A configuration is provided so as to enable efficient fixing of cell groups to a housing of a battery pack. A housing of a battery pack has inside thereof a partition wall which extends in an extending direction and projects in a projecting direction. A cell group has a plurality of battery cells side-by-side in the extending direction one a side of the partition wall. Paste is filled into a gap between the partition wall and the cell group. The partition wall has an injection channel. The injection channel has an injection port for injecting the paste, and an inlet which communicates with the injection port and opens to the gap.

A configuration is provided so as to enable efficient fixing of cell groups to a housing of a battery pack. A housing of a battery pack has inside thereof a partition wall which extends in an extending direction and projects in a projecting direction. A cell group has a plurality of battery cells side-by-side in the extending direction one a side of the partition wall. Paste is filled into a gap between the partition wall and the cell group. The partition wall has an injection channel. The injection channel has an injection port for injecting the paste, and an inlet which communicates with the injection port and opens to the gap.

The disclosure provides a battery pack and a battery cell. The battery pack includes a plurality of battery cells, wherein two adjacent battery cells in the plurality of battery cells are connected to each other by a conductive adhesive layer, and each battery cell includes a cathode collector, a cathode layer, a separator, an anode layer and an anode collector which are stacked in a thickness direction; and the plurality of battery cells are sequentially stacked in the thickness direction to form the battery pack, and the battery pack is able to form a current channel in the thickness direction when charged or discharged; wherein the conductive adhesive layer is provided with two opposite main surfaces, one main surface being connected to the cathode collector of one battery cell, and the other main surface being connected to the anode collector of the other battery cell.

A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a battery module capable of restraining heat conductivity among battery cells in rising temperature. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a battery module including a plurality of a battery cell arranged along with a thickness direction, the battery module including: an elastic member between the battery cell neighboring; a thermally expandable resin composition body is arranged in the elastic member; in a plan view along with the thickness direction, the resin composition body is arranged to include a center of the battery cell; a temperature at which the resin composition body starts to expand is 80° C. or more; and heat conductivity after expansion of the resin composition body is 0.5 W/m.Math.K or less.

A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a battery module capable of restraining heat conductivity among battery cells in rising temperature. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a battery module including a plurality of a battery cell arranged along with a thickness direction, the battery module including: an elastic member between the battery cell neighboring; a thermally expandable resin composition body is arranged in the elastic member; in a plan view along with the thickness direction, the resin composition body is arranged to include a center of the battery cell; a temperature at which the resin composition body starts to expand is 80° C. or more; and heat conductivity after expansion of the resin composition body is 0.5 W/m.Math.K or less.

A swelling tape including a base layer and an adhesive swelling is provided. The adhesive swelling layer contains a water-based self-healing binder. An electrode assembly in which the swelling tape is attached to an outer circumferential surface thereof, and a secondary battery including the electrode assembly are also provided.

Provided are an electrode structure and an all-solid secondary battery including the electrode structure, the electrode structure including a cathode layer, an anode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer between the cathode layer and the anode layer, the cathode layer including a cathode current collector and a cathode active material layer on at least one surface of the cathode current collector, the anode layer including an anode current collector and an anode active material layer on at least one surface of the anode current collector, and the solid electrolyte having a margin of about 2% or less of a width of the solid electrolyte layer, at two ends in a width direction, and an insulating layer having a storage elastic modulus (E′) of greater than about 4.0 GPa being at two sides integrally surrounding the cathode layer, the anode layer, and the solid electrolyte layer.

A separator for a lithium secondary battery, a method for manufacturing the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the separator, where the separator includes a porous polymer substrate having a plurality of pores, and a porous coating layer on at least one surface of the porous polymer substrate. The porous coating layer includes a plurality of inorganic particles and a binder polymer. The binder polymer includes a thermosetting phenolic resin having at least one hydroxyl group and at least one aromatic group. When the separator is exposed to high temperature, due to ignition or the like, the thermosetting phenolic resin in the porous coating layer is thermally cured to form a network structure by virtue of the structural characteristics of the separator. As a result, the separator has improved heat resistance as compared to the conventional separators and shows high adhesion to an electrode.

A separator for a lithium secondary battery, a method for manufacturing the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the separator, where the separator includes a porous polymer substrate having a plurality of pores, and a porous coating layer on at least one surface of the porous polymer substrate. The porous coating layer includes a plurality of inorganic particles and a binder polymer. The binder polymer includes a thermosetting phenolic resin having at least one hydroxyl group and at least one aromatic group. When the separator is exposed to high temperature, due to ignition or the like, the thermosetting phenolic resin in the porous coating layer is thermally cured to form a network structure by virtue of the structural characteristics of the separator. As a result, the separator has improved heat resistance as compared to the conventional separators and shows high adhesion to an electrode.

A battery is provided in which a damage on an electrode tab group is suitably inhibited. In one suitable embodiment of the battery herein disclosed, an insulating member is provided on a sealing plate. An insulation sheet arranged to cover an electrode body is joined to the insulating member, and the insulation sheet includes a sheet bottom wall, a pair of sheet first side walls that are configured to extend from the sheet bottom wall and are opposed mutually, and a pair of sheet second side walls that extend from the sheet bottom wall and are opposed mutually.