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An alkali metal, solid cathode, nonaqueous electrochemical cell capable of delivering high current pulses, rapidly recovering its open circuit voltage and having high current capacity, is described. The stated benefits are realized by the addition of at least one nitrate additive to an electrolyte comprising an alkali metal salt dissolved in a mixture of a low viscosity solvent and a high permittivity solvent. A preferred solvent mixture includes propylene carbonate, dimethoxyethane and an alkali metal nitrate, alkaline earth metal nitrate and/or an organic alkyl nitrate additive.

A waste heat recovery apparatus including a Rankine cycle which includes a heater for heating an operation fluid by waste heat from a heat-generating device, an expansion unit for converting energy of expansion of the operation fluid flowing out from the heater into mechanical energy, and a condenser for condensing and liquefying the expanded operation fluid, a temperature detector for detecting the temperature of the operation fluid on the inlet side of the expansion unit, a pressure detector for detecting inlet-side pressure of the expansion unit, a pressure detector for detecting outlet-side pressure of the expansion unit, and a control unit. The control unit controls a command rotational speed of the expansion unit based on superheated degree information at the inlet of the expansion unit obtained from the operation fluid temperature and the inlet-side pressure, and pressure information in which the outlet-side pressure is considered.

An alkali metal, solid cathode, nonaqueous electrochemical cell capable of delivering high current pulses, rapidly recovering its open circuit voltage and having high current capacity, is described. The stated benefits are realized by the addition of at least one phosphonate additive to an electrolyte comprising an alkali metal salt dissolved in a mixture of a low viscosity solvent and a high permittivity solvent. A preferred solvent mixture includes propylene carbonate, dimethoxyethane and an alkyl phosphonate additive.

It is to provide a cathode active material powder for a positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery, which has a large volume capacity density, high safety and excellent durability for charge and discharge cycles.

A cathode active material powder for a lithium secondary battery characterized by comprising a first composite oxide powder represented by the formula (1) Li_pQ_xM_yO_zF_a (wherein Q is Co or Mn, M is aluminum or an alkaline earth metal element or a transition metal element other than Q, provided that when Q is Co, 0.9≦p≦1.1, 0.980≦x≦1.000, 0≦y≦0.02, 1.9≦z≦2.1, x+y=1, and 0≦a≦0.02, and when Q is Mn, 1≦p≦1.3, x=2−y, 0≦y≦0.05, z=4, and a=0), having an average particle size D50 of from 5 to 30 μm, and having a compression breaking strength of at least 40 MPa; and a second composite oxide powder represented by the formula (2) Li_pNi_xCo_yMn_zN_qO_rF_a (wherein N is aluminum or an alkaline earth metal element or a transition metal element other than Ni, Co and Mn, 0.9≦p≦1.1, 0.2≦x≦0.8, 0≦y≦0.4, 0≦z≦0.5, 0≦q≦0.05, 1.9≦r≦2.1, x+y+z+q=1, and 0≦a≦0.02), having an average particle size D50 of from 2 to 30 μm, and having a compression breaking strength less than 40 MPa; in a ratio (weight ratio) of the first composite oxide powder/the second composite oxide powder being from 95/5 to 30/70.

Provided are an all-solid state battery with a better quality of contact among particles of an active material and with an enhanced discharge capacity; an electrode for an all-solid state battery; and a method of manufacturing the same. The all-solid state battery is manufactured through the steps of: causing a deliquescent solid electrolyte to deliquesce, the deliquescent solid electrolyte having ionic conductivity, electronic conductivity and a deliquescent property; preparing an electrode mixture by mixing the deliquescent solid electrolyte having deliquesced and an active material together; heat-treating and shaping the electrode mixture to produce an electrode; and bonding the thus-produced electrode and a solid electrolyte layer with the solid electrolyte layer interposed between the electrode and another electrode which are paired to serve as a positive electrode and a negative electrode.

The invention relates to stannum/carbon nano-fiber composite film material used in the negative electrode of a lithium ion battery and a preparation method thereof and also provides an assembly method of the stannum/carbon nano-fiber composite film material generated according to the preparation method and used as the electrode of the lithium ion battery. The preparation method comprises the following steps: preparing an uniform spinning solution by mixing a stannum precursor compound, a solvent, a precursor polymer of carbon nano-fibers and an organic solvent together; obtaining a polymer nano-fiber film by electro spinning according to a suitable electrostatic spinning technology; and obtaining a stannum/carbon nano-fiber composite film used in the negative electrode of the lithium ion battery through final treatment technologies, such as preoxidation, carbonization, and the like, thereby effectively collaborating the electrochemical performance of stannum/carbon nano-fibers and improving the specific capacity, the first charge-discharge efficiency and the cycle performance of the lithium ion battery.

An energy storage device having both characteristics of super capacitor and lithium ion battery and manufacturing method thereof are provided. The invention adopts the mixture of anode material of lithium ion battery and electrode material of super capacitor or composite material as anode active substance, and uses the mixture of cathode material of the lithium ion battery and electrode material of the super capacitor or composite material as cathode active substance. In the electrode active substance, the electrode material of the lithium ion battery has a content of 20% to 95%; the electrode material of the super capacitor has a content of 5% to 80%. The electrode active substance is mixed with the bonder, conducting agent, additive and solvent etc to prepare slurry, then experience steps of coating, drying, roll forming, parting, so that the anode sheet and cathode sheet of the super capacitance battery are produced. By adopting multi-core winding parallel connection and the assembling technology of the winded wore parallel to the narrow arrangement, the anode sheet, the cathode sheet and the membrane are loaded in the battery shell and then welded, dried, dehydrated, and injected with electrolyte, then activated by electricity to obtain super capacitance battery with high energy density and high power density.

