IP Library Granted Patent US 10,923,772
Granted Patent B2
US 10,923,772 · App. 15/766,997 · Granted Feb 16, 2021

Cable-type secondary battery and method for manufacturing the same

Inventors: Yo-Han Kwon (Daejeon, KR); In-Sung Uhm (Daejeon, KR); Je-Young Kim (Daejeon, KR); Young-Ji Yuk (Daejeon, KR)
H01M10/0587H01M2/02H01M2/34H01M4/13H01M4/62H01M4/75H01M10/056H01M10/058H01M10/0565H01M2220/30H01M2300/0017H01M2300/0082
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Patent No.
US 10,923,772
App. No.
15/766,997
Granted
Feb 16, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a cable-type secondary battery which includes: at least one inner electrode; a separation layer formed to surround the outer surface of the inner electrode and configured to prevent a short of the electrodes; a sheet-type outer electrode surrounding the separation layer or the inner electrode and formed by spiral winding; and a polymer electrolyte coating layer formed to surround the sheet-type outer electrode, wherein the sheet-type outer electrode is formed by spiral winding to avoid an overlap.

Claims (29)

1. A cable-type secondary battery which comprises:

an inner electrode;

a separation layer formed to surround an outer surface of the inner electrode and configured to prevent a short of the inner electrode;

a sheet-type outer electrode surrounding the separation layer or the inner electrode and formed by spiral winding; and

a polymer electrolyte coating layer formed to surround the sheet-type outer electrode, the polymer electrolyte coating layer having a thickness of 1-100 μm,

wherein the polymer electrolyte coating layer is impregnated with an electrolyte, so that the polymer electrolyte coating layer has conductivity, and

wherein the outer electrode includes an outer current collector, an outer electrode active material layer formed on one surface of the outer current collector, and a first support layer formed on the other surface of the outer current collector, and the sheet-type outer electrode is formed by spiral winding to avoid an overlap.

2. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the inner electrode comprises an inner current collector and an inner electrode active material layer formed on the surface of the inner current collector.

3. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the sheet-type outer electrode has a strip structure extended in one direction.

4. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the sheet-type outer electrode is formed by spiral winding with an interval of at most two times of the width of the sheet-type outer electrode so as to avoid an overlap.

5. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first support layer is a polymer film.

6. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the outer electrode further comprises a porous second support layer formed on the outer electrode active material layer.

7. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 6 , which further comprises a conductive material coating layer comprising a conductive material and a binder and formed on the second support layer.

8. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 7 , wherein the conductive material coating layer may comprises the conductive material and the binder mixed with each other at a weight ratio of 80:20-99:1.

9. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 6 , which further comprises a porous coating layer including a mixture of inorganic particles with a binder polymer and formed on the second support layer.

10. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the inner electrode is an anode or cathode, and the outer electrode is a cathode or anode corresponding to the inner electrode.

11. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 1 , which further comprises a protective coating formed to surround the outer surface of the polymer electrolyte coating layer.

12. A method for manufacturing a cable-type secondary battery, comprising the steps of:

preparing an electrode assembly comprising an inner electrode, a separation layer formed to surround an outer surface of the inner electrode and configured to prevent a short of the inner electrode, and a sheet-type outer electrode surrounding the separation layer or the inner electrode and formed by spiral winding, wherein the sheet-type outer electrode is formed by spiral winding to avoid an overlap and the inner electrode comprises at least two wire-type inner electrodes twisted with each other;

dipping the electrode assembly into an electrolyte bath to inject an electrolyte thereto; and

coating the outer part of the electrode assembly to which the electrolyte is injected with a polymer to form a polymer electrolyte coating layer, the polymer electrolyte coating layer having a thickness of 1-100 μm,

wherein the polymer electrolyte coating layer is impregnated with an electrolyte, so that the polymer electrolyte coating layer has conductivity.

13. The method for manufacturing a cable-type secondary battery according to claim 12 , wherein the polymer electrolyte coating layer comprises a polar linear polymer, oxide-based linear polymer or a mixture thereof.

14. The method for manufacturing a cable-type secondary battery according to claim 13 , wherein the polar linear polymer is any one selected from the group consisting of polyimide, polyacrylonitrile, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), polyvinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoro propylene, polyvinylidene fluoride-co-trichloroethylene, polyethylene imine, polymethyl methacrylate, polybutyl acrylate, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyvinylacetate, polyethylene-co-vinyl acetate, polyarylate, polyurethane and poly-p-phenylene terephthalamide, or a combination thereof.

15. The method for manufacturing a cable-type secondary battery according to claim 13 , wherein the oxide-based linear polymer is any one selected from the group consisting of polyethylene oxide, polypropylene oxide, polyoxymethylene and polydimethylsiloxane, or a combination thereof.

16. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolyte is an organic electrolyte containing a lithium salt.

17. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 16 , wherein the polymer electrolyte coating layer comprises a polar linear polymer, oxide-based linear polymer or a mixture thereof.

18. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 17 , wherein the polar linear polymer is any one selected from the group consisting of polyimide, polyacrylonitrile, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), polyvinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene, polyvinylidene fluoride-co-trichloroethylene, polyethylene imine, polymethyl methacrylate, polybutyl acrylate, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyvinylacetate, polyethylene-co-vinyl acetate, polyarylate, polyurethane and poly-p-phenylene terephthalamide, or a combination thereof.

19. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 18 , wherein the oxide-based linear polymer is any one selected from the group consisting of polyethylene oxide, polypropylene oxide, polyoxymethylene and polydimethylsiloxane, or a combination thereof.

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 Apr 17, 2018
From: KWON, YO-HAN; UHM, IN-SUNG; KIM, JE-YOUNG; YUK, YOUNG-JI
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
Reel/Frame 045561/0160 →