46results about "Accumulators with bipolar electrodes" patented technology

The present invention discloses a front-terminal vertical wide-tab direct-connected bipolar lead-acid battery and an assembly method thereof. Specifically, a new battery structure is proposed, in which the busbars between the single compartments in a conventional battery are removed, and the connection between the single compartments is replaced by a bipolar plate connection method. The plates and separators are stacked horizontally into a battery slot layer by layer in a specific arrangement order, the tabs are widened, and a row of holes are punched in the middle of the tabs of the bipolar plates. After the lamination is completed, metal rods are inserted into the holes to connect the pole groups and tabs in parallel, the pole groups are locked with a pressing plate, and each monomer is sealed by glue injection. The two halves are then bonded into a whole by glue sealing or heat sealing, and the battery is turned into an upright state. The busbars at the turning points are welded, the terminals are welded, and the side covers are sealed to complete the battery assembly. This structure can greatly improve the high-current and high-rate discharge performance of the battery, and effectively solve the high-rate discharge and assembly problems of lead-acid batteries, providing key support for technological innovation, performance breakthroughs and market expansion of lead-acid batteries.

The invention relates to a battery and an energy storage device. The battery comprises at least two frames which are sequentially stacked and connected along a first direction; the two end plates are connected to the two opposite sides of the at least two frames in the first direction respectively, and a closed space is defined by the two end plates and all the frames; the at least two polar plates and the at least one partition plate are located in the closed space and alternately stacked in the first direction, and the at least two polar plates are fixed to the at least two frames in a one-to-one correspondence mode; the first elastic piece and the second elastic piece are configured to be elastically deformable in the first direction; wherein at least one frame is in elastic sealing connection with the adjacent frame and / or the adjacent end plate through a first elastic piece, and each end plate is in elastic connection with the adjacent polar plate through a second elastic piece. The problems that the internal resistance of the battery is rapidly increased and the battery capacity and the large-current discharge capacity are reduced due to the falling of the positive electrode active layer can be avoided.

Lead-acid batteries or cells, electrodes and bipolar plates for the same, and methods of manufacturing the same are provided. The lead-acid batteries comprise a positive and / or negative electrode having a specific pore size diameter distribution. The pore size diameter distribution may comprise: a ratio of a volume of pores having a pore size diameter greater than 20 μm to a total pore volume of at least 15%; or a volume of pores having a pore size diameter greater than 20 µm of at least 0.020 ml / g.

A static battery with a non-conductive elastomeric or thermoplastic housing. The battery-housing is adapted to receive at least one anode assembly, at least one cathode assembly, and at least one bipolar electrode assembly. At least the bipolar electrode assembly is formed from a conductive plastic resin that is formed as a CPE sheet. A carbon material is affixed to the CPE sheet to form the bipolar electrode. The at least one cathode assembly, the at least one anode assembly and the at least one bipolar electrode assembly are received into the battery box such that a liquid and / or gas seal is formed between electrode assemblies. The battery housing has slots into which the electrode assemblies are received. When the electrode assemblies are received into the housing, cells are formed by the cooperation of the electrode assemblies and the battery housing. The cells are then filled with electrolyte such as zinc bromide and a lid is placed on the battery- box. Once sealed the battery box is a liquid tight container for the battery.

The invention relates to the technical field of energy storage batteries, in particular to an internal structure of an energy storage battery. The double-negative electrode structure comprises two negative electrode plates, two insulating diaphragms and a positive electrode plate; the double-positive-electrode structure comprises two positive electrode plates, two insulating diaphragms and a negative electrode plate. Compared with the prior art, the energy storage battery has the advantages that the energy density of the energy storage battery is effectively improved in a manner that one positive electrode plate is used for clamping two negative electrode plates, and one negative electrode plate is used for clamping two positive electrode plates, so that the energy storage battery can contain more electrons compared with a traditional energy storage battery.

Provided is a bipolar storage battery in which, even when growth occurs in a positive electrode due to corrosion caused by sulfuric acid contained in an electrolytic solution, the electrolytic solution is hard to penetrate into an interface between the positive electrode and an adhesive and battery performance is hard to decrease. The bipolar storage battery is a bipolar storage battery (1) including a bipolar electrode (130) including a positive electrode (120), a negative electrode (110), and a bipolar plate (111) in which the positive electrode (120) is provided on one surface and the negative electrode (110) is provided on the other surface, and the bipolar electrode (130) includes a covering member (150) configured to cover a peripheral part (120a) of an opposite surface of the positive electrode (120) in close contact with the peripheral part (120a), the opposite surface being opposite to a surface, of the positive electrode (120a), bonded to the bipolar plate (111).

