Laminated lithium battery module
The present invention provides a battery module, comprising a battery cell and a current collector sheet, the battery cell is provided with a positive electrode tab and a negative electrode tab, the positive electrode tab and the negative electrode tab are located at the opposite ends of the battery cell, the adjacent battery cells form a Z-type arrangement through the current collector sheet by putting the tabs in series, the said positive electrode tab of the battery cell is an aluminum foil tab or a copper foil tab, the negative electrode tab is a copper foil tab or an aluminum foil tab, and the material of the positive electrode tab and that of the negative electrode tab are not the same, the said current collector sheet is a combined current collector sheet, the current collector sheet is combined by an aluminum sheet and a copper sheet.
1. A laminated lithium battery module, comprising:
battery cells; and
current collector sheets, wherein at least one battery cell is provided with a positive electrode tab and a negative electrode tab, the positive electrode tab and the negative electrode tab are located respectively at opposite ends of the battery cell;
wherein the positive electrode tab and the negative electrode tab for each battery cell are formed by different material each of the current collector sheet is a combined current collector sheet which is made by a combination of an aluminum sheet and a copper sheet, and the aluminum sheet and the copper sheet are affixed by riveting or welding;
wherein adjacent battery cells are connected to form a Z-shaped arrangement by a series connection or a parallel connection of at least one current collector sheet;
wherein for each positive electrode tab and negative electrode tab, its one end connects with its corresponding battery cell, and the other end connects with the current collector sheet.
2. The laminated lithium battery module of claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a length of the battery cell to a width of the battery cell is about 2:1 to 8:1.
3. The laminated lithium battery module of claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a length of the battery cell to a width of the battery cell is about 4:1 to 6:1.
4. The laminated lithium battery module of claim 1 , wherein at least one positive electrode tab of the battery cell is an aluminum foil tab or a copper foil tab, at least one negative electrode tab is a copper foil tab or an aluminum foil tab.
5. The laminated lithium battery module of claim 4 , wherein the aluminum sheet and the copper sheet are respectively provided with a welding groove.
6. The laminated lithium battery module of claim 5 , wherein the copper foil tab is welded on the welding groove of the copper sheet; the aluminum foil tab is welded on the welding groove of the aluminum sheet.
7. The laminated lithium battery module of claim 1 , wherein a separator is provided between adjacent battery cells, a surface area of the separator is larger than the surface area of the battery cell.
8. The laminated lithium battery module of claim 7 , wherein the separator is formed with concave and convex patterns, the concave and convex patterns being distributed over the entire separator.
9. The laminated lithium battery module of claim 8 , wherein the concave and convex patterns are selected from diamond-shaped concave and convex patterns, square-shaped concave and convex patterns, triangle-shaped concave and convex patterns, strip-shaped concave and convex patterns, or orange peel-shaped concave and convex patterns.
10. The laminated lithium battery module of claim 1 , wherein the lithium battery module is provided with a temperature sensor, the temperature sensor being provided at the tabs of the battery module.
11. The laminated lithium battery module of claim 1 , wherein the positions of the tabs of both ends of the battery module are provided with a harness assembly, the harness assembly being provided with a harness channel.
12. The laminated lithium battery module of claim 1 , wherein both ends of the tabs of the battery cell are provided with a fixed frame, the fixed frame are provided with blocking portions that hold the tabs of the battery cell, the battery cell being sandwiched between two fixed frames.
13. The laminated lithium battery module of claim 12 , wherein the fixed frames are provided with buffer rings between them, the buffer rings sheathe the battery cell.
14. The laminated lithium battery module of claim 1 , wherein both end surfaces of the battery module are separately provided with a cushion.
15. The laminated lithium battery module according to claim 1 , wherein the said battery module is provided in a battery case; the opening of the said battery case is sealed by a cover.
16. The laminated lithium battery module of claim 15 , wherein the outer wall of the case is provided with a plurality of longitudinal reinforcing ribs.
17. The laminated lithium battery module of claim 15 , wherein the outer surface of the case is provided with explosion-proof grooves, the notch depth of the explosion-proof groove is about 20%-50% of the wall thickness of the case.
18. The laminated lithium battery module of claim 17 , wherein the explosion-proof groove includes a U-type groove.
19. The laminated lithium battery module of claim 15 , wherein the case is provided with flexible connecting bars connected to the cover.