An outer packaging for electrical storage devices is composed of a laminate provided with at least a substrate layer, a barrier layer, an adhesive layer, and a thermally adhesive resin layer in this order, wherein the peak melting temperature for the thermally adhesive resin layer is observed at 130° C. or lower, the peak melting temperature for the adhesive layer is observed at 135° C. or higher, the resin constituting the thermally adhesive resin layer has a polyolefin skeleton, and the resin constituting the adhesive layer has a polyolefin skeleton

An outer packaging for electrical storage devices is composed of a laminate provided with at least a substrate layer, a barrier layer, an adhesive layer, and a thermally adhesive resin layer in this order, wherein the peak melting temperature for the thermally adhesive resin layer is observed at 130° C. or lower, the peak melting temperature for the adhesive layer is observed at 135° C. or higher, the resin constituting the thermally adhesive resin layer has a polyolefin skeleton, and the resin constituting the adhesive layer has a polyolefin skeleton

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.

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 case having elasticity corresponding to expansion and contraction of a stacked body housed therein and a method for manufacturing the same, a method for inserting the stacked body into the case, and a cell stack using the case are provided. A case configured to house a stacked body includes two opposed contact parts in contact with the stacked body, and two spring structures connecting the two contact parts with each other.

A battery includes a power-generating element having at least one unit cell including an electrode layer, a counter-electrode layer, and an electrolyte layer located between the electrode layer and the counter-electrode layer and an insulating member covering the power-generating element. The insulating member includes a first member that includes a first principal surface covering portion covering a first principal surface of the power-generating element and a second member, joined to the first member, that includes a second principal surface covering portion covering a second principal surface of the power-generating element opposite to the first principal surface. A junction between the first member and the second member overlaps a side surface of the power-generating element when seen from a direction perpendicular to the side surface. An elastic modulus of the first member is higher than an elastic modulus of the second member.

Provided is a thermoplastic elastomer composition which exhibits excellent flexibility in a wide temperature range from ordinary temperature to low temperature, which has a flame retardancy of V-0 according to the UL94 vertical burning test, without including any halogen-based flame retardant, which is excellent in thermal conductivity, electrical insulation and electrolytic solution resistance, and which can be suitably used in a soft battery pack protection member. The present invention provides a thermoplastic elastomer composition for a battery pack protection member, including 100 parts by mass of a resin composition including (a) 20 to 80% by mass of a hydrogenated product of a copolymer of an aromatic vinyl compound and a conjugated diene compound, and (b) 80 to 20% by mass of a softening material for non-aromatic rubber, in which the total of the component (a) and the component (b) is 100% by mass; (c) 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of a modified resin; and (d) 250 to 400 parts by mass of magnesium hydroxide.

A thin film device may include an active device region, where the active device region comprises a selective expansion region. The thin film device may further include a polymer layer disposed adjacent to the active device region and encapsulating the active device region, the polymer layer comprising a plurality of polymer sub-layers. A first polymer sub-layer of the plurality of polymer sub-layers may have a first hardness, while a second polymer sub-layer of the plurality of polymer sub-layers has a second hardness, the second hardness being different from the first hardness.

A rechargeable battery includes: an electrode assembly including first electrodes; separators; and second electrodes, wherein the first electrodes, separators, and second electrodes are laminated together and are fixed by a fixing portion at one side; a case, which is flexible, accommodating the electrode assembly, and pressure-adjusted after sealing; a marginal region between a free end of the electrode assembly and an inside surface of the case; and a spacing portion at the marginal region midway along the case, the spacing portion having a space that is narrower than a case thickness, the spacing portion accommodating changes in a length of the free end of the electrode assembly.

A lithium secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a stack structure including a plurality of pouch cells and an elastic foam layer formed on an outer surface of at least one of the plurality of pouch cells. A uniform pressure may be provided by the elastic foam layer to prevent deformation of the battery due to contraction and expansion of the electrode.