IP Library Granted Patent US 9,246,186
Granted Patent B2
US 9,246,186 · App. 14/175,361 · Granted Jan 26, 2016

Electrode assembly, fabricating method of the electrode assembly and electrochemical cell containing the electrode assembly

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Patent No.
US 9,246,186
App. No.
14/175,361
Granted
Jan 26, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fabricating method of a unit structure for accomplishing an electrode assembly formed by a stacking method, and an electrochemical cell including the same are disclosed. The fabricating method of the electrode assembly is characterized with fabricating the unit structure by conducting a first process of laminating and forming a bicell having a first electrode/separator/second electrode/separator/first electrode structure, and conducting a second process of laminating first separator/second electrode/second separator one by one on one of the first electrode among two of the first electrodes.

Claims (13)

1. A fabricating method of an electrode assembly comprising a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator, a unit structure of the electrode assembly being manufactured by:

conducting a first process of laminating and forming a bicell having a first electrode/separator/second electrode/separator/first electrode structure; and

conducting a second process of laminating first separator/second electrode/second separator one by one on one of the first electrode among two of the first electrodes,

wherein a temperature applied for the laminating in the second process is lower by 20° C. to 50° C. than a temperature applied for the laminating in the first process.

2. The fabricating method of an electrode assembly of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of the unit structures are stacked.

3. The fabricating method of an electrode assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first process and the second process are conducted as a continuous process.

4. The fabricating method of an electrode assembly of claim 1 , wherein both sides of the first separator are coated with a coating material having adhesiveness, and one side of the second separator making a contact with the second electrode is coated with the coating material having adhesiveness.

5. The fabricating method of an electrode assembly of claim 4 , wherein the coating material is a mixture of inorganic particles and a binder polymer.

6. The fabricating method of an electrode assembly of claim 1 , wherein both sides of the separator included in the bicell are coated with a coating material having adhesiveness.

7. The fabricating method of an electrode assembly of claim 6 , wherein the coating material is a mixture of inorganic particles and a binder polymer.

8. The fabricating method of an electrode assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are double sided electrodes comprising a coated structure on both sides of a current collector with an active material.

9. The fabricating method of an electrode assembly of claim 1 , wherein a pressure applied for the laminating in the second process is 40% to 60% of a pressure applied for the laminating in the first process.

10. The fabricating method of an electrode assembly of claim 1 , wherein a temperature applied to an upper block and a lower block of a laminator for conducting the second process is different by 10° C. to 30° C.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2021
From: LG CHEM, LTD.
To: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058295/0068 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2014
From: KU, DAE GEUN; KIM, HYUK SU; HUH, JUN WOO; LEE, HYANG MOK; AHN, CHANG BUM
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
Reel/Frame 033321/0275 →