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US 12,555,797 · App. 18/059,192 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Positive electrode sheet containing high-safety heat-sensitive coating and lithium-ion battery

Inventors: Weichao Tang (Zhuhai, CN); Suli Li (Zhuhai, CN); Wei Zhao (Zhuhai, CN); Ruofan Chen (Zhuhai, CN); Chunyang Liu (Zhuhai, CN); Junyi Li (Zhuhai, CN); Yanming Xu (Zhuhai, CN)
Assignee: Zhuhai CosMX Battery Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 12,555,797
App. No.
18/059,192
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A positive electrode sheet containing a high-safety heat-sensitive coating and a lithium-ion battery containing the positive electrode sheet are provided. The heat-sensitive coating includes a first conductive agent, a first binder, heat-sensitive polymer microspheres and an auxiliary agent, and has a conductive property at normal temperature and also has advantages of increasing a contact area between an active material and a current collector, improving the conductivity, and effectively reducing the polarization of battery and the like; when the use temperature of the positive electrode sheet reaches 120° C. and above, the heat-sensitive polymer microspheres will melt to form a plurality of continuous electron blocking layers, current blocking occurs in the coating, an internal blocking forms inside the battery, thereby preventing the occurrence of further thermal runaway of lithium-ion battery.

Claims (20)

1 . A positive electrode sheet, comprising a positive current collector, a heat-sensitive coating, a composite fusion layer, and a positive active material layer, wherein the heat-sensitive coating, the composite fusion layer, and the positive active material layer are sequentially arranged on a surface of the positive current collector;

the heat-sensitive coating comprises heat-sensitive polymer microspheres, a first conductive agent, a first binder and an auxiliary agent;

the positive active material layer comprises a positive active material, a second conductive agent and a second binder;

a thickness of the composite fusion layer is 0.001-0.5 μm;

the composite fusion layer comprises the positive active material, the heat-sensitive polymer microspheres, the first conductive agent, the first binder, the second conductive agent, the second binder, and the auxiliary agent;

a particle size of the heat-sensitive polymer microsphere is 100 nm-3.0 μm; and

a separator resistance of the positive electrode sheet is less than 10Ω

wherein a use temperature of the positive electrode sheet reaches a heat-sensitive temperature and above, the heat-sensitive polymer microspheres are melted to form a plurality of continuous electron blocking layers, the morphology of the heat sensitive polymer microspheres changes and current blocking occurs in the heat sensitive coating, forming an internal blocking inside a secondary battery, preventing the occurrence of further thermal runaway of the secondary battery.

2 . The positive electrode sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the heat-sensitive coating comprises the following components by weight percentage: 1.1-95 wt % of the heat-sensitive polymer microspheres, 2.9-48.9 wt % of the first conductive agent, 2-40 wt % of the first binder and 0.1-10 wt % of the auxiliary agent.

3 . The positive electrode sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the positive active material layer comprises the following components by weight percentage: 80-99 wt % of the positive active material, 0.5-10 wt % of the second conductive agent and 0.5-10 wt % of the second binder.

4 . The positive electrode sheet according to claim 2 , wherein the positive active material layer comprises the following components by weight percentage: 80-99 wt % of the positive active material, 0.5-10 wt % of the second conductive agent and 0.5-10 wt % of the second binder.

5 . The positive electrode sheet according to claim 2 , wherein a thickness of the current collector is 0.1 μm-20 μm; and/or a thickness of the heat-sensitive coating is 0.1 μm-5 μm; and/or a thickness of the positive active material layer is 5-100 μm.

6 . The positive electrode sheet according to claim 3 , wherein a thickness of the current collector is 0.1 μm-20 μm; and/or a thickness of the heat-sensitive coating is 0.1 μm-5 μm; and/or a thickness of the positive active material layer is 5-100 μm.

7 . The positive electrode sheet according to claim 1 , wherein a heat-sensitive temperature of the heat-sensitive polymer microsphere is 115° C.-160° C.

8 . The positive electrode sheet according to claim 2 , wherein a heat-sensitive temperature of the heat-sensitive polymer microsphere is 115° C.-160° C.

9 . The positive electrode sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the heat-sensitive polymer microsphere is selected from at least one of polyethylene, polypropylene, polyamide, polyester amide, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride, polyester, polyurethane, olefin copolymer or copolymer modified by monomer thereof.

10 . The positive electrode sheet according to claim 2 , wherein the heat-sensitive polymer microsphere is selected from at least one of polyethylene, polypropylene, polyamide, polyester amide, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride, polyester, polyurethane, olefin copolymer or copolymer modified by monomer thereof.

11 . The positive electrode sheet according to claim 1 , wherein in the heat-sensitive coating, the heat-sensitive polymer microspheres account for 1.1-95 vol % of a total volume of the heat-sensitive coating.

12 . The positive electrode sheet according to claim 2 , wherein in the heat-sensitive coating, the heat-sensitive polymer microspheres account for 1.1-95 vol % of a total volume of the heat-sensitive coating.

13 . A secondary battery, comprising the positive electrode sheet according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2022
From: TANG, WEICHAO; LI, SULI; ZHAO, WEI; CHEN, RUOFAN; LIU, CHUNYANG; LI, JUNYI; XU, YANMING
To: ZHUHAI COSMX BATTERY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010479690.9 · May 29, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021094176 · May 17, 2021
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