The present application relates to a battery module, comprising a first type of battery cells and a second type of battery cells electrically connected at least in series, wherein the first type of battery cells and the second type of battery cells are battery cells with different chemical systems, the first type of battery cells comprises N first battery cells, the second type of battery cells comprises M second battery cells, N and M are positive integers, the first battery cell comprises a first separator and a first electrolyte, the second battery cell comprises a second separator and a second electrolyte, a kinetic characteristic factor x1 of the first battery cell is: x1=1000×(ε1×r1)/(τ1×t1×θ1), a kinetic characteristic factor x2 of the second battery cell is: x2=1000×(ε2×r2)/(τ2×t2×θ2), and x1 and x2 satisfy: 0.01≤x1/x2≤160.