141results about "Specific condition cell working" patented technology

A rechargeable electrochemical cell (10) comprises an anode compartment (14) and a cathode compartment (15), the compartments being enclosed in part by metal plates (11, 12) that define end faces of the cell (10), the two compartments (14, 15) being separated by an impermeable, ion-conducting electrolyte element (13). The cell (10) is a molten sodium / metal chloride cell, and the plate (12) enclosing the cathode compartment defines a slightly concave end face surrounded by a flat rim. The volume change of the cathodic materials as the cell is heated up to its operating temperature are accommodated by flattening of the concave end face, so the overall thickness of the cell (10) does not change.

Provided herein are energy storage devices. In some cases, the energy storage devices are capable of being transported on a vehicle and storing a large amount of energy. An energy storage device is provided comprising at least one liquid metal electrode, an energy storage capacity of at least about 1 MWh and a response time less than or equal to about 100 milliseconds (ms).

The present invention relates to a housing component (100), in particular for an energy storage device or an energy converter, for example for an electrically powered motor vehicle, wherein the housing component (100) has a protective element (102) which is applied to and / or formed on the housing component (100) and / or forms at least a part of the housing component (100), in particular to prevent thermal and / or electrical breakdown of the housing component (100), wherein the protective element (102) comprises or is formed from an intumescent material (106). The invention further relates to a method for manufacturing a housing component (100).

A battery cell (1) is disclosed, in particular for a drive battery of a vehicle. The battery cell (3) comprises an electrode stack (2) and a housing (11) with an inner housing part (4) and an outer housing part (3) at least partially surrounding the inner housing part (4). The electrode stack (2) is arranged in the inner housing part (4), the inner housing part (4) has at least one passive cooling element (5), and the outer housing part (3) is deformable at least along a height direction of the electrode stack (2) and correspondingly at least partially displaceable with respect to the inner housing part (4). A connecting part (6) is provided, via which the inner housing part (4) and the outer housing part (3) are connected to one another and are thereby in contact such that thermal energy can be transferred from the inner housing part (4) to the outer housing part.The outer housing part (3) can be designed, in particular, as a bellows. The battery cell (1) is, in particular, a solid-state battery cell.

To provide an exterior material for a power storage device which is difficult to be deformed even when being pressurized under high temperature environment.SOLUTION: An exterior material for a power storage device includes a base material layer, a barrier layer, a thermal adhesive resin layer or an adhesive layer, and a sealant layer which are laminated in this order, wherein when the thermal adhesive resin and the sealant layer, or the sealant layer is represented by (I), and the base material layer is represented by (II), a loop stiffness value of (I) is 10 mN or more and 80 mN or less, a loop stiffness value of (II) is 2 mN or more and 20 mN or less, a ratio (I / II) in the loop stiffness value of (I) to (II) is 1.0 or more and 15 or less, and a ratio (I / II) in the thickness of (I) to (II) is 1.0 or more and 8.0 or less.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

A metal hydrogen battery is presented. The metal hydrogen batter battery comprises an electrode stack, the electrode stack having alternating anode and cathode assemblies, the anode and cathode assemblies being separated by a separator, each of the anode assemblies including at least one anode layer connected to an anode bus, each of the cathode assemblies including at least one cathode layer connected to a cathode bus, where each of the anode busses are electrically and mechanically attached to form an anode conductor, and where each of the cathode busses are electrically and mechanically attached to form a cathode conductor. The electrode stack is positioned within a pressure vessel, the pressure vessel having a sidewall, a cathode end plate, and an anode end plate. Finally, an electrolyte is contained within the pressure vessel.

An exterior material for an all-solid-state battery containing a sulfide-based solid electrolyte, the exterior material having at least a substrate layer, a barrier layer, and a sealant layer in this order, wherein the sealant layer contains an ionomer.

The utility model relates to a kind of LED candle lamp based on metal fuel cell, it is characterized by: including LED electronic movement, electric core fixed shell piece, electric core module and cathode module;In the utility model, cathode metal is installed from top to bottom, and cathode metal is placed at the top cover of electric core module by cathode fixing piece directly;The installation mode of this cathode metal is convenient to replace;And by using metal fuel cell applied on LED candle lamp, it can replace existing dry battery, lithium battery, increase the use time of product, and have the advantages of environmental protection and no pollution.

