IP Library Granted Patent US 12,230,810
Granted Patent B2
US 12,230,810 · App. 17/544,944 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Secondary battery and apparatus containing the same

Inventors: Xiaobin Dong (Ningbe, CN); Jiazheng Wang (Ningde, CN); Meng Kang (Ningde, CN); Libing He (Ningde, CN)
Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Limited
H01M50/103H01M4/587H01M2004/021H01M2004/027H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 12,230,810
App. No.
17/544,944
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

This application discloses a secondary battery and an apparatus containing the secondary battery. The secondary battery secondary battery includes an electrode assembly including a cell and tabs extending from the cell, the cell includes a negative electrode plate, the negative electrode plate includes a negative current collector and a negative electrode film arranged on at least one surfaces of the negative current collector and including a negative active material, wherein the negative active material includes artificial graphite including secondary particles; and the cell satisfies 5 cm≤0.5×√{square root over (a 2 +b 2 )}≤15 cm, and a≤15 cm, wherein a is the maximum size of the cell in the direction that the tabs extend, in cm; and b is the maximum size of the cell in a direction perpendicularly intersecting with the direction that the tabs extend, in cm.

Claims (23)

1. A secondary battery, comprising an electrode assembly which comprises a cell and tabs extending from the cell, the cell comprising a negative electrode plate, the negative electrode plate comprising a negative current collector and a negative electrode film arranged on at least one surfaces of the negative current collector and comprising a negative active material,

wherein the negative active material comprises artificial graphite comprising secondary particles;

the cell satisfies 9 cm≤0.5×√{square root over (a 2 +b 2 )}≤15 cm, and a ≤15 cm, where a is the maximum size of the cell in the direction in which the tabs extend, in cm; and b is the maximum size of the cell in a direction perpendicularly intersecting with the direction in which the tabs extend, in cm; and

the cell further satisfies 0.3≤a/b≤0.8.

2. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein number percentage S of the secondary particles in the artificial graphite satisfies S≥30%.

3. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the cell satisfies 9 cm≤0.5×√{square root over (a 2 +b 2 )}≤13 cm.

4. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein 6 cm≤a≤13 cm.

5. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the artificial graphite has a particle size distribution D v 10 satisfying 5.2 μm≤D v 10≤8.3 μm.

6. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the artificial graphite has an average particle size D v 50 satisfying 6 μm≤D v 50≤15 μm.

7. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the artificial graphite has a particle size distribution D v 90 satisfying 13 μm≤D v 90≤30 μm.

8. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the artificial graphite has a specific surface area SSA satisfying 0.6 m 2 /g≤SSA≤2.5 m 2 /g.

9. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the artificial graphite has a powder compacted density under a pressure of 2 tons of 1.5 g/cm 3 to 1.7 g/cm 3 .

10. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein at least part of the surface of the artificial graphite is coated with a coating layer.

11. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the artificial graphite has a gram capacity of 343 mAh/g to 359 mAh/g.

12. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode film has an areal density CW satisfying 7.1 mg/cm 2 ≤CW≤10.4 mg/cm 2 .

13. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode film has a compacted density PD satisfying 1.4 g/cm 3 ≤PD≤1.7 g/cm 3 .

14. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode film has a porosity P a satisfying: 23%≤P a ≤42%.

15. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode film has a OI value satisfying: 10≤OI≤30.

16. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the cell further satisfies 0.4≤a/b≤0.6.

17. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the battery cell comprises a positive plate, the positive plate comprises a positive current collector and a positive electrode film arranged on at least one surfaces of the positive current collector and comprising positive active material, wherein the positive active material comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide, lithium nickel cobalt aluminum oxide and the modified compounds thereof.

18. An apparatus comprising the secondary battery according to claim 1 .

19. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein 7 cm≤a≤12 cm.

20. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein 10 cm≤b≤35 cm.

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 068338/0402 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020083055 · Apr 2, 2020
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