An electrochemical device and an electronic device comprising the same. The electrochemical device comprises at least one bipolar current collector (10) sealedly connected with an outer package (20), forming two independent sealed cavities on both sides of the bipolar current collector (10), each of which comprises an electrode assembly (30) and an electrolyte, one side of the bipolar current collector (10) is electrically connected with the outermost positive electrode tab of the adjacent electrode assembly (30), and the other side of the bipolar current collector (10) is electrically connected with the outermost negative electrode tab of the adjacent electrode assembly (30). Through the introduction of the bipolar current collector (10) and the sealed design of the bipolar current collector (10) and the inner layer of the outer package (20), the ion insulation between the multiple electrode assemblies (30) is realized, and the reliability of the high-output voltage battery and the effective output of the electric energy are realized.

Lead acid batteries or battery cells, electrodes and bipolar plates for lead acid batteries or battery cells, and methods of making lead acid batteries or battery cells are provided. A lead acid battery includes a positive electrode and / or a negative electrode having a specific pore diameter distribution. The pore diameter distribution may include: a ratio of a volume of pores having a pore diameter greater than 20 [mu] m to a total pore volume of at least 15%; or a volume of pores having a pore diameter greater than 20 [mu] m of at least 0.020 ml / g.

The invention discloses a polar plate structure of a bipolar battery and a span bridge sealing mode, and belongs to the technical field of lead-acid storage batteries. According to the polar plate structure, by optimizing the frame design, improving the grid casting process and adopting the welding-free tab connection process, the problems of many process defects, high material consumption and high internal resistance existing in existing busbar connection are solved; according to the span bridge sealing mode, the design of a trapezoidal glue groove and accurate sealant filling are matched with continuous bending and stacking connection of the tabs, and extra butt weldments are omitted. Specifically, a pole plate frame is provided with a gradient bevel edge to optimize a current path, a grid is cast by adopting an H-shaped mold, a pole lug is prolonged, an active substance filling area is expanded, and the pole lug is bent twice to realize non-welding connection; the trapezoid glue groove is wide in top and narrow in bottom and controls the sealant filling amount. The lead-acid storage battery can reduce the lead consumption, eliminate the cold solder joint risk, reduce the internal resistance and improve the electrolyte diffusion efficiency and the assembly efficiency, and is suitable for large-scale production of the lead-acid storage battery.

The invention discloses a composite conductive substrate, a bipolar plate and a bipolar battery, and relates to the technical field of bipolar batteries, the conductive substrate is formed by stacking and combining a first current collector and a second current collector, the two current collectors are tightly attached to form a whole, and the first current collector and the second current collector are made of different metal foils; the first current collector comprises but is not limited to stainless steel foil, copper foil, aluminum foil, zinc foil and nickel foil; and the second current collector comprises but is not limited to stainless steel foil, copper foil, aluminum foil, zinc foil and nickel foil. By laminating and combining different metal foils, the problem that a single metal foil cannot meet the requirements of a bipolar battery conductive substrate on electrochemical compatibility, conductivity and mechanical property at the same time is solved; different metal foils and metal foil surface coatings (conductive layers) are respectively matched with positive and negative active materials, so that the interface side reaction is reduced, active substances are inhibited from falling off, the cycle life is prolonged, the charge-discharge power of the battery is increased, and the internal resistance of the battery is reduced.

To provide a biplate for a bipolar storage battery which has a simpler structure and can prevent a liquid junction through a through hole in a substrate, as a biplate for a bipolar storage battery produced by bringing both end surfaces of a conductor placed in a through hole in a substrate into contact with a positive electrode current collector plate and a negative electrode current collector plate placed on both sides of the substrate and joining them by a method such as resistance welding.SOLUTION: A positive electrode current collector plate 111a constituting one cell member 110 is disposed on one surface of a substrate 121, and a negative electrode current collector plate 112a constituting the other cell member 110 is disposed on the other surface of the substrate 121. The substrate 121 has a columnar through hole 121a extending in the thickness direction, and a columnar conductor 160 is provided in the through hole 121a. The conductive body 160 is fixed to the through hole 121a by an adhesive 151 disposed along the entire circumference between the outer peripheral surface of the conductive body 160 and the inner peripheral surface of the through hole 121a, and both end surfaces of the conductive body 160 are joined to the positive electrode current collector plate 111a and the negative electrode current collector plate 112a, respectively.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

