IP Library Granted Patent US 12,597,590
Granted Patent B2
US 12,597,590 · App. 18/173,063 · Granted Apr 7, 2026

Producing method for positive electrode plate

Inventors: Naoya Kishimoto (Nagoya, JP); Shotaro Deguchi (Toyohashi, JP)
Assignees: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.; TOYOTA BATTERY CO., LTD.; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H01M4/0416H01M2004/028
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Patent No.
US 12,597,590
App. No.
18/173,063
Granted
Apr 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A producing method for a positive electrode plate includes a second coating process of coating a second positive electrode paste on either a surface of a first positive electrode paste layer which is formed on a current collector or a surface of a positive electrode mixture layer that has been formed by drying the first positive electrode paste layer, a drying process of drying the first positive electrode paste layer with the second positive electrode paste layer or a drying process having a first step of drying the first positive electrode paste layer to form the first positive electrode mixture layer and a second step of drying the second positive electrode paste layer coated on the surface of the first positive electrode mixture layer to form the positive electrode mixture layer. An average length of first carbon nanotubes is longer than an average length of second carbon nanotubes.

Claims (25)

1 . A producing method for a positive electrode plate comprising a positive electrode mixture layer on a surface of a current collector, the producing method comprising:

first-positive-electrode-paste preparing of preparing a first positive electrode paste including first carbon nanotubes, positive active material particles, and a solvent;

second-positive electrode-paste preparing of preparing a second positive electrode paste including second carbon nanotubes, the positive active material particles, and the solvent;

first coating of coating the first positive electrode paste on the surface of the current collector to form a first positive electrode paste layer on the surface of the current collector;

second coating of coating the second positive electrode paste on any one of a surface of the first positive electrode paste layer or a surface of a first positive electrode mixture layer which is formed by drying the first positive electrode paste layer to form a second positive electrode paste layer; and

any one of

drying the first positive electrode paste layer ad the second positive electrode paste layer after the second coating to form the positive electrode mixture layer, or

drying including steps of first drying of the first positive electrode paste before the second coating to form the first positive electrode mixture layer and second drying of the second positive electrode paste layer, which has been coated on the surface of the first positive electrode mixture layer, to form the positive electrode mixture layer, wherein

a length of each of the first carbon nanotubes is within a range of 1.0 μm to 3.0 μm, and a length of each of the second carbon nanotubes is within a range of 0.3 μm to 0.8 μm, wherein

the first positive electrode paste includes the first carbon nanotubes, without including the second carbon nanotubes, and

the second positive electrode paste includes the second carbon nanotubes, without including the first carbon nanotubes.

2 . The producing method for the positive electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein

the second coating includes coating the second positive electrode paste on a surface of the first positive electrode paste layer to form the second positive electrode paste layer,

the producing method comprises the drying the first positive electrode paste layer and the second positive electrode paste layer after the second coating to form the positive electrode mixture layer, and

the drying the first positive electrode paste layer and the second positive electrode paste layer is to dry the first positive electrode paste layer with the second positive electrode paste layer.

3 . The producing method for the positive electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein

in the second coating, the second positive electrode paste is coated on the surface of the first positive electrode paste layer.

4 . The producing method for the positive electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein

in the second coating, the second positive electrode paste is coated on the surface of the first positive electrode mixture layer.

5 . The producing method for the positive electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the producing method comprises the drying including the steps of

the first drying of the first positive electrode paste layer before the second coating to form the first positive electrode mixture layer, and

the second drying of the second positive electrode paste layer, which has been coated on the surface of the first positive electrode mixture layer, to form the positive electrode mixture layer.

6 . The producing method for the positive electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the producing method comprises the drying the first positive electrode paste layer and the second positive electrode paste layer after the second coating to form the positive electrode mixture layer.

7 . The producing method for the positive electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein

a viscosity of the first positive electrode paste is higher than a viscosity of the second positive electrode paste.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 16, 2025
From: PRIMEARTH EV ENERGY CO., LTD.
To: TOYOTA BATTERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 070226/0103 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 23, 2023
From: KISHIMOTO, NAOYA; DEGUCHI, SHOTARO
To: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.; PRIMEARTH EV ENERGY CO., LTD.; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 062774/0429 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-069619 · Apr 20, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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