IP Library Granted Patent US 12,261,319
Granted Patent B2
US 12,261,319 · App. 17/887,644 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Battery module, battery pack, electrical apparatus, and manufacturing method and manufacturing device of battery module

Inventors: Xiaofu Xu (Ningde, CN); Yonghuang Ye (Ningde, CN); Qian Liu (Ningde, CN); Haizu Jin (Ningde, CN); Chengdu Liang (Ningde, CN)
Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
H01M50/267H01M4/583H01M10/04H01M50/209H01M50/51H01M2004/021H01M2004/027H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 12,261,319
App. No.
17/887,644
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application relates to a battery module, including a first-type battery cell and a second-type battery cell electrically connected at least in series, the first-type battery cell and the second-type battery cell are battery cells of different chemical systems, the first-type battery cell includes N first battery cell(s), the second-type battery cell includes M second battery cell(s); the first battery cell includes a first negative electrode plate, the second battery cell includes a second negative electrode plate, a ratio of a conductivity of an electrolyte solution (25° C.) of the first battery cell to a coating mass per unit area of the first negative electrode plate is denoted as M1, and a ratio of a conductivity of an electrolyte solution (25° C.) of the second battery cell to a coating mass per unit area of the second negative electrode plate is denoted as M2, M1>M2, and 0.08≤M1≤11, 0.03≤M2≤4.62.

Claims (26)

1. A battery module, comprising a first-type battery cell and a second-type battery cell electrically connected at least in series, the first-type battery cell and the second-type battery cell are battery cells of different chemical systems,

the first-type battery cell comprises N first battery cell(s),

the second-type battery cell comprises M second battery cell(s), N and M are positive integers,

the first battery cell comprises a first negative electrode plate, the second battery cell comprises a second negative electrode plate,

a ratio of a conductivity of an electrolyte solution at 25° C. of the first battery cell to a coating mass per unit area of the first negative electrode plate is denoted as M1, a ratio of a conductivity of an electrolyte solution at 25° C. of the second battery cell to a coating mass per unit area of the second negative electrode plate is denoted as M2, wherein a unit of the conductivity of the electrolyte solution is mS/cm, a unit of the coating mass per unit area is mg/cm 2 ; and

M1 and M2 satisfy: M1>M2, and 0.08≤M1≤11, 0.03≤M2≤4.62.

2. The battery module according to claim 1 , wherein 0.33≤M1≤6.42, 0.17≤M2≤2.57; and optionally, 0.63≤M1≤1.94, 0.63≤M2≤1.1.

3. The battery module according to claim 1 , wherein a state of charge-open circuit voltage (SOC-OCV) curve of the first battery cell satisfies at least one of the following conditions:

(1) in an interval of 5%-95% SOC, a slope k1 of the SOC-OCV curve of the first battery cell is ≤5 mV/% SOC;

(2) in the SOC-OCV curve of the first battery cell, there is at least a flat curve with a span not less than 10% SOC and the slope k1≤5 mV/% SOC.

4. The battery module according to claim 1 , wherein a state of charge-open circuit voltage (SOC-OCV) curve of the second battery cell satisfies at least one of the following conditions:

(1) in the interval of 5%-95% SOC, a slope k2 of the SOC-OCV curve of the second battery cell is >5 mV/% SOC, optionally, k2≥6 mV % SOC, and further optionally, k2≥9 mV/% SOC;

(2) in the SOC-OCV curve of the second battery cell, there is at least a curve with a span not less than 10% SOC and the slope k2>5 mV/% SOC.

5. The battery module according to claim 1 , wherein a compacted density of the first negative electrode plate is PD1, a compacted density of the second negative electrode plate is PD2, wherein PD1<PD2, and 0.5≤PD1≤3, 0.5≤PD2≤3, and a unit is g/cm 3 ;

optionally, 1≤PD1≤2, 1≤PD2≤2; and

further optionally, 1.2≤PD1≤1.7, 1.2≤PD2≤1.7.

6. The battery module according to claim 1 , wherein a coating mass per unit area of the first negative electrode plate is CW1, a coating mass per unit area of the second negative electrode plate is CW2, wherein 6.49≤CW1≤17, 4.54≤CW2≤25.51, and a unit is: mg/cm 2 ;

optionally, 1≤CW1≤2, 1≤CW2≤2;

further optionally, 9.09≤CW1≤11.04, 7.73≤CW2≤12.69; and

still further optionally, CW1<CW2.

7. The battery module according to claim 1 , wherein

a negative active substance of the first negative electrical sheet and a negative active substance of the second negative electrical sheet can be independently selected from one or more of artificial graphite, natural graphite, soft carbon, hard carbon, silicon-based material, tin-based material and lithium titanate.

8. The battery module according to claim 1 , wherein

a ratio of the number N of the first battery cell to the number M of the second battery cell is 0.1˜50, optionally 0.3˜30, and further optionally 0.5˜10.

9. A battery pack, comprising the battery module according to claim 1 .

10. A power consumption apparatus, comprising the battery module according to claim 1 , and the battery module can serve as a power supply or an energy storage unit of the power consumption apparatus.

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 Aug 15, 2022
From: XU, XIAOFU; YE, YONGHUANG; LIU, QIAN; JIN, HAIZU; LIANG, CHENGDU
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 060805/0261 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020139181 · Dec 24, 2020
Related Publication 20220393291A1 · Dec 8, 2022
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