IP Library Granted Patent US 12,034,153
Granted Patent B2
US 12,034,153 · App. 17/547,271 · Granted Jul 9, 2024

Secondary battery, process for preparing the same and apparatus containing the secondary battery

Inventors: Jianjun Ma (Ningde, CN); Rui Shen (Ningde, CN); Libing He (Ningde, CN)
Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
H01M4/366H01M4/0404H01M4/505H01M4/525H01M4/587H01M10/0525H01M2004/021H01M2004/027H01M2004/028H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 12,034,153
App. No.
17/547,271
Granted
Jul 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application relates to a secondary battery, a process for preparing the same and an apparatus containing the secondary battery. The negative electrode film of the secondary battery comprises a first negative electrode film and a second negative electrode film; the first negative electrode film is disposed on at least one surface of the negative electrode current collector and comprises a first negative electrode active material; and the second negative electrode film is disposed on the first negative electrode film and comprises a second negative electrode active material, the first negative electrode active material comprises natural graphite and the first negative electrode active material satisfies: 0.60≤S1≤0.85; and the second negative electrode active material comprises artificial graphite. The secondary battery according to the present application has both better low-temperature rate performance and longer high-temperature cycle life while having a higher energy density.

Claims (40)

1. A secondary battery comprising a negative electrode plate, wherein the negative electrode plate comprises a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode film, and the negative electrode film comprises a first negative electrode film and a second negative electrode film;

the first negative electrode film is disposed on at least one surface of the negative electrode current collector and comprises a first negative electrode active material;

the second negative electrode film is disposed on the first negative electrode film and comprises a second negative electrode active material,

the first negative electrode active material comprises natural graphite and satisfies: 0.60≤S1≤0.74, where S1=W 2H /(W 3R +W 2H );

the second negative electrode active material comprises artificial graphite,

the first negative electrode film is thicker than the second negative electrode film, and

a thickness ratio of the first negative electrode film to the second negative electrode film is from 1:1.01 to 1:1.1,

in which W 3R is a peak area of 101 crystal plane in a X-ray diffraction spectrum of the first negative electrode active material at a diffraction angle of 43.3±0.05°, and W 2H is a peak area of 101 crystal plane in a X-ray diffraction spectrum of the first negative electrode active material at a diffraction angle of 44.5±0.05°.

2. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a volume average particle size DV50 of the first negative electrode active material is larger than a volume average particle size DV50 of the second negative electrode active material.

3. The secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein the volume average particle size DV50 of the first negative electrode active material is from 15 μm to 19 μm; and/or,

the volume average particle size DV50 of the second negative electrode active material is from 14 μm-18 μm.

4. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first negative electrode active material has a graphitization degree of from 95% to 98%; and/or

the second negative electrode active material has a graphitization degree of from 90% to 95%.

5. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first negative electrode active material has a powder compaction density of from 1.85 g/cm 3 to 2.1 g/cm 3 under a pressure of 50,000 N; and/or

the second negative electrode active material has a powder compaction density of from 1.7 g/cm 3 to 1.9 g/cm 3 under a pressure of 50,000 N.

6. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first negative electrode active material has a specific surface area (SSA) of from 1.6 m 2 /g to 2.4 m 2 /g; and/or

the second negative electrode active material has a specific surface area (SSA) of from 0.7 m 2 /g to 1.5 m 2 /g.

7. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first negative electrode active material has a specific surface area (SSA) of from 1.6 m 2 /g to 2.4 m 2 /g; and/or

the second negative electrode active material has a specific surface area (SSA) of from 0.7 m 2 /g to 1.5 m 2 /g.

8. The secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein the first negative electrode active material has a specific surface area (SSA) of from 1.6 m 2 /g to 2.4 m 2 /g; and/or

the second negative electrode active material has a specific surface area (SSA) of from 0.7 m 2 /g to 1.5 m 2 /g.

9. The secondary battery according to claim 3 , wherein the first negative electrode active material has a specific surface area (SSA) of from 1.6 m 2 /g to 2.4 m 2 /g; and/or

the second negative electrode active material has a specific surface area (SSA) of from 0.7 m 2 /g to 1.5 m 2 /g.

10. The secondary battery according to claim 4 , wherein the first negative electrode active material has a specific surface area (SSA) of from 1.6 m 2 /g to 2.4 m 2 /g; and/or

the second negative electrode active material has a specific surface area (SSA) of from 0.7 m 2 /g to 1.5 m 2 /g.

11. The secondary battery according to claim 5 , wherein the first negative electrode active material has a specific surface area (SSA) of from 1.6 m 2 /g to 2.4 m 2 /g; and/or

the second negative electrode active material has a specific surface area (SSA) of from 0.7 m 2 /g to 1.5 m 2 /g.

12. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the natural graphite has a morphology that is one or more of spherical and quasi-spherical; and/or

the artificial graphite has a morphology that is one or more of a block shape and a sheet shape.

13. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the natural graphite is present in the first negative electrode active material in a mass percentage of ≥50%; and/or

the artificial graphite is present in the second negative electrode active material in a mass ratio of is ≥80%.

14. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode film has an areal density of 10 mg/cm 2 ≤CW≤13 mg/cm 2 .

15. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the secondary battery comprises a positive electrode plate, the positive electrode plate comprises a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode film disposed on at least one surface of the positive electrode current collector and comprising a positive electrode active material, the positive electrode active material comprises one or more of lithium transition metal oxides, lithium phosphates of olivine structure and their respective modified compounds.

16. A process for preparing a secondary battery, comprising preparing a negative electrode plate of the secondary battery by the following steps:

1) forming, on at least one surface of a negative electrode current collector, a first negative electrode film comprising a first negative electrode active material that comprises natural graphite and satisfies: 0.60≤S1≤0.74, where S1=W 2H /(W 3R +W 2H ); and

2) forming, on the first negative electrode film, a second negative electrode film comprising a second negative electrode active material, that comprises artificial graphite,

wherein the first negative electrode film is thicker than the second negative electrode film,

wherein a thickness ratio of the first negative electrode film to the second negative electrode film is from 1:1.01 to 1:1.1, and

wherein W 3R is a peak area of 101 crystal plane in a X-ray diffraction spectrum of the first negative electrode active material at a diffraction angle of 43.3±0.05°, and W 2H is a peak area of 101 crystal plane in a X-ray diffraction spectrum of the first negative electrode active material at a diffraction angle of 44.5±0.05°.

17. An apparatus, comprising the secondary battery according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2023
From: MA, JIANJUN; SHEN, RUI; HE, LIBING
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 064835/0690 →
Continuity (2)
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