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US 9,666,867 · App. 14/235,737 · Granted May 30, 2017

Aluminum alloy foil for electrode collector and production method therefor

Inventors: Masakazu Seki (Chiyoda-ku, JP); Satoshi Suzuki (Chiyoda-ku, JP); Kenji Yamamoto (Chuo-ku, JP); Tomohiko Furutani (Chuo-ku, JP)
Assignees: UACJ CORPORATION; UACJ FOIL CORPORATION
H01M4/662B21B1/026B23K35/0233C22C21/00C22F1/04H01G11/68H01M10/052Y02E60/13Y02T10/7022Y10T428/12431
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Patent No.
US 9,666,867
App. No.
14/235,737
Granted
May 30, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide an aluminum alloy foil for an electrode current collector, the foil having a high strength after the drying step while keeping a high electrical conductivity. Disclosed is a method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy foil for electrode current collector, including: maintaining an aluminum alloy ingot comprising 0.03 to 0.1% of Fe, 0.01 to 0.1% of Si, 0.0001 to 0.01% of Cu, 0.005% or less of Mn, with the rest being Al and unavoidable impurities, at 550 to 620° C. for 1 to 20 hours, and subjecting the resulting ingot under a hot rolling with a starting temperature of 500° C. or higher and an end-point temperature of 255 to 300° C.

Claims (9)

1. An aluminum alloy foil for electrode current collector, comprising:

0.03 to 0.1 mass % (hereinafter mass % is referred to as %) of Fe, 0.01 to 0.1% of Si, 0.0001 to 0.01% of Cu, 0.0005 to 0.005% of Mn, with the rest consisting of Al and unavoidable impurities, wherein

solid solution content of Fe is 100 ppm or higher,

solid solution content of Si is 80 ppm or higher,

solid solution content of Cu is 1 ppm or higher; and

tensile strength of the aluminum alloy foil is 180 MPa or higher, 0.2% yield strength of the aluminum alloy foil is 160 MPa or higher, and electrical conductivity of the aluminum alloy foil is 60% IACS or higher, wherein

the aluminum alloy foil is obtained by maintaining an aluminum alloy ingot comprising 0.03 to 0.1% of Fe, 0.01 to 0.1% of Si, 0.0001 to 0.01% of Cu, 0.0005% to 0.005% of Mn, with the rest consisting of Al and unavoidable impurities, at 550 to 620° C. for 1 to 20 hours, and subjecting the resulting ingot under a hot rolling with a starting temperature of 500° C. or higher and an end-point temperature of 255 to 300° C.

2. The aluminum alloy foil for electrode current collector of claim 1 , wherein

the tensile strength and the 0.2% yield strength after performing either one of heat treatments of 24 hours at 120° C., 3 hours at 140° C. or 15 minutes at 160° C., is 170 MPa or higher and 150 MPa or higher, respectively.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2014
From: SEKI, MASAKAZU; SUZUKI, SATOSHI; YAMAMOTO, KENJI; FURUTANI, TOMOHIKO
To: UACJ CORPORATION; UACJ FOIL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032244/0364 →
Continuity (1)
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