Battery module

A battery module, comprising:

• a plurality of pouch-type secondary batteries standing in a vertical direction and arranged in a right and left direction;
• a plurality of cartridges configured to accommodate the pouch-type secondary batteries in an inner space thereof and stacked in a right and left direction;
• a cooling plate made of a thermally-conductive material and disposed at a lower portion of the cartridges so that the cartridges are placed thereon, the cooling plate having an upper surface which is at least partially adhered and fixed to the cartridges by means of an adhesive;
• and
• a plurality of cooling fins, each cooling fin being disposed to contact a surface of a respective secondary battery, and each cooling fin having a lower end contacting the cooling plate at a respective contacting surface,
• wherein the plurality of cooling fins includes two adjacent cooling fins that abut against one another with the lower ends of the two adjacent cooling fins forming a shape that corresponds to a shape of the cooling plate at the entirety of the respective contacting surface and that corresponds to a shape of a lower portion of the cartridges, each cartridge being located between a respective battery and an entirety of the lower end of the respective cooling fin,
• wherein the cooling plate has a convex portion formed at an upper surface thereof in an upper direction, and
• wherein each cartridge has a concave portion formed at the lower portion thereof that has a shape corresponding to the convex portion of the cooling plate.