IP Library Granted Patent US 11,152,624
Granted Patent B2
US 11,152,624 · App. 17/132,173 · Granted Oct 19, 2021

Positive electrode current collector, positive electrode piece, electrochemical device and apparatus

Inventors: Chengdu Liang (Ningde, CN); Qisen Huang (Ningde, CN); Shiwen Wang (Ningde, CN)
Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
H01M4/667H01M4/661H01M4/662H01M4/664H01M4/668H01M2004/021H01M2004/028
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Patent No.
US 11,152,624
App. No.
17/132,173
Granted
Oct 19, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A positive electrode current collector, a positive electrode piece, an electrochemical device and an apparatus, where the positive electrode current collector includes a support layer and a conductive layer provided on the support layer, where a material of the conductive layer is aluminum or aluminum alloy, and a thickness D 1 of the conductive layer is 300 nm≤D 1 ≤2 μm; an elongation at break B of the support layer is 10,000%≥B≥12%, and a volume resistivity of the support layer is greater than or equal to 1.0×10 −5 Ω·m; when a tensile strain of the positive electrode current collector is 2%, a square resistance growth rate T 1 of the conductive layer is T 1 ≤10%. The positive electrode current collector provided in the present application can simultaneously take into account both high safety performance and electrical performance.

Claims (53)

1. A positive electrode current collector, comprising:

a support layer, having two opposite surfaces in a direction of its own thickness;

a conductive layer, provided on at least one of the two surfaces of the support layer;

wherein

a material of the conductive layer is aluminum or aluminum alloy, and a thickness D 1 of the conductive layer is 600 nm≤D 1 ≤1.5 μm;

an elongation at break B of the support layer is 400%≥B≥30%;

a volume resistivity of the support layer is greater than or equal to 1.0×10 −5 Ω·m;

when a tensile strain of the positive electrode current collector is 2%, a square resistance growth rate T 1 of the conductive layer is T 1 ≤1%;

wherein the positive electrode current collector further comprises a protective layer, the protective layer is provided on at least one of two opposite surfaces in a thickness direction of the conductive layer itself;

the protective layer comprises one or more of nickel, chromium, nickel-based alloy, copper-based alloy, alumina, cobalt oxide, chromium oxide, nickel oxide, graphite, superconducting carbon, acetylene black, carbon black, Ketjen black, carbon dot, carbon nanotube, graphene and carbon nanofiber.

2. A positive electrode current collector, comprising:

a support layer, having two opposite surfaces in a direction of its own thickness;

a conductive layer, provided on at least one of the two surfaces of the support layer;

wherein

a material of the conductive layer is aluminum or aluminum alloy, and a thickness D 1 of the conductive layer is 600 nm≤D 1 ≤1.5 μm;

an elongation at break B of the support layer is 400%≥B≥30%;

a volume resistivity of the support layer is greater than or equal to 1.0×10 −5 Ω·m;

when a tensile strain of the positive electrode current collector is greater than or equal to 4%, a square resistance growth rate T 2 of the conductive layer is T 2 ≥150%;

wherein the positive electrode current collector further comprises a protective layer, the protective layer is provided on at least one of two opposite surfaces in a thickness direction of the conductive layer itself;

the protective layer comprises one or more of nickel, chromium, nickel-based alloy, copper-based alloy, alumina, cobalt oxide, chromium oxide, nickel oxide, graphite, superconducting carbon, acetylene black, carbon black, Ketjen black, carbon dot, carbon nanotube, graphene and carbon nanofiber.

3. The positive electrode current collector according to claim 1 , wherein a density of the conductive layer is 2.5 g/cm 3 -2.8 g/cm 3 .

