Abstract:
A negative electrode for a metal battery, the negative electrode a metal substrate; and a protective layer disposed directly on at least a portion of the metal substrate, wherein the protective layer comprises an ion-conductive oligomer, wherein the ion-conductive oligomer comprises an ion-conductive structural unit in at least one of a main chain and a side chain of the an ion-conductive oligomer, and at least two hydrogen-bond-forming functional groups at different ends of the ion-conductive oligomer, and wherein the protective layer has a thickness of 5 micrometers or less.
Abstract:
A metal-air battery includes: at least one positive electrode layer, which is configured for using oxygen as an active material and includes a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a gas diffusion layer on the first surface of the positive electrode layer and including a plurality of carbon fibers; an electrolyte layer on the second surface of the positive electrode layer; and a negative electrode metal layer on the electrolyte layer, wherein the positive electrode layer includes a plurality of grooves, and wherein portions of the plurality of carbon fibers are in the grooves.
Abstract:
A lithium secondary battery includes: a lithium secondary cell including a surface parallel to an electrode surface, a single-body pressing structure configured to apply pressure to the surface of the lithium secondary cell, wherein the pressing structure is configured to contract and expand in response to a change of volume of the lithium secondary cell; and a housing that accommodates the lithium secondary cell and the pressing structure, wherein an area of a surface of the lithium secondary battery which is parallel to the electrode surface is less than an area of a surface of the lithium secondary battery which is orthogonal to the electrode surface.
Abstract:
A gas diffusion layer for a metal-air battery may include a plurality of carbon nanotube thin films that are arranged to be stacked, and the carbon nanotube thin films may include a plurality of first carbon nanotubes arranged in a predetermined direction. The gas diffusion layer for the metal-air battery may include a plurality of carbon nanotube thin films in which a plurality of carbon nanotubes are arranged such that they cross each other by a floating catalyst chemical vapor deposition (“FCCVD”) method.
Abstract:
A metal-air battery includes a battery module configured to generate electricity by oxidation of a metal and reduction of oxygen; an air supply module configured to remove an impurity from air fed to the air supply module, exhaust a purified air which is purified by removing the impurity in the air, and a purge air including the removed impurity to an outside of the air supply module; a first cooling channel connected to the air supply module, wherein the first cooling channel is configured to supply purified air to the battery module an to cool the battery module; and a second cooling channel connected to the air supply module, wherein the second cooling channel is configured to supply the purge air to an external surface of the battery module and to cool the battery module.
Abstract:
A metal air battery system includes an air intake apparatus configured to draw external air, a metal air battery module configured to receive oxygen from the air intake apparatus to perform a discharging reaction, and comprising at least one inlet through configured for oxygen inflow and at least one outlet configured for oxygen outflow, and a flow path connection unit connecting the air intake apparatus to the metal air battery module. A position of the at least one inlet and a position of the at least one outlet is con figured to alternate between a first opening in the metal air battery module and a second opening in the metal air battery module as the metal air battery module is discharged, and the metal air battery system is configured so that at least a portion of the oxygen in the metal air battery module is removed during a charging reaction.
Abstract:
A metal air battery includes a multi module air supply unit having air suction units or air purification units in a parallel arrangement. The metal air battery further includes a battery module including a metal air cell and the air supply unit which supplies the air to the battery module. The air supply unit includes an air suction unit which suctions air and an air purification unit that adsorbs impurities such as moisture and nitrogen from the suctioned air. The air suction unit or the air purification unit may be provided in plural to be in a parallel arrangement to define the multi module air supply unit.
Abstract:
An air electrode including: a carbonaceous material having an electrolyte-philic ion-dissociative functional group coated on a surface thereof; a lithium salt; and an electrolyte, wherein the carbonaceous material has a specific surface area of about 500 m2/g or greater, and the electrolyte-philic ion-dissociative functional group is electrochemically stable in a voltage range of about 1.5 V to about 4.5 V with respect to lithium.
Abstract:
A metal air battery includes: a battery module comprising a metal air cell configured to use oxygen as a positive electrode active material; an air channel unit including a fluid tube extending from a side of a cathode layer of the metal air cell to a side of a metal anode layer of the metal air cell; and an air supply unit configured to supply air to the air channel unit, wherein the fluid tube is configured to direct air from the side of the cathode layer of the metal air cell to the side of the metal anode layer of the metal air cell.
Abstract:
A metal-air battery includes a battery module configured to provide electricity by oxidation of a metal and reduction of oxygen in air; and a first air purifier in fluid communication with the battery module and including a condenser configured to condense moisture in the air and remove the condensed moisture.