IP Library Granted Patent US 12,586,825
Granted Patent B2
US 12,586,825 · App. 17/816,426 · Granted Mar 24, 2026

Negative-electrode plate, preparation method thereof, and secondary battery, battery module, battery pack, and electric apparatus containing same

Inventors: Bobing Hu (Ningde, CN); Shengyuan Huang (Ningde, CN); Chengyong Liu (Ningde, CN); Jiawei Fu (Ningde, CN); Xiaoning He (Ningde, CN); Jieliang Zou (Ningde, CN); Chengbin Zhong (Ningde, CN)
Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
H01M10/4235H01M4/134H01M4/1395H01M4/382H01M4/628H01M10/052H01M2004/021H01M2004/027
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Patent No.
US 12,586,825
App. No.
17/816,426
Granted
Mar 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A negative-electrode plate, a preparation method thereof, and a secondary battery, a battery module, a battery pack, and an electric apparatus including such negative-electrode plate are provided. The negative-electrode plate includes an alkali metal layer and a polymer film layer provided on at least one surface of the alkali metal layer. Surface resistivity of the polymer film layer gradually increases in a thickness direction of the polymer film layer away from the alkali metal layer. When the negative-electrode plate is used in a secondary battery, lithium dendrites can be effectively inhibited.

Claims (13)

1 . A negative-electrode plate, comprising an alkali metal layer and a polymer film layer provided on at least one surface of the alkali metal layer, wherein the polymer film layer comprises a first surface and a second surface that are back away from each other in a thickness direction of the polymer film layer, the first surface being an outer surface of the polymer film layer facing away from the alkali metal layer, and the second surface being an inner surface of the polymer film layer facing towards the alkali metal layer, wherein resistivity of the first surface is denoted as R1, resistivity of the second surface is denoted as R2, and the polymer film layer satisfies that resistivity increases continuously from R2 to R1, R1 is 10 2 Ω·cm-10 9 Ω·cm, R2 is 1 Ω·cm-10 4 Ω·cm.

2 . The negative-electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein R1/R2>10.

3 . The negative-electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein thickness of the polymer film layer is 1 μm-1200 μm.

4 . The negative-electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer film layer is a porous structure; and/or the alkali metal is at least one of lithium, potassium, and sodium.

5 . A secondary battery, comprising a positive-electrode plate, a negative-electrode plate, a separator disposed between the positive-electrode plate and the negative-electrode plate, and an electrolyte solution, wherein the negative-electrode plate comprises an alkali metal layer and a polymer film layer provided on at least one surface of the alkali metal layer, the polymer film layer comprises a first surface and a second surface that are back away from each other in the thickness direction of the polymer film layer, the first surface being an outer surface of the polymer film layer facing away from the alkali metal layer, and the second surface being an inner surface of the polymer film layer facing towards the alkali metal layer, resistivity of the first surface is denoted as R1, resistivity of the second surface is denoted as R2, and the polymer film layer satisfies that resistivity increases continuously from R2 to R1, R1 is 10 2 Ω·cm-10 9 Ω·cm, R2 is 1 Ω·cm-10 4 Ω·cm.

6 . The secondary battery according to claim 5 , wherein the battery is an alkali metal battery, and preferably a lithium metal secondary battery, a potassium metal secondary battery, or a sodium metal secondary battery.

7 . A battery module, comprising the secondary battery according to claim 5 .

8 . A battery pack, comprising the battery module according to claim 7 .

9 . An electric apparatus, comprising at least one or more of the secondary battery according to claim 5 , the battery module according to claim 7 , or the battery pack according to claim 8 .

10 . The negative-electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein R1 is 10 3 Ω·cm-10 6 Ω·cm, R2 is 1 Ω·cm-10 4 Ω·cm.

11 . The negative-electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein R1 is 10 5 Ω·cm-10 6 Ω·cm, R2 is 5 Ω·cm-1000 Ω·cm.

12 . The negative-electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer film layer has a porosity of not less than 50%.

13 . The negative-electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer film layer has an oxygen content gradient continuously decreasing from the outer surface to the inner surface.

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 068338/0402 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2022
From: HU, BOBING; HUANG, SHENGYUAN; LIU, CHENGYONG; FU, JIAWEI; HE, XIAONING; ZOU, JIELIANG; ZHONG, CHENGBIN
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 060679/0395 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021087608 · Apr 15, 2021
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