A system for creating a unit of a monopolar or bipolar lead acid battery includes a paste applicator for producing a wet paste, a first carrier structure for receiving the wet paste, and a second carrier structure for receiving an electrode substrate. A combination station combines the first carrier structure and the corresponding wet paste with the second carrier structure and the corresponding electrode substrate into an assembly. An ultrasonic welding system receives the assembly and provides mechanical pressure and ultrasonic energy to the assembly. At least one of the first carrier structure and the second carrier structure is removed via a removal station to create a modified component.

There are provided a lead-acid battery management system and a lead-acid battery management program which appropriately manage a bipolar lead-acid battery to reduce a degree to which the lead-acid battery imposes a load on environment as much as possible and are necessary to cause a circulation cycle from manufacturing to reuse to reliably function. A lead-acid battery system (BS) including a bipolar lead-acid battery (B) and a management and support apparatus (4) configured to manage the lead-acid battery system (BS) are provided. The management and support apparatus (4) includes a recording unit (42) configured to record operation history information of the bipolar lead-acid battery (B) and a state determination unit (43) configured to determine necessity of replacement of the bipolar lead-acid battery (B).

A system to create a cell for a monopole or bipole lead acid battery includes a paster to produce wet paste, a first carrier structure to receive the wet paste, and a second carrier structure to receive an electrode substrate. A combining station combines the first carrier structure and corresponding wet paste and the second carrier structure and corresponding electrode substrate into an assembly. An ultrasonic welding system receives the assembly and provides mechanical pressure and ultrasonic energy to the assembly. A removal station via which to remove at least one of the first and second carrier structures to create a modified assembly.

Lead-acid batteries or cells, electrodes and bipolar plates for the same, and methods of manufacturing the same are provided. The lead acid batteries comprise a positive and / or negative electrode having a specific pore size diameter distribution. The pore size diameter distribution may comprise: a ratio of a volume of pores having a pore size diameter greater than 20 μm to a total pore volume of at least 15%; or a volume of pores having a pore size diameter greater than 20 μm of at least 0.020 ml / g.

Provided is a bipolar lead-acid battery relating to the technical filed of battery. The bipolar lead-acid battery includes a housing (1) with a battery cavity (11a) inside and a plurality of single cells (2) provided in the battery cavity (11a), each of the single cells (2) has an inner cavity (21) for electrolyte injection, and the inner cavity (21) of each single cell (2) is independent of one another, and the housing (1) has a plurality of air-distributing chambers (12a) communicating with the inner cavity (21) of the each of the single cells (2) in one-to-one correspondence above the battery cavity (11a), wherein the housing (1) further has a common pressure chamber (14a), the air-distributing chambers (12a) communicate with the common pressure chamber (14a) through vents (13a), respectively. The bipolar lead-acid battery has the advantages that it can be successfully manufactured and can be used normally, and solves the problems of short service life and unsuccessful manufacture of the existing battery.

A battery safety evaluation apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention includes a battery characteristic estimator, a heat amount estimator and safety index calculator. The battery characteristic estimator estimates an estimation value of an inner state parameter of a first battery on the basis of data on voltage and current of the first battery measured in charging or discharging. The heat amount estimator estimates a heat amount of the first battery upon change of an external temperature on the basis of first reference data which is at least indicating relationship between a heat amount of a secondary battery and the external temperature and is set to correspond to the first battery on the basis of the estimation value. The safety index calculator calculates a safety index regarding a temperature of the first battery upon change of the external temperature on the basis of the estimated heat amount.

Articles and methods related to the use of fiber webs comprising glass fibers in electrodes of batteries such as lead acid batteries are generally described. An electrode media provided herein may comprise a fiber web comprising glass fibers of different types. Electrode media provided herein may be configured to be pasted in order to produce an electrode or battery plate. In some embodiments, an article comprising a lug attached to an electrode media is provided. The electrode media described herein may be associated with good electrical, mechanical, and / or thermal performance properties that contribute to their utility in lead acid batteries.

