IP Library Granted Patent US 12,021,242
Granted Patent B2
US 12,021,242 · App. 17/135,540 · Granted Jun 25, 2024

Lithium-ion battery, positive electrode plate for lithium-ion battery, and apparatus

Inventors: Quanguo Li (Ningde, CN); Lile Liu (Ningde, CN); Xia Hu (Ningde, CN); Shaojun Niu (Ningde, CN); Yongbin Wu (Ningde, CN)
Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
H01M4/661H01M4/131H01M4/133H01M4/134H01M4/366H01M4/505H01M4/525H01M4/58H01M10/0525H01M2004/021H01M2004/027H01M2004/028
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Patent No.
US 12,021,242
App. No.
17/135,540
Granted
Jun 25, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

This application provides a lithium-ion battery, a positive electrode plate for a lithium-ion battery, and an apparatus. The lithium-ion battery includes a positive electrode plate that includes a positive current collector and a positive active material layer arranged on at least one surface of the positive current collector. A positive active material in the positive active material layer includes a positive active substance I and a positive active substance II. The positive active substance I is a layered lithium nickel transition metal oxide. The positive active substance II is an olivine-type li-containing phosphate. The positive electrode plate satisfies 2.5≤N/(PD×(1−P 1 )×(1−A))≤21. The positive electrode plate for a lithium-ion battery has relatively high energy density, and a high transmission rate of lithium ions, which effectively increases instantaneous discharge power under a low SOC while ensuring high volume energy density of lithium-ion batteries using the positive electrode plate.

Claims (55)

1. A lithium-ion battery, comprising:

a positive electrode plate, wherein the positive electrode plate includes a positive current collector and a positive active material layer arranged on at least one surface of the positive current collector;

a positive active material in the positive active material layer comprises a positive active substance I and a positive active substance II, and a particle size distribution (D max −D min ) I of the positive active substance I is smaller than a particle size distribution (D max −D min ) II of the positive active substance II, wherein:

the positive active substance I is a layered lithium nickel transition metal oxide;

the positive active substance I has a single particle morphology with an average particle size of 3 μm to 6.2 μm;

the positive active substance II is an olivine-type lithium-containing phosphate;

the positive active substance II includes (i) micropowder particles with a size of less than 500 nm and (ii) secondary particles with a secondary particle size of 8 μm to 16 μm, both of which are separately present; and

the positive electrode plate satisfies 8≤N/(PD×(1−P 1 )×(1−A))≤19, wherein:

A is a mass percentage of the positive active substance II in a total weight of the positive active material;

N is a number of particles of the positive active substance I accommodated in the positive active material layer in a thickness direction of the positive active material layer, and N is in a range of 6 to 55;

PD is a compacted density of the positive electrode plate, measured in g/cm 3 ; and

P 1 is a porosity of the positive electrode plate, and

wherein the mass percentage A of the positive active substance II in the total weight of the positive active material satisfies 2%≤A≤20%.

2. The lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein the number N of particles of the positive active substance I is 6 to 40.

3. The lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein the mass percentage A of the positive active substance II in the total weight of the positive active material satisfies 10%≤A≤20%.

4. The lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein the porosity P 1 of the positive electrode plate satisfies 20%<P 1 ≤25%.

5. The lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein the compacted density PD of the positive electrode plate satisfies 3.2 g/cm 3 ≤PD≤3.5 g/cm 3 .

6. The lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein:

the layered lithium nickel transition metal oxide is selected from one or more of Li x1 Ni (1-y1-z1-a1) Co y1 Mn z1 M1 a1 O 2 , Li x2 Ni (1-y2-z2-a2) CO y2 Al z2 M2 a2 O 2 , and a composite material obtained by coating and modifying, wherein:

0.90≤x1≤1.05,0≤y1≤0.2,0≤z1≤0.2, 0≤a1≤0.05, and M1 is selected from one or more of Ti, Al, Zr, Mg, Zn, Ba, Mo, and B; and

0.90≤x2≤1.05, 0≤y2≤0.1, 0≤z2≤0.1, 0≤a2≤0.05, and M2 is selected from one or more of Ti, Mn, Zr, Mg, Zn, Ba, Mo, and B.

7. The lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein:

a general formula of the olivine-type lithium-containing phosphate is LiFe (1-x3-y3) Mn x3 M′ y3 PO 4 , wherein 0≤x3≤1, 0≤y3<0.1, and M′ is selected from one or more of transition metal elements other than Fe and Mn, and non-transition metal elements.

