Lg Chem, Ltd

Lg Energy Solution, Ltd.

Ls Mtron Ltd.

Toray Battery Separator Film Co., Ltd.

Pil Kyu Park

Han Gab Song

Je Young Kim

An Soo Jeong

Nam Won Kim

Soon Ho Ahn

Soonho Ahn

Duck Joong Yun

Yong Tae Lee

Joo Hwan Sung

Min Gyu Kim

Dae Hyun Kim

So Ra Lee

Young Tae Lee

Sang-Young Lee

Gi Cheul Kim

Duk Hyun Ryu

Sung Hoon Yu

Je Jun Lee

Hyoung Kwon Kim

Seok-Koo Kim

Kyung Min Kim

Jung Koo Kang

Young Sun Park

Jiyoung Park

Oh Young Hyun

Eun Ju Kang

Cheon Hee Bok

Yeo Min Yoon

Jeeeun Kim

Yong Han Kim

Hayoung Heo

Namwon Kim

Myoung Hun Lee

Ju Dam Kim

Soo An Choi

Dea Hyun Kim

Sora Lee

SeokKoo Kim

Kwi Sub Yun

Seokkoo Kim

Kichul Hong

Disclosed is a battery cell connector formed so as to have a general hexahedral shape, the battery cell connector including a lower mounting unit, in which a lower part of a cylindrical battery cell is mounted, an upper mounting unit, in which an upper part of another cylindrical battery cell is mounted, and a connection unit formed at a front surface, a rear surface, a left surface, and a right surface of the battery cell. The connection unit being configured to electrically and physically connect the battery cell connector to another battery cell connector, wherein the lower mounting unit, the upper mounting unit, and the connection unit are electrically connected to each other in the battery cell connector.

Battery cell connector and battery cell structure including battery cells connected to each other using the same

The present disclosure relates to a secondary battery electrode, a manufacturing method for the same, and an electrode assembly, and more particularly, to a secondary battery electrode, a manufacturing method for the same, and an electrode assembly having improved stability. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, a secondary battery electrode includes a current collector that extends in one direction, a first active material layer provided on one surface of the current collector and including a first inclined portion and a first protruding portion, and a second active material layer provided on the other surface of the current collector and including a second inclined portion and a second protruding portion. In particular, a position of the second protruding portion is controlled on the second active material layer to be disposed at a position that is not directly opposite to the first inclined portion with respect to the current collector.

Secondary battery electrode, manufacturing method for the same, and electrode assembly

A secondary battery is provided. The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly including a negative electrode sheet, a positive electrode sheet, and a separation membrane; and a heat radiation tape disposed at an external circumferential surface of the electrode assembly. The heat radiation tape includes a heat diffusion layer, and the heat diffusion layer includes at least one of graphite and a metal foil.

Secondary battery and device including the same

A system for manufacturing an electrode for a secondary battery is disclosed herein. In an embodiment, the system for manufacturing the electrode for the secondary battery comprises a supply roller for supplying a collector having a long sheet shape; an electrode active material coating device for applying an electrode active material to a surface of the collector supplied by the supply roller to manufacture an unfinished electrode; a rolling roller for rolling a surface of the unfinished electrode and adjusting a thickness of the electrode active material to manufacture a finished electrode; and an electrode quality inspection device for inspecting quality of the electrode through a surface roughness value of the rolling roller, a surface roughness value of the surface of the electrode, and a rolling load value of the rolling roller.

System and method for reproducible manufacturing of electrode for secondary battery

A cylindrical lithium secondary battery according to the present invention can reduce gas explosion by preventing gas concentration from being concentrated only on the upper top cap vent by increasing the gas spouting passage through which the inner gas of the can is spouted by forming a rupture portion of a material different from that of the can member on a part of the cylindrical can member, and when the inside or outside of the battery is exposed to a high temperature, by making, a shape-based alloy member, which causes cracking of the can member by deformation, included a part of the can member, the gas is discharged through the can vent by the cracking of the can member to prevent explosion before the tap cap safety vent operates by the internal air pressure, and ignition that may be caused by heating by internal or external heat may be prevented.

Cylindrical lithium secondary battery

The present disclosure provides an insulation member having excellent mechanical properties having enough shock-absorbing effect in external shock and volume change in a battery and provides a cylindrical secondary battery including the insulation member. The insulation member according to the present disclosure has excellent mechanical properties in high temperature, is composed of polypropylene having narrow molecular weight, and has a fine pattern on the surface.

Cylindrical secondary battery insulation member

A method of charging a battery including a plurality of cells, the method including charging the plurality of cells at a plurality of C-rates, respectively; calculating a voltage change of each of the plurality of cells and a slope of the voltage change of each of the plurality of cells; and performing discharging multiple times in a section where a deviation between the slopes of the voltage changes of the plurality of cells is equal to or larger than a predetermined reference value.

