IP Library Granted Patent US 12,255,332
Granted Patent B2
US 12,255,332 · App. 18/527,410 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Secondary battery, battery module, battery pack and electric device

Inventors: Cuiping Zhang (Fujian, CN); Changlong Han (Fujian, CN); Peng Fan (Fujian, CN)
Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
H01M4/583H01M10/0568H01M50/209H01M2004/021H01M2004/027H01M10/052H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 12,255,332
App. No.
18/527,410
Granted
Mar 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a secondary battery, a battery module, a battery pack and an electric device. The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly and an electrolytic solution configured to infiltrate the electrode assembly, wherein the electrode assembly includes a negative electrode plate, a separation film and a positive electrode plate, and the negative electrode plate includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode material layer located on at least one surface of the negative electrode current collector; and by setting a tortuosity of the negative electrode plate as τ, the τ satisfies Formula I below: τ=0.5(ε) −α   Formula I where, ε is a porosity of the negative electrode material layer, and α is a Bruggeman index of the negative electrode material layer, and the τ and a conductivity σ of the electrolytic solution satisfy Formula II below: (2τ) 0.5 +6≤σ≤(2τ) 0.5 +10  Formula II. Therefore, the secondary battery has an excellent fast-charging performance.

Claims (28)

1. A secondary battery, comprising

an electrode assembly and an electrolytic solution configured to infiltrate the electrode assembly, wherein

the electrode assembly comprises a negative electrode plate, a separation film and a positive electrode plate, and the negative electrode plate includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode material layer located on at least one surface of the negative electrode current collector;

by setting a tortuosity of the negative electrode plate as τ, the τ satisfies Formula I below:

τ=0.5(ε) −α   Formula I

where, ε is a porosity of the negative electrode material layer, and α is a Bruggeman index of the negative electrode material layer,

the τ and a conductivity σ of the electrolytic solution satisfy Formula II below:

6≤σ−(2τ) 0.5 ≤10  Formula II,

the τ satisfies: 4.9≤τ≤7, and

the σ ranges from 8 mS/cm to 14 mS/cm.

2. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein

the porosity ε of the negative electrode material layer is 25% to 45%.

3. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein

a negative electrode material is graphite, and the α is 1.5 to 2.2.

4. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein

the electrolytic solution includes at least one of cyclic esters including ethylene carbonate and propylene carbonate, as well as at least one of dimethyl carbonate, diethyl carbonate, ethyl methyl carbonate, ethyl acetate, methyl acetate, methyl formate, ethyl formate, methyl propionate, propyl formate, ethyl propionate and propyl acetate.

5. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein

a lithium salt of the electrolytic solution includes at least one of lithium hexafluorophosphate and lithium fluorosulfonyl imide, and has a concentration of 0.5-1.5 mol/L.

6. The secondary battery according to claim 5 , wherein

the lithium fluorosulfonyl imide includes at least one of lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide, lithium fluoro (trifluoromethyl) sulfonylimide, lithium bis(trifluoromethyl) sulfonylimide, lithium bis(pentafluoroethyl) sulfonylimide and lithium fluoro (perfluorobutyl) sulfonylimide, preferably the lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide.

7. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein

a thickness of the negative electrode material layer is 30 μm-400 μm in the negative electrode plate.

8. A battery module, comprising

the secondary battery according to claim 1 .

9. A battery pack, comprising

the battery module according to claim 8 .

10. An electric device, comprising

the battery pack according to claim 9 .

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 Dec 4, 2023
From: ZHANG, CUIPING; HAN, CHANGLONG; FAN, PENG
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 065747/0763 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2022096609 · Jun 1, 2022
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