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The present invention discloses a battery pack which can be used for an electric vehicle, an Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS), and a power supply for a smart grid and which can be easily manufactured and repaired and which is capable of improving productivity, the span of life, and performance, and a battery management system including the battery pack.The battery pack of the present invention comprises a casing in which a reception space is provided and battery modules coupled to the casing at regular intervals by fastening members so that the battery modules can be easily dismantled from the casing. Each of the battery modules includes a tray, a battery cell provided in the tray, a cell charger provided in the tray and configured to charge the battery cell, a cell controller provided in the tray and configured to control the cell charger, a heating mat coupled to the battery cell, and a temperature sensor provided in the tray and configured to sense a temperature of the battery cell.

An electrode active material further comprising an amphoteric compound, an alkali metal sulfide or an alkali metal oxide, and lithium secondary batteries using the electrode active material, are disclosed. The lithium secondary batteries neutralize acids generating around electrode active material so that it can inhibit the reduction in battery capacity. In addition, the lithium secondary batteries are excellent in its charge-discharge characteristics, cycle life and thermal stability. A method for preparing the electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries is also provided.

An electrolyte for a lithium ion secondary battery and a lithium ion secondary battery including the same are provide. The electrolyte includes a non-aqueous organic solvent, a lithium salt which is dissolved in the non-aqueous solvent and a additive shown as general formula I. Wherein R1, R2 and R3 are each independently selected from H, alkyl group including from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl group including from 3 to 8 carbon atoms and aromatic group including 6 to 12 carbon atoms; n represents an integer from 0 to 7. This additive in electrolyte can passivate cathode and anode effectively, restrain their reaction with electrolyte, reduce gases generation and battery's expansion in high temperature surrounding, provide as safety lithium ion secondary batteries.

The present invention discloses a battery pack which can be used for an electric vehicle, an Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS), and a power supply for a smart grid and which can be easily manufactured and repaired and which is capable of improving productivity, the span of life, and performance, and a battery management system including the battery pack.The battery pack of the present invention comprises a casing in which a reception space is provided and battery modules coupled to the casing at regular intervals by fastening members so that the battery modules can be easily dismantled from the casing. Each of the battery modules includes a tray, a battery cell provided in the tray, a cell charger provided in the tray and configured to charge the battery cell, a cell controller provided in the tray and configured to control the cell charger, a heating mat coupled to the battery cell, and a temperature sensor provided in the tray and configured to sense a temperature of the battery cell.

An all solid state battery having high output performance and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The all solid state battery of the present invention comprises a negative electrode layer, a positive electrode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer having a lithium ion conductivity. At least one layer of the solid electrolyte, the positive electrode layer, and the negative electrode layer includes a lithium ion conductive crystal and AxByOz (A is one or more selected from the group consisting of Al, Ti, Li, Ge, and Si. B is one or more selected from the group consisting of P, N, and C, wherein 1≦X≦4, 1≦Y≦5, and 1≦Z≦7). The solid electrolyte material to which a preferable sintering additive is added in a predetermined ratio is densified by firing at relatively low temperature in the manufacturing process. The ion conductivity thereof is also high.

A main object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a battery electrode that has excellent adhesion between a collector and an active material layer by suppressing a migration phenomenon. The method for producing a battery electrode of the present invention is a method for producing a battery electrode 30 that has a structure in which an active material layer 20 that includes an active material 22 is held on a collector 10. The method includes a step of applying, onto the collector 10, an active material layer forming paste that contains the active material 22 and polymer materials 24, 26 in a solvent; and a step of drying the applied paste coat material, to form thereby the active material layer 20 on the collector 10. Fibrillated polymer fibers 26 are used as at least one of the polymer materials 24, 26.

The present disclosure relates to a packaging for a cable-type secondary battery, surrounding an electrode assembly in the cable-type secondary battery, the packaging having a moisture-blocking layer comprising sealant polymer layers on both outer surfaces of a moisture-blocking film and a moisture-blocking film disposed between the sealant polymer layers, wherein the moisture-blocking layer is a tube form surrounding the electrode assembly, and the sealant polymer layers in both ends of the moisture-blocking layer are overlapped and adhered with each other in a predetermined part. The packaging according to the present disclosure can be used in a cable-type secondary battery to block moisture from being infiltrated into an electrode assembly, thereby improving the life characteristics of the battery and preventing the deterioration of battery performances.

A battery control device that controls a battery assembly includes a first determining unit that determines whether a voltage difference between minimum and maximum values of OCVs of battery cells constituting the battery assembly and having an SOC-OCV characteristic curve including a flat region is equal to or larger than a predetermined voltage value, a second determining unit that determines whether the OCV of each battery cell is lower than a lower-limit voltage of the flat region, or is equal to or higher than the lower-limit voltage and lower than an upper-limit voltage, or is higher than the upper-limit voltage, a controller that executes control selected from SOC raising control, SOC lowering control, and SOC keeping control of the battery cells, based on determination results of the first and second determining units, and a processor that homogenizes the SOCs of the battery cells controlled by the controller.

The gas generation and the decrease in battery capacity during high temperature storage of a lithium secondary battery are suppressed. The electrolyte contains a polymerizable compound or a polymer, the polymerizable compound contains a compound having an aromatic functional group and a polymerizable functional group and a compound having a complex-forming functional group forming a complex with a metal ion and a polymerizable functional group, and the polymer has the complex-forming functional group, the aromatic functional group and a residue of the polymerizable functional group.

Glass includes an aggregate of solid electrolyte particles including Li, P, and S, wherein when a Raman spectrum of the glass is repeatedly measured and a peak at 330 to 450 cm−1 in each Raman spectrum is separated to waveforms of individual components, a standard deviation of a waveform area ratio of each component is less than 4.0.

An alkaline storage battery includes: a cylindrical case having a side wall including an opening end portion and a bottom; a sealing plate; a gasket interposed between the sealing plate and the opening end portion; and a sealant between the gasket and the opening end portion. The side wall has an annular groove opened at an outer surface thereof, and an inwardly curl portion at the opening end portion. In at least part of the groove, the minimum width L1 is within 0.2 mm. The sealant includes a polyamide resin formed such that when two test-plate materials are bonded together at bonding faces facing each other via a bonding portion of the sealant, and moved in parallel with the bonding faces and in opposite directions to have a relative displacement within 0.5 to 5 mm, a stress at least 0.02 N / mm2 is applied to the bonding portion.

A composite cathode active material includes a secondary particle; and a coating on a surface of the secondary particle, wherein the secondary particle comprises a plurality of primary particles, and the plurality of primary particles include a lithium nickel transition metal oxide having a layered crystal structure; and a grain boundary between primary particles of the plurality of primary particles, the grain boundary including a lithium metal oxide having a crystal structure different from the lithium nickel transition metal oxide having a layered crystal structure, wherein the coating on the surface of the secondary particle includes a metal oxide including cobalt, and a Group 2 element, a Group 12 element, a Group 13 element, or a combination thereof.