Positive electrode plate and electrochemical device
View Patent ↗The present application 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, the safety coating comprising a polymer matrix, a conductive material and an inorganic filler, wherein the polymer matrix is fluorinated polyolefin and/or chlorinated polyolefin and the weight ratio of the polymer matrix to the conductive material is 2 or more. The positive electrode plate may improve the safety performance during nail penetration of the electrochemical device such as a capacitor, a primary battery or a secondary battery.
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, the safety coating comprising a polymer matrix, a conductive material and an inorganic filler, wherein the polymer matrix is selected from at least one of fluorinated polyolefin or chlorinated polyolefin having a crosslinked structure and a weight ratio of the polymer matrix to the conductive material is 2 or more,
wherein an operating temperature range of the safety coating is from 80° C. to 160° C.,
wherein a weight ratio of a crosslinking agent to the polymer matrix is from 0.01% to 5%,
wherein the inorganic filler is an inorganic salt modified with a conductive carbon coating, and wherein the inorganic salt is at least one of lithium iron phosphate, lithium titanate, lithium cobalt oxide, lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide, lithium nickel manganese aluminium oxide, 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, or spinel lithium nickel manganese oxide.
2. The positive electrode plate as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the polymer matrix of the safety coating is selected from at least one of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), carboxylic acid modified PVDF, acrylic acid modified PVDF, polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC), carboxylic acid modified PVDC, acrylic acid modified PVDC, PVDF copolymers, or PVDC copolymers.
3. 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, or a conductive polymer material.
4. The positive electrode plate as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the conductive material is selected from the conductive carbon-based material, and wherein the conductive carbon-based material is selected from at least one of conductive carbon black, acetylene black, graphite, graphene, carbon nanotubes, or carbon nanofibers.
5. The positive electrode plate as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the conductive material is selected from the conductive metal material, and wherein the conductive metal material is selected from at least one of Al powder, Ni powder, or gold powder.
6. The positive electrode plate as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the conductive material is selected from the conductive polymer material, and wherein the conductive polymer material is selected from at least one of conductive polythiophene, conductive polypyrrole, or conductive polyaniline.
7. The positive electrode plate as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in the safety coating, relative to a total weight of the inorganic filler, the polymer matrix and the conductive material,
a weight percentage of the inorganic filler is 10 wt % to 60 wt %.
8. The positive electrode plate as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the weight ratio of the polymer matrix to the conductive material is 3 or more and 8 or less.
9. The positive electrode plate as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the current collector has a thickness of 4 to 16 micrometers.
10. The positive electrode plate as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the safety coating has a thickness H of 1 μm≤H≤20 μm.
11. An electrochemical device comprising the positive electrode plate as claimed in claim 1 , which is a capacitor, a primary battery or a secondary battery.
12. A battery module comprising a battery comprising the positive electrode plate as claimed in claim 1 .
13. A battery pack comprising a battery module, wherein the battery module comprises a battery comprising the positive electrode plate as claimed in claim 1 .
14. A device comprising a battery comprising the positive electrode plate as claimed in claim 1 , and the device comprises an electric vehicle, a hybrid electric vehicle, a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, an electric bicycle, an electric scooter, an electric golf cart, an electric truck, an electric ship, or an energy storage system.
15. The positive electrode plate as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the inorganic filler has an average particle diameter D of 100 nm≤D≤10 μm.
16. 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.
17. The positive electrode plate as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the safety coating has a thickness H of 3 μm≤H≤10 μm.
18. The positive electrode plate as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the current collector has an elongation at break δ of 0.8%≤δ≤4%.
19. The positive electrode plate as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in the safety coating, relative to a total weight of the inorganic filler, the polymer matrix and the conductive material, a weight percentage of the polymer matrix is 35 wt % to 75 wt %.
20. The positive electrode plate as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in the safety coating, relative to a total weight of the inorganic filler, the polymer matrix and the conductive material, a weight percentage of the conductive material is 5 wt % to 25 wt %.