Provided is an exterior material for a power storage device, the exterior material being formed from a laminate comprising at least a base material layer, a barrier layer, and a thermally-fusible resin layer in this order from the outside, and the exterior material having a tensile strength at break of 180 MPa or greater as measured by the method below, and having a creep resistance characteristic of 10 minutes or more as measured by the method below. <Measurement of tensile strength at break> Each tensile strength at break in the machine direction (MD) of the exterior material for the power storage device is measured by a method compliant with the provisions of JIS K7127:1999 by using a tensile tester. The measurement conditions are such that a dumbbell 7 shape is used for a sample shape, the distance between target lines is 10 mm, the tensile speed is 0.5 mm / min, the test environment is set to a temperature of 120ºC, and the average value from three measurements is used. <Measurement of creep resistance characteristic> The exterior material for a power storage device is cut out so as to have a width of 60 mm in the transverse direction (TD) and a length of 150 mm in the MD direction and is then folded in half such that the thermally-fusible resin layer is positioned at the inside. The folded exterior material is then heat sealed using a 7 mm heat seal bar at a position 10 mm from the fold such that the thickness of the thermally-fusible resin layer is in a range of 60-95% the thickness prior to sealing. The resulting heat-sealed exterior material for a power storage device is then cut to a width of 15 mm to form a sample. Both of the mutually opposing ends of the sample are affixed to respective SUS plates (stainless steel plates) by using an adhesive, and a weight of 2 kg is applied to one side. The end on the opposite side is hung from the top of a thermostatic bath and stored in the thermostatic bath at 150ºC. The creep resistance is evaluated using the time until the sealed part opens. The SUS plates that are used have a thickness of 2 mm, a width of 30 mm, a length of 100 mm, and a weight of 42.5 g, and one side of the SUS plates is S-shaped.

An iron-air battery including an iron electrode in contact with an anode current collector, wherein the iron electrode includes a plurality of channels; an oxygen reduction reaction electrode having a first surface facing the plurality of channels and an opposing second surface in contact with air; an oxygen evolution reaction electrode interdigitated with the plurality of channels of the iron electrode, wherein at least a portion of the oxygen evolution reaction electrode is disposed within the plurality of channels in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the oxygen reduction reaction electrode; and an electrolyte in contact with the iron electrode, the first surface of the oxygen reduction reaction electrode, the plurality of channels, and the oxygen evolution reaction electrode.

The disclosure relates to a battery cell (1) for a battery storage device (12) with a cylindrical, preferably circular cylindrical, battery cell housing (2) which defines an interior space in which an electrode assembly and an electrolyte are accommodated, and a shell (4) which surrounds the battery cell housing (2) at least partially, wherein the shell (4) has a shell section (6) surrounding a lateral surface of the battery cell housing (2) and at least one end section (8) which partially surrounds at least one end surface of the battery cell housing (2), as well as a battery storage device (12) with a plurality of battery cells (1).

A header for an electrochemical cell includes a planar plate configured to cover an internal volume of the electrochemical cell, and a side wall extending from an upper surface of the planar plate in a direction perpendicular to the upper surface. The header also includes a recess defined by the upper surface of the planar plate and the side wall, and a first step and a second step on a lower surface of the planar plate, the first step and the second step configured to seal the internal volume. An aspect of an electrochemical cell includes an anode, a cathode, a cell casing and the header.

A battery includes an air cathode, an anode, an aqueous electrolyte, and a housing, wherein, the housing includes one or more air access ports defining a total vent area, the battery exhibit a current density, a ratio of current density to total vent area is greater than about 100 mA / mm2, and the aqueous electrolyte comprises an amphoteric fluorosurfactant.

A metal air battery having multiple anode-cathode disc assemblies that include a first and second cathode disc flanking an anode disc. An actuator moves at least one cathode disc relative to the other cathode disc, and thereby facilitates the size of the anode-cathode gap. The anode disc has a hole that engages a power shaft to rotate the anode disc.

Provided is a terminal assembly for an electrochemical battery comprising a terminal connector; a conductive flat-plate with an electrically conducting perimeter; an electrically insulating tape member; and a terminal bipolar electrode plate. The electrically insulating tape member is in between the conductive flat-plate and the terminal bipolar electrode plate such that the electrically insulating tape member does not cover the entire surface area of the conductive flat-plate. The electrically conducting perimeter enables bi-directional uniform current flow through the conductive flat-plate between the terminal connector and the terminal bipolar electrode plate. Also provided is a battery frame member for a static rechargeable battery comprising a liquid diversion system; a gutter; a sealing member; a gas channel; and a ventilation hole. Also provided is a static rechargeable electrochemical battery comprising a pair of terminal assemblies, at least one bipolar electrode interposed between the pair of terminal assemblies, and a battery frame member.

