IP Library Granted Patent US 11,705,556
Granted Patent B2
US 11,705,556 · App. 18/056,248 · Granted Jul 18, 2023

Positive electrode current collector and positive electrode plate, battery, battery module, battery pack, and apparatus containing such positive electrode current collector

Inventors: Xin Liu (Ningde, CN); Qisen Huang (Ningde, CN); Mingling Li (Ningde, CN); Xianghui Liu (Ningde, CN); Cheng Li (Ningde, CN); Jia Peng (Ningde, CN); Chengdu Liang (Ningde, CN)
Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
H01M4/667H01M4/0404H01M50/46H01M2004/028
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Patent No.
US 11,705,556
App. No.
18/056,248
Granted
Jul 18, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode plate, a battery, a battery module, a battery pack, and an apparatus including the positive electrode current collector are provided. In some embodiments, a positive electrode current collector is provided, including an organic support layer and an aluminum-based conductive layer disposed on at least one surface of the organic support layer, where the aluminum-based conductive layer contains Al and at least one modifying element selected from O, N, F, B, S, and P, an XPS spectrogram of the aluminum-based conductive layer with a surface passivation layer removed through etching has at least a first peak falling in a range of 70 eV to 73.5 eV and a second peak falling in a range of 73.5 eV to 78 eV, and a ratio x of peak intensity of the second peak to that of the first peak satisfies 0<x≤3.0.

Claims (15)

1. A positive electrode current collector, comprising an organic support layer and an aluminum-based conductive layer disposed on at least one surface of the organic support layer, wherein the aluminum-based conductive layer contains aluminum (Al) and at least one modifying element selected from the group consisting of oxygen (O), nitrogen (N), fluorine (F), boron (B), sulfur (S), and phosphorus (P), wherein an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) spectrogram of the aluminum-based conductive layer with a surface passivation layer removed through etching has at least a first peak in a range of 70 eV to 73.5 eV and a second peak in a range of 73.5 eV to 78 eV, wherein a ratio x of peak intensity of the second peak to that of the first peak satisfies 0<x≤3.0.

2. The positive electrode current collector according to claim 1 , wherein the ratio x of the peak intensity of the second peak to that of the first peak satisfies 0.1≤x≤1.5.

3. The positive electrode current collector according to claim 1 , wherein a peak position of the first peak is in a range of 72.9 eV±0.6 eV, 72.9 eV±0.5 eV, 72.9 eV±0.4 eV, 72.9 eV±0.3 eV, 72.9 eV±0.2 eV, or 72.9 eV±0.1 eV; or

a peak position of the second peak is in a range of 74.4 eV±0.6 eV, 74.4 eV±0.5 eV, 74.4 eV±0.4 eV, 74.4 eV±0.3 eV, 74.4 eV±0.2 eV, or 74.4 eV±0.1 eV.

4. The positive electrode current collector according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the aluminum-based conductive layer is D1, and D1 satisfies 0.1 μm≤D1≤5 μm.

5. The positive electrode current collector according to claim 1 , wherein an etching depth h of the aluminum-based conductive layer and a thickness D1 of the aluminum-based conductive layer satisfy 0.1×D1≤h≤0.5×D1.

6. The positive electrode current collector according to claim 1 , wherein the modifying element in the aluminum-based conductive layer is selected from oxygen (O), nitrogen (N), and fluorine (F).

7. The positive electrode current collector according to claim 1 , wherein an organic support layer material is at least one selected from the group consisting of polyurethane, polyamide, polyterephthalate, polyimide, polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer, polybutylene terephthalate, poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide), poly(p-phenylene ether), polyoxymethylene, epoxy resin, phenolic resin, polytetrafluoroethylene, polyvinylidene fluoride, silicone rubber, polycarbonate, and polyphenylene sulfide.

8. The positive electrode current collector according to claim 7 , wherein penetration displacement of the organic support layer material is less than or equal to 5 mm.

9. The positive electrode current collector according to claim 1 , wherein an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) spectrogram of a surface of the aluminum-based conductive layer has at least a third peak falling in a range of 70 eV to 73.5 eV and a fourth peak falling in a range of 73.5 eV to 78 eV, and a ratio y of peak intensity of the fourth peak to that of the third peak satisfies 1.5<y≤4.0.

10. The positive electrode current collector according to claim 1 , wherein the aluminum-based conductive layer is formed on the support layer through at least one of mechanical roll-in, bonding, vapor deposition, and electroless plating.

11. A positive electrode plate, comprising the positive electrode current collector according to claim 1 and an electrode active material layer formed on a surface of the positive electrode current collector.

12. A battery, comprising a positive electrode plate, a separator, and a negative electrode plate, wherein the positive electrode plate is the positive electrode plate according to claim 11 .

13. A battery module, comprising the battery according to claim 12 .

14. A battery pack, comprising the battery according to claim 12 .

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 Nov 16, 2022
From: LIU, XIN; HUANG, QISEN; LI, MINGLING; LIU, XIANGHUI; LI, CHENG; PENG, JIA; LIANG, CHENGDU
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 061955/0346 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020112691 · Aug 31, 2020
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