Method and apparatus for charging battery

The present invention relates to a system for manufacturing an electrode for a secondary battery. The system for manufacturing the electrode for the secondary battery comprises a supply roller supplying a collector having a long sheet shape; an electrode active material coating device applying an electrode active material to a surface of the collector supplied by the supply roller to manufacture an unfinished electrode; a rolling roller rolling a surface of the unfinished electrode and adjusting a thickness of the electrode active material to manufacture a finished electrode; and an electrode quality inspection device inspecting quality of the electrode through a surface roughness value of the rolling roller and a surface roughness value of the electrode.

System and method for manufacturing electrode for secondary battery

The present invention relates to a secondary battery. The secondary battery comprises an electrode assembly in which an electrode and a separator are alternately stacked and wound, wherein the electrode comprises a collector, a first coating layer in which an electrode active material is applied to a surface of the collector, and a second coating layer in which the electrode active material is applied to the outside of the first coating layer, wherein an end of the second coating layer has a length less than an end of first coating layer in a winding direction of the electrode, and a stepped portion occurs between the end of the first coating layer and the end of the second coating layer in a direction outward from a winding center.

Electrode and secondary battery comprising the same

The present invention relates to a cap assembly formed of a composite of cap assembly ceramic for the cylindrical battery and mounted on a top end portion of the cylindrical secondary battery in which an electrode assembly is placed in a cylindrical can, which includes a safety vent having a predetermined notch configured to be ruptured by high pressure gas generated in the battery, a current interrupt device coupled to a lower end of the safety vent and blocking a current when an internal pressure of the battery rises, and a gasket for the current interrupt device surrounding an outer circumferential surface of the current interrupt device, wherein the gasket for the current interrupt device comprises a polymer resin having a melting point of 250&#xb0; C. or more and a heat deflection temperature (HDT) of 200&#xb0; C. or more, and a cylindrical secondary battery including the same.

Cap assembly having improved stability and cylindrical secondary battery including the same

Disclosed is a non-aqueous electrolyte comprising: a non-aqueous cyclic solvent; a catalyst for polymerization, which is activated depending on temperature or voltage to induce the polymerization of the non-aqueous cyclic solvent; and an electrolyte salt. Also, a secondary battery comprising the non-aqueous electrolyte is disclosed. The non-aqueous electrolyte does not influence the performance of the battery at the normal operating temperature and voltage of the secondary battery. However, when the battery misoperates due to high temperature or overcharge, the polymerization of the non-aqueous cyclic solvent can occur due to the catalyst for polymerization contained in the non-aqueous electrolyte, at a specific temperature or voltage, to increase the resistance of the electrolyte and reduce the ion conductivity of the electrolyte, thus increasing the safety of the battery.

Non-aqueous electrolyte and secondary battery comprising the same

Provided is an electrochemical device comprising multi-stacked unit cells of full cells or bicells and a separation film disposed therebetween, whereby the separation film and separators are alternately stacked between electrode layers with an opposite polarity. Herein, as the separation film is formed of a material having a higher thermal shrinkage rate than that of the separator, the thermal stability of the device can be secured by stable induction of shutdown via thermal behavior of the separation film, without causing short-circuiting due to thermal shrinkage of the separator even when a temperature of a battery suddenly rises by internal or external factors.

Electrochemical device with alternative separator system

The present invention relates to an electrode comprising electrode active material particles, conductive particles, a binder and wax, wherein the electrode active material particles are interconnected by a network of the conductive particles, and the paths of the conductive particles interconnecting the electrode active materials are partially or entirely fixed by the wax. Furthermore, the present invention provides an electrochemical device comprising the electrode. By use of wax having a low meting viscosity in order to partially or entirely fix the paths of the conductive particles, which interconnect the spaced electrode active material particles, the present invention can improve processability and safety of the electrochemical device.

Safety-enhanced electrochemical device including electrode containing binder and wax

Disclosed is an electrochemical device including a gas discharge member disposed in inner volumes thereof or used as an element for forming the device, wherein the gas discharge member comprises: (a) a core portion containing a compound that discharges gases other than oxygen at a predetermined temperature range; and (b) a polymeric shell portion for encapsulating the compound and surrounding the core portion. A center pin for an electrochemical device having the gas discharge member inserted into the interstitial volumes of the device is also disclosed. The electrochemical device comprising the gas discharge member, which discharges a large amount of gas at a predetermined temperature and is inserted into the inner volumes of the device, is prevented from ignition or explosion under overcharge and high-temperature storage conditions with no drop in the performance.

Electrochemical device with high safety at over-voltage and high temperature

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Daejeon, South Korea

Pil Kyu Park