IP Library Granted Patent US 11,749,808
Granted Patent B2
US 11,749,808 · App. 17/335,034 · Granted Sep 5, 2023

Electrode plate and electrochemical device

Inventors: Chengdu Liang (Ningde, CN); Jing Li (Ningde, CN); Wei Li (Ningde, CN); Qingrui Xue (Ningde, CN); Zige Zhang (Ningde, CN); Yang Zhang (Ningde, CN)
Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
H01M4/667H01M4/625H01M4/662H01M4/505H01M4/525H01M4/623H01M10/0525H01M2004/027H01M2004/028H01M2220/10H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 11,749,808
App. No.
17/335,034
Granted
Sep 5, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The electrode plate according to the present application includes a current collector and an electrode active material layer disposed on at least one surface of the current collector, wherein the current collector includes a support layer and a conductive layer disposed on at least one surface of the support layer, the conductive layer has a single-sided thickness D2 satisfying: 30 nm D2 3 μm; and a conductive primer layer containing a first conductive material and a binder is provided between the current collector and the electrode active material layer, and the first conductive material in the conductive primer layer comprises at least one of a one-dimensional conductive material and a two-dimensional conductive material. The electrode plate of the present application has good workability, and the electrochemical device including the electrode plate has high energy density, good electrical performance and long-term reliability.

Claims (28)

1. An electrode plate comprising a current collector ( 10 , 20 ) and an electrode active material layer ( 12 , 22 ) disposed on at least one surface of the current collector ( 10 , 20 ),

wherein the current collector ( 10 , 20 ) comprises a support layer ( 101 , 201 ) and a conductive layer ( 102 , 202 ) disposed on at least one surface of the support layer ( 101 , 201 ), the conductive layer ( 102 , 202 ) has a single-sided thickness D2 that satisfies: 30 nm≤D2≤3 μm, the conductive layer ( 102 , 202 ) is a metal conductive layer, and the metal conductive layer comprises a material that is selected from at least one of aluminum, copper, titanium, silver, and aluminum-zirconium alloy or from a combination of nickel or nickel copper alloy with at least one of aluminum, copper, titanium, silver, and aluminum-zirconium alloy;

wherein a conductive primer layer ( 11 , 21 ) containing a first conductive material and a binder is provided between the current collector ( 10 , 20 ) and the electrode active material layer ( 12 , 22 ), and the first conductive material in the conductive primer layer ( 11 , 21 ) comprises at least one of a one-dimensional conductive material and a two-dimensional conductive material;

wherein the first conductive material is present in a weight percentage of 10% to 99%, and the binder is present in a weight percentage of 1% to 90% based on the total weight of the conductive primer layer ( 11 , 21 );

wherein based on the total weight of the first conductive material, the first conductive material comprises 5 wt % to 50 wt % of at least one of the one-dimensional conductive material and the two-dimensional conductive material, and 50 wt % to 95 wt % of other conductive materials; and

wherein the conductive layer ( 102 , 202 ) is further provided with a protective layer ( 103 , 203 ) on its surface, the protective layer ( 103 , 203 ) is a metal protective layer or a metal oxide protective layer, in which the metal protective layer comprises a material that is selected from at least one of nickel, chromium, nickel alloy and chromium alloy, the protective layer ( 103 , 203 ) being provided on one surface of the conductive layer ( 102 , 202 ) of the current collector ( 10 , 20 ) facing the support layer ( 101 , 201 ) or on both surfaces of the conductive layers ( 102 , 202 ) of the current collector ( 10 , 20 ); and

wherein the conductive primer layer ( 11 , 21 ) has a single-side thickness H of 0.1 to 5 μm and H/D2 is 0.5:1 to 5:1.

2. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the support layer ( 101 , 201 ) comprises at least one material selected from insulating polymer materials, insulating polymer composite materials, conductive polymer materials, and conductive polymer composite materials.

3. The electrode plate according to claim 2 , wherein the support layer ( 101 , 201 ) has a normal temperature Young's modulus that satisfies: 20 GPa≥E≥4 GPa.

4. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the support layer ( 101 , 201 ) has a thickness D1 that satisfies: 1 μm≤D1≤30 μm.

5. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein there are cracks in the conductive layer ( 102 , 202 ).

6. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive layer ( 102 , 202 ) has a single-sided thickness D2 that satisfies: 300 nm≤D2≤2 μm.

7. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the protective layer ( 103 , 203 ) has a thickness that satisfies: D3≤ 1/10D2 and 1 nm≤D3≤200 nm.

8. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the first conductive material is present in a weight percentage of 20% to 80%; and/or,

the binder is present in a weight percentage of 20% to 80% based on the total weight of the conductive primer layer ( 11 , 21 ).

9. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein

the binder is at least one selected from styrene butadiene rubber, oil-dispersible polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), polyvinylidene fluoride copolymer, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, polystyrene, polyacrylic acid, polytetrafluoroethylene, polyacrylonitrile, polyimide, water-dispersible PVDF, polyurethane, polyvinyl alcohol, polyacrylates, polyacrylic acid-polyacrylonitrile copolymer, and polyacrylate-polyacrylonitrile copolymers.

10. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein

the one-dimensional conductive material is one-dimensional conductive carbon; the two-dimensional conductive material is two-dimensional conductive carbon.

11. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the other conductive material is at least one of a conductive carbon material and a metal material in which the conductive carbon material is at least one selected from a zero-dimensional conductive carbon, an one-dimensional conductive carbon, a two-dimensional conductive carbon, and a three-dimensional conductive carbon; the metal material is at least one selected from aluminum powder, iron powder and silver powder.

12. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode active material layer ( 12 , 22 ) comprises an electrode active material, an electrode binder and an electrode conductive agent.

13. An electrochemical device comprising a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, a separator and electrolyte wherein the positive electrode plate and/or the negative electrode plate is the electrode plate according to claim 1 .

14. An apparatus characterized by comprising the electrochemical device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the electrochemical device is used as a power source of the apparatus.

15. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the support layer ( 101 , 201 ) has a thickness D1 that satisfies: 1 μm≤D1≤15 μm.

16. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive layer ( 102 , 202 ) has a single-sided thickness D2 that satisfies: 500 nm≤D2≤1.5 μm.

17. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the protective layer ( 103 , 203 ) has a thickness that satisfies: D3≤ 1/10D2 and 10 nm≤D3≤50 nm.

18. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the first conductive material is present in a weight percentage of 50% to 80%; and/or,

the binder is present in a weight percentage of 20% to 50% based on the total weight of the conductive primer layer ( 11 , 21 ).

Assignments (1)
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 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201811638405.2 · Dec 29, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
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