Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Samsung Sdi Co., Inc.

Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.

Ajou University Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation

Kyunghoon Cho

Hwiyeol Park

Jin Seong Heo

Hojung Yang

Huisu Jeong

Seunghoon Nam

Kyung Kon Kim

Euysun Jung

Soomi Eo

Jeawoan Lee

Youngchang Lim

Seunghee Park

Kwonchul Kim

Jaemin Lim

Shashank Priya

Jinseok Heo

Sangwook Kim

Kyounghwan Kim

Donghyeok Choi

Yongke Yan

Jaemin Im

Abdessattar Abdelkefi

Nathan Sharpes

Muhammad R Hajj

JinS Heo

Jin Heo S

A secondary battery includes a first electrode collector layer and a second electrode collector layer, which face each other, a plurality of first active material layers that electrically contact the first electrode collector layer and are substantially perpendicular to the first electrode collector layer, a plurality of second active material layers that electrically contact the second electrode collector layer and are substantially perpendicular to the second electrode collector layer, and a first conductor layer that electrically contacts the first electrode collector layer and is inserted into the plurality of first active material layers.

Secondary battery having high rate capability and high energy density and method of manufacturing the same

A secondary battery is disclosed. In one aspect, the secondary battery includes an electrode assembly, a case accommodating the electrode assembly and a lead member extending from the electrode assembly to outside of the case. The secondary battery also includes an insulation member at least partially covering the lead member, the insulation member having an exterior portion that is located outside the case and an interior portion that is located inside the case, wherein the interior portion has a first thickness, and wherein at least part of the exterior portion has a second thickness less than the first thickness. The secondary battery may have a compact structure, and insulation characteristics of the secondary battery may be improved.

Secondary battery including insulation member having multiple thicknesses

A three-dimensional ('3D') electrode structure includes an electrode collector plate, a plurality of active material plates disposed on the electrode collector plate and protruding from the electrode collector plate, and partition walls arranged on the electrode collector plate and substantially perpendicular to the plurality of active material plates in a plan view so as to provide structural stability of the plurality of first active material plates where the 3D electrode structure may be one of two electrode structures that are spaced apart from each other with an electrolyte layer therebetween.

Three-dimensional electrode structure and battery having the electrode structure

A cathode includes a cathode collector layer, and a cathode active material layer on a surface of the cathode collector layer. The cathode active material layer includes a sintered polycrystalline material having a plurality of crystal grains of a lithium-based oxide, and each of the plurality of crystal grains includes a seed template, and a matrix crystal around the seed template, where the seed template is a single crystal and having a shape of a plate.

Cathode including sintered polycrystalline material, secondary battery including the cathode, and method of manufacturing the cathode

A piezoelectric material includes a first material layer including a polycrystalline lead zinc niobate-lead zirconate titanate material arranged in a 001 crystal direction; and a second material layer including a mono-crystalline material having a 001 crystal face, wherein the lead zinc niobate-lead zirconate titanate and the mono-crystalline material are different. Also a piezoelectric device including the piezoelectric material.

Piezoelectric material, piezoelectric device including the piezoelectric material, and method of manufacturing the piezoelectric material

A secondary battery includes: a wound electrode assembly including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate; a pouch accommodating the electrode assembly; and; an adhesive tape on an outer surface of the electrode assembly. The adhesive having adhesiveness through reaction with an electrolyte.

Secondary battery

A secondary battery is disclosed. In one aspect, the secondary battery includes an electrode assembly and a case comprising an accommodation region configured to accommodate the electrode assembly. The accommodation region has a first width in a center area thereof and a second width in opposing ends thereof, and wherein the second width is greater than the first width. When the case configured to accommodate the electrode assembly is formed, formation errors caused by concentration of stress such as tearing of a raw material or thickness deviations may be prevented.

A secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly, a case accommodating the electrode assembly, and an electrode tab electrically connected to the electrode assembly and extending from inside of the electrode assembly to outside of the case. The electrode tab has different thicknesses at the inside of the electrode assembly and the outside of the electrode assembly.

A cathode of a three-dimensional lithium secondary is defined by a sintered body including a cathode active material, in which a thickness of the sintered body is in a range of about 5 &#x3bc;m to about 30 &#x3bc;m, and an electrode density of the sintered body is in a range of about 3.7 g/cc to about 4.6 g/cc. The cathode active material may include a lithium cobalt oxide.

Cathode of three-dimensional lithium secondary battery and method of fabricating the same

A secondary battery including: a plurality of unit cells, wherein each unit cell of the plurality of unit cells includes a cathode extending in a top to bottom direction, an electrolyte membrane surrounding at least three surfaces of the cathode, and an anode surrounding at least a portion of the electrolyte membrane, wherein unit cells of the plurality of unit cells are spaced apart from each other in a left to right direction, with cavities therebetween, and a support member configured to support the plurality of unit cells in the left to right direction and disposed between unit cells of the plurality of unit cells.

Secondary battery and method of manufacturing the same

A metal oxide composite including a first metal oxide composite layer, and a second metal oxide layer, wherein the first metal oxide composite layer and the second metal oxide layer are alternately stacked in a thickness direction; and a third metal oxide layer that is disposed on a side surface of the stacked structure, wherein the third metal oxide layer includes a metal oxide that is a same metal oxide as a metal oxide included in the stacked structure.

Metal oxide composite and method of preparing the same

A three dimensional ('3D') secondary battery includes an electrolyte layer and an anode active material layer that are sequentially stacked on a plurality of first trenches that are provided in a cathode active material layer where, in the anode active material layer, a plurality of second trenches having similar shape to that of the first trenches is provided and the plurality of second trenches are filled with an elastic member and where the elastic member absorbs expansion of the anode active material layer during charging and discharging the 3D secondary battery, and thus, the degradation of the 3-dimensional secondary battery is prevented.

Three dimensional secondary battery including elastic member and method of fabricating the same

An energy harvester for converting vibration energy into electrical energy and harvesting the electrical energy includes: a base; a clamping structure which is supported by the base and is spaced apart from the base; an elastic member which is disposed between the base and the clamping structure and allows the clamping structure to be elastically moved relative to the base; and a cantilever structure including a cantilever beam having one side fixed to the clamping structure and the other side which is elastically bendable, and a mass body disposed on the cantilever beam.

Energy harvester

A method of preparing a ZnO nanowire, and a ZnO nanowire prepared by the method are provided. The method of preparing a ZnO nanowire includes: preparing a zinc chalcogenide solution by dissolving zinc chalcogenide in a solvent; applying the zinc chalcogenide solution onto a substrate; drying the zinc chalcogenide solution applied onto the substrate; and annealing the substrate in the presence of oxygen after the drying the zinc chalcogenide solution.

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