IP Library Granted Patent US 12,046,758
Granted Patent B2
US 12,046,758 · App. 16/760,301 · Granted Jul 23, 2024

Battery electrode foil for the production of lithium-ion accumulators

Inventors: Galyna Laptyeva (Alfter, DE); Ulrich Hampel (Grevenbroich, DE); Volker Denkmann (Kempen, DE)
Assignee: Speira GmbH
H01M4/662C22C21/00C22F1/04
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Patent No.
US 12,046,758
App. No.
16/760,301
Granted
Jul 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a battery electrode foil comprising an aluminium alloy, wherein the aluminium alloy has the following composition in % by weight: Si: 0.01-0.15% by weight, Fe: 0.02-0.4% by weight, Cu: ≤0.08% by weight, Mn: ≤0.03% by weight, Mg: ≤0.03% by weight, Cr: ≤0.01% by weight, Ti: 0.005-0, 03% by weight, wherein the aluminium alloy can contain impurities up to a maximum of 0.05% in each case, in total up to a maximum of 0.15%, the remaining % by weight being aluminium, the proportion of aluminium however being at least 99.35% by weight; wherein the battery electrode foil has intermetallic phases with a diameter length of 0.1 to 1.0 μm with a density of ≤9500 particles/mm 2 . The invention further relates to a method for the production of a battery electrode foil, its use for the production of accumulators, and accumulators containing the battery electrode foil.

Claims (30)

1. A battery electrode foil comprising an aluminium alloy,

wherein the aluminium alloy has the following composition in weight percent:

Si: 0.01-0.15 weight percent,

Fe: 0.02-0.4% by weight,

Cu: ≤0.08% by weight,

Mn: ≤0.03% by weight,

Mg: ≤0.03% by weight,

Cr: ≤0.01% by weight,

Ti: 0.005-0.03% by weight,

wherein the aluminium alloy can contain impurities of up to a maximum of 0.15%,

wherein the remaining weight % are aluminium,

but the aluminium content must be at least 99.35% by weight;

wherein the battery electrode foil has intermetallic phases of a diameter length of 0.1 to 1.0 μm with a density of ≤9500 particles/mm 2 ,

wherein said battery electrode foil has a surface roughness Ra of 0.07 to 0.22 μm on both sides, and

wherein the difference in surface roughness Ra on both sides of the battery electrode foil is at most 0.03 μm.

2. The battery electrode foil according to claim 1 , wherein the battery electrode foil has a minimum electrical conductivity of 56% to 63% International Annealed Copper Standard (IACS).

3. The battery electrode foil according to claim 1 , wherein the battery electrode foil has a tensile strength in rolling direction and transverse to the rolling direction of Rm>165 MPa, respectively.

4. The battery electrode foil according to claim 1 , wherein the battery electrode foil has a carbon coverage of <5 mg/m 2 .

5. The battery electrode foil according to claim 1 , wherein the surface tension of the battery electrode foil is >30 dyn/cm.

6. The battery electrode foil according to claim 5 , wherein the surface tension of the battery electrode foil is >32 dyn/cm.

7. The battery electrode foil according claim 1 , wherein the battery electrode foil has a thickness of 8 to 20 μm.

8. The battery electrode foil according to claim 1 ,

wherein the battery electrode foil has the following mechanical properties:

tensile strength Rm in rolling direction: ≥165 MPa,

tensile strength Rm transverse to the rolling direction: ≥165 MPa,

yield strength Rp0.2 in rolling direction: ≥110 MPa,

elongation A100 in rolling direction: ≥1.0%.

9. A method of manufacturing of an accumulator, the method comprising:

using a battery electrode foil according to claim 1 as a current collector foil.

10. An accumulator having a current drain made of a battery electrode foil according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 29, 2022
From: HYDRO ALUMINIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS GMBH
To: SPEIRA GMBH
Reel/Frame 059826/0763 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 20, 2020
From: LAPTYEVA, GALYNA; HAMPEL, ULRICH; DENKMANN, VOLKER
To: HYDRO ALUMINIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS GMBH
Reel/Frame 053550/0302 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2017 127 436.7 · Nov 21, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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