Lg Chem, Ltd

Lg Energy Solution, Ltd.

Ju Bin Kim

Jin Soo Lee

Seong Min Kim

Joo Hwan Sung

Sung Pil Yoon

Hae Jin Lim

Jung Koo Kang

Seunghe Woo

Byung Soo Kim

Sang Sok Jung

Yeo Kyung Yoon

Seo Young Yoon

Jin Uk Do

Dong Sik Yoon

A button-type secondary battery of the present invention comprises: a first can having a first side surface extending vertically from a circumference of a first base surface; a second can having a second side surface extending vertically from a second base surface; and a gasket disposed between the first side surface and the second side surface when the first can and the second can are coupled to each other. The second base surface has a greater diameter than the first base surface, and the first can and the second can are coupled to each other with the first side surface inserted inside the second side surface. The first and second cans are fixed together by deforming the gasket so as to extend into a vent hole punched in the second side surface of the second can. A method for manufacturing the button-type secondary battery is also provided.

Secondary battery comprising a deformed gasket and method for manufacturing the same

A method for evaluating an internal short, of the present invention, inserts ionic polymer-metal composites (IPMC) in a battery cell, and applies a voltage to an external conducting wire electrically connected to the IPMC, so as to induce an internal short by means of flexural deformation of the IPMC, thereby evaluating whether the internal short occurs. The method for evaluating an internal short, according to the present invention, inserts and positions, in a battery, the IPMC capable of operating even at room temperature and low voltages and adjusts the voltage, thereby having an advantage of enabling a short to occur at a desired position and area and for a desired period of time.

Method for evaluating internal short of secondary battery

Provided is a rechargeable battery. The rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly, an electrolyte immersing the electrode assembly therein, a case assembly accommodating the electrode assembly and the electrolyte, and an absorbing member disposed in the electrode assembly to absorb stress applied to the inside of the electrode assembly when the electrode assembly is expanded.

Rechargeable battery

Disclosed herein is a battery cell configured to have a structure in which an electrode assembly, including positive electrodes and negative electrodes stacked in the state in which separators are disposed respectively between the positive electrodes and the negative electrodes, is mounted in a cell case in the state in which the electrode assembly is impregnated with an electrolyte, wherein the electrode assembly and the cell case are deformable in response to the shape of a device in which the battery cell is mounted, and anti-wrinkle members, for preventing wrinkles from being formed in the cell case when the cell case is deformed, are added to at least portions of the outer surfaces of the electrode assembly.

Battery cell having anti-wrinkle member

Disclosed is a secondary battery including a positive electrode including a current collector coated with a positive electrode mixture that includes a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode including a current collector coated with a negative electrode mixture that includes a negative electrode active material; and an electrolyte solution including a lithium salt and a non-aqueous solvent, wherein the negative electrode includes a carbon-based material and a silicon-based compound, and the non-aqueous solvent includes cyclic carbonate and/or a linear solvent. The secondary battery exhibits superior lifespan characteristics and safety.

Secondary battery including silicon-based compound

Disclosed herein is a battery cell having an electrode assembly including one or more unit cells mounted in a variable cell case in a state in which the electrode assembly is impregnated with an electrolyte, wherein at least one of the unit cells includes a flexible electrode that can be bent or curved, an electrode current collector of the flexible electrode includes a first surface, to which an electrode active material is applied, and a second surface, to which no electrode active material is applied, the second surface being opposite to the first surface, and the second surface is provided with a mesh for improving flexibility of the electrode.

Flexible battery cell

Disclosed herein is a battery case made of a laminate sheet including an outer coating layer made of a weather-resistant polymer, an inner sealant layer made of a thermally bondable polymer, and a barrier layer interposed between the outer coating layer and the inner sealant layer, wherein an electrode assembly configured to be bent or curved in conformity with the shape of a device, in which a battery cell is mounted, is received in the battery case, and a pattern is formed on at least one surface of the battery case that faces an outer surface of the electrode assembly.

Battery case having anti-wrinkle pattern

Disclosed herein is a battery cell having an electrode assembly mounted in a variable cell case in a state in which the electrode assembly is impregnated with an electrolyte, the battery cell being configured to be flexibly deformed in response to the shape of a device, in which the battery cell is mounted, wherein an uppermost end electrode and/or a lowermost end electrode of the electrode assembly in the direction in which electrodes are stacked is provided on an electrode current collector thereof, facing the inner surface of the cell case, with an electrode mixture including inert particles, 10 to 100% of the inert particles being distributed on the surface of the electrode mixture such that a concave-convex structure is formed in the surface of the electrode mixture in vertical section.

Battery cell with safety improved using inert particles

Disclosed herein is a battery cell having an electrode assembly mounted in a variable cell case in a state in which the electrode assembly is impregnated with an electrolyte, the battery cell being configured to be flexibly deformed in response to the shape of a device, in which the battery cell is mounted, wherein a coating part including inert particles is formed on at least one outer surface of the electrode assembly.

Battery cell including electrode assembly coated with inert particles

Disclosed herein is a battery cell configured such that an electrode assembly having a positive electrode/separator/negative electrode structure is received in an electrode assembly receiving part formed in a pouch-type battery case in a sealed state together with an electrolyte, wherein the battery case is provided with sealed parts, formed by thermally welding the outer edge of the battery case in the state in which the electrode assembly is received in the battery case together with the electrolyte, one or more recesses are formed in opposite side sealed parts adjacent to an upper end sealed part, at which electrode terminals are located, and/or a lower end sealed part in a state in which the recesses are formed from outsides of the side sealed parts toward a vertical middle axis of the battery cell so as to prevent wrinkles from being formed in the sealed parts of the battery case when the battery cell is bent, and portions of the side sealed parts in which the recesses are located are sealed at a higher sealing temperature than the remaining portions of the side sealed parts.

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Daejeon, South Korea

Ju Bin Kim