The disclosure provides a battery assembly. The battery assembly includes an intersection node assembly. The intersection node assembly includes an intersection node body, an inner surface of the intersection node body that forms a hollow interior, and a plurality of openings in the intersection node body, where the plurality of openings are in fluid communication with the hollow interior. The battery assembly includes a plurality of stiffener assemblies. The stiffener assemblies include a stiffener body, an inner surface of the stiffener body that forms a hollow channel through the stiffener body, wherein the hollow channel is in fluid communication with a respective opening in the plurality of openings of the intersection node body, and at least one battery.

A metal fuel cell structure suitable for a microgravity environment comprises: a rotating shaft in transmission connection with a driving device; the battery shell is connected with the rotating shaft to form a centrifugal rotation structure; the alkaline ion solution is sealed in the battery shell; the battery cathode is arranged in the battery shell, one end of the battery cathode is used as a cathode output end of the battery, and the battery cathode and the rotating radius of the rotating shaft are arranged in the same direction; the battery positive electrode is arranged in the battery shell, one end of the battery positive electrode is used as a positive electrode output end of the battery, and the battery positive electrode and the rotating radius of the rotating shaft are arranged in the same direction. A centrifugal rotation structure is formed by the rotating shaft and the battery shell, stable centrifugal force can be formed in a rotating state, a positive electrode and a negative electrode of the metal fuel battery can be ensured to be in full contact with a solution in a microgravity state, and generated precipitates are directionally deposited and cannot wrap the surface of the metal negative electrode; and the metal fuel cell can stably work for a long time in a microgravity state.

The present disclosure relates to a solid-state battery including: an exterior portion and an insulating portion, in which at least one of the exterior portion and the insulating portion includes an oxide ceramic containing: Li; Mg; one or more elements MI selected from the group consisting of Group 4 and Group 5 elements; and one or more elements MII selected from the group consisting of transition metal elements.

A method and apparatus for generating electricity using an electrochemical dual-pole fuel cell with a coiled aluminum wire disc as the anode, dual air-cathodes, and dual bioplastic electrolyte discs. The invention teaches the use of inexpensive materials and simplified dual-pole fuel cell construction and assembling of fuel cells into modules, and modules into electricity generators.

Provided is a solid-state battery which has more sufficiently excellent low-temperature densification characteristics and moisture resistance. The present invention relates to a solid-state battery having an outer packaging part and an insulating part, in which at least one of the outer packaging part and the insulating part contains an oxide ceramic, and the oxide ceramic contains: Li (lithium); mg (magnesium); one or more elements MI selected from the group consisting of Group 4 and Group 5 elements; and one or more elements MII selected from the group consisting of transition metal elements.

A cathode assembly for an electrochemical cell has an air cathode and an air cathode subassembly. The air cathode subassembly houses a gaseous oxygen cathode material in a gas volume. The air cathode subassembly includes a frame bounding edges of the gas volume, a floor bounding a first face of the gas volume, at least one recirculation outlet and a plurality of internal fluid conduits in the frame configured to collect fluid from outside the gas volume along edges of the air cathode to direct the collected liquid electrolyte to the at least one recirculation outlet through which the liquid electrolyte exits the air cathode subassembly. The air cathode is secured to the frame to bound a second face of the gas volume. In an electrochemical cell, the air cathode may be oriented at an angle of 45o or less with respect to horizontal.

Disclosed herein are metal nitric oxides batteries as well as methods of making and using thereof.

The invention relates to a battery cell (10) for a motor vehicle, wherein the battery cell (10) comprises a cell housing (12) enclosing a cell interior (14), wherein a first cell chemistry (16) is arranged in the cell interior (14). It is provided that the cell interior (14) is divided into at least a first chamber (14a) and at least a second chamber (14b), which are fluidically separated from each other by at least one partition (26) in the cell interior (14), wherein the first cell chemistry (16) is arranged in the first chamber (14a) and a second cell chemistry (18), which differs from the first cell chemistry (16), is arranged in the second chamber (14b).

