IP Library Granted Patent US 11,631,852
Granted Patent B2
US 11,631,852 · App. 17/853,229 · Granted Apr 18, 2023

Secondary battery, preparation method thereof, and battery module, battery pack, and apparatus associated therewith

Inventors: Erling Li (Ningde, CN); Meng Kang (Ningde, CN); Baida Deng (Ningde, CN); Libing He (Ningde, CN)
Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
H01M4/583H01M4/366H01M4/623H01M4/625H01M2004/021H01M2004/027
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Patent No.
US 11,631,852
App. No.
17/853,229
Granted
Apr 18, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A secondary battery, a preparation method thereof, and an apparatus including the secondary battery are described. Specifically, the secondary battery includes a negative-electrode plate, where the negative-electrode plate is of a multi-layer structure, and the multi-layer structure sequentially includes: a negative-electrode current collector, a primer layer, and a negative-electrode film layer; the negative-electrode film layer includes a first negative-electrode film layer and a second negative-electrode film layer, and the first negative-electrode film layer is located between the primer layer and the second negative-electrode film layer; and the first negative-electrode film layer includes a first negative-electrode active material, the first negative-electrode active material includes first artificial graphite, at least some particles in the first artificial graphite are secondary particles, and a quantity proportion A of the number of the secondary particles to a total number of particles of the first negative-electrode active material satisfies A≥50%.

Claims (42)

1. A secondary battery, comprising a negative-electrode plate, wherein the negative-electrode plate is of a multi-layer structure, and the multi-layer structure sequentially comprises: a negative-electrode current collector, a primer layer, and a negative-electrode film layer;

the negative-electrode film layer comprises a first negative-electrode film layer and a second negative-electrode film layer, and the first negative-electrode film layer is located between the primer layer and the second negative-electrode film layer; and

the first negative-electrode film layer comprises a first negative-electrode active material, wherein the first negative-electrode active material comprises first artificial graphite, at least some particles in the first artificial graphite are secondary particles, and a quantity proportion A of the number of the secondary particles to a total number of particles of the first negative-electrode active material satisfies A≥50%.

2. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the primer layer comprises a conductive agent and a binder.

3. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein A≥60%.

4. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the primer layer is greater than or equal to 1 μm.

5. The secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein a mass proportion of the conductive agent in the primer layer is greater than or equal to 50%; or

a mass proportion of the binder in the primer layer is less than or equal to 50%.

6. The secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein the conductive agent comprises a conductive carbon material.

7. The secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein the binder comprises one or more of styrene butadiene rubber (SBR), polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), a copolymer of vinylidene fluoride, polystyrene, polyacrylic acid, polytetrafluoroethylene, polyacrylonitrile, polyimide, polyurethane, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl butyral (PVB), polyacrylate, acrylic acid-acrylonitrile copolymer, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA), acrylate-acrylonitrile copolymer, and modified compounds thereof.

8. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first negative-electrode active material further comprises natural graphite.

9. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first negative-electrode active material further satisfies one or more of the following conditions:

a volume-based median particle size D v 50 of the first negative-electrode active material satisfies D v 50≥15 μm;

particle size uniformity of the first negative-electrode active material is 0.20-0.60;

a specific surface area SSA of the first negative-electrode active material satisfies SSA≤1.6 m 2 /g;

a particle size distribution of the first negative-electrode active material is 0.6≤(D v 90−D v 10)/D v 50≤3.5;

a powder OI value of the first negative-electrode active material is less than or equal to 8.5; and

a gram capacity of the first negative-electrode active material is greater than or equal to 352 mAh/g.

10. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a second negative-electrode active material comprises second artificial graphite.

11. The secondary battery according to claim 10 , wherein at least some particles in the second artificial graphite are secondary particles, and a quantity proportion B of the number of the secondary particles to a total number of particles of the second negative-electrode active material satisfies B 60%.

12. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the second negative-electrode active material further satisfies one or more of the following conditions:

a volume-based median particle size D v 50 of the second negative-electrode active material satisfies 7 μm≤D v 50≤15 μm;

particle size uniformity of the second negative-electrode active material is 0.20-0.50;

a specific surface area SSA of the second negative-electrode active material satisfies SSA≤1.6 m 2 /g;

a particle size distribution of the second negative-electrode active material is 0.5≤(D v 90−D v 10)/D v 50≤3.0;

a powder OI value of the second negative-electrode active material is less than or equal to 6; and

a gram capacity of the second negative-electrode active material is greater than or equal to 345 mAh/g.

13. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the secondary battery further satisfies includes one or more of the following conditions:

a ratio of the particle size uniformity of the second negative-electrode active material to the particle size uniformity of the first negative-electrode active material is 0.6-2;

the volume-based median particle size D v 50 of the second negative-electrode active material is less than the volume-based median particle size D v 50 of the first negative-electrode active material;

a surface density of the negative-electrode film layer is greater than or equal to 0.117 m g/mm 2 , and optionally, 0.119-0.130 mg/mm 2 ;

a press density of the negative-electrode film layer is 1.4-1.75 g/cm 3 , and optionally, 1.65-1.75 g/cm 3 ;

a thickness ratio of the second negative-electrode film layer to the first negative-electrode film layer is 1:1-3:2; and

a ratio of the OI value of the second negative-electrode active material to the first negative-electrode active material is less than or equal to 1.2.

14. A method for preparing the secondary battery according to claim 1 , comprising at least the following steps of:

providing a primer layer on at least one side of a negative-electrode current collector;

providing a first negative-electrode film layer on the primer layer; and

providing a second negative-electrode film layer on the first negative-electrode film layer; wherein

the secondary battery comprises a negative-electrode plate, the negative-electrode plate is of a multi-layer structure, and the multi-layer structure sequentially comprises: a negative-electrode current collector, a primer layer, and a negative-electrode film layer; the negative-electrode film layer comprises the first negative-electrode film layer and the second negative-electrode film layer, and the first negative-electrode film layer is located between the primer layer and the second negative-electrode film layer; and

the first negative-electrode film layer comprises a first negative-electrode active material, wherein the first negative-electrode active material comprises first artificial graphite, at least some particles in the first artificial graphite are secondary particles, and a quantity proportion A of the number of the secondary particles to a total number of particles of the first negative-electrode active material satisfies A≥50%.

15. An apparatus comprising at least one of a secondary battery according to claim 1 .

16. An apparatus comprising a secondary battery prepared by the method according to claim 14 .

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 Jun 29, 2022
From: LI, ERLING; KANG, MENG; DENG, BAIDA; HE, LIBING
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 060357/0185 →
Continuity (2)
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