IP Library Granted Patent US 12,555,782
Granted Patent B2
US 12,555,782 · App. 18/343,306 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Negative electrode plate, electrochemical device, and electronic device

Inventors: Zhihuan Chen (Ningde, CN); Daoyi Jiang (Ningde, CN)
Assignee: NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
H01M4/386H01M4/133H01M4/134H01M4/587H01M4/622H01M4/625H01M2004/027
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Patent No.
US 12,555,782
App. No.
18/343,306
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A negative electrode plate includes: a current collector; and an active material layer, located on the current collector. The active material layer includes a silicon-based material, a carbon material, and a binder. Silicon mass fractions in two places of the active material layer are X 1 and X 2 ; the two places cover a same area but are located in different positions, X 2 ≥X 1 , M=X 1 /X 2 , and M≥0.7. Lithium mass fractions in the two places are Y 1 and Y 2 , respectively; the two places cover the same area but are located in different positions, Y 2 ≥Y, N=Y 1 /Y 2 , and N≥0.5. Also, uniformity of deintercalation and intercalation of lithium is enhanced by improving the dispersion uniformity of silicon in the active material layer, thereby alleviating volume expansion of the silicon-based material during cycling, and enhancing cycle performance and safety performance of the electrochemical device.

Claims (27)

1 . A negative electrode plate, comprising:

a current collector; and

an active material layer, disposed on the current collector, wherein

the active material layer comprises a silicon-based material, a carbon material, and a binder; and

a mass fraction of silicon in a first region of the active material layer is X 1 and a mass fraction of silicon in a second region of the active material layer is X 2 , wherein the first region and the second region have a same area but are located in different positions, X 2 ≥X 1 , M=X 1 /X 2 , and M≥0.7; and

a mass fraction of lithium in the first region of the active material layer is Y 1 and a mass fraction of lithium in the second region of the active material layer is Y 2 , Y 2 ≥Y 1 , N=Y 1 /Y 2 , and 0.5≤N≤0.84.

2 . The negative electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein a mass percent of the silicon-based material in the active material layer is 2 wt % to 80 wt %.

3 . The negative electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the binder comprises a lithium salt component.

4 . The negative electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein a mass percent of the binder in the active material layer is 0.5 wt % to 10 wt %.

5 . The negative electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the silicon-based material comprises at least one of Si, SiO x , SiO 2 , SiC, Li 2 SiO 5 , Li 2 SiO 3 , Li 4 SiO 4 , or silicon alloy, 0.6≤x≤1.5, and a particle size of Si is less than 100 nm.

6 . The negative electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein, in an X-ray diffraction pattern of the silicon-based material, a maximum intensity value is I 1 when 2θ falls within a range of 20.5° to 21.5°, and the maximum intensity value is I 2 when 2θ falls within a range of 28.0° to 29.0°; and 0<I 2 /I 1 ≤1.

7 . The negative electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein a particle size distribution of the silicon-based material satisfies: 0.3≤Dn 10 /Dv 50 ≤0.6;

wherein Dn 10 refers to a particle diameter at which a cumulative number percentage of measured particles reaches 10% of a total number of particles under test in a number-based particle size distribution; and

Dv 50 refers to a particle diameter at which a cumulative volume percentage of measured particles reaches 50% of a total volume of particles under test in a volume-based particle size distribution.

8 . The negative electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein

an average particle diameter of the silicon-based material is 500 nm to 30 μm.

9 . The negative electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the binder comprises at least one of carboxymethyl cellulose, polyacrylic acid, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyaniline, polyimide, polyamideimide, polysiloxane, polystyrene-butadiene rubber, epoxy resin, polyester resin, polyurethane resin, or polyfluorene.

10 . The negative electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein a weight loss ratios of the first region and the second region of the active material layer in a thermogravimetric analysis (TG) performed at a temperature less than or equal to 800° C. are Z 1 and Z 2 respectively, Z 2 ≥Z 1 , K=Z 1 /Z 2 , and K≥0.7.

11 . The negative electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the active material layer further comprises a conductive agent; and the conductive agent comprises at least one of single-walled carbon nanotubes, multi-walled carbon nanotubes, vapor grown carbon fibers, conductive carbon black, acetylene black, Ketjen black, conductive graphite, or graphene.

12 . The negative electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein a mass percent of the silicon-based material in the active material layer is 2% to 40%; and

the carbon material comprises graphite.

13 . An electrochemical device, comprising:

a positive electrode plate;

a negative electrode plate; and

a separator, disposed between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate, wherein

the negative electrode plate is the negative electrode plate according to claim 1 .

14 . An electronic device, comprising the electrochemical device according to claim 13 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2023
From: CHEN, ZHIHUAN; JIANG, DAOYI
To: NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 064107/0057 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020140363 · Dec 28, 2020
Related Publication 20230343944A1 · Oct 26, 2023
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