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US 12,244,036 · App. 17/832,184 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Separators for three-dimensional batteries

Inventors: Murali Ramasubramanian (Fremont, CA); Michael Armstrong (Danville, CA); Brian E. Brusca (Tracy, CA); Vladimir Dioumaev (San Jose, CA); Gunther A. Koblmiller (Oakley, CA); Ashok Lahiri (Cupertino, CA); Laurie J. Lauchlan (Saratoga, CA); Harrold J. Rust, III (Alamo, CA); Nirav S. Shah (Pleasanton, CA); Robert M. Spotnitz (Pleasanton, CA); James D. Wilcox (Pleasanton, CA)
Assignee: Enovix Corporation
H01M50/446H01M4/13H01M4/134H01M4/386H01M10/0472H01M10/052H01M10/0585H01M50/44H01M50/46H01M2004/021H01M50/403
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Patent No.
US 12,244,036
App. No.
17/832,184
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrode structure for use in an energy storage device, the electrode structure comprising a population of electrodes, a population of counter-electrodes and an electrically insulating material layer separating members of the electrode population from members of the counter-electrode population, each member of the electrode population having a longitudinal axis A E that is surrounded by the electrically insulating separator layer.

Claims (30)

1. An electrode structure comprising a population of electrodes comprising an electrode active material layer and a population of counter-electrodes comprising a counter-electrode active material layer, wherein:

members of the population of electrodes are arranged in alternating sequence with members of the population of counter-electrodes, the alternating sequence being along a first direction,

each member of the population of electrodes has a bottom, a top, a length L E , a width W E , a height H E , and a longitudinal axis A E extending (A) from the bottom to the top of each such member and (B) in a direction transverse to the first direction, the length L E of each member of the population of electrodes being measured in the direction of its longitudinal axis A E , the width W E of each member of the population of electrodes being measured in the first direction, and the height H E of each member of the population of electrodes being measured in a direction perpendicular to (a) the longitudinal axis A E of each such member of the population of electrodes and (b) the first direction, a ratio of L E to each of W E and H E of each member of the population of electrodes being at least 5:1, respectively, the ratio of H E to W E for each member of the electrode population of electrodes being between 0.4:1 and 1000:1, respectively,

the longitudinal axis A E of each member of the population of electrodes being surrounded by an electrically insulating separator layer, the electrically insulating separator layer comprising:

(i) a first insulating material disposed in regions between opposing lateral surfaces of adjacent members of an electrode of the population of electrodes and of a counter-electrode of the population of counter-electrodes, and

(ii) a second insulating material along one or more of front and back surfaces of the members of the population of electrodes, the front and back surfaces of the members of the population of electrodes being separated in a direction perpendicular to (I) the longitudinal axis A E of each member of the population of electrodes and (II) to the first direction, and

the second insulating material comprising a lower conductivity for carrier ions than the first insulating material.

2. The electrode structure of claim 1 , wherein the electrically insulating separator layer is disposed between a member of the population of electrodes and a member of the population of counter-electrodes, the electrically insulating separator layer comprising a microporous separator material constituting at least 70 vol % of the electrically insulating separator layer.

3. The electrode structure of claim 1 , wherein the electrically insulating separator layer surrounds the longitudinal axis A E of each member of the population of electrodes for at least 70% of the length L E of each member of the population of electrodes.

4. The electrode structure of claim 1 , wherein each member of the population of electrodes and each member of the population of counter-electrodes comprise at least 50 members.

5. The electrode structure of claim 1 , wherein L E has a value in a range from 10 mm to 250 mm, W E has a value in a range from 0.01 mm to 2.5 mm, and H E has a value in a range from 0.05 mm to 10 mm.

6. The electrode structure of claim 1 , wherein the first insulating material comprises a microporous separator material.

7. The electrode structure of claim 1 , wherein a cross-section of each member of the population of electrodes has a perimeter P E and a ratio of L E to P E for each member of the population of electrodes is at least 1.25:1, respectively.

8. The electrode structure of claim 1 , wherein each member of the population of counter-electrodes comprises a bottom, a top, a length L CE , a width W CE , a height H CE , and a longitudinal axis A CE extending from the bottom to the top of each such member and in a direction transverse to the first direction, the length L CE of each member of the population of counter-electrodes being measured in a direction of its longitudinal axis A CE , a width W CE of each member of the population of counter-electrodes being measured in the first direction, and the height H CE of each member of the population of counter-electrodes being measured in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis A CE of each member of the population of counter-electrodes, and the first direction, the ratio of LCE to each of W CE and H CE of each member of the population of counter-electrodes being at least 5:1, respectively, the ratio of H CE to W CE for each member of the population of counter-electrodes being between 0.4:1 and 1000:1, respectively.

9. The electrode structure of claim 8 , wherein L CE has a value in a range from 10 mm to 250 mm, W CE has a value in a range from 0.01 mm to 2.5 mm, and H CE has a value in a range from 0.05 mm to 10 mm.

10. The electrode structure of claim 8 , wherein a cross-section of each member of the population of counter-electrodes has a perimeter P CE and the ratio of L CE to P CE for each member of the population of counter-electrodes is at least 1.25:1, respectively.

11. The electrode structure of claim 1 , wherein each member of the population of electrodes further comprises an electrode backbone.

