Granted Patent B2

US 12,417,885 · App. 18/008,412 · Granted Sep 16, 2025

Inventors: Chuiyi Luo (Guangdong, CN); Fang Bu (Guangdong, CN); Yuan Zhu (Guangdong, CN); Zhongzhi Yuan (Guangdong, CN); Jianhua Liu (Guangdong, CN); Jincheng Liu (Guangdong, CN)

Assignee: EVE ENERGY CO., LTD.

H01G11/50H01G11/28H01G11/32H01G11/86H01G11/06

Abstract

Claims (52)

1. A positive electrode of a hybrid capacitor, comprising a current collector, and a bonding layer and a positive electrode material layer sequentially located on a surface of the current collector;

the bonding layer comprises a first binder, and the positive electrode material layer comprises a second binder, a conductive agent, a positive electrode active substance and a lithium-rich compound;

wherein the positive electrode active substance comprises a lithium-containing positive electrode active substance and a carbon-based positive electrode active substance;

a mass ratio of the lithium-containing positive electrode active substance to the carbon-based positive electrode active substance is 1:(0.5-1.5);

the lithium-rich compound comprises any one or a combination of at least two of Li 2 NiO 2 , Li 5 FeO 4 , Li 3 N, Li 2 O, Li 2 O 2 or an M/lithium fluoride composite, wherein the M comprises any one or a combination of at least two of Co, Ni or Fe.

2. The positive electrode according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the bonding layer is 0.5-10 μm.

3. The positive electrode according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive agent comprises a first conductive agent and a second conductive agent, the first conductive agent comprises at least one of graphite powders, conductive carbon black or acetylene black, and the second conductive agent comprises at least one of a graphene-based material and a one-dimensional carbon material.

4. The positive electrode according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the bonding layer is 1-5 μm;

optionally, the lithium-containing positive electrode active substance comprises any one or a combination of at least two of lithium cobalt oxide, lithium nickel oxide, lithium manganese oxide, lithium iron phosphate, a nickel-cobalt-manganese ternary material, a nickel-cobalt-aluminum ternary material or a nickel-cobalt-manganese-aluminum quaternary material, and the lithium-containing positive electrode active substance is optionally selected from any one or a combination of at least two of lithium nickel oxide, the nickel-cobalt-manganese ternary material, the nickel-cobalt-aluminum ternary material or the nickel-cobalt-manganese-aluminum quaternary material;

optionally, the carbon-based positive electrode active substance comprises any one or a combination of at least two of activated carbon, graphene, doped graphene or porous biomass carbon.

5. The positive electrode according to claim 3 , wherein the conductive carbon black comprises small-particle conductive carbon black with a particle size of 10-200 nm and/or large-particle conductive carbon black with a particle size of 1-30 μm;

optionally, the graphene-based material comprises any one or a combination of at least two of graphene, graphene oxide or doped graphene;

optionally, the one-dimensional carbon material comprises carbon nanotubes and/or carbon fibers;

optionally, a mass ratio of the graphene-based material to the one-dimensional carbon material is (1-2):(3-6) in the positive electrode material layer.

6. The positive electrode according to claim 1 , wherein the bonding layer further comprises a third conductive agent, and the third conductive agent is optionally conductive carbon black;

optionally, a mass ratio of the third conductive agent to the first binder is (1-5):1, optionally (2-4):1.

7. The positive electrode according to claim 1 , wherein, based on a total mass of the bonding layer and the positive electrode material layer being 100%, a total mass fraction of the first binder and the second binder is 2-10%;

optionally, based on a total mass of the bonding layer and the positive electrode material layer being 100%, a mass fraction of the positive electrode active substance is 85-95%;

optionally, based on the total mass of the bonding layer and the positive electrode material layer being 100%, a mass fraction of the lithium-rich compound is 2-30%.

8. A preparation method for the positive electrode according to claim 1 , comprising:

(1) mixing the second binder, the conductive agent, the positive electrode active substance and the lithium-rich compound to obtain a positive electrode slurry, wherein the conductive agent comprises a first conductive agent and a second conductive agent, the first conductive agent comprises at least one of graphite powders, conductive carbon black or acetylene black, and the second conductive agent comprises at least one of a graphene-based material and a one-dimensional carbon material;

(2) coating a dispersion liquid containing the first binder on a surface of the current collector, performing a first baking to prepare the bonding layer, then coating the positive electrode slurry obtained in step (1) on a surface of the bonding layer, and performing a second baking, so as to obtain an intermediate product;

(3) rolling the intermediate product obtained in step (2), and performing a third baking, so as to obtain the positive electrode.

