An electrode assembly and a related battery, and battery module are provided, wherein the electrode assembly includes: at least one positive electrode plate and at least one negative electrode plate, the number of all the positive and negative electrode plates is greater than or equal to 3; the positive and negative electrode plates are wound around the winding axis and arranged in a superimposing manner along a direction vertical to the winding axis, each positive electrode plate includes a positive main body part, at least part of the positive main body part is a positive active substance area, each negative electrode plate includes a negative main body part, at least part of the negative main body part is the negative active substance area, two ends of the negative active substance area along the winding axis both exceed corresponding ends of the adjacent positive active substance area.

Provided are a positive electrode for a metal-sulfur battery, a method of manufacturing the same, and a metal-sulfur battery including the same. The positive electrode comprises a positive electrode active material layer including carbon material and sulfur-containing material. In the positive electrode active material layer, a region in which the sulfur-containing material is densified and a region in which the carbon material is densified are arranged separately. By providing a positive electrode capable of exhibiting a high utilization rate of sulfur, it is possible to provide a metal-sulfur battery having high capacity and stable life characteristics.

A precursor solution according to the present disclosure contains an organic solvent, a lithium oxoacid salt that shows solubility in the organic solvent, and an aluminum compound that shows solubility in the organic solvent. When a ratio between a content of aluminum and a content of lithium in a case of satisfying a stoichiometric formulation of the following compositional formula (1) is set as a reference, the content of lithium in the precursor solution is preferably 1.00 times or more and 1.20 times or less with respect to the reference.

LiAlO.sub.2  (1)

A coated sulfur particle and methods are shown. In one example, the coated sulfur particles are used as an electrode in a battery, such as a lithium ion battery.

A current collector for a lithium ion battery includes a first conductive resin layer and a second conductive resin layer. The first conductive resin layer includes a first conductive filler. The second conductive resin layer is formed on the first conductive resin layer and includes a second conductive filler. The first conductive filler is a conductive carbon. The second conductive filler contains at least one kind of metal element selected from the group consisting of platinum, gold, silver, copper, nickel, and titanium. A volume % of the second conductive filler in the second conductive resin layer on a first surface side, which is a first conductive resin layer side, is higher than that on the second surface side that is opposite to the first conductive resin layer.

Silicon particles for active materials and electro-chemical cells are provided. The active materials comprising silicon particles described herein can be utilized as an electrode material for a battery. In certain embodiments, the composite material includes greater than 0% and less than about 90% by weight of silicon particles. The silicon particles have an average particle size between about 0.1 μm and about 30 μm and a surface including nanometer-sized features. The composite material also includes greater than 0% and less than about 90% by weight of one or more types of carbon phases. At least one of the one or more types of carbon phases is a substantially continuous phase.

A highly dispersed silicon-carbon solid sol, a preparation method and application thereof. In the high-dispersion silicon-carbon solid sol, the silicon is a dispersed substance, the carbon is a dispersion medium. The silicon is covered by a continuous carbon layer or buried in a continuous carbon phase; a size of the silicon is less than 80 nm at least in one of dimensions, and a mass percentage of the silicon in the highly dispersed silicon-carbon solid sol is 5% to 90%. The nano-silicon particles are covered by the continuous carbon phase, which is not only conducive to obtaining nano-silicon particles with very small sizes, but also can effectively prevent the late oxidation of nano-silicon.

A free-standing electrode film may comprise an electrode active material and a composite binder comprising polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP). An electrode for an energy storage device may comprise a current collector and a film on the current collector, the film including an electrode active material and a composite binder comprising PTFE and PVP. A method of manufacturing a free-standing electrode film may comprise preparing a mixture including an electrode active material and a composite binder, the composite binder comprising PTFE and one or more additional binders selected from the group consisting of PVP, polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), polyethylene oxide (PEO), and carboxymethylcellulose (CMC). The method may further comprise adding a solvent to the mixture, subjecting the mixture to a shear force, and, after the solvent has been added and the mixture has been subjected to the shear force, pressing the mixture into a free-standing film.

An extrusion head (1) for molding a pole piece and a molding device comprising same, and a molding method and a preparation method therefor. The extrusion head (1) comprises an extrusion head (1) housing, and a through extrusion channel (6) is provided inside the extrusion head (1) housing in an extrusion direction; and the extrusion channel (6) is divided into a transition cavity (61) and a molding cavity (62) that are in sequential butt joint and communication in the extrusion direction, and the diameter of the annular surface of the inner wall of the transition cavity (61) is gradually reduced in the extrusion direction.

A method of fabricating an electrode is provided. The method includes adding one or more dry powders to an extruder barrel of an extruder at a first location, adding one or more solvents to the extruder barrel at a second location that is downstream of the first location to form a material mixture, applying a mixing force to the material mixture to form a paste, and extruding the paste as a continuous film onto one or more surfaces of a current collector to form the electrode. The one or more dry powders include an electroactive material. The paste is a homogeneous semi-solid having a solids content greater than or equal to about 60% to less than or equal to about 90%. The continuous film has a thickness greater than or equal to about 50 μm to less than or equal to about 500 μm.