BATTERY CELL INCLUDING A STEEL PRISMATIC BATTERY CAN HAVING A THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE JUNCTION

A battery cell includes a battery can having a can bottom, a can top, a pair of can side walls, at least one seam, an electrode assembly disposed within the battery can, a thermally conductive junction disposed between the electrode assembly and an inside surface of the can bottom, and a pair of end cap plates. Each of the pair of end cap plates is disposed at opposing ends of the battery can. A top side of the thermally conductive junction is disposed adjacent to bottom edges of the electrode assembly, and a bottom side of the thermally conductive junction is fixedly attached to the inside surface of the can bottom, such that the thermally conductive junction electrically isolates the bottom edges of the electrode assembly from the battery can.