IP Library Granted Patent US 10,985,378
Granted Patent B2
US 10,985,378 · App. 16/578,413 · Granted Apr 20, 2021

Electrolyzed copper foil and current collector of energy storage device

Inventors: Jhen-Rong Chen (Taoyuan, TW); Chiu-Yen Chiu (Hsinchu County, TW)
Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
H01M4/667C25D1/04C25D3/38H01M4/661H01M10/0525H01M2004/021H01M2220/20Y10T428/12431
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Patent No.
US 10,985,378
App. No.
16/578,413
Granted
Apr 20, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrolyzed copper foil and a current collector of an energy storage device are provided. The electrolyzed copper foil includes a transition layer and a nano-twin copper layer formed on the transition layer. The transition layer has an equiaxial grain of a (111) plane having a volume ratio of 20-40%, a (200) plane having a volume ratio of 20-40%, and a (220) plane having a volume ratio of 20-40%. A thickness of the transition layer is 0.2 μm to 1.5 μm. The nano-twin copper layer has a columnar grain of the (111) plane having a volume ratio of more than 85%, and a thickness of the nano-twin copper layer is 3 μm to 30 μm.

Claims (12)

1. An electrolyzed copper foil, comprising:

a transition layer, wherein the transition layer has an equiaxial grain of a (111) plane having a volume ratio of 20-40%, a (200) plane having a volume ratio of 20-40%, and a (220) plane having a volume ratio of 20-40%, and a thickness of the transition layer is 0.2 μm to 1.5 μm; and

a nano-twin copper layer formed on the transition layer, wherein the nano-twin copper layer has a columnar grain of the (111) plane having a volume ratio of more than 85%, and a thickness of the nano-twin copper layer is 3 μm to 30 μm.

2. The electrolyzed copper foil of claim 1 , wherein the electrolyzed copper foil has a tensile strength greater than 50 kg/mm 2 at room temperature.

3. The electrolyzed copper foil of claim 1 , wherein the electrolyzed copper foil has a tensile strength greater than 32 kg/mm 2 at 0.5% elongation.

4. The electrolyzed copper foil of claim 1 , wherein the electrolyzed copper foil has a yield strength greater than 40 kg/mm 2 at 0.5% elongation.

5. The electrolyzed copper foil of claim 1 , wherein the electrolytic copper foil has a tensile strength reduction of no more than 20% after a heat treatment at 350° C. for one hour.

6. The electrolyzed copper foil of claim 1 , wherein after the electrolyzed copper foil is subjected to a heat treatment at 350° C. for one hour, a change amount in a volume ratio of the (111) plane in the nano-twin copper layer is less than 5%.

7. The electrolyzed copper foil of claim 1 , wherein the columnar grain is consisted of a plurality of plate-shaped structures stacked perpendicular to grain boundaries of the columnar grain, and a length ratio of a major axis to a minor axis of each of the plate-shaped structures is 2 to 40.

8. The electrolyzed copper foil of claim 1 , wherein the electrolyzed copper foil has a surface roughness Rz (JIS) less than 2 μm.

9. The electrolyzed copper foil of claim 1 , wherein the electrolyzed copper foil has a conductivity higher than 90% IACS.

10. A current collector of an energy storage device comprising the electrolyzed copper foil of claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 23, 2019
From: CHEN, JHEN-RONG; CHIU, CHIU-YEN
To: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 050453/0898 →
Priority Claims (2)
TW 107132133 · Sep 12, 2018 · national
TW 108125545 · Jul 19, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part 16232071 · Dec 26, 2018
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