IP Library Granted Patent US 12,658,443
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US 12,658,443 · App. 17/345,201 · Granted Jun 16, 2026

Secondary battery, apparatus, artificial graphite and preparation method thereof

Inventors: Rui Shen (Ningde City, CN); Libing He (Ningde City, CN); Yuanyuan Li (Ningde City, CN)
Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
H01M4/587C01B32/205H01M4/133C01P2002/74C01P2004/03C01P2004/61C01P2006/10C01P2006/11C01P2006/12C01P2006/40H01M2004/021H01M2004/027H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 12,658,443
App. No.
17/345,201
Granted
Jun 16, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application discloses a secondary battery comprising a negative electrode plate, an apparatus including the secondary battery, an artificial graphite and a preparation method thereof, the negative electrode plate comprising a negative active material, wherein the negative active material comprises an artificial graphite having a volume average particle size D v 50 of 12 μm to 22 μm, and satisfying: 12≤D v 50×SSA≤25, in which SSA is the specific surface area of artificial graphite, in m 2 /g; the negative electrode plate has a compaction density of 1.6 g/cm 3 to 1.75 g/cm 3 and an OI value of at most 15, wherein the OI value represents a ratio C 004 /C 110 , in which C 004 is the peak area of the diffraction peak of 004 crystal plane of artificial graphite in the negative electrode plate and C 110 is the peak area of the diffraction peak of 110 crystal plane of artificial graphite in the negative electrode plate.

Claims (43)

1 . A secondary battery comprising a negative electrode plate, the negative electrode plate comprising a negative active material, wherein the negative active material comprises an artificial graphite having a volume average particle size D v 50 of 12 μm to 22 μm and an SSA of 0.56 to 1.35, and the artificial graphite satisfies: 12≤D v 50×SSA≤25, in which SSA is the specific surface area of the artificial graphite, in m 2 /g;

the artificial graphite has a particle size span (D v 90−D v 10)/D v 50 of 1.1 to 1.5;

the artificial graphite has a volume particle size D v 10 satisfying 6.2 μm≤D v 10≤10.8 μm;

the artificial graphite has a numerical particle size D n 10 satisfying: 0.43 μm≤D n 10≤1.8 μm;

the negative electrode plate has a compaction density of 1.6 g/cm 3 to 1.75 g/cm 3 , and

the negative electrode plate has an OI value from 6 to 15, wherein the OI value of the negative electrode plate represents a ratio C 004 /C 110 , in which C 004 is the peak area of the diffraction peak of 004 crystal plane of the artificial graphite in the negative electrode plate and C 110 is the peak area of the diffraction peak of 110 crystal plane of the artificial graphite in the negative electrode plate.

2 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the artificial graphite has a volume average particle diameter D v 50 of 15 μm to 18 μm.

3 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the artificial graphite satisfies: 15≤D v 50×SSA≤22.

4 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode plate has a compaction density of 1.6 g/cm 3 to 1.7 g/cm 3 .

5 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the OI value of the negative electrode plate is from 8 to 12.

6 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein:

the artificial graphite has a volume particle size D v 10 satisfying: D v 10≥6 μm.

7 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein artificial graphite has a graphitization degree of 90% to 95%;

the artificial graphite has a tap density of 0.85 g/cm 3 to 1.35 g/cm 3 ;

the artificial graphite has a powder compaction density of 1.65 g/cm 3 to 1.85 g/cm 3 under a pressure of 2000 kg;

the artificial graphite has a D peak intensity I D and a G peak intensity I G , and the ratio I D /I G satisfies: I D /I G ≤0.25;

the artificial graphite has a gram capacity of 350 mAh/g to 359 mAh/g.

8 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the artificial graphite has a numerical particle size D n 10 satisfying: 1 μm≤D n 10≤1.8 μm.

9 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the artificial graphite comprises secondary particles formed by agglomeration of primary particles; a proportion of a number of the secondary particles in the artificial graphite is at least 60%.

10 . The secondary battery according to claim 9 , wherein a proportion of a number of the secondary particles in the artificial graphite is from 70% to 90%.