The present disclosure is generally directed to a discharge cathode of a metal-air battery. A method of fabricating the discharge cathode includes forming a frame of electrically insulating material onto a terminal with a first end portion of the terminal exposed in a window defined by the frame and a second end portion of the terminal outside of the frame. The method includes positioning a gas diffusion electrode (GDE) on the frame with a busbar supported on the GDE and a bus tab extending from the busbar to the window. The method includes connecting the bus tab and the first end portion of the terminal to one another through the window. The method includes, with the bus tab and the terminal connected to one another, hermetically sealing the window.

The present disclosure provides a battery assembly.SOLUTION: The battery assembly includes a cross node assembly. The intersection node assembly includes an intersection node body, an inner surface of the intersection node body forming a hollow interior, and a plurality of openings provided in the intersection node body, wherein the plurality of openings are in fluid communication with the hollow interior. The battery assembly includes a plurality of stiffener assemblies. The stiffener assembly includes a stiffener body, an inner surface of the stiffener body forming a hollow channel through the stiffener body, the hollow channel in fluid communication with a respective opening of the plurality of openings of the intersection node body, and at least one battery.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

The present invention relates to a reusable liquid metal battery device, comprising: a battery housing, a top cover, a metal sleeve, an insulating sealing material, a negative electrode conductive tube, and a valve; a negative electrode current collector, an electrolyte, a positive electrode material, and a positive electrode current collector are placed in the battery housing in sequence; the positive electrode material is placed in the positive electrode current collector, the negative electrode material is filled in the negative electrode current collector, the negative electrode current collector is connected to the negative electrode conductive tube through a negative electrode lead, the negative electrode conductive tube passes through the metal sleeve in the center of the top cover and is connected to the valve; the battery housing and the top cover are detachably connected. The liquid metal battery device provided by the present invention can be disassembled and reused, is suitable for optimizing and adjusting the active materials inside the battery, can simplify the configuration process of the battery, reduce the research and development cost of the liquid metal battery, and detects the air tightness of the battery housing through the valve.

To provide an exterior material for a power storage device which is excellent in heat resistance and has sufficient deep drawing moldability.SOLUTION: An exterior material for a power storage device has a lamination structure having a base material layer, a first adhesive layer, a metal foil layer, a second adhesive layer and a sealant layer in order, wherein the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer contain an urethane-based compound which is a reactant of a polyol-based resin and a polyisocyanate compound, in the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer, when infrared absorption spectrum peak intensity at 2,250 to 2,290 cm-1 is represented by A, and infrared absorption spectrum peak intensity at 1,680 to 1,720 cm-1 is represented by B, X defined by the following expression (1) is 10 to 90, the glass transition temperatures of the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer are 60 to 80°C, and the polyisocyanate compound contains an aromatic polyisocyanate compound. Expression (1): X={B / (A+B)}×100.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

The battery includes an air cathode, an anode, an aqueous electrolyte, and a housing, the housing including one or more air access ports defining a total air vent area, the battery exhibiting a current density, the ratio of the current density to the total air vent area being about 100 mA / mm 2 and the aqueous electrolyte comprises an amphoteric fluorosurfactant.

Provided is a terminal assembly for an electrochemical battery comprising a terminal connector; a conductive flat-plate with an electrically conducting perimeter; an electrically insulating tape member; and a terminal bipolar electrode plate. The electrically insulating tape member is in between the conductive flat-plate and the terminal bipolar electrode plate such that the electrically insulating tape member does not cover the entire surface area of the conductive flat-plate. The electrically conducting perimeter enables bi-directional uniform current flow through the conductive flat-plate between the terminal connector and the terminal bipolar electrode plate. Also provided is a battery frame member for a static rechargeable battery comprising a liquid diversion system; a gutter; a sealing member; a gas channel; and a ventilation hole. Also provided is a static rechargeable electrochemical battery comprising a pair of terminal assemblies, at least one bipolar electrode interposed between the pair of terminal assemblies, and a battery frame member.

The present invention provides a solid battery demonstrating more adequate low temperature densification characteristics and moisture resistance. The present invention relates to a solid-state battery having an exterior part and an insulation part, at least one of the exterior part and the insulation part containing an oxide ceramic containing Li (lithium); Mg (magnesium); one or more elements M I selected from the group consisting of group 4 and group 5 elements; and one or more elements M II selected from the group consisting of transition metal elements.