontal composite electricity supply structure, which comprises a first insulation layer, a second insulation layer, two electrically conductive layers, and a plurality of electrochemical system element groups. The two electrically conductive layers are disposed on the first and second insulation layers, respectively. The electrochemical system element groups are disposed between the first insulation layer and the second insulation layer, and connected in series and/or in parallel via the electrically conductive layers. The electrochemical system element group is formed by several serially connected electrochemical system elements. Each electrochemical system element includes a package layer on the sidewall, so that their electrolyte systems do not circulate with one another. Thereby, the high voltage produced by connection will not influence any single electrochemical system element nor decompose their respective electrolyte systems. Hence, serial and/or parallel connections are made concurrently in the horizontal composite electricity supply structure.

A method of packaging a battery device with a metal shell, comprising: applying a waterborne two-component polyurethane composition to the metal shell of the battery device, and drying the applied polyurethane composition to form a packaging layer; wherein the polyurethane composition comprises, (A) an aqueous dispersion comprising a hydroxyl-functional polymer, wherein the hydroxyl-functional polymer comprises, by weight based on the weight of the hydroxyl-functional polymer, from 20% to 50% of structural units of a hydroxy-functional alkyl (meth)acrylate; from 0.1% to 10% of structural units of an acid monomer, a salt thereof, or mixtures thereof; and structural units of a monoethylenically unsaturated nonionic monomer; and (B) a polyisocyanate.

A battery cell includes an electrode assembly and a packaging bag for accommodating the electrode assembly, where the battery cell further includes a first adhesive layer and a second adhesive layer, and the first adhesive layer is adhered to a side of the electrode assembly; and the second adhesive layer is disposed on an outermost surface of the electrode assembly to bond the packaging bag and the electrode assembly, and the first adhesive layer is disposed between the electrode assembly and the second adhesive layer. A battery is further provided, including a housing and the foregoing battery cell, where the battery cell is accommodated in the housing.

The present invention provides a nickel-plated heat-treated steel sheet for a battery can (1), having a nickel layer with a nickel amount of 4.4 to 26.7 g/m.sup.2 on a steel sheet (11), wherein when the Fe intensity and the Ni intensity are continuously measured along the depth direction from the surface of the nickel-plated heat-treated steel sheet for a battery can, by using a high frequency glow discharge optical emission spectrometric analyzer, the difference (D2-D1) between the depth (D1) at which the Fe intensity exhibits a first predetermined value and the depth (D2) at which the Ni intensity exhibits a second predetermined value is less than 0.04 μm.

A Ni-plated steel sheet includes a base steel sheet and a Ni-based coating layer that is disposed on a surface of the base steel sheet. The distribution of carbon concentration in a depth direction obtained by performing GDS analysis on the Ni-plated steel sheet has a peak indicating the carbon concentration that is equal to or more than twice the carbon concentration of a thickness middle portion of the base steel sheet in the vicinity of an interface between the base steel sheet and the Ni-based coating layer.

A resin film for a terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure is for covering the outer peripheral surface of part of a metal terminal that constitutes a power storage device, and includes a resin layer containing: a polyethylene; and a compatibilizer having a region which is compatible with the polyethylene and a region which is compatible with polypropylene.

A packaging material for solid-state batteries according to one aspect of the present disclosure contains sulfide-based solid electrolytes, including at least a substrate layer, a barrier layer, and a sealant layer in this order, in which at least one of the layers constituting the packaging material contains a color developer that changes color when reacting with hydrogen sulfide.

A cell for use in an electrochemical cell, such as a lithium-ion secondary battery that includes a positive electrode with an active material that acts as a cathode and a current collector; a negative electrode with an active material that acts as an anode and a current collector; a non-aqueous electrolyte; and a separator placed between the positive and negative electrodes. At least one of the cathode, the anode, the electrolyte, and the separator includes an inorganic additive in the form of a metal aluminate or a mixture of metal aluminates that absorbs one or more of moisture, free transition metal ions, or hydrogen fluoride (HF) that become present in the cell. One or more of the cells may be combined in a housing to form a lithium-ion secondary battery. The inorganic additive may also be incorporated as a coating applied to the internal wall of the housing.

Disclosed is a packaging for a flexible secondary battery comprising a first polymer resin layer, a barrier layer formed on the first polymer resin layer to block water and gas, and a second polymer resin layer formed on the barrier layer. The thickness of the barrier layer is 30 to 999 nm. The barrier layer is multi-layered, and comprises graphene, a dispersing agent, and pyrene as a flexible linking agent, in which there is π-π conjugation (interaction) between the graphene and the pyrene. Also disclosed is a flexible secondary battery comprising the packaging.

A method for providing a miniature electrochemical cell having a total volume that is less than 0.5 cc is described. The cell casing is formed by joining two ceramic casing halves together. One or both casing halves are machined from ceramic to provide a recess that is sized and shaped to contain the electrode assembly. The opposite polarity terminals are electrically conductive feedthroughs or pathways, such as of gold, and are formed by brazing gold into tapered via holes machined into one or both ceramic casing halves. The two ceramic casing halves are separated from each other by a metal interlayer, such as of gold, bonded to a thin film metallization layer, such as of titanium, that contacts an edge periphery of each ceramic casing half. A solid electrolyte of LiPON (Li.sub.xPO.sub.yN.sub.z) is used to activate the electrode assembly.