IP Library Granted Patent US 9,397,344
Granted Patent B2
US 9,397,344 · App. 14/484,463 · Granted Jul 19, 2016

Cable-type secondary battery

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Patent No.
US 9,397,344
App. No.
14/484,463
Granted
Jul 19, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a cable-type secondary battery, comprising: an inner electrode; a separation layer surrounding the outer surface of the inner electrode to prevent a short circuit between electrodes; and a sheet-form outer electrode spirally wound to surround the separation layer or the inner electrode.

Claims (37)

1. A cable-type secondary battery, comprising: an inner electrode;

a separation layer surrounding an outer surface of the inner electrode to prevent a short circuit between electrodes; and

a sheet-form outer electrode helically wound to surround the separation layer, wherein the sheet-form outer electrode is helically wound so that it does not overlap itself,

wherein the inner electrode has a hollow structure whose central part is empty; and

wherein the sheet-form outer electrode comprises a sheet-form outer current collector and an outer electrode active material layer formed on a surface of the sheet-form outer current collector.

2. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the inner electrode comprises a wire-form inner current collector being helically wound or a sheet-form inner current collectors being helically wound.

3. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the inner electrode comprises two or more wire-form inner current collectors being helically crossed with each other.

4. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the inner electrode is provided with a core of inner current collector, a core for supplying lithium ions, which comprises an electrolyte, or a filling core therein.

5. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 4 , wherein the core of inner current collector is made of carbon nanotube, stainless steel, aluminum, nickel, titanium, sintered carbon, or copper; stainless steel treated with carbon, nickel, titanium or silver on a surface thereof; an aluminum-cadmium alloy; a non-conductive polymer treated with a conductive material on a surface thereof; or a conductive polymer.

6. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 4 , wherein the core for supplying lithium ions comprises a gel polymer electrolyte and a support.

7. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 4 , wherein the core for supplying lithium ions comprises a liquid electrolyte and a porous carrier.

8. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 4 , wherein the electrolyte is selected from a non-aqueous electrolyte solution using ethylene carbonate (EC), propylene carbonate (PC), butylenes carbonate (BC), vinylene carbonate (VC), diethyl carbonate (DEC), dimethyl carbonate (DMC), ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC), methyl formate (MF), γ-butyrolactone (γ-BL), sulfolane, methyl acetate (MA) or methyl propionate (MP); a gel polymer electrolyte using PEO, PVdF, PVdF-HFP, PMMA, PAN, or PVAc; and a solid electrolyte using PEO, polypropylene oxide (PPO), polyether imine (PEI), polyethylene sulphide (PES), or polyvinyl acetate (PVAc).

9. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 4 , wherein the electrolyte further comprises a lithium salt.

10. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 9 , wherein the lithium salt is selected from LiCl, LiBr, LiI, LiClO 4 , LiBF 4 , LiB 10 Cl 10 , LiPF 6 , LiCF 3 SO 3 , LiCF 3 CO 2 , LiAsF 6 , LiSbF 6 , LiAlCl 4 , CH 3 SO 3 Li, CF 3 SO 3 Li, (CF 3 SO 2 ) 2 NLi, lithium chloroborate, lower aliphatic lithium carbonate, lithium tetraphenylborate, and a mixture thereof.

11. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 4 , wherein the filling core is made of polymer resins, rubber and inorganics in the form of a wire, a fiber, a powder, a mesh or a foam.

12. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the sheet-form outer electrode is helically wound so that each pass of its helical winding is separated by a space.

13. A cable-type secondary battery, comprising: an inner electrode;

a separation layer surrounding an outer surface of the inner electrode to prevent a short circuit between electrodes; and

a sheet-form outer electrode helically wound to surround the separation layer, wherein the sheet-form outer electrode is helically wound so that it does not overlap itself, and wherein the separation layer is an electrolyte layer or a separator; and

wherein the sheet-form outer electrode comprises a sheet-form outer current collector and an outer electrode active material layer formed on a surface of the sheet-form outer current collector.

14. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 13 , wherein the electrolyte layer comprises an electrolyte selected from a gel polymer electrolyte using PEO, PVdF, PMMA, PVdF-HFP, PAN, or PVAc; and a solid electrolyte using PEO, polypropylene oxide (PPO), polyether imine (PEI), polyethylene sulphide (PES), or polyvinyl acetate (PVAc).

15. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 13 , wherein the electrolyte layer further comprises a lithium salt.

16. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 15 , wherein the lithium salt is selected from the group consisting of LiCl, LiBr, LiI, LiClO 4 , LiBF 4 , LiB 10 Cl 10 , LiPF 6 , LiCF 3 SO 3 , LiCF 3 CO 2 , LiAsF 6 , LiSbF 6 , LiAlCl 4 , CH 3 SO 3 Li, CF 3 SO 3 Li, (CF 3 SO 2 ) 2 NLi, lithium chloroborate, lower aliphatic lithium carbonate, lithium tetraphenylborate, and a mixture thereof.

17. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 13 , wherein the separator is a porous polymer substrate made of a polyolefin-based polymer selected from the group consisting of ethylene homopolymers, propylene homopolymers, ethylene-butene copolymers, ethylene-hexene copolymers, and ethylene-methacrylate copolymers; a porous polymer substrate made of a polymer selected from the group consisting of polyesters, polyacetals, polyamides, polycarbonates, polyimides, polyether ether ketones, polyether sulfones, polyphenylene oxides, polyphenylene sulfides and polyethylene naphthalates; a porous substrate made of a mixture of inorganic particles and a binder polymer; or a separator having a porous coating layer formed on at least one surface of the porous polymer substrate and comprising inorganic particles and a binder polymer.

18. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 17 , wherein the porous polymer substrate is a porous polymer film substrate or a porous non-woven fabric substrate.

19. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 13 , wherein the sheet-form outer electrode is heli cally wound so that each pass of its helical winding is separated by a space.

20. A cable-type secondary battery, comprising: a core for supplying lithium ions, which comprise an electrolyte;

an inner electrode comprising a wire-form inner current collector which is wound to surround an outer surface of the core for supplying lithium ions, and an inner electrode active material layer formed on a surface of the wire-form inner current collector;

a separation layer surrounding an outer surface of the inner electrode to prevent a short circuit between electrodes; and

a sheet-form outer electrode helically wound to surround an outer surface of the separation layer, wherein the sheet-form outer electrode is helically wound so that it does not overlap itself, and wherein the outer electrode comprises a sheet-form outer current collector, an outer electrode active material layer formed on one surface of the sheet-form outer current collector, a conductive layer formed on the outer electrode active material layer and comprising a conductive material and a binder, a first porous supporting layer formed on the conductive layer, and a second supporting layer formed on another surface of the sheet-form outer current collector.

21. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 20 , wherein the sheet-form outer electrode is helically wound so that each pass of its helical winding is separated by a space.

22. A cable-type secondary battery, comprising:

two or more cores for supplying lithium ions, which comprise an electrolyte; two or more inner electrodes arranged in parallel to each other, each inner electrode comprising a wire-form inner current collector which is wound to surround an outer surface of each core for supplying lithium ions, and an inner electrode active material layer formed on a surface of the wire-form inner current collector;

a separation layer surrounding outer surfaces of the two or more inner electrodes to prevent a short circuit between electrodes; and

a sheet-form outer electrode helically wound to surround an outer surface of the separation layer, wherein the sheet-form outer electrode is helically wound so that it does not overlap itself, and wherein the outer electrode comprises an outer current collector, a sheet-form outer electrode active material layer formed on one surface of the sheet-form outer current collector, a conductive layer formed on the outer electrode active material layer and comprising a conductive material and a binder, a first porous supporting layer formed on the conductive layer, and a second supporting layer formed on another surface of the sheet-form outer current collector.

23. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 22 , wherein each inner electrode comprises a wire-form inner current collector being helically wound, or a sheet-form inner current collector being helically wound.

24. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 22 , wherein the sheet-form outer electrode is helically wound so that each pass of its helical winding is separated by a space.

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 Sep 15, 2014
From: KWON, YO-HAN; JUNG, HYE-RAN; KIM, EUN-KYUNG; KIM, JE-YOUNG; KIM, HYO-MI
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
Reel/Frame 033737/0547 →