12. The electrode structure of claim 1 , wherein each member of the population of electrodes comprises an electrode current collector layer.

13. The electrode structure of claim 12 , wherein the electrode current collector layer and the electrode active material layer (a) have an electrical conductance and (b) a ratio of the electrical conductance of the electrode current collector layer to the electrical conductance of the electrode active material layer is at least 100 : 1 , respectively, for each member of the population of electrodes.

14. The electrode structure of claim 12 , wherein the population of electrodes is a population of positive electrodes, the population of counter-electrodes is a population of negative electrodes, the electrode active material layer is a positive electrode active material layer, and the electrode current collector layer is a positive electrode current collector layer.

15. The electrode structure of claim 12 , wherein the population of electrodes is a population of negative electrodes, the population of counter-electrodes is a population of positive electrodes, the electrode active material layer is a negative electrode active material layer, and the electrode current collector layer is a negative electrode current collector layer.

16. The electrode structure of claim 15 , wherein the negative electrode active material layer comprises carbon, aluminum, tin, silicon or an alloy thereof; nanowires of silicon or an alloy thereof; or porous silicon or an alloy thereof.

17. The electrode structure of claim 1 , wherein the electrically insulating separator layer further comprises a second insulating material disposed along surfaces of the top of each member of the population of electrodes.

18. The electrode structure of claim 1 , further comprising (i) an electrode substrate having a first surface to which each member of the population of electrodes is directly attached, and (ii) a counter-electrode substrate having a second surface to which each member of the population of counter-electrodes is attached, the first surface and the second surface being opposing surfaces that are substantially parallel to the first direction.

19. The electrode structure of claim 1 , wherein the population of electrodes is a population of negative electrodes, the population of counter-electrodes is a population of positive electrodes, each member of the population of negative electrodes comprises a negative electrode active material layer and a negative electrode current collector layer, each member of the population of negative electrodes has a bottom, a top, a length L NE , a width W NE and a height H NE , the length L NE being measured from the bottom to the top of each such negative electrode, the width W NE and the height H NE being measured in directions that are perpendicular to each other and to the direction of measurement of the length L NE , the ratio of L NE to each of W NE and H NE being at least 5:1, respectively, the ratio of H NE to W NE being between 0.4:1 and 1000:1, the negative electrode current collector layer of each member of the population of negative electrodes having a length L NC measured in the same direction as L NE , and is at least 50% of L NE .

20. The electrode structure of claim 1 , wherein the population of electrodes is a population of positive electrodes, the population of counter-electrodes is a population of negative electrodes, each member of the population of positive electrodes comprises a positive electrode active material layer and a positive electrode current collector layer, each member of the population of positive electrodes has a bottom, a top, a length L PE , a width W PE and a height H PE , the length L PE being measured from the bottom to the top of each such positive electrode, the width W PE and the height H PE being measured in directions that are perpendicular to each other and to the direction of measurement of the length L PE , the ratio of L PE to each of W PE and H PE being at least 5:1, respectively, the ratio of H PE to W PE being between 0.4:1 and 1000:1, the positive electrode current collector layer of each member of the positive population having a length L PC measured in the same direction as L PE , and is at least 50% of L PE .

21. An electrode stack, the stack comprising electrode structures, each of the electrode structures comprising an electrode structure of claim 1 , the electrode structures comprising a first electrode structure and a second electrode structure.

22. The electrode stack of claim 21 , wherein the electrode structures are stacked vertically with respect to each other, whereby the populations of positive and the populations of negative electrodes comprised by the first electrode structure in the electrode stack lie in a different plane than the populations of positive and negative electrodes comprised by the second electrode structure in the electrode stack.

23. The electrode stack of claim 21 , wherein the electrode structures are arranged horizontally whereby the population of positive electrodes and the population of negative electrodes comprised by the first electrode structure in the electrode stack lie in substantially the same plane as the population of positive and the population of negative electrodes comprised by the second electrode structure in the electrode stack.

24. A secondary battery comprising (a) a battery enclosure, (b) a non-aqueous electrolyte and (c) the electrode structure of claim 1 .

Assignments (3)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 19, 2023
From: ENOVIX OPERATIONS INC.; ENOVIX CORPORATION
To: ENOVIX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062434/0809 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 3, 2022
From: RSVAC MERGER SUB INC.; ENOVIX CORPORATION; ENOVIX OPERATIONS INC.
To: ENOVIX OPERATIONS INC.
Reel/Frame 060705/0752 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 2, 2022
From: RAMASUBRAMANIAN, MURALI; ARMSTRONG, MICHAEL; BRUSCA, BRIAN E.; DIOUMAEV, VLADIMIR; KOBLMILLER, GUNTHER A.; LAHIRI, ASHOK; LAUCHLAN, LAURIE J.; RUST, HARROLD J., III; SHAH, NIRAV S.; SPOTNITZ, ROBERT M.; WILCOX, JAMES D.
To: ENOVIX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060693/0800 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 16917020 · Jun 30, 2020
Continuation 15997252 · Jun 4, 2018
Continuation 14207808 · Mar 13, 2014
Provisional Application 61800235 · Mar 15, 2013
Related Publication 20220311094A1 · Sep 29, 2022
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