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A modular battery includes a housing, a first planar battery cell having a first planar electrode surface, a second planar battery cell having a second planar electrode surface, and an interconnector disposed between the first planar surface and the second planar surface and electrically connecting

A modular battery includes a housing, a first planar battery cell having a first planar electrode surface, a second planar battery cell having a second planar electrode surface, and an interconnector disposed between the first planar surface and the second planar surface and electrically connecting the first and second planar electrode surfaces, side peripheries of the interconnector, the first and second planar battery cells being electrically insulated from the housing. A method is also provided.

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1. A modular battery comprising: a housing,a first planar battery cell including a plurality of first electrodes, one of the first electrodes having a first planar electrode surface,a second planar battery cell including a plurality of second electrodes, one of the second electrodes having a second

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A modular battery comprising: a housing,a first planar battery cell including a plurality of first electrodes, one of the first electrodes having a first planar electrode surface,a second planar battery cell including a plurality of second electrodes, one of the second electrodes having a second planar electrode surface, andan interconnector disposed between the first planar electrode surface and the second planar electrode surface and electrically connecting the first and second planar electrode surfaces, side peripheries of the interconnector, the first planar battery cell and second planar battery cell being electrically insulated from the housing, the interconnector being positioned parallel to the first planar electrode surface and the second planar electrode surface so as to space the first electrodes from the second electrodes,wherein the plurality of first electrodes includes a plurality of first positive electrodes and a plurality of first negative electrodes, the first positive electrodes being electrically and physically connected to each other at a first longitudinal end of the first planar battery cell, the first negative electrodes being electrically and physically connected to each other at a second longitudinal end of the first planar battery cell, the interconnector extending in a longitudinal direction along the first planar electrode surface from the first longitudinal end to the second longitudinal end. 2. The modular battery as recited in claim 1 wherein the first and second planar battery cells include an electrically insulating material on their side peripheries and contact the housing. 3. The modular battery as recited in claim 1 wherein the first and second planar battery cells include a thermally conducting material on their side peripheries and contact the housing. 4. The modular battery as recited in claim 1 wherein an inside of the housing is electrically insulating and thermally conducting. 5. The modular battery as recited in claim 2 wherein the interconnector is spaced from the housing. 6. The modular battery as recited in claim 1 wherein the interconnector is spaced from the housing so as to define a spacing. 7. The modular battery as recited in claim 6 wherein an inert gas fills the spacing. 8. The modular battery as recited in claim 6 further comprising a sealant thermally connecting the side periphery of the interconnector to the housing. 9. The modular battery as recited in claim 8 wherein the sealant contains a polymer. 10. The modular battery as recited in claim 6 further comprising a gasket in the spacing. 11. The modular battery as recited in claim 1 further comprising further planar battery cells and further interconnectors. 12. The modular battery as recited in claim 1 wherein the first electrode having the first planar electrode surface is formed by a first positive end electrode and the second electrode including the second planar electrode surface is formed by a first negative end electrode. 13. The modular battery as recited in claim 12 wherein the plurality of second electrodes includes at least one further negative electrode, the plurality of positive electrodes being electrically connected to the interconnector via the first positive end electrode, the at least one further negative electrode being electrically connected to the interconnector via the first negative end electrode. 14. The modular battery as recited in claim 1 further comprising a second interconnector and a third interconnector, one of the first electrodes including an additional first planar electrode surface and one of the second electrodes including an additional second planer electrode surface, the second interconnector electrically connected to the additional first planar electrode surface, the third interconnector electrically connected to the additional second planar electrode surface, the interconnector, the second interconnector, the third interconnector, the first plan electrode surface, the second planar electrode surface, the additional first planar electrode surface and the additional second planar electrode surface being stacked parallel to each other. 15. The modular battery as recited in claim 1 wherein the interconnector includes a first electrically connecting planar side and a second electrically connecting planar side, the first electrically connecting planar side being parallel and in contact with the first planar electrode surface, the second electrically connecting planar side being parallel and in contact with the second planar electrode surface. 