The invention relates to a novel ceramic coating polyolefin composite film which comprises a polyolefin substrate with micro pores, wherein one side or both sides of the polyolefin substrate is/are compounded with ceramic coating(s); the ceramic coating comprises porous ceramic particles, an inorganic filler and an adhesive. The invention also relates to a method for preparing the novel ceramic coating polyolefin composite film. The method comprises the following steps: a, dissolving the adhesive in a solvent, thereby preparing an adhesive solution; b, adding the porous ceramic particles and the functional inorganic filler into the adhesion solution prepared in the step a, and performing dispersing treatment, thereby preparing coating slurry; and c, coating one or two surfaces of the polyolefin substrate with the coating slurry prepared in the step b, and drying and curing to prepare the product. The novel functional composite film has high liquid absorption and retention performance, has the functions of reducing harmful gases inside a battery, improving the performance of the battery and prolonging the service life of the battery, and has the safety characteristics of low closed pore temperature, high melting temperature and low hot-shrinkage rate.

An improved cathode suitable for lithium-sulfur batteries, a battery including the cathode, and a battery including a separator containing inorganic fillers are disclosed. The cathode includes sulfur and a metal oxide and optionally includes an additional polymeric material. The metal oxide reduces dissolution of sulfur at the cathode and reduces sulfur-containing deposits on the battery anode, thereby providing a battery with relatively high energy density and good partial discharge performance. The separator also reduces unwanted diffusion of sulfur species.

A primary alkaline battery includes a cathode including a nickel oxyhydroxide and an anode including zinc or zinc alloy particles. Performance of the nickel oxyhydroxide alkaline cell is improved by adding zinc fines to the anode.

An alkali metal, solid cathode, nonaqueous electrochemical cell capable of delivering high current pulses, rapidly recovering its open circuit voltage and having high current capacity, is described. The stated benefits are realized by the addition of at least one nitrite additive to an electrolyte comprising an alkali metal salt dissolved in a mixture of a low viscosity solvent and a high permittivity solvent. A preferred solvent mixture includes propylene carbonate, dimethoxyethane and an alkyl nitrite additive.

A positive electrode active material for lithium-ion rechargeable batteries of general formula Li_1+xNi_αMn_βA_γO₂ and further wherein A is Mg, Zn, Al, Co, Ga, B, Zr, or Ti and 0<x<0.2, 0.1≦α≦0.5, 0.4≦β≦0.6, 0≦γ≦0.1 and a method of manufacturing the same. Such an active material is manufactured by employing either a solid state reaction method or an aqueous solution method or a sol-gel method which is followed by a rapid quenching from high temperatures into liquid nitrogen or liquid helium.

To provide a lithium-ion secondary battery having higher discharge capacity and higher energy density and a manufacturing method thereof. The lithium-ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer provided over the positive electrode current collector. In the positive electrode active material layer, graphenes and lithium-containing composite oxides are alternately provided. The lithium-containing composite oxide is a flat single crystal particle in which the length in the b-axis direction is shorter than each of the lengths in the a-axis direction and the c-axis direction. Further, the lithium-containing composite oxide is provided over the positive electrode current collector so that the b-axis of the single crystal particle intersects with a surface of the positive electrode current collector.

A massage apparatus includes: a pump that is an air supply source; a motor that actuates a distributor; a power switch that optionally supplies power to the pump and the motor to actuate the pump and the motor; and a limit switch that is connected in parallel with the power switch, and is operated by a cam working with the distributor so as to be turned ON when the distributor assumes a position to supply air to any of bladders, and so as to be turned OFF when the distributor assumes a position to discharge air from at least any of the bladders.

The invention relates to a charge-discharge equalizing circuit of a multi-monomer tandem dynamic lithium battery, comprising a master control module and a group of equalizing modules, wherein the group of equalizing modules are communicated with the master control module and correspondingly connected with a group of monomer batteries which are sequentially connected in series; each equalizing module comprises a flyback transformer, two switches and one or more than two parallel capacitor banks; one winding of the flyback transformer of each equalizing module is connected with the positive and negative poles of the corresponding monomer battery; the capacitor banks of each equalizing module are connected with the winding in parallel; the other winding is connected with the positive and negative poles of the monomer battery which is adjacent to and sequentially connected to the above monomer battery; and each winding return circuit is connected with one switch in series. The equalizing circuit realizes energy balance among all the monomer batteries, has the advantages that the equalization is lossless, the equalizing current is large, the equalizing efficiency is high, the expandability is good and the implementation is easy, and the purposes of quick large-current charging, enhancement of battery safety performance, improvement of discharging capacity and service life of the batteries and the like can be realized.

A conventional, multilayer, all-solid-state, lithium ion secondary battery where an electrode layer and an electrolyte layer are stacked has a problem that it has a high interface resistance between the electrode layer and the electrolyte layer and has a difficulty in increasing the capacity of the battery. A battery has been manufactured by applying pastes of a mixture of an active material and a solid electrolyte to form electrode layers and baking a laminate of electrode layers and electrolyte layers at a time. As a result, a matrix structure including the active material and the solid electrolyte has been formed in the electrode layers, so that a battery with a large capacity and a reduced interface resistance between the electrode layer and the electrolyte layer has been successfully achieved.

Disclosed is an electrochemical cell comprising a lithium anode and a sulfur-containing cathode and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The cell exhibits high utilization of the electroactive sulfur-containing material of the cathode and a high charge-discharge efficiency.