IP Library Granted Patent US 11,239,501
Granted Patent B2
US 11,239,501 · App. 16/562,114 · Granted Feb 1, 2022

Lithium-ion battery

Inventors: Xiang Zhou (Ningde, CN); Xiaomei Liu (Ningde, CN); Shipeng Li (Ningde, CN); Jiang Liu (Ningde, CN); Guobao Wang (Ningde, CN)
Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
H01M10/0569H01M4/133H01M4/136H01M4/587H01M4/5825H01M10/0525H01M2010/4292H01M2300/004
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Patent No.
US 11,239,501
App. No.
16/562,114
Granted
Feb 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a lithium-ion battery comprising an electrode assembly, an electrolyte and a case. The electrolyte comprises a lithium salt and an organic solvent which comprises a cyclic ester, a mass of the cyclic ester is equal to or less than 10% of a total mass of the organic solvent. A negative electrode active material at least comprises a carbon-based negative electrode material which in the negative electrode film exists in a form of a pre-lithium-intercalation compound LiC x formed by lithiation with a lithium metal, 12≤x≤150; a capacity of the negative electrode active material per unit area/(a capacity of the positive electrode active material per unit area+a capacity of active lithium ions of the pre-lithium-intercalation compound LiC x which can be intercalated and deintercalated in the negative electrode film per unit area)≥ 1.10.

Claims (34)

1. A lithium-ion battery, comprising: an electrode assembly; an electrolyte immersing the electrode assembly and comprising a lithium salt and an organic solvent;

and a case;

wherein the electrode assembly comprises:

a negative electrode plate comprising a negative electrode collector and a negative electrode film, the negative electrode film is provided on a surface of the negative electrode collector and comprises a negative electrode active material;

a positive electrode plate comprising a positive electrode collector and a positive electrode film, the positive electrode film is provided on a surface of the positive electrode collector and comprises a positive electrode active material; and

a separator provided between the negative electrode plate and the positive electrode plate;

wherein

the negative electrode active material at least comprises a carbon-based negative electrode material, and the carbon-based negative electrode material in the negative electrode film exists in a form of a pre-lithium-intercalation compound LiC x formed by lithiation with a lithium metal, 12≤x≤150;

a capacity of the negative electrode active material per unit area/(a capacity of the positive electrode active material per unit area+a capacity of active lithium ions of the pre-lithium-intercalation compound LiC x which can be intercalated and deintercalated in the negative electrode film per unit area)≥1.10;

the organic solvent in the electrolyte comprises a cyclic ester, and a mass of the cyclic ester is equal to or less than 10% of a total mass of the organic solvent in the electrolyte; and

1.2≥the capacity of the negative electrode active material per unit area/the capacity of the positive electrode active material per unit area≤2.1.

2. The lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein the mass of the cyclic ester is 0.5%˜9% of the total mass of the organic solvent in the electrolyte.

3. The lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein 12≤x≤50.

4. The lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein

the cyclic ester is one or more selected from a group consisting of cyclic carbonate, cyclic sulfate, cyclic sulfite and cyclic carboxylate.

5. The lithium-ion battery according to claim 4 , wherein the cyclic ester is one or more selected from a group consisting of ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, butylene carbonate, vinylene carbonate, ethylene sulfate , ethylene sulfite, propylene sulfite and γ- butyrolactone.

6. The lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein

the organic solvent in the electrolyte also comprises a chain ester.

7. The lithium-ion battery according to claim 6 , wherein a mass ratio of the cyclic ester to the chain ester is 0.5:99˜9:90.

8. The lithium-ion battery according to claim 6 , wherein

the chain ester is one or more selected from a group consisting of a chain carbonate and a chain carboxylate.

9. The lithium-ion battery according to claim 8 , wherein the chain ester is one or more selected from a group consisting of dimethyl carbonate, diethyl carbonate, ethyl methyl carbonate, methyl propyl carbonate, methyl formate, ethyl formate, methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, ethyl propionate, propyl propionate, ethyl butyrate and propyl butyrate.

10. The lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein a conductivity of the electrolyte is less than or equal to 8.5 mS/cm.

11. The lithium-ion battery according to claim 10 , wherein the conductivity of the electrolyte is 4 mS/cm˜7 mS/cm.

12. The lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein the carbon-based negative electrode material is one or more selected from a group consisting of natural graphite, artificial graphite, soft carbon, hard carbon, mesocarbon microbeads, nanocarbon and carbon fiber.

13. The lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode active material further comprises one or more selected from a group consisting of a silicon-based material, a tin-based material and a lithium titanate.

14. The lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein

the negative electrode active material is a carbon-based negative electrode material.

15. The lithium-ion battery according to claim 14 , wherein the negative electrode active material is natural graphite, artificial graphite or a mixture thereof.

16. The lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein

the positive electrode active material is one or more selected from a group consisting of lithium cobalt oxide, lithium nickel oxide, lithium manganese oxide, lithium nickel manganese oxide, lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide, lithium nickel cobalt aluminum oxide and olivine-type lithium-containing phosphate.

17. The lithium-ion battery according to claim 16 , wherein the positive electrode active material is olivine-type lithium-containing phosphate.

18. The lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein

1.3≤the capacity of the negative electrode active material per unit area/the capacity of the positive electrode active material per unit area≤2.1.

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 Apr 18, 2020
From: ZHOU, XIANG; LIU, XIAOMEI; LI, SHIPENG; LIU, JIANG; WANG, GUOBAO
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 052435/0380 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201811068056.5 · Sep 13, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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