BATTERY MODULE WITH IMPROVED SAFETY

Disclosed is a battery module with improved safety even in a specific event situation such as thermal runaway. The battery module includes a plurality of pouch-type battery cells respectively having an accommodation portion and a sealing portion and configured to be stacked on each other; a module case configured to accommodate the plurality of pouch-type battery cells in an inner space thereof; and a barrier member interposed between the accommodation portions of neighboring pouch-type battery cells and configured to have at least one side protrusively extending from a portion between the accommodation portions of the neighboring pouch-type battery cells to a portion between the sealing portions of the neighboring pouch-type battery cells.