IP Library Granted Patent US 11,749,870
Granted Patent B2
US 11,749,870 · App. 16/422,869 · Granted Sep 5, 2023

Positive electrode plate and electrochemical device

Inventors: Yaohui Wang (Ningde, CN); Zhenhua Li (Ningde, CN); Xing Li (Ningde, CN)
Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
H01M50/581H01G11/18H01G11/68H01M4/06H01M4/622H01M4/623H01M4/624H01M4/625H01M4/626H01M4/661H01M4/663H01M4/667H01M4/668H01M6/50H01M10/052H01M10/0525H01M10/4235H01G11/70H01M2004/028H01M2200/106Y02E60/10
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Patent No.
US 11,749,870
App. No.
16/422,869
Granted
Sep 5, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a positive electrode plate and an electrochemical device. The positive electrode plate comprises a current collector, a positive active material layer and a safety coating disposed between the current collector and the positive active material layer, wherein the safety coating comprises a polymer matrix, a conductive material and an inorganic filler, wherein the polymer matrix comprises at least two types of polymer materials, and the first type of polymer material is fluorinated polyolefin and/or chlorinated polyolefin, and the solubility of the second type of polymer material in oil solvent is smaller than the solubility of the first type of polymer material; and the weight percentage of the first type of polymer material relative to the total weight of the polymer matrix, the conductive material and the inorganic filler is 17.5% or more. The positive electrode plate improves high temperature safety of electrochemical device.

Claims (17)

1. A positive electrode plate comprising a current collector, a positive active material layer and a safety coating disposed between the current collector and the positive active material layer, wherein the safety coating comprises a polymer matrix, a conductive material and an inorganic filler and wherein the polymer matrix comprises at least two types of polymer materials, and first type of polymer material is polyvinylidene fluoride, and solubility of second type of polymer material in oil solvent is smaller than the solubility of the first type of polymer material; the second type of polymer material is an oil-dispersible polymer material selected from at least one of oil-dispersible polyacrylic acid and oil-dispersible polyacrylate; and wherein the weight percentage of the first type of polymer material relative to total weight of the polymer matrix, the conductive material and the inorganic filler is from 20 wt % to 40 wt %; and wherein the inorganic filler of the safety coating is at least one of a conductive carbon coating modified material, a conductive metal coating modified material, or a conductive polymer coating modified material of lithium cobalt oxide, lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide, lithium nickel manganese aluminium oxide, lithium iron phosphate, lithium vanadium phosphate, lithium cobalt phosphate, lithium manganese phosphate, lithium manganese iron phosphate, lithium iron silicate, lithium vanadium silicate, lithium cobalt silicate, lithium manganese silicate, spinel lithium manganese oxide, spinel lithium nickel manganese oxide, or lithium titanate; and the inorganic filler has a conductivity σ satisfying 10 −3 S/m≤σ≤10 2 S/m; and in the safety coating, the weight percentage of the inorganic filler is 30 wt. % to 60 wt. % relative to the total weight of the polymer matrix, the conductive material and the inorganic filler.

2. The positive electrode plate as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in the safety coating, relative to the total weight of the polymer matrix, the conductive material and the inorganic filler,

the weight percentage of the polymer matrix is 35 wt. % to 75 wt. %;

the weight percentage of the conductive material is 5 wt. % to 25 wt. %; and

the weight percentage of the inorganic filler is 30 wt. % to 45 wt. %.

3. The positive electrode plate as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the oil solvent is NMP.

4. The positive electrode plate as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the conductive material is selected from at least one of a conductive carbon-based material, a conductive metal material, and a conductive polymer material,

wherein the conductive carbon-based material is selected from at least one of conductive carbon black, acetylene black, graphite, graphene, carbon nanotubes, carbon nanofibers;

the conductive metal material is selected from at least one of Al powder, Ni powder, and gold powder; and

the conductive polymer material is selected from at least one of conductive polythiophene, conductive polypyrrole, and conductive polyaniline.

5. The positive electrode plate as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the inorganic filler has an average particle diameter D of 100 nm≤D≤μm.

6. The positive electrode plate as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the inorganic filler has a specific surface area (BET) of not more than 500 m 2 /g.

7. The positive electrode plate as claimed in claim 1 , wherein relative to the total weight of the polymer matrix, the conductive material and the inorganic filler, the weight percentage of the polymer matrix is 50 wt. % to 75 wt. %; the weight percentage of the conductive material is 5 wt. % to 20 wt. %; and the weight percentage of the inorganic filler is 30 wt. % to 45 wt. %.

8. The positive electrode plate as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the safety coating has a thickness H of 1 μm≤H≤20 μm; and the safety coating consists essentially of the polymer matrix, the conductive material, and the inorganic filler.

9. An electrochemical device comprising the positive electrode plate as claimed in claim 1 , which is a capacitor, a primary battery or a secondary battery.

10. The positive electrode plate as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the inorganic filler of the safety coating is at least one of a conductive carbon coating modified lithium cobalt oxide, a conductive carbon coating modified lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide, a conductive carbon coating modified lithium nickel manganese aluminium oxide, a conductive carbon coating modified lithium iron phosphate, a conductive carbon coating modified lithium vanadium phosphate, a conductive carbon coating modified lithium cobalt phosphate, a conductive carbon coating modified lithium manganese phosphate, a conductive carbon coating modified lithium manganese iron phosphate, a conductive carbon coating modified lithium iron silicate, a conductive carbon coating modified lithium vanadium silicate, a conductive carbon coating modified lithium cobalt silicate, a conductive carbon coating modified lithium manganese silicate, a conductive carbon coating modified spinel lithium manganese oxide, a conductive carbon coating modified spinel lithium nickel manganese oxide, and a conductive carbon coating modified lithium titanate.

11. The positive electrode plate as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second type of polymer material is present in an amount ranging from 20 wt % to 40 wt % relative to total weight of the polymer matrix, the conductive material and the inorganic filler.

Assignments (1)
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 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201811367011.8 · Nov 16, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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