Various systems and methods are presented in which lead acid batteries are serviced by removal, reconditioning, and refilling reconditioned battery paste into an assembly of typically bipolar electrodes that may be retained in a reusable housing and / or compression mechanism. Preferably, such batteries will include electrodes having a layer of a Magneli phase of a transition metal suboxide to so provide enhanced electrochemical and mechanical strength, and the battery paste may further include porous particles a Magneli phase of a transition metal suboxide to so provide enhanced electrolyte performance.

Provided is a bipolar battery that can achieve hermetic seal and mechanical strength in both and increase energy density. A bipolar lead acid battery (100) includes an outer wall (112), (122) integrally projected along a peripheral edge on a facing surface of one frame-plate (111), (121) out of frame-plates facing each other; and a joining wall (113), (133) integrally projected on a facing surface of the other frame-plate (111), (131) out of the frame-plates facing each other, the joining wall being positioned inwardly from the outer wall (112), (122) of the one frame-plate (111), (121) and surrounding a peripheral edge of a cell member (140) . The joining wall (113), (133) is joined to the facing surface of the one frame-plate (111), (121) via a joining material (151).

To prevent adhesive contamination at the center of an end face of a conductor in a biplate for a bipolar storage battery manufactured by a method including the step of inserting a conductor into a through hole from above with the other side of a substrate having a current collector fixed to one side facing upward, and then performing resistance welding in a state where a liquid adhesive layer is present in a portion other than the through hole on the other side of the substrate.SOLUTION: A substrate 121 includes a cylindrical through hole 121a extending in a thickness direction, and a conductor 160 disposed in the through hole includes a large diameter portion 161 with the diameter corresponding to the diameter of the through hole and small diameter portions 162a, 162b. The small diameter portions is formed in at least one of both ends of he conductor. Recesses 170a and 170b are formed by an outer circumferential surface 1621 of the small diameter portion, a step surface 1611 between the large diameter portion and the small diameter portion, and an inner wall surface 1211 of the through hole in at least one of both ends of the substrate in the thickness direction, and both end surfaces of the conductor are joined to a positive electrode current collector plate and a negative electrode current collector plate, respectively.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

To prevent a manufacturing defect due to a member protruding from a space forming member by adopting the space forming member capable of reducing an amount of the member protruding from a frame body disposed at a peripheral part of a substrate in a stacking direction even when the member such as a current collector and an active material layer are disposed on the substrate in manufacturing.SOLUTION: A bipolar storage battery includes: a plurality of cell members 110; and a plurality of space forming members 120 that form spaces for individually housing the plurality of cell members 110. The space forming members 120 include a substrate 121 and a frame body 122. A first distance PL1 from a first surface of the substrate 121 on the side where a positive electrode current collector 111a is provided to a first bonding surface 122a of the frame body 122 is different from a second distance PL2 from a second surface of the substrate 121 on the side where a negative electrode current collector 112a is provided to a second bonding surface 122b of the frame body 122 when bonding surfaces of adjacent frame bodies 122 which are alternately stacked through the substrate 121 of the space forming members 120 are bonded to each other.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

To efficiently manufacture a highly durable biplate for a bipolar lead-acid battery, which is manufactured by bringing both end faces of a conductor arranged in a through-hole of a substrate into contact with a positive electrode current collector plate and a negative electrode current collector plate arranged on both sides of the substrate and joining them by a method such as resistance welding.SOLUTION: A bipolar lead-acid battery includes a substrate 121 arranged between adjacent cell members 110, the substrate 121 includes a through hole 121a in the thickness direction, a conductor 160 arranged in the through hole 121a, a positive current collector 111a that constitutes one of the cell members 110 arranged on one side of the substrate 121, and a negative current collector 112a that constitutes the other cell member 110 arranged on the other side, both end faces of the conductor 160 joined to the positive current collector 111a and the negative current collector 112a, respectively, and the positive current collector 111a and the conductor 160 are formed from a lead alloy having the same components.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Provided is a bipolar lead-acid battery in which the electrolyte is less likely to infiltrate into the interface between a positive electrode lead layer and an adhesive layer, deterioration in battery performance is less likely to occur. A positive electrode (120) of a bipolar electrode (130) of a bipolar lead-acid battery (1) includes a positive electrode lead layer (101) that is formed of lead or lead alloy and is disposed on one surface of a substrate (111), and an adhesive layer (140) that is disposed between the one surface of the substrate (111) and the positive electrode lead layer (101) and bonds the one surface of the substrate (111) and the positive electrode lead layer (101). The substrate (111) is formed of a thermoplastic resin, and the adhesive layer (140) is formed of a cured product of a reaction-curing type adhesive that is cured by reaction between a main agent containing an epoxy resin and a curing agent containing an amine compound. Even in a case where the adhesive layer (140) is immersed in a sulfuric acid with a concentration of 38% by mass at a temperature of 60°C for four weeks, the sulfuric acid does not infiltrate into the interface between the positive electrode lead layer (101) and the adhesive layer (140) .

