Lithium ion battery

A lithium ion battery, comprising:

• a support member including a plurality of cavities defined by cavity surfaces, wherein each of the plurality of cavities is configured to receive a lithium ion core member through a cavity opening;
• a plurality of lithium ion core members, each of the plurality of lithium ion core members (i) including an anode, a cathode, a separator positioned between the anode and the cathode, and electrolyte, and (ii) positioned in one of the plurality of cavities of the support member, and
• a hermetically sealed enclosure that (i) surrounds and encloses the support member, and (ii) defines a shared atmosphere region;
• wherein each of the lithium ion core members is surrounded by a cavity surface of one of the plurality of cavities along its length such that electrolyte is prevented from escaping the cavity within which it is contained;
• wherein the anode, cathode and electrolyte of each ion core member communicates with the shared atmosphere region through a cavity opening when positioned in a cavity of the support member;
• and
• wherein electrical connection of the lithium ion core members is selected from the group consisting of:
• (i) parallel connection of the lithium ion core members, (ii) series connection of the lithium ion core members, and (iii) parallel connection of a first set of lithium ion core members, parallel connection of a second set of lithium ion core members, and series connection of the first set of lithium ion core members and the second set of lithium ion core members.