Libest Inc.

Khvatec Co., Ltd.

Gil Ju Lee

Joo Seong Kim

Jin Hong Ha

Seung Gyu Lim

Jae Sung Choi

Keum Bong Han

Hyuk Sang Jo

Kwang Seok Kim

Joon Sik Chung

An exterior material to be used for a battery comprises at least one pattern part formed in a transverse direction (TD) of the exterior material, wherein the TD of the exterior material is a width direction of a battery including the exterior material, and a machine direction (MD) of the exterior material is a longitudinal direction of the battery including the exterior material.

Exterior material, method of forming pattern on exterior material, and method of manufacturing battery including exterior material

An electrode assembly includes a plurality of unit cells each equipped with a pair of electrodes having different polarities. Electrode tabs protrude from the electrodes. The electrode tabs including at least one electrode parallel connection tab and at least one electrode lead connection tab. In a first unit cell of the plurality of unit cells, a current collector of a first electrode among the pair of electrodes is made of a different material from a current collector of a second electrode among the pair of electrodes having the different polarity.

Electrode assembly having improved safety of use by means of outermost electrode structure and current collector material, and lithium-ion secondary battery having same

An electrochemical cell includes an electrode assembly including a plurality of electrodes; an exterior material including an accommodating part that accommodates the electrode assembly and a ealing part that seals the electrode assembly by bonding sealing surfaces along edges of the accommodating part; and an electrode lead connected to the electrode assembly and extended to be exposed to an outside, wherein the accommodating part includes a concavo-convex pattern extended in on one direction and disposed in a direction intersecting with the one direction, and at least a part of the concavo-convex pattern includes an adjacent portion that forms a boundary line in contact with the sealing part at an end portion in the one direction.

Electrochemical cell and exterior material provided therein

A lithium ion secondary battery according to the present disclosure includes: an electrode assembly; and a case having a structure in which upper stamped portions and lower stamped portions are repeatedly stamped to cover the outside of the electrode assembly, and the upper stamped portions and the lower stamped portions form a corrugated pattern, and the electrode assembly includes: one or more unit cells each equipped with a pair of electrodes having different polarities with a separator interposed therebetween; an electrode mixture coated on one or both surfaces of the pair of electrodes; and electrode tabs protruded from the respective electrodes and not coated with the electrode mixture, and the electrode tabs include an electrode parallel connection tab and an electrode lead connection tab, and any one or more of the electrode parallel connection tab and the electrode lead connection tab is formed on the electrodes, and an elastic polymer film is overlapped on a local portion in the case.

Electrode assembly having improved safety of use by means of structure in which local site in exterior material is reinforced with elastic polymer film, and lithium-ion secondary battery having same

A flexible battery may include: an electrode assembly having one or more unit cells each of the unit cells including a pair of electrode plates having different polarities, a separator interposed between the respective electrode plates and electrode tabs that protrude from the respective electrode plates; a pair of electrode leads connected to electrode tabs; and a strengthening tab fixed on any one electrode lead connection tab among the electrode tabs.

Flexible battery

A lithium ion secondary battery according to the present disclosure includes: an electrode assembly; and a case having a structure in which upper stamped portions and lower stamped portions are repeatedly stamped to cover the outside of the electrode assembly, and the upper stamped portions and the lower stamped portions form a corrugated pattern, and the electrode assembly includes: one or more unit cells each equipped with a pair of electrodes having different polarities with a separator interposed therebetween; an electrode mixture coated on one or both surfaces of the pair of electrodes; and electrode tabs protruded from the respective electrodes and not coated with the electrode mixture, and the electrode tabs include an electrode parallel connection tab and an electrode lead connection tab, and any one or more of the electrode parallel connection tab and the electrode lead connection tab is formed on the electrodes, and the corrugated pattern has various intervals.

Electrode assembly having improved safety of use by means of exterior material pattern structure, and lithium-ion secondary battery having same

A flexible battery includes an electrode group including a first electrode and a second electrode, a pair of electrode leads connected to the first electrode and the second electrode, respectively and a housing that accommodates the electrode group.

Flexible battery and method for manufacturing flexible battery

An electrode assembly according to the present disclosure includes one or more unit cells each equipped with a pair of electrodes having different polarities with a separator interposed therebetween, an electrode mixture coated on one or both surfaces of the pair of electrodes, and electrode tabs located on the edges of the respective electrodes and not coated with the electrode mixture, and the electrode tabs include an electrode parallel connection tab and an electrode lead connection tab, and any one or more of the electrode parallel connection tab and the electrode lead connection tab are formed on the electrodes, and an outermost electrode is a negative electrode.

Electrode assembly having negative electrode disposed as outermost electrode, and lithium-ion secondary battery having same

A flexible battery may include: a first electrode assembly including one or more unit cells, each having a pair of electrodes with a separator interposed therebetween; a single electrode; and a second electrode assembly connected to the first electrode assembly or to the single electrode and including a single electrode and a separator covering a top and bottom of the single electrode of the second electrode assembly.

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Daejeon, South Korea

Gil Ju Lee