| CPC H01M 10/0587 (2013.01) [H01M 4/64 (2013.01); H01M 4/70 (2013.01); H01M 50/107 (2021.01); H01M 50/152 (2021.01); H01M 50/179 (2021.01); H01M 50/183 (2021.01); H01M 50/188 (2021.01); H01M 50/213 (2021.01); H01M 50/242 (2021.01); H01M 50/507 (2021.01); H01M 50/509 (2021.01); H01M 50/531 (2021.01); H01M 50/533 (2021.01); H01M 50/536 (2021.01); H01M 50/55 (2021.01); H01M 50/559 (2021.01); H01M 50/567 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] | 79 Claims |

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1. An electrode assembly, comprising:
a first electrode;
a second electrode; and
a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first electrode, the second electrode, and the separator wound about an axis defining a core and an outer circumference of the electrode assembly,
wherein the first electrode includes a first portion coated with an active material and a second portion at a first side and adjacent the first portion, the second portion being exposed beyond the separator along a first axial direction of the electrode assembly,
wherein a part of the second portion is bent in a radial direction of the electrode assembly forming a first surface region including stacked layers of the second portion,
wherein, in a partial region of the first surface region, a number of the stacked layers of the second portion is 10 or more in the first axial direction,
wherein the second portion includes a plurality of segments, and
wherein segments immediately adjacent each other in the radial direction of the electrode assembly are offset in a circumferential direction of the electrode assembly.
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