4. The positive electrode current collector according to claim 1 , wherein the support layer comprises one or more of a polymer material and a polymer-based composite material;

the polymer material is one or more of polyamide, polyimide, polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate, polyethylene naphthalate, polycarbonate, polyethylene, polypropylene, polypropylene-ethylene, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer, polyvinyl alcohol, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidene fluoride, polytetrafluoroethylene, polystyrene sodium sulfonate, polyacetylene, silicone rubber, polyoxymethylene, polyphenylene ether, polyphenylene sulfide, polyethylene glycol, polysulfur nitride polymer material, polyphenylene, polypyrrole, polyaniline, polythiophene, polypyridine, cellulose, starch, protein, epoxy resin, phenolic resin, their derivatives, their cross-linked products and their copolymers;

the polymer-based composite material comprises one or more of the polymer material and an additive, and the additive comprises one or more of a metal material and an inorganic non-metal material.

5. The positive electrode current collector according to claim 1 , wherein,

a thickness D 2 of the support layer is 2 μm≤D 2≤ 6 μm; and,

a Young's modulus E of the support layer is 4 GPa≤E≤20 GPa.

6. The positive electrode current collector according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive layer is a vapor deposition layer or an electroplating layer.

7. The positive electrode current collector according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness D 3 of the protective layer is 1 nm≤D 3 ≤200 nm and D 3 ≤0.1D 1 .

8. The positive electrode current collector according to claim 7 , wherein the protective layer comprises an upper protective layer provided on a surface of the conductive layer facing away from the support layer and a lower protective layer provided on a surface of the conductive layer facing the support layer;

a thickness D a of the upper protective layer is 1 nm≤D a ≤200 nm and D a ≤0.1D 1 , a thickness D b of the lower protective layer is 1 nm≤D b ≤200 nm and D b ≤0.1D 1 , and D a and D b therebetween satisfies 0.5 D a ≤D b ≤0.8 D a ;

both the upper protective layer and the lower protective layer each comprise a metal oxide.

9. A positive electrode piece, comprising a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer provided on the positive electrode current collector, wherein the positive electrode current collector is the positive electrode current collector according to claim 1 .

10. An electrochemical device, comprising a positive electrode piece, a negative electrode piece, a diaphragm and an electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode piece is the positive electrode piece according to claim 9 .

11. An apparatus, comprising the electrochemical device according to claim 10 .

12. A positive electrode current collector, comprising:

a support layer, having two opposite surfaces in a direction of its own thickness;

a conductive layer, provided on at least one of the two surfaces of the support layer;

wherein a material of the conductive layer is aluminum or aluminum alloy, and a thickness D 1 of the conductive layer is 300 nm≤D 1 ≤2 μm;

an elongation at break B of the support layer is 400%≥B≥30%;

a volume resistivity of the support layer is greater than or equal to 1.0×10 −5 Ω·m;

when a tensile strain of the positive electrode current collector is 2%, a square resistance growth rate T 1 of the conductive layer is T 1 ≤1%;

wherein the positive electrode current collector further comprises a protective layer, the protective layer is provided on at least one of two opposite surfaces in a thickness direction of the conductive layer itself;

the protective layer comprises one or more of nickel, chromium, nickel-based alloy, copper-based alloy, alumina, cobalt oxide, chromium oxide, nickel oxide, graphite, superconducting carbon, acetylene black, carbon black, ketjen black, carbon dot, carbon nanotube, graphene and carbon nanofiber.

13. The positive electrode current collector according to claim 1 , wherein,

a thickness D 2 of the support layer is 2 μm≤D 2≤ 6 μm; or,

a Young's modulus E of the support layer is 4 GPa≤E≤20 GPa.

14. The positive electrode current collector according to claim 1 , wherein,

a thickness D 2 of the support layer is 1 μm≤D 2≤ 20 μm; and,

a Young's modulus E of the support layer is E≥1.9 GPa.

15. The positive electrode current collector according to claim 1 , wherein,

a thickness D 2 of the support layer is 1 μm≤D 2≤ 20 μm; or,

a Young's modulus E of the support layer is E≥1.9 GPa.

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 23, 2020
From: LIANG, CHENGDU; HUANG, QISEN; WANG, SHIWEN
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 054838/0265 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910586679.X · Jul 1, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2019129349 · Dec 27, 2019
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