Positive current collector, positive electrode plate, secondary battery, and apparatus
View Patent ↗A positive current collector, a positive electrode plate, a secondary battery, and an apparatus, the positive current collector comprising a support layer, provided with two opposing surfaces in the thickness direction thereof, and a conductive layer arranged on at least one of the two surfaces of the support layer, wherein the conductive layer has a thickness D 1 satisfying 300 nm≤D 1 ≤2 μm; and when the positive current collector has a the tensile strain of 1.5%, the conductive layer has a sheet resistance growth rate of T≤30%. The positive current collector has higher safety performance and meanwhile higher electrical performance, and thus a positive electrode plate and a secondary battery adopting the positive current collector could have higher safety performance and meanwhile higher electro-chemical performance.
1 . A positive current collector ( 10 ) comprising
a support layer ( 101 ) having two surfaces ( 101 a , 101 b ) opposite to each other in its thickness direction;
a conductive layer ( 102 ) arranged on at least one of the two surfaces ( 101 a , 101 b ) of the support layer,
wherein, the conductive layer ( 102 ) has a thickness D 1 satisfying 300 nm≤D 1 ≤2 μm; and
when the positive current collector ( 10 ) has a tensile strain of 1.5%, the conductive layer has a sheet resistance growth rate of T≤30%; and
wherein the support layer comprises a polymeric material selected from PET; and
wherein the conductive layer comprises a metal material selected from aluminum and aluminum alloy; and
wherein the positive current collector ( 10 ) further comprises a protective layer ( 103 ) wherein the protective layer ( 103 ) is arranged between the conductive layer ( 102 ) and the support layer ( 101 ); and the protective layer ( 103 ) has a thickness D 3 satisfying 20 nm≤D 3 ≤50 nm;
alternatively,
wherein the positive current collector ( 10 ) further comprises a protective layer ( 103 ) wherein the protective layer ( 103 ) is arranged between the conductive layer ( 102 ) and the support layer ( 101 ), and the protective layer ( 103 ) is arranged on the surface of the conductive layer ( 102 ) facing away the surface of the support layer ( 101 ); and the protective layer ( 103 ) has a thickness D 3 satisfying 8 nm≤D 3 ≤50 nm.
2 . The positive current collector ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein,
the support layer has a volume resistivity of greater than or equal to 1.0×10 −5 Ω·m; and/or,
the conductive layer has a volume resistivity of from 2.5×10 −8 Ω·m to 7.8×10 −8 Ω·m.
3 . The positive current collector ( 10 ) according to claim 2 , wherein,
the conductive layer has a volume resistivity of from 3.2×10 −8 Ω·m to 7.8×10 −8 Ω·m.
4 . The positive current collector ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the support layer ( 101 ) has a thickness D 2 satisfying 1 μm≤D 2 ≤20 μm.
5 . The positive current collector according to claim 1 , wherein:
the support layer ( 101 ) has an elongation at break of greater than or equal to that of the conductive layer; and/or,
the support layer ( 101 ) has a Young's modulus of E≥4 GPa.
6 . The positive current collector ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive layer ( 102 ) is a vapor deposited layer or an electroplated layer.
7 . A positive electrode plate ( 20 ) including a positive current collector ( 10 ) and a positive active material layer ( 201 ) arranged on the positive current collector ( 10 ), wherein the positive current collector ( 10 ) is the positive current collector according to claim 1 .
8 . A secondary battery ( 5 ) including a positive electrode plate ( 20 ), a negative electrode plate, a separator and an electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode plate ( 20 ) is the positive electrode plate according to claim 7 .
9 . An apparatus including the secondary battery ( 5 ) according claim 8 .
10 . The positive current collector ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive layer ( 102 ) has a thickness D 1 satisfying 500 nm≤D 1 ≤1.5 μm.
11 . The positive current collector ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein when the positive current collector ( 10 ) has a tensile strain of 1.5%, the conductive layer has a sheet resistance growth rate of T≤15%.
12 . The positive current collector ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein when the positive current collector ( 10 ) has a tensile strain of 1.5%, the conductive layer has a sheet resistance growth rate of T≤5%.
13 . The positive current collector ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the support layer ( 101 ) has a thickness D 2 satisfying 2 μm≤D 2 ≤10 μm.
14 . The positive current collector ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the support layer ( 101 ) has a thickness D 2 satisfying 2 μm≤D 2 ≤6 μm.
15 . The positive current collector according to claim 1 , wherein the support layer ( 101 ) has a Young's modulus of 4 GPa≤E≤20 GPa.
16 . The positive current collector ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the protective layer ( 103 ) comprises one or more selected from aluminium oxide, and nickel oxide.