Cylindrical secondary battery of improved safety

1. A secondary battery having a jelly roll type electrode assembly (‘jelly roll’) of a cathode/separator/anode structure mounted in a battery container, wherein a seal tape is attached to an outer side of the jelly roll comprising a wound end of the jelly roll, and the seal tape reacts with an electrolyte with the result that the seal tape is gelled,

wherein the seal tape comprises a tape-shaped film substrate and an adhesive layer applied to a side of the film substrate contacting the jelly roll, and the film substrate is gelled, and

wherein, when the seal tape is impregnated with the electrolyte, a physical property of the film substrate is changed into a form exhibiting adhesiveness.

2. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the battery container is a cylindrical container.

3. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the seal tape has a size equivalent to 50 to 90% of a length of an outer circumference of the jelly roll.

4. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the film substrate has a thickness of 10 to 30 μm, and the adhesive layer has a thickness of 2 to 10 μm.

5. The secondary battery according to claim 4 , wherein the adhesive layer is formed of an acryl adhesive or a styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) adhesive.

6. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein movement of the jelly roll in the battery container is prevented by adhesiveness of the film substrate according to gelling of the film substrate.

7. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the seal tape is formed of cellulose acetate.

8. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the battery is a cylindrical lithium secondary battery.