IP Library Granted Patent US 12,431,496
Granted Patent B2
US 12,431,496 · App. 18/059,953 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Secondary battery, preparation method thereof, and battery module, battery pack, and apparatus containing such secondary battery

Inventors: Erling Li (Ningde, CN); Meng Kang (Ningde, CN); Baida Deng (Ningde, CN); Libing He (Ningde, CN)
Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
H01M4/583H01M4/505H01M4/525H01M2004/021H01M2004/027
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Patent No.
US 12,431,496
App. No.
18/059,953
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A secondary battery, a preparation method thereof, and a battery module, a battery pack, and an apparatus containing such secondary battery are provided. In some embodiments, the secondary battery includes a negative-electrode plate, where the negative-electrode plate includes a negative-electrode current collector 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 second negative-electrode film layer is located between the negative-electrode current collector and the first 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 a first graphite, the first graphite is artificial graphite, and a distribution of volume-based particle size D v 99 of the first negative-electrode active material is ≤23 μm.

Claims (45)

1. A secondary battery, comprising a negative-electrode plate, wherein the negative-electrode plate comprises a negative-electrode current collector and a negative-electrode film layer, the negative-electrode film layer comprising a first negative-electrode film layer and a second negative-electrode film layer, wherein

the second negative-electrode film layer is located between the negative-electrode current collector and the first negative-electrode film layer;

the first negative-electrode film layer comprises a first negative-electrode active material, the first negative-electrode active material comprising a first graphite, the first graphite being artificial graphite, and a distribution of volume-based particle size D v 99 of the first negative-electrode active material is 17 μm≤D v 99≤23 μm; and

the second negative-electrode film layer comprises a second negative-electrode active material comprising a second graphite, and a distribution of volume-based particle size Dv99 of the second negative-electrode active material is greater than the distribution of volume-based particle size Dv99 of the first negative-electrode active material.

2. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first negative-electrode active material satisfies 18 μm≤Dv99≤21 μm.

3. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first negative-electrode active material satisfies 8 μm≤D v 50≤13 μm.

4. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a particle size uniformity of the first negative-electrode active material is 0.28-0.4.

5. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first graphite comprises secondary particles, a number percentage of the secondary particles in the first graphite is ≥50%.

6. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a particle size specific surface area of the first negative-electrode active material is 0.45 m 2 /g-0.65 m 2 /g.

7. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first negative-electrode active material satisfies: 0.6≤(D v 90-D v 10)/D v 50≤1.8.

8. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a distribution of volume-based particle size D v 10 of the first negative-electrode active material is 5 μm-9 μm; or

a distribution of volume-based particle size D v 90 of the first negative-electrode active material is 14 μm-21 μm.

9. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first negative-electrode active material further satisfies one or more of the following (1) to (5):

(1) a powder OI value of the first negative-electrode active material is 2.0-4.0;

(2) a tap density of the first negative-electrode active material is 0.85 g/cm 3 -1.4 g/cm 3 ;

(3) a powder compacted density of the first negative-electrode active material under a pressure of 2 kN is 1.55 g/cm 3 -1.70 g/cm 3 ;

(4) a specific surface area (SSA) of the first negative-electrode active material is 0.8 m 2 /g-1.3 m 2 /g; and

(5) a gram capacity of the first negative-electrode active material is 345 mAh/g-360 mAh/g.

10. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein at least part of a surface of the first graphite is provided with an amorphous carbon coating layer.

11. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a mass percentage of the first graphite in the first negative-electrode active material is ≥80%.

12. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the second graphite comprises one or more of artificial graphite and natural graphite.

13. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the distribution of volume-based particle size D v 99 of the second negative-electrode active material is 41.6 μm≤Dv99≤52.3 μm.

14. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of the distribution of volume-based particle size D v 99 of the second negative-electrode active material to the distribution of volume-based particle size D v 99 of the first negative-electrode active material is 2.0-2.6.

15. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the second negative-electrode active material further satisfies the following (1) to (5):

(1) a mass percentage of the artificial graphite in the second graphite is ≥50%;

(2) a volume-based median particle size D v 50 of the second negative-electrode active material is 15 μm-21 μm;

(3) a particle size uniformity of the second negative-electrode active material is 0.3-0.55;

(4) the second graphite comprises primary particles, a number percentage of the primary particles in the second graphite is ≥50%;

(5) a particle size specific surface area of the second negative-electrode active material is 0.35 m 2 /g-0.55 m 2 /g.

16. The secondary battery according to claim 12 , wherein the second negative-electrode active material further satisfies the following (1) to (8):

(1) the second negative-electrode active material satisfies: 0.9≤(D v 90-D v 10)/D v 50≤1.6;

(2) a distribution of volume-based particle size D v 10 of the second negative-electrode active material is 5 μm-14 μm;

(3) a distribution of volume-based particle size D v 90 of the second negative-electrode active material is 24 μm-38 μm;

(4) a powder OI value of the second negative-electrode active material is ≤14;

(5) a tap density of the second negative-electrode active material is 0.8 g/cm 3 -1.2 g/cm 3 ;

(6) a powder compacted density of the second negative-electrode active material under a pressure of 2 kN is 1.70 g/cm 3 -1.85 g/cm 3 ;

(7) a specific surface area (SSA) of the second negative-electrode active material is 1.0 m 2 /g-2.0 m 2 /g; and

(8) a gram capacity of the second negative-electrode active material is 353 mAh/g-370 mAh/g.

17. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the negative-electrode film layer further satisfies the following (1) to (3):

(1) an areal density of the negative-electrode film layer is 0.117 mg/mm 2 -0.130 mg/mm 2 ;

(2) a compacted density of the negative-electrode film layer is 1.65 g/cm 3 -1.75 g/cm 3 ; and

(3) a thickness ratio of the second negative-electrode film layer to the first negative-electrode film layer is 0.7:1-2.3:1.

18. The secondary battery according to claim 12 , wherein the first negative-electrode active material or the second negative-electrode active material further comprises one or more of silicon-based material, tin-based material, soft carbon, hard carbon, and lithium titanate.

19. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the secondary battery comprises a positive-electrode plate, the positive-electrode plate comprises a positive-electrode current collector and a positive-electrode film layer that is disposed on at least one surface of the positive-electrode current collector and that comprises a positive-electrode active material, the positive-electrode active material comprises one or more of lithium transition metal oxide, olivine-structured lithium-containing phosphate, and respective modified compounds thereof.

20. An apparatus, comprising the secondary battery according to claim 1 .

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 Nov 29, 2022
From: LI, ERLING; KANG, MENG; DENG, BAIDA; HE, LIBING
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 061914/0305 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020121255 · Oct 15, 2020
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