16. The modular battery as recited in claim 15 wherein the first planar electrode surface covers an entirety of the first electrically connecting planar side and the second planar electrode surface covers an entirety of the second electrically connecting planar side. 17. A method for forming a modular battery comprising: placing a first planar battery cell in a housing, the first planar battery cell including a plurality of first electrodes, one of the first electrodes having a first planar electrode surface the plurality of first electrodes including a plurality of first positive electrodes and a plurality of first negative electrodes, the first positive electrodes being electrically and physically connected to each other at a first longitudinal end of the first planar battery cell, the first negative electrodes being electrically and physically connected to each other at a second longitudinal end of the first planar battery cell,placing an interconnector over the first planar electrode surface in the housing such that the interconnector is positioned parallel to the first planar electrode surface,placing a second planar battery cell in the housing, the second planar battery cell including a plurality of second electrodes, one of the second electrodes having a second planar electrode surface, the second planar electrode surface being placed over the interconnector parallel to the interconnector,so that the interconnector electrically connects the first and second planar electrode surfaces and side peripheries of the interconnector, the first planar battery cell and the second planar battery cell being electrically insulated from the housing, and so that the interconnector extends in a longitudinal direction along the first planar electrode surface from the first longitudinal end to the second longitudinal end. 18. The method as recited in claim 17 further comprising injecting a sealant into the housing to thermally connect the side periphery of the interconnector to the housing. 19. The method as recited in claim 17 further comprising injecting an inert gas into the housing. 20. The method as recited in claim 17 further comprising placing a gasket around the side periphery of the interconnector. 21. The method as recited in claim 17 wherein the interconnector includes a first electrically connecting side and a second electrically connecting side, interconnector being placed over the first planar electrode surface and the second planar electrode surface being placed over the interconnector such that the first electrically connecting planar side is parallel and in contact with the first planar electrode surface, the second electrically connecting planar side is parallel and in contact with the second planar electrode surface. 22. The method as recited in claim 21 wherein the interconnector is placed over the first planar electrode surface and the second planar electrode surface is placed over the interconnector such that the first planar electrode surface covers an entirety of the first electrically connecting planar side and the second planar electrode surface covers an entirety of the second electrically connecting planar side. 23. A modular battery comprising: a housing,a first planar battery cell including a plurality of first electrodes, one of the first electrodes having a first planar electrode surface,a second planar battery cell including a plurality of second electrodes, one of the second electrodes having a second planar electrode surface, andan interconnector disposed between the first planar electrode surface and the second planar electrode surface and electrically connecting the first and second planar electrode surfaces, side peripheries of the interconnector, the first planar battery cell and second planar battery cell being electrically insulated from the housing, the interconnector being positioned parallel to the first planar electrode surface and the second planar electrode surface so as to space the first electrodes from the second electrodes,wherein the first electrode having the first planar electrode surface is formed by a first positive end electrode and the second electrode including the second planar electrode surfaces is formed by a first negative end electrode,wherein the plurality of first electrodes includes at least one further positive electrode and the plurality of second electrode includes at least one further negative electrode, the at least one further positive electrode being electrically connected to the interconnector via the first positive end electrode, the at least one further negative electrode being electrically connected to the interconnector via the first negative end electrode,wherein the first positive end electrode and the at least one further positive electrode are connected to each other at ends thereof independently of the interconnector and the second negative end electrode and the at least one further negative electrode are connected to each other at ends thereof independently of the interconnector. 24. A method for forming a modular battery comprising: placing a first planar battery cell in a housing, the first planar battery cell including a plurality of first electrodes, one of the first electrodes having a first planar electrode surface, the first electrode having the first planar electrode surface being formed by a first positive end electrode, the plurality of first electrodes including at least one further positive electrode,placing an interconnector over the first planar electrode surface in the housing such that the interconnector is positioned parallel to the first planar electrode surface,placing a second planar battery cell in the housing, the second planar battery cell including a plurality of second electrodes, one of the second electrodes having a second planar electrode surface, the second planar electrode surface being placed over the interconnector parallel to the interconnector, the second electrode including the second planar electrode surface being formed by a first negative end electrode, the plurality of second electrodes includes at least one further negative electrode,so that the interconnector electrically connects the first and second planar electrode surface and side peripheries of the interconnector, the first planar battery cell and the second planar battery cell being electrically insulated from the housing, andso that the at least one further positive electrode is electrically connected to the interconnector via the first positive end electrode, the at least one further negative electrode is electrically connected to the interconnector via the first negative end electrode, the first positive end electrode and the at least one further positive electrode are connected to each other at ends thereof independently of the interconnector and the second negative end electrode and the at least one further negative electrode are connected to each other at ends thereof independently of the interconnector.