IP Library Granted Patent US 11,476,469
Granted Patent B2
US 11,476,469 · App. 17/128,124 · Granted Oct 18, 2022

Negative current collector, negative electrode plate, electrochemical device, and apparatus

Inventors: Chengdu Liang (Ningde, CN); Xin Liu (Ningde, CN); Qisen Huang (Ningde, CN)
Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
H01M4/667H01M4/131H01M4/525H01M4/661H01M4/668H01M4/70H01M10/058
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Patent No.
US 11,476,469
App. No.
17/128,124
Granted
Oct 18, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a negative current collector ( 10 ), a negative electrode plate ( 20 ), an electrochemical device, and an apparatus. The negative current collector ( 10 ) includes a support layer, and a conductive layer ( 102 ) disposed on at least one of two opposite surfaces of the support layer ( 101 ) in a thickness direction of the support layer; wherein the support layer ( 101 ) has a smaller density than the conductive layer ( 102 ); the conductive layer ( 102 ) has a thickness D 1 satisfying 300 nm≤D 1 ≤2 μm, preferably 500 nm≤D 1 ≤1.5 μm; and when the negative current collector ( 10 ) has a tensile strain of 1.5%, the conductive layer ( 102 ) has a sheet resistance growth rate T satisfying T≤5%.

Claims (32)

1. A negative current collector, comprising:

a support layer; and

a conductive layer disposed on at least one of two opposite surfaces of the support layer in a thickness direction of the support layer,

wherein

the support layer has a smaller density than the conductive layer,

the conductive layer has a thickness D 1 satisfying 300 nm≤D 1 ≤2 μm, and

when the negative current collector has a tensile strain of 1.5%, the conductive layer has a sheet resistance growth rate T satisfying T≤2.5%;

the conductive layer comprises copper, or copper alloy; and

the support layer comprises polyethylene terephthalate,

wherein the support layer has a thickness D 2 satisfying 2 μm≤D 2 ≤10 μm.

2. The negative current collector according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive layer has a volume resistivity in a range of 1.3×10 −8 Ω·m to 1.3×10 −7 Ω·m.

3. The negative current collector according to claim 1 , further comprising a protective layer, wherein the protective layer is disposed between the conductive layer and the support layer; and/or the protective layer is disposed on the surface of the conductive layer facing away from the support layer.

4. The negative current collector according to claim 3 , wherein the protective layer comprises one or more of a metallic material or a metal oxide material.

5. The negative current collector according to claim 3 , wherein the protective layer has a thickness D 3 satisfying 1 nm≤D 3 ≤200 nm and D 3 ≤0.1D 1 .

6. The negative current collector according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness D 2 satisfies 2 μm≤D2≤6 μm.

7. The negative current collector according to claim 1 , wherein the support layer further comprises an additive, and the additive comprises one or more of a metallic material and an inorganic non-metallic material.

8. The negative current collector according to claim 1 , wherein the support layer has an elongation at break greater than or equal to that of the conductive layer; and/or,

the support layer has a Young's modulus E satisfying E≥4 GPa.

9. The negative current collector according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive layer is a vapor deposited layer or an electroplated layer.

10. A negative electrode plate, comprising:

a negative current collector; and

a negative active material layer disposed on the negative current collector

wherein the negative current collector is the negative current collector according to claim 1 .

11. An electrochemical device, comprising:

a positive electrode plate;

a negative electrode plate; and

an electrolyte,

wherein the negative electrode plate is the negative electrode plate according to claim 10 .

12. An apparatus, comprising the electrochemical device according to claim 11 .

13. The negative current collector according to claim 1 wherein the conductive layer has a thickness D 1 satisfying 500 nm≤D 1 ≤1.5 μm.

14. The negative current collector according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive layer has a volume resistivity in a range of 1.3×10 −8 Ω·m to 3.3×10 −8 Ω·m.

15. The negative current collector according to claim 3 , wherein the protective layer comprises one or more of nickel, chromium, nickel-based alloy, copper-based alloy, aluminum oxide, cobalt oxide, chromium oxide, or nickel oxide.

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 Dec 20, 2020
From: LIANG, CHENGDU; LIU, XIN; HUANG, QISEN
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 054703/0204 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910350620.0 · Apr 28, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020070453 · Jan 6, 2020
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