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Granted Patent B2
US 12,034,158 · App. 17/096,679 · Granted Jul 9, 2024

Lithium battery structure

Inventors: Li-Chun Chen (Keelung, TW); Tsung-Hsiung Wang (Dali, TW); Chen-Chung Chen (Taoyuan, TW)
Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
H01M4/463H01M4/623H01M4/625
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Patent No.
US 12,034,158
App. No.
17/096,679
Granted
Jul 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lithium battery structure is provided. The lithium battery structure includes a first metal layer including aluminum foil or stainless steel foil, a second metal layer including copper foil, nickel foil or stainless steel foil, a separator, a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a first functional layer including a first composition. The separator is disposed between the first metal layer and the second metal layer. The first electrode layer is disposed between the first metal layer and the separator. The second electrode layer is disposed between the second metal layer and the separator. The first functional layer is disposed between the first metal layer and the first electrode layer. The first composition includes 20-80 parts by weight of flake conductive material, 1-30 parts by weight of spherical conductive material, 10-50 parts by weight of thermoplastic elastomer and 1-25 parts by weight of nitrogen-containing hyperbranched polymer.

Claims (16)

1. A lithium battery structure, comprising:

a first metal layer comprising aluminum foil or stainless steel foil;

a second metal layer comprising copper foil, nickel foil or stainless steel foil opposite to the first metal layer;

a separator disposed between the first metal layer and the second metal layer;

a first electrode layer disposed between the first metal layer and the separator;

a second electrode layer disposed between the second metal layer and the separator; and

a first functional layer comprising a first composition disposed between the first metal layer and the first electrode layer, wherein the first composition comprises 20-80 parts by weight of flake conductive material, 1-30 parts by weight of spherical conductive material, 10-50 parts by weight of thermoplastic elastomer and 1-25 parts by weight of nitrogen-containing hyperbranched polymer, based on 100 parts by weight of the first composition, wherein the nitrogen-containing hyperbranched polymer is polymerized from only bismaleimide monomers, and the thermoplastic elastomer and the nitrogen-containing hyperbranched polymer form an interpenetrating polymer network (IPN),

wherein the first functional layer further comprises 0.1-5 parts by weight of bromine-containing compound.

2. The lithium battery structure as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a second functional layer comprising a second composition disposed between the second metal layer and the second electrode layer, wherein the second composition comprises 20-80 parts by weight of flake conductive material, 1-30 parts by weight of spherical conductive material, 10-50 parts by weight of thermoplastic elastomer and 1-25 parts by weight of nitrogen-containing hyperbranched polymer, based on 100 parts by weight of the second composition.

3. The lithium battery structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the flake conductive material comprises graphite or graphene, and the flake conductive material has a dimension which is in a range from 0.5 μm to 20 μm.

4. The lithium battery structure as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the flake conductive material comprises graphite or graphene, and the flake conductive material has a dimension which is in a range from 0.5 μm to 20 μm.

5. The lithium battery structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the spherical conductive material comprises conductive carbon material or conductive polymer, and the spherical conductive material has a dimension which is in a range from 10 nm to 1,000 nm.

6. The lithium battery structure as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the spherical conductive material comprises conductive carbon material or conductive polymer, and the spherical conductive material has a dimension which is in a range from 10 nm to 1,000 nm.

7. The lithium battery structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the thermoplastic elastomer comprises fluoropolymer elastomer, polyolefin elastomer, polyamide elastomer, polyimide elastomer, polyester elastomer, polyurethane elastomer or polycarbonate elastomer.

8. The lithium battery structure as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the thermoplastic elastomer and the nitrogen-containing hyperbranched polymer form an interpenetrating polymer network (IPN).

9. The lithium battery structure as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first functional layer or the second functional layer further comprises 0.1-5 parts by weight of bromine-containing compound.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 13, 2020
From: CHEN, LI-CHUN; WANG, TSUNG-HSIUNG; CHEN, CHEN-CHUNG
To: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 054413/0990 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62934155 · Nov 12, 2019
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