9. The preparation method according to claim 8 , wherein the current collector in step (2) comprises any one of an etched current collector, a coated current collector, a pure current collector or a through-hole current collector;

optionally, a mass fraction of the binder is 1-10% in the dispersion liquid in step (2), optionally 2-8%;

optionally, the dispersion liquid in step (2) further comprises a third conductive agent;

optionally, a temperature of the first baking in step (2) is 60-180° C., optionally 80-150° C.;

optionally, a thickness of the bonding layer in step (2) is 0.5-10 μm, optionally 1-5 μm;

optionally, a temperature of the second baking in step (2) is 80-150° C., optionally 100-130° C.

10. The preparation method according to claim 8 , wherein, in the process of step (1) and step (2), an environment temperature is controlled at 20-30° C., and a humidity is controlled at 3-40%.

11. The preparation method according to claim 8 , wherein a speed of the rolling in step (3) is 2-50 m/min;

optionally, a method of the rolling in step (3) is a cold rolling and/or a hot rolling;

optionally, a temperature of the cold rolling is 0-45° C.;

optionally, a temperature of the hot rolling is 60-270° C., optionally 80-250° C.;

optionally, a method of the third baking in step (3) comprises a vacuum baking;

optionally, a vacuum degree of the vacuum baking is 5-200 Pa;

optionally, a temperature of the third baking in step (3) is 80-150° C.;

optionally, a time of the third baking in step (3) is 10-60 min.

12. The preparation method according to claim 8 , comprising:

(1) mixing the first conductive agent, the second binder, the positive electrode active substance and the lithium-rich compound in dry state for 1-3 h, then adding the second conductive agent and stirring the mixture for 1-2 h, and then adding an organic solvent and stirring the mixture for 4-6 h, so as to obtain a positive electrode slurry;

(2) coating a dispersion liquid containing the first binder on a surface of the current collector, performing a baking at 60-180° C. to prepare the bonding layer, controlling a thickness of the bonding layer at 0.5-10 μm, then coating the positive electrode slurry obtained in step (1) on a surface of the bonding layer, and performing a baking at 80-150° C., so as to obtain an intermediate product; and

(3) subjecting the intermediate product obtained in step (2) to a hot rolling with a rolling speed controlled at 2-50 m/min and a temperature controlled at 60-270° C., performing a baking at 80-150° C. with a vacuum degree of 5-200 Pa for 10-60 min, so as to obtain the positive electrode;

wherein both step (1) and step (2) are performed in an environment with a temperature of 20-30° C. and a humidity of 3-40%.

13. A hybrid capacitor, wherein the hybrid capacitor comprises the positive electrode according to claim 1 .

14. The positive electrode according to claim 1 , wherein the first binder and the second binder are a fusible fluorocarbon resin;

optionally, the first binder and the second binder are independently selected from any one or a combination of at least two of PVDF, PTFE or PFA;

optionally, the lithium-rich compound is optionally selected from any one or a combination of at least two of Li 2 NiO 2 , Li 3 N or the M/lithium fluoride composite.

15. The positive electrode according to claim 3 , wherein, based on the total mass of the bonding layer and the positive electrode material layer being 100%, a mass fraction of the first conductive agent is 1-6%;

optionally, based on the total mass of the bonding layer and the positive electrode material layer being 100%, a total mass fraction of the graphene-based material and the one-dimensional carbon material is 0.5-3%.

16. The positive electrode according to claim 4 , wherein, based on the total mass of the bonding layer and the positive electrode material layer being 100%, a mass fraction of the lithium-containing positive electrode active substance is 5-80%;

optionally, based on the total mass of the bonding layer and the positive electrode material layer being 100%, a mass fraction of the carbon-based positive electrode active substance is 10-90%;

optionally, a mass ratio of the lithium-containing positive electrode active substance to the carbon-based positive electrode active substance is 1:(1-1.2).

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