IP Library Granted Patent US 9,048,502
Granted Patent B2
US 9,048,502 · App. 13/993,892 · Granted Jun 2, 2015

Lithium secondary battery and method for producing the same

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Patent No.
US 9,048,502
App. No.
13/993,892
Granted
Jun 2, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lithium secondary battery and a method for producing the lithium secondary battery. The lithium secondary battery includes a negative electrode 1 in which negative electrode mixture layers 2 and 3 that contain active material particles containing silicon and/or a silicon alloy and a binder are disposed on the surfaces of a current collector 4 . A electrode body is formed by spirally winding, from inside to outside, a laminate body; and in an outer end portion of the negative electrode 1 , the negative electrode mixture layers 2 and 3 have tapering portions 2 a and 3 a whose thicknesses decrease toward ends 2 b and 3 b of the negative electrode mixture layers 2 and 3 ; and oozing portions 2 d and 3 d mainly containing the binder are formed at the tips of the tapering portions 2 a and 3 a of the negative electrode mixture layers 2 and 3.

Claims (6)

1. A lithium secondary battery comprising a negative electrode in which a negative electrode mixture layer that contains active material particles containing silicon and/or a silicon alloy and a binder is disposed on a surface of a current collector; a positive electrode; a separator disposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode; a non-aqueous electrolyte; and a casing that houses the negative electrode, the positive electrode, the separator, and the non-aqueous electrolyte,

wherein an electrode body formed by spirally winding, from inside to outside, a laminate body in which the negative electrode, the separator, and the positive electrode are stacked is housed in the casing,

in an outer end portion of the negative electrode, the negative electrode mixture layer has a tapering portion whose thickness decreases toward an end of the negative electrode mixture layer; and an oozing portion mainly containing the binder is formed at a tip of the tapering portion of the negative electrode mixture layer.

2. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a negative electrode tab is disposed on the current collector in a region not containing the negative electrode mixture layer in the outer end portion of the negative electrode; and the negative electrode tab is positioned in a region formed by extensions of lines that connect a center of the electrode body and the tapering portion.

3. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein negative electrode mixture layers are formed on both surfaces of the current collector; and the tapering portion of one of the negative electrode mixture layers is positioned on an outer side or an inner side with respect to the tapering portion of the other one of the negative electrode mixture layers such that the tapering portions are displaced from each other.

4. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein negative electrode mixture layers are formed on both surfaces of the current collector; and the tapering portion of one of the negative electrode mixture layers is positioned on an outer side or an inner side with respect to the tapering portion of the other one of the negative electrode mixture layers such that the tapering portions are displaced from each other.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Aug 29, 2023
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC ENERGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064745/0405 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 14, 2013
From: SAWA, SHOUICHIRO; FUKUI, ATSUSHI; WATANABE, YASUNORI; SUNANO, TAIZOU
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 030617/0805 →