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US 10,804,572 · App. 16/254,558 · Granted Oct 13, 2020

Lithium secondary battery including lithium-ion conductive nonaqueous electrolyte

Inventors: Akira Kano (Osaka, JP); Ryohei Miyamae (Osaka, JP); Kiyohiro Isii (Osaka, JP); Junichi Sakamoto (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
H01M10/0587H01M2/263H01M4/0445H01M4/131H01M4/661H01M4/667H01M4/668H01M4/70H01M4/76H01M10/0525H01M4/139H01M10/052H01M2300/0017
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Patent No.
US 10,804,572
App. No.
16/254,558
Granted
Oct 13, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lithium secondary battery includes a wound electrode group and a lithium-ion conductive nonaqueous electrolyte. The wound electrode group includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector. The negative electrode current collector includes: a layer having a first surface facing outward of the winding of the electrode group and a second surface facing inward of the winding of the electrode group; first protrusions protruding from the first surface; and second protrusions protruding from the second surface. Lithium metal is deposited on the first surface and the second surface by charging. A first average height of the first protrusions is higher than a second average height of the second protrusions.

Claims (35)

1. A lithium secondary battery comprising:

a wound electrode group including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and

a lithium-ion conductive nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein

the negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector;

the negative electrode current collector includes: a layer having a first surface facing outward of the winding of the electrode group and a second surface facing inward of the winding of the electrode group; first protrusions protruding from the first surface; and second protrusions protruding from the second surface;

lithium metal is deposited on the first surface and the second surface by charging; and

a first average height of the first protrusions is higher than a second average height of the second protrusions.

2. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a difference between the first average height and the second average height is 3% or more and 50% or less of the second average height.

3. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the layer includes copper foil or copper alloy foil.

4. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein

the first protrusions and the second protrusions are each in contact with the separator; and

the lithium metal is deposited in a space between the negative electrode current collector and the separator by charging.

5. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein

the first protrusions are made of a material different from that of the layer; and

the second protrusions are made of a material different from that of the layer.

6. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein

the first protrusions and the second protrusions are each made of a resin material.

7. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein

the layer, the first protrusions, and the second protrusions are integrally made of the same material.

8. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein

a projection shape of each of the first protrusions on the first surface is a strip shape or a line shape;

a projection shape of each of the second protrusions on the second surface is a strip shape or a line shape;

in the first surface, a minimum clearance between two adjacent first protrusions among the first protrusions is larger than a maximum width of the two adjacent first protrusions; and

in the second surface, a minimum clearance between two adjacent second protrusions among the second protrusions is larger than a maximum width of the two adjacent second protrusions.

9. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein

a total area of projection of the first protrusions on the first surface is 0.2% or more and 70% or less of the area of the first surface; and

a total area of projection of the second protrusions on the second surface is 0.2% or more and 70% or less of the area of the first surface.

10. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first average height is 15 μm or more and 120 μm or less.

11. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein

in each of the first surface and the second surface of the layer, when a direction perpendicular to the winding axis of the electrode group is defined as a length direction, and a direction parallel to the winding axis is defined as a width direction,

at least one band-shaped first region where no first protrusions are formed is disposed on the first surface along at least the length direction or the width direction, and

at least one band-shaped second region where no second protrusions are formed is disposed on the second surface along at least the length direction or the width direction.

12. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein

the nonaqueous electrolyte includes a lithium ion and an anion; and

the anion includes at least one selected from the group consisting of PF 6 − , anions of imides, and anions of oxalate complexes.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 5, 2019
From: KANO, AKIRA; MIYAMAE, RYOHEI; ISII, KIYOHIRO; SAKAMOTO, JUNICHI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-042781 · Mar 9, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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