BATTERY CELL WITH A THERMAL RUNAWAY PROPAGATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME

A prismatic battery cell comprising a prismatic can defining a chamber, a first terminal and a second terminal each coupled to the prismatic can, a vent coupled to the prismatic can and in fluid communication with the chamber, and battery internals arranged in the chamber comprising at least one jelly roll. The prismatic battery cell further comprising a thermal runaway propagation management system comprising a bladder arranged in the chamber with respect to the at least one jelly roll, a port coupled to the prismatic can and in fluid communication with the bladder, and a fluid at least partially filling the bladder.