In the manufacture of pasted current collectors for bipolar batteries, a method of making pasted substrates includes several steps. The substrates can be a plastic sheet, an embedded plastic mesh, a metal mesh, an absorbent glass mat (AGM), or some other material. One step involves applying paste material to an elongate strip of substrate material Another step involves cutting the elongate strip of substrate material into multiple individual substrates. Further steps can involve punching via a rotary punch, crush cutting, ultrasonic cutting, concealing lateral sections via folding, and / or using one or more mask overlays.

The invention relates to a battery and an energy storage device. The battery comprises a plurality of single batteries, and the single batteries are sequentially stacked in a preset direction to form a battery module; wherein the charging cut-off voltage of each battery monomer is smaller than the positive and negative electrode gassing voltage of the battery monomer. Thus, the charging cut-off voltage of each battery monomer is kept to be smaller than the gassing voltage of the positive electrode and the negative electrode, so that each battery monomer is in an efficient charging and discharging state of 90% or above in the whole charging period, the problems of thermal runaway and thermal deformation of the battery, oxidation loss of a positive electrode current collector and the like are solved, and the service life of the battery is greatly prolonged.

To maintain and improve a battery capacity while avoiding deterioration of a battery performance and an invitation of the early life caused by the contact of an electrolyte solution with a current collector.SOLUTION: A bipolar lead-acid battery includes: a positive electrode active material layer 111b; a negative electrode active material layer 112b; a current collector 111 made of lead or a lead alloy and in contact with one or both of the positive electrode active material layer 111b and the negative electrode active material layer 112b; and a separator 113 disposed between the positive electrode active material layer 111b and the negative electrode active material layer 112b facing each other. The positive electrode active material layer 111b or the negative electrode active material layer 112b covers a surface in contact with the current collector 111 and at least part of an end part of the current collector 111.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

To prevent a tab portion of a collector connected to a terminal so as to be provided to an end plate from reducing a battery performance by suppressing corrosion in a region of the tab portion arranged in an internal part of a power storage battery, and increase the life.SOLUTION: A positive electrode active material layer 111b and a current collector 111a or a negative electrode active material layer 112b and a current collector 112a are provided with a pair of end plates 130 sandwiching a separator 113 so as to be stacked, and each end plate 130 includes a substrate 131 provided with the positive electrode active material layer 111b and a current collector 111aa and a frame 132 surrounding side surfaces of the positive electrode active material layer 111b and the current collector 111aa. The current collector 111aa includes a tab portion 11 that protrudes outward from an inside of the frame body 132 in which the current collector 111aa is disposed and is electrically connected to a positive electrode terminal component 160, and a liquid seepage prevention member 180 is provided in at least a part of the tab portion 11 between the peripheral edge portion of the current collector 111aa and the outside of the frame body 132.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

To keep the pressure applied from a separator to a positive electrode active material layer and a negative electrode active material layer high by controlling the density of the separator disposed between the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer, and improve the adhesion between a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer, thereby delaying the decrease in capacity and extending the lifespan.SOLUTION: A bipolar storage battery includes: a positive electrode active material layer 111b; a negative electrode active material layer 112b; a current collector made of lead or a lead alloy in contact with either or both of the positive electrode active material layer 111b and the negative electrode active material layer 112b; and a separator 113 disposed between the positive electrode active material layer 111b and the negative electrode active material layer 112b facing each other and in contact with the positive electrode active material layer 111b and the negative electrode active material layer 112b. In the separator 113, a ratio of the mass of the separator 113 to the volume of a region A sandwiched between the positive electrode active material layer 111b and the negative electrode active material layer 112b is 0.215 g / cm3 or more and 0.350 g / cm3 or less.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3