The present invention discloses a method of manufacturing an electrode for a secondary battery by using a single process to notch and cut a unit electrode from an electrode sheet. The method for manufacturing electrodes for a secondary battery includes supplying an electrode sheet in a moving direction (MD), wherein the electrode sheet has a plurality of coated portions and uncoated portions alternately arranged along the MD, wherein each coated portion has an electrode active material, and each uncoated portion does not have an electrode active material; and cutting the uncoated portions to form the plurality of unit electrodes.

A separator for a bobbin-style electrochemical cell is inserted into an interior opening within a ring-shaped cathode in an electrochemical cell can. An expansion force is then applied to an interior surface of the separator to press the separator against the interior walls of the cathode. A tool may then remove various creases and/or wrinkles in the separator and/or may then heat seal at least a portion of the tubular walls of the separator to minimize the void space between the separator and active material (e.g., cathode and/or anode) within the electrochemical cell.

The present disclosure relates to an electrode which is manufactured with ease and causes little damage during storage, and a method for manufacturing the same. The electrode includes a metallic current collector and an electrode mixture, wherein the current collector has a recess formed by denting the remaining portions except edge portions having a width, and the electrode mixture is embedded in the recess.

An electrode assembly having a positive electrode current collector, a positive electrode active material layer, a separator, a negative electrode active material layer and a negative electrode current collector stacked successively in a thickness direction of the electrode assembly is provided. A plurality of through-holes is formed to pass through the positive electrode active material layer, separator and the negative electrode active material layer. The positive electrode current collector includes a first sheet shaped current collector and a plurality of first column shaped current collectors extending from the first sheet shaped current collector along the thickness direction of the electrode assembly. The negative electrode current collector includes a second sheet shaped current collector and a plurality of second column shaped current collectors extending from the second sheet shaped current collector along the thickness direction of the electrode assembly.

A sulfur-carbon composite including a porous carbon material; a coating layer on a surface of the porous carbon material, the coating layer including a compound with electrolyte solution impregnation property; and sulfur, a method for preparing the same, and a positive electrode for a lithium-sulfur battery and a lithium-sulfur battery including the same are disclosed.

A lithium-ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution. The negative electrode includes first negative electrode active material particles. The first negative electrode active material particles each include a center part and a covering part. The center part includes a silicon-containing material. The covering part is provided on a surface of the center part and includes a first compound and a second compound. The first compound includes at least one of polyacrylate or polyacrylamide. The second compound includes at least one of polyvinyl alcohol or polyvinyl acetal.

Embodiments described herein relate generally to apparatuses and processes for forming semi-solid electrodes having high active solids loading by removing excess electrolyte. In some embodiments, the semi-solid electrode material can be formed by mixing an active material and, optionally, a conductive material in a liquid electrolyte to form a suspension. In some embodiments, the semi-solid electrode material can be disposed onto a current collector to form an intermediate electrode. In some embodiments, the semi-solid electrode material can have a first composition in which the ratio of electrolyte to active material is between about 10:1 and about 1:1. In some embodiments, a method for converting the semi-solid electrode material from the first composition into the second composition includes removing a portion of the electrolyte from the semi-solid electrode material. In some embodiments, the method includes mechanically compressing the intermediate electrode to remove the portion of electrolyte from the semi-solid electrode material.

Disclosed are methods of making porous zinc electrodes. Taken together, the steps are: forming a mixture of water, a soluble compound that increases the viscosity of the mixture, an insoluble porogen, and metallic zinc powder; placing the mixture in a mold to form a sponge; optionally drying the sponge; placing the sponge in a metal mesh positioned to allow air flow through substantially all the openings in the mesh; heating the sponge in an inert atmosphere at a peak temperature of 200 to 420° C. to fuse the zinc particles to each other to form a sintered sponge; and heating the sintered sponge in an oxygen-containing atmosphere at a peak temperature of 420 to 700° C. to form ZnO on the surfaces of the sintered sponge. The heating steps burn out the porogen.

The present invention relates to a pressing apparatus capable of uniformly pressing an object to be pressed using a pressure adjustment portion having a fluid contained therein irrespective of the shape of the object and a pressing method using the same.

A solid-state battery negative electrode of the present disclosure includes a negative electrode active material layer, the negative electrode active material layer including a negative electrode active material and a solid electrolyte. The negative electrode active material in the negative electrode active material layer has an average aspect ratio of more than 0.5. The negative electrode active material has an average elastic modulus of 370 MPa or less. A solid-state battery of the present disclosure includes: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and a solid electrolyte layer provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The negative electrode is the solid-state battery negative electrode.