11 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the following conditions is satisfied:

(1) the artificial graphite satisfies: 16≤D v 50×SSA≤21; or

(2) the artificial graphite has a volume particle size D v 10 satisfying: 6.5 μm≤D v 10≤10.5 μm; or

(3) the artificial graphite has a particle size span (D v 90−D v 10)/D v 50 of 1.2 to 1.5; or

(4) the artificial graphite has a graphitization degree of 92% to 94%; or

(5) the artificial graphite has a tap density of 0.95 g/cm 3 to 1.15 g/cm 3 ; or

(6) the artificial graphite has a powder compaction density of 1.68 g/cm 3 to 1.83 g/cm 3 under a pressure of 2000 kg; or

(7) the artificial graphite has a D peak intensity I D and a G peak intensity I G , and the ratio I D /I G satisfies: 0.1≤I D /I G ≤0.2; or

(8) the artificial graphite has a gram capacity of 352 mAh/g to 355 mAh/g.

12 . An artificial graphite, wherein the artificial graphite has a volume average particle size D v 50 of 12 μm to 22 μm and an SSA of 0.56 to 1.35, the artificial graphite has a particle size span (D v 90−D v 10)/D v 50 of 1.1 to 1.5, and the artificial graphite satisfies: 12≤D v 50×SSA≤25, in which SSA is the specific surface area of the artificial graphite, in m 2 /g; wherein the artificial graphite has a volume particle size D v 10 satisfying 6.2 μm≤Dv10≤10.8 μm; the artificial graphite has a numerical particle size D n 10 satisfying: 0.43 μm≤D n 10≤1.8 μm; when the artificial graphite is used in a negative electrode with a compaction density of 1.6 g/cm 3 to 1.75 g/cm 3 , the artificial graphite has a peak area C 004 of the 004 crystal plane and a peak area C 110 of the 110 crystal plane satisfying 6≤C 004 /C 110 ≤15.

13 . A method for preparing an artificial graphite, comprising the following steps:

(1) crushing green coke materials and classifying them;

(2) shaping the product obtained in step (1);

(3) granulating the product obtained in step (2), wherein the amount of binder added during the granulation process does not exceed 5% of the total weight of the green coke materials;

(4) subjecting the product obtained in step (3) to a graphitization treatment at a temperature of 2800° C.˜3200° C. to obtain the artificial graphite;

wherein the artificial graphite has a volume average particle size D v 50 of 12 μm to 22 μm and an SSA of 0.56 to 1.35, and the artificial graphite satisfies: 12≤D v 50×SSA≤25, in which SSA is the specific surface area of the artificial graphite, in m 2 /g; when the artificial graphite is used in a negative electrode with a compaction density of 1.6 g/cm 3 to 1.75 g/cm 3 , the artificial graphite has a peak area C 004 of the 004 crystal plane and a peak area Clio of the 110 crystal plane satisfying 6≤C 004 /C 110 ≤15; and wherein the artificial graphite has a numerical particle size D n 10 satisfying: 0.43 μm≤D n 10≤1.8 μm; wherein the artificial graphite has a particle size span (D v 90−D v 10)/D v 50 of 1.1 to 1.5, the artificial graphite has a volume particle size D v 10 satisfying 6.2 μm≤D v 10≤10.8 μm.

14 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein the green coke comprises one or more of green petroleum coke, green pitch coke and metallurgical coke.

15 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein the green coke is non-needle coke.

16 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein the green coke has a volatile content of 6%-12%; and/or,

the green coke has a sulfur content of ≤2%.

17 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein in step (3), the product obtained in step (2) is granulated without adding a binder.

18 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein the step (2) further comprises removing fine powder after shaping; preferably, the number particle size D n 10 of the granular product after step (2) is controlled to be ≥0.5 μm, through a fine powder removal treatment.

19 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein the product obtained in step (3) is graphitized at a temperature of 2900° C. to 3100° C.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 6, 2026
From: SHEN, RUI; HE, LIBING; LI, YUANYUAN
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 073370/0124 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2024
From: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 068338/0402 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2019122652 · Dec 3, 2019
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