Granted Patent B2

US 12,212,006 · App. 17/501,902 · Granted Jan 28, 2025

Inventors: Jing Li (Ningde, CN); Qingrui Xue (Ningde, CN); Wei Li (Ningde, CN); Zige Zhang (Ningde, CN); Yang Zhang (Ningde, CN); Yang Lu (Ningde, CN)

Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED

H01M4/667H01M4/13H01M4/661H01M4/662H01M4/668H01M10/0525H01M2004/021

Abstract

Claims (31)

1. An electrode plate, comprising a current collector and an electrode active material layer disposed on at least one surface of the current collector, wherein

the current collector comprises a support layer and a conductive layer disposed on at least one surface of the support layer, a single-sided thickness D2 of the conductive layer along a thickness direction satisfies 30 nm≤D2≤3 μm, the support layer is made of a polymer material or polymer composite material, and a thickness D1 of the support layer along the thickness direction satisfies 1 μm≤D1≤30 μm; and

the electrode active material layer comprises an electrode active material, a binder, and a conductive agent,

wherein the electrode plate has a length direction, which is the main dimension direction with a larger magnitude, and a width direction, which is a secondary dimension direction with a smaller magnitude, the length direction and the width direction are perpendicular to the thickness direction of the current collector,

when viewed in the width direction of a coated surface of the electrode plate, the electrode active material layer comprises three zones including a high compacted zone between a first low compacted zone and a second low compacted zone,

a compacted density of the high compacted zone is greater than a compacted density of the first low compacted zone and greater than a compacted density of the second low compacted zone,

a width of the high compacted zone is 30% to 70% of a total width of the three zones.

2. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness D1 of the support layer satisfies 1 μm≤D1≤15 μm.

3. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein based on a total weight of the electrode active material layer, a binder content of the electrode active material layer is not less than 1 wt %.

4. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive layer is a metal conductive layer;

a material of the metal conductive layer is selected from at least one of aluminum, copper, nickel, titanium, silver, a nickel-copper alloy, or an aluminum-zirconium alloy; and

the thickness D2 of the conductive layer satisfies 300 nm≤D2≤2 μm.

5. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the support layer is selected from at least one of an insulation polymer material, an insulation polymer composite material, a conductive polymer material, or a conductive polymer composite material;

the insulation polymer material is selected from at least one of polyamide, polyterephthalate, polyimide, polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride, aramid, polydiformylphenylenediamine, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer, polybutylene terephthalate, poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide), ethylene propylene rubber, polyoxymethylene, epoxy resin, phenolic resin, polytetrafluoroethylene, polyphenyl sulfide, polyvinylidene fluoride, silicone rubber, polycarbonate, cellulose and its derivatives, starch and its derivatives, protein and its derivatives, polyvinyl alcohol and its cross-linked products, or polyethylene glycol and its cross-linked products;

the insulation polymer composite material is selected from a composite material formed of an insulation polymer material and an inorganic material, and the inorganic material is at least one of a ceramic material, a glass material, or a ceramic composite material;

the conductive polymer material is selected from a polysulfur nitride polymer material or a doped conjugated polymer material;

the conductive polymer composite material is selected from a composite material formed of an insulation polymer material and a conductive material, the conductive material is selected from at least one of a conductive carbon material, a metal material, or a composite conductive material; the conductive carbon material is selected from at least one of carbon black, carbon nanotube, graphite, acetylene black, or graphene; the metal material is selected from at least one of nickel, iron, copper, aluminum, or alloy of the foregoing metals; and the composite conductive material is selected from at least one of nickel-coated graphite powder, or nickel-coated carbon fiber; and

the material of the support layer is an insulation polymer material or an insulation polymer composite material.

6. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein a normal temperature Young's modulus E of the support layer satisfies 20 GPa≥E≥4 GPa; and/or there is a crack in the conductive layer.

7. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein a protective layer is further disposed on a surface of the conductive layer, the protective layer is disposed only on one surface of the conductive layer of the current collector or disposed on two surfaces of the conductive layer of the current collector, and a thickness D3 of the protective layer satisfies D3≤D2/10 and 1 nm≤D3≤200 nm.

8. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein a conductive primer layer comprising a conductive material and a binder is further disposed between the current collector and the electrode active material layer;

the conductive primer layer is different from the electrode active material layer in composition;

a single-sided thickness H of the conductive primer layer is 0.1 μm to 5 μm, and a ratio of H to D2 is 0.5:1 to 5:1; and

the binder in the conductive primer layer comprises an aqueous binder.

9. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein an average particle size D50 of the electrode active material in the electrode active material layer is 5 μm to 15 μm.

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

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

12. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the width of the high compacted zone is 40% to 60% of the total width of the three zones.

13. The electrode plate according to claim 12 , wherein the width of the high compacted zone is 45% to 55% of the total width of the three zones.

14. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the compacted density of the first low compacted zone the compacted density of the second low compacted zone are lower than the compacted density of the high compacted zone by 5% to 30%.

15. The electrode plate according to claim 14 , wherein the compacted density of the first low compacted zone the compacted density of the second low compacted zone are lower than the compacted density of the high compacted zone by 8% to 20%.

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