IP Library Granted Patent US 10,954,589
Granted Patent B2
US 10,954,589 · App. 16/249,983 · Granted Mar 23, 2021

Current collector production apparatus

Inventors: Zuyu Wu (Ningde, CN); Zhen Liu (Ningde, CN); Keqiang Li (Ningde, CN); Long Zhou (Ningde, CN); Guodong Li (Ningde, CN); Taosheng Zhu (Ningde, CN)
Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
C23C8/12H01M4/661H01M4/664H01M4/667H01M10/0525
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Patent No.
US 10,954,589
App. No.
16/249,983
Granted
Mar 23, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a current collector production apparatus for producing a current collector. The current collector includes a current collector substrate, a conductive layer disposed on at least one surface of the current collector substrate. The current collector production apparatus includes an oven having a space where the current collector is to be heated, and a passivation ozone knife having a current collector injection port. The current collector injection port is configured to release ozone in such a manner that the ozone reacts with a surface material of the conductive layer, so as to form a passivation layer. The passivation ozone knife is disposed inside the oven. The current collector produced in the present disclosure can prevent HF in electrolyte from reacting with Al, so as to solve a problem of detachment of active material from the current collector and maintain the performance of lithium-ion battery.

Claims (31)

1. A current collector production apparatus for producing a current collector, the current collector comprising a current collector substrate and a conductive layer provided at least on one surface of the current collector substrate, the current collector production apparatus comprising:

an oven having a space where the current collector is to be heated; and

a passivation ozone knife disposed inside the oven and comprising a current collector injection port,

wherein the current collector injection port is configured to release ozone in such a manner that the ozone reacts with a surface material of the conductive layer of the current collector, so as to form a passivation layer,

wherein the oven comprises:

an oven main body comprising two side plates opposite to one another and a top plate that connects the two side plates;

two mesh plates arranged in the oven main body, the two mesh plates being opposite to and spaced apart from the two side plates, respectively; and

a connecting plate opposite to and spaced apart from the top plate, the connecting plate connecting the two mesh plates,

wherein the passivation ozone knife is disposed in a space enclosed by the two mesh plates and the connecting plate.

2. The current collector production apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the two side plates are opposite to one another with respect to a horizontal direction of the current collector production apparatus.

3. The current collector production apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the oven further comprises a fan disposed between the top plate and the connecting plate,

each of the two mesh plates has a plurality of mesh holes, and one of the plurality of mesh holes close to the top plate has a smaller opening area than one of the plurality of mesh holes away from the top plate.

4. The current collector production apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of passivation ozone knives is provided, the current collector injection ports of at least two of the plurality of passivation ozone knives inject gas in opposite directions, and a current collector accommodating space is formed between the at least two of the plurality of passivation ozone knives injecting gas in opposite directions.

5. The current collector production apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the current collector injection ports of the plurality of passivation ozone knives are disposed in a staggered manner along a horizontal direction of the current collector production apparatus.

6. The current collector production apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a guiding roller and a tension roller,

wherein the guiding roller and the tension roller are disposed on each side of the oven along a horizontal direction of the current collector production apparatus, and the guiding roller is closer to the oven than the tension roller along the horizontal direction.

7. The current collector production apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising two negative pressure transition chambers respectively communicating with two sides of the oven along a horizontal direction of the current collector production apparatus.

8. A current collector production apparatus for producing a current collector, the current collector comprising a current collector substrate and a conductive layer provided at least on one surface of the current collector substrate, the current collector production apparatus comprising:

an oven having a space where the current collector is to be heated; and

a passivation ozone knife disposed inside the oven and comprising a current collector injection port,

wherein the current collector injection port is configured to release ozone in such a manner that the ozone reacts with a surface material of the conductive layer of the current collector, so as to form a passivation layer, and

wherein a plurality of passivation ozone knives is provided, the current collector injection ports of at least two of the plurality of passivation ozone knives inject gas in opposite directions, and a current collector accommodating space is formed between the at least two of the plurality of passivation ozone knives injecting gas in opposite directions.

9. The current collector production apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the current collector injection ports of the plurality of passivation ozone knives are disposed in a staggered manner along a horizontal direction of the current collector production apparatus.

10. The current collector production apparatus according to claim 8 , further comprising a guiding roller and a tension roller,

wherein the guiding roller and the tension roller are disposed on each side of the oven along a horizontal direction of the current collector production apparatus, and the guiding roller is closer to the oven than the tension roller along the horizontal direction.

11. The current collector production apparatus according to claim 8 , further comprising two negative pressure transition chambers respectively communicating with two sides of the oven along a horizontal direction of the current collector production apparatus.

12. A method for producing a current collector with the current collector production apparatus according to claim 1 , the method comprising:

forming a conductive layer on at least one surface of a current collector substrate;

heating the current collector substrate and the conductive layer in the oven while spraying ozone from the current collector injection port of the current collector production apparatus onto a surface of the conductive layer in such a manner that ozone reacts with a surface material of the conductive layer, so as to form a passivation layer and then obtain the current collector.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein a distance between the current collector injection port and the conductive layer is greater than or equal to 1 mm, and smaller than or equal to 40 mm.

14. The method according to claim 12 , wherein a distance between the current collector injection port and the conductive layer is greater than or equal to 10 mm, and smaller than or equal to 20 mm.

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 Feb 26, 2019
From: WU, ZUYU; LIU, ZHEN; LI, KEQIANG; ZHOU, LONG; LI, GUODONG; ZHU, TAOSHENG
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 048432/0976 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201820078394.6 · Jan 17, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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