POUCH-SHAPED BATTERY CELL WITH IMPROVED THERMAL STABILITY

The present invention relates to a pouch-shaped battery cell with improved thermal safety, and more particularly to a pouch-shaped battery cell including an electrode assembly having a pair of electrode tabs provided at one side or opposing sides of the electrode assembly, a cell case configured to receive the electrode assembly, a pair of electrode leads, one side of each of the pair of electrode leads being connected to a corresponding one of the electrode tabs, the other side of each of the electrode leads protruding outwards from the cell case, a lead film located between the cell case and each of the electrode leads, and a thermal fuse unit, wherein at a predetermined temperature or higher, the thermal fuse unit is operated to induce occurrence of a short circuit.