Abstract:
Disclosed herein is an electrode assembly configured to have a structure in which two or more unit cells are sequentially stacked or a structure in which two or more unit cells are folded using a long sheet type separation film, wherein the unit cells include bi-cells, each of which includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator, at least one of the bi-cells includes a safety electrode configured such that an electrode active material is applied only to one major surface of an electrode current collector, the safety electrode includes a first surface, to which no electrode active material is applied, and a second surface, to which the electrode active material is applied, and the at least one of the bi-cells including the safety electrode is configured such that a safety separator, having a thickness equivalent to 110% to 220% of a thickness of a separator disposed between a positive electrode and a negative electrode or between a negative electrode and a positive electrode excluding the safety electrode, is added to the first surface and/or the second surface of the safety electrode.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a stacked/folded type electrode assembly configured to have a structure in which two or more unit cells, each of which includes a separator disposed between a positive electrode and a negative electrode, each having an electrode mixture including an electrode active material applied to a current collector, are wound using a sheet type separation film, wherein the positive electrode is configured to have a structure in which a positive electrode mixture is coated on an aluminum foil as the current collector and the negative electrode is configured to have a structure in which a negative electrode mixture is coated on a metal foil, other than the aluminum foil, as the current collector, the unit cells include one or more full-cells and/or bi-cells, one of the unit cells located at each outermost side of the electrode assembly is configured such that one outermost electrode of the unit cell is a single-sided electrode, the single-sided electrode being configured such that the electrode mixture is applied only to one major surface of the current collector facing the separator, and the separation film has higher elongation than the separator.