IP Library Granted Patent US 11,791,460
Granted Patent B2
US 11,791,460 · App. 18/197,108 · Granted Oct 17, 2023

Electrode assembly, secondary battery, battery module, battery pack and power consuming device

Inventors: Bin Yao (Fujian, CN); Ying Huang (Fujian, CN); Ruiying Shi (Fujian, CN); Jiang Liu (Fujian, CN); Xuefang Chen (Fujian, CN)
Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
H01M4/366H01M4/583H01M4/5825H01M4/624H01M4/663H01M10/0525H01M2004/021H01M2004/027H01M2004/028H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 11,791,460
App. No.
18/197,108
Granted
Oct 17, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrode assembly may comprise a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate, wherein a positive electrode active material layer of the positive electrode plate may comprise a positive electrode active material and a quinone compound; and a negative electrode active material layer of the negative electrode plate may comprise a negative electrode active material and a conductive polymer material, wherein based on the mass of the positive electrode active material layer, the mass content of the quinone compound mc % may be 0.5% to 3%; the capacity per gram of the quinone compound may be Cap c ; the capacity per gram of the positive electrode active material may be Cap; and based on the mass of the negative electrode active material layer, the mass content of the conductive polymer material may be m A %, satisfying the relationship of: 0 . 2 ≤ C ⁢ a ⁢ p C - Cap Cap × m C / m A ≤ 5 .

Claims (46)

1. An electrode assembly, comprising a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate,

wherein the positive electrode plate comprises a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer provided on at least one surface of the positive electrode current collector, the positive electrode active material layer comprising a positive electrode active material and a quinone compound;

the negative electrode plate comprises a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer provided on at least one surface of the negative electrode current collector, the negative electrode active material layer comprising a negative electrode active material and a conductive polymer material;

wherein based on the mass of the positive electrode active material layer, the mass content of the quinone compound m c % is 0.5% to 3%; the capacity per gram of the quinone compound is Cap c ; the capacity per gram of the positive electrode active material is Cap;

and based on the mass of the negative electrode active material layer, the mass content of the conductive polymer material is m A %, satisfying the relationship of:

0.2

C

a

p

C

-

Cap

C

a

p

×

m

C

/

m

A

5

.

2. The electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the quinone compound includes at least one of benzoquinone and derivatives thereof, naphthoquinone and derivatives thereof, and anthraquinone and derivatives thereof.

3. The electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive polymer material includes at least one of polyaniline, polypyrrole, polythiophene, polyoxyethylene, polyacrylonitrile, polyphenylene and polyacetylene.

4. The electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein

the positive electrode active material layer has an areal density of 16.2 mg/cm 2 to 40.0 mg/cm 2 ; and

the negative electrode active material layer has an areal density of 5.8 mg/cm 2 to 18.0 mg/cm 2 .

5. The electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode active material layer comprises multiple positive electrode active material sublayers successively stacked along the direction away from the positive electrode current collector, wherein at least one of the multiple positive electrode active material sublayers includes the quinone compound.

6. The electrode assembly according to claim 5 , wherein the outermost positive electrode active material sublayer of the multiple positive electrode active material sublayers away from the positive electrode current collector includes the quinone compound, and the remaining positive electrode active material sublayers may or may not include the quinone compound.

7. The electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode active material layer comprises m negative electrode active material sublayers successively stacked along the direction away from the negative electrode current collector, wherein n negative electrode active material sublayers close to the negative electrode current collector include the conductive polymer material, wherein m/3<n<m, the m is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2, and n is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1.

8. The electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode active material layer comprises two negative electrode active material sublayers, wherein a first negative electrode active material sublayer close to the negative electrode current collector includes first graphite, and a second negative electrode active material sublayer away from the negative electrode current collector includes second graphite, with the difference between the capacity per gram of the second graphite and the capacity per gram of the first graphite being greater than or equal to 8 mAh/g.

9. The electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode active material layer comprises two negative electrode active material sublayers, wherein a first negative electrode active material sublayer close to the negative electrode current collector includes first graphite, a second negative electrode active material sublayer away from the negative electrode current collector includes second graphite, the difference between the capacity per gram of the second graphite and the capacity per gram of the first graphite is less than 8 mAh/g, the specific surface area of the second graphite BET2 is greater than the specific surface area of the first graphite BET1.

10. The electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode active material layer comprises two negative electrode active material sublayers, wherein the first negative electrode active material sublayer close to the negative electrode current collector includes graphite, and the second negative electrode active material sublayer away from the negative electrode current collector includes SiO.

11. The electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode active material comprises at least one of lithium iron phosphate, lithium manganate, lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide, lithium cobaltate and nickel-manganese spinel;

and the negative electrode active material includes at least one of graphite, hard carbon, molybdenum disulfide, silicon, silicon monoxide, ferroferric oxide, tin oxide and titanium dioxide.

12. A secondary battery, comprising the electrode assembly of claim 1 .

13. A battery module, comprising the secondary battery of claim 12 .

14. A battery pack, comprising the battery module of claim 13 .

15. A power consuming device, comprising the battery pack of claim 14 .

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 May 15, 2023
From: YAO, BIN; HUANG, YING; SHI, RUIYING; LIU, JIANG; CHEN, XUEFANG
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 063637/0406 →
Continuity (2)
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