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Granted Patent B2
US 11,646,423 · App. 16/827,858 · Granted May 9, 2023

Current collector, associated set and storing device

Inventors: Marie-Anne Blin (Orvault, FR); Pierre Guichard (Reze, FR); Cyril Paireau (Le Loroux Bottereau, FR)
Assignee: ARMOR
H01M4/667H01G11/32H01G11/62H01G11/70H01M4/663H01M10/0525H01M10/0568H01M2300/0025
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Patent No.
US 11,646,423
App. No.
16/827,858
Granted
May 9, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A current collector of an electrochemical actuator is proposed, the current collector being coated with an interfacing layer, the interfacing layer being formed by coating on the current collector with a composition, the composition being formed by particles, at least 50% of the particles having a mean diameter by volume of less than or equal to 10 micrometers.

Claims (25)

1. A current collector of a device for storing electrical energy, the current collector being coated with an interfacing layer, the interfacing layer being formed by coating on the current collector with a composition,

the composition comprising a conductive additive, a solvent and a binder material,

the composition being a composition comprising particles, the particles being obtained by carrying out a mixing technique and a grinding technique, the mixing technique consists of pre-dispersing the conductive additive in the solvent and the binder material, the conductive additive forming agglomerates before the grinding technique with a diameter greater than 50 μm, the grinding technique consisting in breaking the agglomerates, at least 50% of the particles having a mean diameter by volume of less than or equal to 10 micrometers,

the mean diameter by volume being measured on the particles of the composition by static light using a granulometer and by processing the data obtained by the granulometer to calculate the particle size distribution on the basis of a spherical model of equivalent volume.

2. The current collector according to claim 1 , wherein the interfacing layer is a layer acting as a physical barrier to prevent ions responsible for corrosion from accessing the current collector.

3. The current collector according to claim 1 , wherein the interfacing layer is a layer preventing oxidation of the current collector even when an operating potential of the device for storing electrical energy is superior or equal to an oxidation potential of a material of the current collector.

4. The current collector according to claim 1 , wherein the current collector is adapted for a device for storing electrical energy comprising an electrolyte comprising ionic salts chosen from among lithium bis(trifluoromethane sulfonyl)imide salt (LiTFSI), lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (LiFSI) salt, lithium trifluoromethane-sulfonate salt (LiTF), lithium tetrafluoroborate (LiBF4), lithium bis(oxalato)borate (LiBOB), lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate (LiDFOB) and a mixture thereof.

5. The current collector according to claim 4 , wherein at least one of the ionic salts is lithium bis(trifluoromethane sulfonyl)imide salt (LiTFSI).

6. The current collector according to claim 1 , wherein at least 90% of the particles have a mean diameter by volume of less than or equal to 15 micrometers.

7. The current collector according to claim 1 , wherein at least 99% of the particles have a diameter of less than or equal to 10 micrometers.

8. The current collector according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive additive comprises at least one element chosen from the list made up of:

carbon,

carbon black,

graphite,

graphene,

a carbon nanotube,

an activated carbon fiber, and

a nonactivated carbon nanofiber.

9. The current collector according to claim 1 , wherein the interfacing layer has a thickness greater than or equal to 1 micrometer.

10. The current collector according to claim 1 , wherein the interfacing layer has a thickness less than or equal to 4 micrometers.

11. The current collector according to claim 1 , wherein the interfacing layer has a thickness less than or equal to 2 micrometers.

12. An assembly forming an anode or a cathode, including:

an electrode, and

a current collector according to claim 1 .

13. An electrical energy storage device, electrochemical accumulator or supercapacitor, including an assembly according to claim 12 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2023
From: ARMOR
To: ARMOR BATTERY FILMS
Reel/Frame 063215/0594 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2020
From: BLIN, MARIE-ANNE; GUICHARD, PIERRE; PAIREAU, CYRIL
To: ARMOR
Reel/Frame 052209/0976 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 19 03146 · Mar 26, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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