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US 12,249,739 · App. 18/220,690 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Three-dimensional battery having current-reducing devices corresponding to electrodes

Inventors: Ashok Lahiri (Cupertino, CA); Robert M. Spotnitz (Pleasanton, CA)
Assignee: Enovix Corporation
H01M50/581H01M4/13H01M4/485H01M4/505H01M4/525H01M4/5825H01M4/62H01M4/64H01M10/052H01M10/0525H01M10/058H01M10/4235H01M2004/021H01M50/574H01M50/583H01M2200/106
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Patent No.
US 12,249,739
App. No.
18/220,690
Granted
Mar 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various three-dimensional battery structures are disclosed, in certain embodiments comprising a battery enclosure and a first plurality of electrodes within the enclosure. The first plurality of electrodes includes a plurality of cathodes and a plurality of anodes. The first plurality of electrodes includes a second plurality of electrodes selected from the first plurality of electrodes. The three-dimensional battery includes a first structural layer within the battery enclosure. Each of the second plurality of electrodes protrudes from the first structural layer. The three-dimensional battery includes a plurality of electrical current-reducing devices within the enclosure. Each of the second plurality of electrodes is coupled to one of the plurality of current-reducing devices.

Claims (26)

1. A battery comprising

a battery enclosure,

a first layer comprising an anode current collector,

a plurality of anodes extending from the first layer and electrically connected, in parallel, to the anode current collector by parallel electrically conductive anode pathways, the plurality of anodes comprises more than one anode,

a second layer comprising a cathode current collector,

a plurality of cathodes extending from the second layer and electrically connected, in parallel, to the cathode current collector by parallel electrically conductive cathode pathways, the plurality of cathodes comprises more than one cathode, and

an electrical current-reducing device layer,

wherein

the anode current collector, the plurality of anodes, the electrically conductive anode pathways, the cathode current collector, the plurality of cathodes, the electrically conductive cathode pathways, the first and second layers, and the electrical current-reducing device layer are within the battery enclosure,

the plurality of anodes and the plurality of cathodes are interdigitated and in direct contact with a common electrolyte for ion exchange between the anodes and the cathodes during operation of the battery,

each member of the plurality of anodes has a surface area, ignoring porosity and surface roughness, that exceeds its geometrical footprint in the first layer by a factor of at least 2,

each member of the plurality of cathodes has a surface area, ignoring porosity and surface roughness, that exceeds its geometrical footprint in the second layer by a factor of at least 2, and

wherein (i) each anode of the plurality of anodes is individually connected in parallel to the anode current collector through the electrical current-reducing device layer, or (ii) each cathode of the plurality of cathodes is individually connected in parallel to the cathode current collector through the electrical current-reducing device layer, the electrical current-reducing device layer comprising electrically conductive particles.

2. The battery of claim 1 , wherein the electrical current-reducing device layer comprises electrically conductive positive-temperature-coefficient (PTC) polymer.

3. The battery of claim 1 , wherein the electrical current-reducing device layer comprises an electrically conductive polymer having the electrically conductive particles.

4. The battery of claim 3 , wherein the electrically conductive particles separate from each other during thermal expansion caused by increased temperature to increase the electrical resistance of the electrically conductive polymer.

5. The battery of claim 3 wherein the electrically conductive polymer comprises polyethylene including graphite particles.

6. The battery of claim 1 wherein the plurality of anodes comprises lithium ion insertion electrodes.

7. The battery of claim 1 wherein the plurality of anodes comprises a material selected from the group consisting of graphite, a titanate, silicon, aluminium and tin.

8. The battery of claim 1 wherein the plurality of cathodes comprises a material selected from the group consisting of LiCoO 2 , Li(Ni x Co y Al z )O 2 , LiFePO 4 , and Li 2 MnO 4 .

9. The battery of claim 1 wherein the plurality of anodes comprise fins protruding at least 50 microns from the anode current collector.

10. The battery of claim 1 wherein the plurality of cathodes comprises fins protruding at least 50 microns from the cathode current collector.

11. The battery of claim 1 wherein the first layer and the second layer oppose one another.

12. The battery of claim 1 , wherein the electrical current-reducing device layer is disposed adjacent the anode current collector.

13. The battery of claim 1 , wherein the electrical current-reducing device layer is disposed adjacent the cathode current collector.

14. The battery of claim 1 , comprising a first electrical current-reducing device layer that electrically connects in parallel each anode of the plurality of anodes to the anode current collector, and a second electrical current-reducing device layer that electrically connects in parallel each cathode of the plurality of cathodes to the cathode current collector.

Continuity (6)
Continuation 16777142 · Jan 30, 2020
Continuation 14858113 · Sep 18, 2015
Continuation 12013397 · Jan 11, 2008
Provisional Application 60884843 · Jan 12, 2007
Provisional Application 60884828 · Jan 12, 2007
Related Publication 20240030569A1 · Jan 25, 2024
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