A unit plate position fixation method and device and a lamination machine are provided. The unit plate position fixation method includes: obtaining peripheral position information of unit plates located between two layers of separators; controlling a hot-pressing device according to the peripheral position information to perform hot pressing on the two layers of separators, so that the two layers of separators are adhered at peripheral positions of the unit plates.

In a battery manufacturing method using a battery manufacturing apparatus, the battery manufacturing apparatus including a pressing unit, a measurement device, and a controller, the battery manufacturing method includes steps of (a) pressing a battery member by a pressing unit, (b) measuring, after the pressing step (a), by the measurement device, characteristics of the battery member, which has been pressed by the pressing unit, and (c) controlling, after the measurement step (b), by the controller, a state of pressing of the battery member by the pressing unit in accordance with a measurement result of the measurement device.

Approaches herein provide a device, such as a battery protection device, including a cathode current collector and an anode current collector provided atop a substrate, a cathode provided atop the cathode current collector, and an electrolyte layer provided over the cathode. An interlayer, such as one or more layers of silicon, antimony, magnesium, titanium, magnesium lithium, and/or silver lithium, is formed over the electrolyte layer. An anode contact layer, such as an anode or anode current collector, is then provided over the interlayer. By providing the interlayer atop the electrolyte layer prior to anode contact layer deposition, lithium from the cathode side alloys with the interlayer, thus providing a more isotropic or uniaxial detachment of the anode contact layer.

Transfer films, articles made therewith, and methods of making and using transfer films to form an electrical stack are disclosed. The transfer films (100) may include a plurality of co-extensive electrical protolayers (22, 23, 24) forming an electrical protolayer stack (20), at least selected or each electrical protolayer independently comprising at least 25 wt % sacrificial material and a thermally stable material and having a uniform thickness of less than 25 micrometers. The transfer films may include a plurality of co-extensive electrical protolayers forming an electrical protolayer stack, at least selected or each protolayer independently exhibiting a complex viscosity of between 10.sup.3 and 10.sup.4 Poise at a shear rate of 100/s when heated to a temperature between its Tg and T.sub.dec.

A device for sealing an electrochemical cell including a carrier on which an anode is situated and a separator situated between the anode and a cathode, having an elastic connection of the carrier and the separator, an action of force on the separator, caused by a change in volume of the anode, being capable of being absorbed by the elastic connection of the carrier and the separator. In addition, a corresponding method for sealing an electrochemical cell is described.

A direct welding process for joining a current collector to a terminal pin in the construction of electrochemical cells is described. The resistance welding process utilizes increased current combined with an applied force to bond dissimilar metals with a melting temperature differential of preferably more than 500° C. Preferably, the method is used to bond the terminal pin to the cathode current collector. This method of attachment is suitable for either primary or secondary cells, particularly those powering implantable biomedical devices.

The present disclosure provides a pressing device which comprises: at least two floating heads which are arranged side by side; a positioning member connecting with each floating head and defining a position of each floating head; a cover plate positioned above each floating head; and elastic members, each elastic member being provided between the cover plate and the corresponding floating head so as to make the cover plate slide up and down relative to each floating head. The pressing device can be adapted to a step type cell or a step type battery having a certain tolerance in thickness and can ensure that every step surface of the step type cell or the step type battery is uniformly pressed, thereby improving the quality of the battery.

Methods, systems, and compositions for the liquid-phase deposition (LPD) of thin films. The thin films can be coated onto the surface of porous components of electrochemical devices, such as battery electrodes. Embodiments of the present disclosure achieve a faster, safer, and more cost-effective means for forming uniform, conformal layers on non-planar microstructures than known methods. In one aspect, the methods and systems involve exposing the component to be coated to different liquid reagents in sequential processing steps, with optional intervening rinsing and drying steps. Processing may occur in a single reaction chamber or multiple reaction chambers.

The disclosure relates to an electrode assembly and its forming method and a manufacturing system, a secondary battery, a battery module and a device. The electrode assembly includes: a first electrode plate including a plurality of bending sections and a plurality of stacked first stacking sections, each bending section being configured to connect two adjacent first stacking sections, herein the bending section includes a guiding portion for guiding the bending section to be bent during production; and a second electrode plate with a polarity opposite to that of the first electrode plate, the second electrode plate including a plurality of second stacking sections, and each second stacking section being disposed between two adjacent first stacking sections.

This application provides an encasing device. The encasing device includes: a first bracket, where a riveting platform is disposed on the first bracket; a first flipping mechanism, configured to flip a battery shell; a first conveying sliding table, where the first conveying sliding table is disposed between the first flipping mechanism and the first bracket and configured to convey the battery shell to a grip site on the first bracket; a gripping mechanism, disposed on the first bracket, where the gripping mechanism includes a moving mechanism and a gripping piece connected to the moving mechanism; and a relocation mechanism, disposed on the first bracket, where the relocation mechanism is adapted to drive the battery shell to move toward a cell module and fit the cell module into the battery shell.