IP Library Granted Patent US 11,769,883
Granted Patent B2
US 11,769,883 · App. 15/734,469 · Granted Sep 26, 2023

Electrode plate and electrochemical device

Inventors: Chengdu Liang (Ningde, CN); Jing Li (Ningde, CN); Wei Li (Ningde, CN); Qingrui Xue (Ningde, CN); Zige Zhang (Ningde, CN); Xianwei Yang (Ningde, CN)
Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
H01M4/667H01M4/13H01M4/622H01M4/625H01M4/661H01M4/668H01M10/0525H01M2004/021
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Patent No.
US 11,769,883
App. No.
15/734,469
Granted
Sep 26, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The electrode plate includes a current collector and an electrode active material layer disposed on at least one surface of the current collector, wherein the current collector includes a support layer and a conductive layer, the conductive layer has a single-sided thickness D 2 satisfying: 30 nm≤D 2 ≤3 μm; the electrode active material layer is divided into two regions, an inner region and an outer region in a thickness direction of the electrode active material layer, in which the weight percentage of the conductive agent in the inner region of the electrode active material layer is higher than the weight percentage content of the conductive agent in the outer region of the electrode active material layer, and the conductive agent in the inner region of the electrode active material layer includes at least one of a one-dimensional conductive material and a two-dimensional conductive material.

Claims (16)

1. An electrode plate comprising a current collector ( 10 , 20 ) and an electrode active material layer ( 11 , 21 ) disposed on at least one surface of the current collector ( 10 , 20 ), wherein, the current collector ( 10 , 20 ) comprises a support layer ( 101 , 201 ) and a metal conductive layer ( 102 , 202 ) disposed on at least one surface of the support layer ( 101 , 201 ), the metal conductive layer ( 102 , 202 ) has a single-sided thickness D 2 that satisfies: 30 nm≤D 2 ≤3 μm; and

the electrode active material layer ( 11 , 21 ) comprises an electrode active material, a binder and a conductive agent; and the electrode active material layer ( 11 , 21 ) is divided into two regions, an inner region and an outer region, in a thickness direction of the electrode active material layer; and the conductive agent is unevenly distributed in the electrode active material layer ( 11 , 21 ) in a thickness direction of the electrode active material layer ( 11 , 21 ), in which the weight percentage of the conductive agent in the inner region of the electrode active material layer is higher than the weight percentage content of the conductive agent in the outer region of the electrode active material layer ( 11 , 21 ) based on the total weight of the electrode active material layer ( 11 , 21 ), and the conductive agent in the inner region of the electrode active material layer ( 11 , 21 ) comprises at least one of a one-dimensional conductive carbon and a two-dimensional conductive carbon; and the conductive agent is present in a weight percentage of 50% to 80% and the binder is present in a weight percentage of 20% to 50%, based on the total weight of the electrode active material layer ( 11 , 21 ) at the inner region; and

the electrode active material layer ( 11 , 21 ) is in direct contact with the conductive layer ( 102 , 202 ) and the conductive layer ( 102 , 202 ) is in direct contact with the support layer ( 101 , 201 ) or the conductive layer ( 102 , 202 ) is further provided with a protective layer ( 103 , 203 ) on its surface, the protective layer ( 103 , 203 ) being provided on one surface of the conductive layer ( 102 , 202 ) of the current collector ( 10 , 20 ) toward the support layer ( 101 , 201 ); the protective layer ( 103 , 203 ) is a metal protective layer or a metal oxide protective layer; and the protective layer ( 103 , 203 ) has a thickness that satisfies: D 3 ≤ 1/10D 2 and 5 nm≤D 3 ≤500 nm; and

the support layer comprises a material selected from at least one of insulating polymer materials, insulating polymer composite materials, conductive polymer materials, and conductive polymer composite materials, preferably from insulating polymer materials, or insulating polymer composite materials.

2. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the metal conductive layer comprises a material of at least one of aluminum, copper, nickel, titanium, silver, nickel-copper alloy, and aluminum-zirconium alloy.

3. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the support layer ( 101 , 201 ) has a thickness D 1 that satisfies: 1 μm≤D 1 ≤30 μm; preferably 1 μm≤D 1 ≤15 μm.

4. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the support layer ( 101 , 201 ) has a normal temperature Young's modulus that satisfies: 20 GPa≥E≥4 GPa.

5. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein there are cracks in the conductive layer ( 102 , 202 ).

6. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive layer ( 102 , 202 ) has a single-sided thickness D 2 that satisfies 500 nm≤D 2 ≤1.5 μm.

7. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the one-dimensional conductive carbon is carbon nanotubes, the carbon nanotubes having an aspect ratio of preferably 1000 to 5000; the two-dimensional conductive carbon is flake conductive graphite, graphene, preferably, the flake conductive graphite has a volume average particle diameter D 50 of 0.01 μm˜0.1 μm.

8. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the weight percentage of the binder in the inner region is higher than the weight percentage content of the binder in the outer region.

9. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the inner region has a thickness H of 0.1 to 5 μm; preferably H/D 2 is 0.5:1 to 5:1.

10. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode active material has a volume average particle diameter D 50 of 5-15 μm.

11. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the binder is present in the outer region in a weight percentage of not less than 1 wt %, based on the total weight of the electrode active material layer ( 11 , 21 ) at the outer region.

12. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive agent in the outer region of the electrode active material layer ( 11 , 21 ) also comprises at least one of a one-dimensional conductive carbon or a two-dimensional conductive carbon.

13. An electrochemical device comprising a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, a separator and electrolyte wherein the positive electrode plate and/or the negative electrode plate is the electrode plate according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2024
From: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 068338/0723 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 2, 2020
From: LIANG, CHENGDU; LI, JING; LI, WEI; XUE, QINGRUI; ZHANG, ZIGE; YANG, XIANWEI
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 054522/0575 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201811637655.4 · Dec 29, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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