A positive electrode configured to use oxygen as a positive active material, and a barrier layer disposed on a surface of the porous layer, wherein a porosity of the porous layer is greater than a porosity of the barrier layer, wherein the barrier layer includes a first lithium-containing metal oxide; a lithium-air battery including the positive electrode; and a method of manufacturing the positive electrode.

An active material structure includes first active material lines arranged in a first direction, second active material lines arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and intermediate active material lines between the first active material lines and the second active material lines in a third direction intersecting the first direction and the second direction, the intermediate active material lines provided in overlapping regions of the first active material lines and the second active material lines, wherein the upper active material lines and the second active material lines are electrically connected by the intermediate active material lines.

In an embodiment, a metal or metal-ion battery cell, includes anode and cathode electrodes, a separator electrically separating the anode and the cathode, and a solid electrolyte ionically coupling the anode and the cathode, wherein the solid electrolyte comprises a material having one or more rearrangeable chalcogen-metal-hydrogen groups that are configured to transport at least one metal-ion or metal-ion mixture through the solid electrolyte, wherein the solid electrolyte exhibits a melting point below about 350° C. In an example, the solid electrolyte may be produced by mixing different dry metal-ion compositions together, arranging the mixture inside of a mold, and heating the mixture while arranged inside of the mold at least to a melting point (e.g., below about 350° C.) of the mixture so as to produce a material comprising one or more rearrangeable chalcogen-metal-hydrogen groups.

A manufacturing method is provided for manufacturing an electrode for a lithium-ion battery having a current collector and an electrode active material layer. In the method, an electrolytic solution is added to particles created by pulverizing a mixture containing electrode active material particles and a pressure sensitive adhesive resin to obtain an electrode active material composition. The electrode active material composition is molded into sheet form on a current collector using a roll press. The electrode active material composition has a weight of the electrolytic solution based on a total weight of the electrode active material composition that is 0.1-50 wt %.

A process of synthesizing a solid state lithium ion conductor includes mechanically milling at least two precursors so as to form crystalline Li.sub.6MgBr.sub.8. For instance, the mechanical milling can be carried out using a planetary mill. Moreover, in a practical application, the precursors include LiBr and MgBr.sub.2.

A porous titanium-based sintered body, having a porosity of 50% to 75%, an average pore diameter of 23 μm to 45 μm, and a specific surface area of 0.020 m.sup.2/g to 0.065 m.sup.2/g, and having a bending strength of 22 MPa or more. According to the present invention, a porous titanium-based sintered body having a high porosity, a large specific surface area and a large average pore diameter and thereby having good gas permeability or liquid permeability, and further having a high strength can be provided.

Described are structural electrode and structural batteries having high energy storage and high strength characteristics and methods of making the structural electrodes and structural batteries. The structural batteries provided can include a liquid electrolyte and carbon fiber-reinforced polymer electrodes comprising metallic tabs. The structural electrodes and structural batteries provided can be molded into a shape of a function component of a device such as ground vehicle or an aerial vehicle.

A composite cathode material includes a gel polymer electrolyte and particles of a cathode material. The particles of the cathode material are arranged in the gel polymer electrolyte.

Disclosed herein is a secondary battery electrode manufacturing device including a slurry supply unit for supplying a secondary battery electrode mixture slurry, an electrode mixture layer forming mold configured to have a hollow structure having a first open surface and a second open surface, the first open surface and the second open surface being opposite each other, the electrode mixture slurry supplied from the slurry supply unit being injected into a hollow region of the electrode mixture layer forming mold, a drying unit for drying the electrode mixture slurry injected into the hollow region of the electrode mixture layer forming mold, a press for pressing the dried electrode mixture slurry to form an electrode mixture layer sheet, and a mold support unit for supporting the electrode mixture layer forming mold in the state in which the top surface of the mold support unit faces the first open surface of the electrode mixture layer forming mold.

Provided is a method for easily producing a thin-membrane solid electrolyte body. A molded body (11) of a first ceramic is prepared, and the molded body (11) is fired in a first temperature range to prepare a porous body (110). A thin membrane-shaped molded body (12) composed of a second ceramic containing a solid electrolyte is prepared on at least a part of a surface of the porous body (110). A dense body (120) is prepared by firing the thin membrane-shaped molded body (12). As a result, a solid electrolyte body (1) including the porous body (110) as a support and the dense body (120) of a thin membrane-shaped electrolyte integrally formed with at least a part of the surface of the porous body (110), is produced.