8. The lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein a negative active material in a negative electrode plate is selected from one or more of: soft carbon, hard carbon, artificial graphite, natural graphite, silicon, a silicon oxide compound, a silicon carbon composite, lithium titanate, and a metal that is able to form an alloy with lithium.

9. A positive electrode plate for a lithium-ion battery, comprising a positive current collector and a positive active material layer arranged on at least one surface of the positive current collector, wherein:

a positive active material in the positive active material layer comprises a positive active substance I and a positive active substance II, and a particle size distribution (D max −D min ) I of the positive active substance I is smaller than a particle size distribution (D max −D min ) II of the positive active substance II, wherein:

the positive active substance I is a layered lithium nickel transition metal oxide;

the positive active substance I has a single particle morphology with an average particle size of 3 μm to 6.2 μm;

the positive active substance II is an olivine-type lithium-containing phosphate;

the positive active substance II includes (i) micropowder particles with a size of less than 500 nm and (ii) secondary particles with a secondary particle size of 8 μm to 16 μm, both of which are separately present; and

the positive electrode plate satisfies 8≤N/(PD×(1−P 1 )×(1−A))≤19, wherein:

A is a mass percentage of the positive active substance II in a total weight of the positive active material;

N is a number of particles of the positive active substance I accommodated in the positive active material layer in a thickness direction of the positive active material layer, and N is in a range of 6 to 55;

PD is a compacted density of the positive electrode plate, measured in g/cm 3 ; and

P 1 is a porosity of the positive electrode plate, and

wherein the mass percentage A of the positive active substance II in the total weight of the positive active material satisfies 2%≤A≤20%.

10. The positive electrode plate according to claim 9 , wherein the number N of particles of the positive active substance I is 6 to 40.

11. The positive electrode plate according to claim 9 , wherein the mass percentage A of the positive active substance II in the total weight of the positive active material satisfies 10%≤A≤20%.

12. The positive electrode plate according to claim 9 , wherein the porosity P 1 of the positive electrode plate satisfies 20%≤P 1 ≤25%.

13. The positive electrode plate according to claim 9 , wherein the compacted density PD of the positive electrode plate satisfies 3.2 g/cm 3 ≤PD≤3.5 g/cm 3 .

14. An apparatus, comprising a lithium-ion battery, wherein the lithium-ion battery is used as a power supply for the apparatus and the lithium-ion battery comprises a positive electrode plate, the positive electrode plate includes a positive current collector and a positive active material layer arranged on at least one surface of the positive current collector;

a positive active material in the positive active material layer comprises a positive active substance I and a positive active substance II, and a particle size distribution (D max −D min ) 1 of the positive active substance I is smaller than a particle size distribution (D max −D min ) II of the positive active substance II, wherein:

the positive active substance I is a layered lithium nickel transition metal oxide;

the positive active substance I has a single particle morphology with an average particle size of 3 μm to 6.2 μm;

the positive active substance II is an olivine-type lithium-containing phosphate;

the positive active substance II includes (i) micropowder particles with a size of less than 500 nm and (ii) secondary particles with a secondary particle size of 8 μm to 16 μm, both of which are separately present; and

the positive electrode plate satisfies 8≤N/(PD×(1−P 1 )×(1−A)≤19, wherein:

A is a mass percentage of the positive active substance II in a total weight of the positive active material;

N is a number of particles of the positive active substance I accommodated in the positive active material layer in a thickness direction of the positive active material layer, and N is in a range of 6 to 55;

PD is a compacted density of the positive electrode plate, measured in g/cm 3 ; and

P 1 is a porosity of the positive electrode plate, and

wherein the mass percentage A of the positive active substance II in the total weight of the positive active material satisfies 2%≤A≥20%.

15. The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the mass percentage A of the positive active substance II in the total weight of the positive active material satisfies 10%≤A≤20%.

16. The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the porosity P 1 of the positive electrode plate satisfies 20%≤P 1 ≤25%.

17. The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the compacted density PD of the positive electrode plate satisfies 3.2 g/cm 3 ≤PD≤3.5 g/cm 3 .

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 Jan 24, 2021
From: LI, QUANGUO; LIU, LILE; HU, XIA; NIU, SHAOJUN; WU, YONGBIN
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 055011/0195 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2019123338 · Dec 5, 2019
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