Electrochemical storage device having improved electrical conduction properties

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10050312-B2
Application number	US-201314759332-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 19, 2013
Priority date	Jan 8, 2013
Publication date	Aug 14, 2018
Grant date	Aug 14, 2018

Abstract

An electrochemical storage device has an anode chamber filled with anode material during operation, and a cathode chamber filled with cathode material. The anode chamber is separated from the cathode chamber by solid body electrolyte guiding ions, and the anode chamber is limited on one side by the solid body electrolyte, on another side by a wall at least partially surrounding the solid body electrolyte. The wall is surrounded by a head part of the device, by a base part arranged opposite the head part and/or by a lateral part arranged between the head and base part. The wall has an electrical conductive wall section as an anode to the anode chamber, an at least partially flat, electrical conductive line section electrically connected to the wall section by a surface, and conductivity per surface of the line section greater than conductivity of the wall per surface of the wall section.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electrochemical storage device comprising:
an anode compartment filled with an anode material and a cathode compartment filled with a cathode material when in operation,
wherein the anode compartment is separated from the cathode compartment by an ion-conductive solid electrolyte, and
wherein the anode compartment is delimited on one side at least in part by the solid electrolyte and on another side at least in part by a wall which surrounds the solid electrolyte at least in part, wherein the wall is comprised of a top part of the electrochemical storage device, a bottom part arranged opposite the top part, and/or a side part arranged between top part and bottom part, and wherein the wall has an electrically conductive wall portion with a surface profile facing away from the electrochemical storage device, which is associated as an anode to the anode compartment,
wherein an at least partly flat, electrically conductive conductor portion is electrically connected with the surface profile of the wall portion via a surface and wherein an electrical conductivity per unit area of the conductor portion is greater than that of the wall per unit area of the wall portion, wherein the wall portion has a wall thickness which is less than the thickness of the at least partly flat conductor portion in the region of the surface.

2. The electrochemical storage device as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the surface of the conductor portion is adapted to the surface profile of the wall portion.

3. The electrochemical storage device as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the wall portion and the at least partly flat conductor portion are metallic and connected together in a mechanically load-bearing manner via a strong metallic connection.

4. The electrochemical storage device as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the wall portion is arranged closer to the top part than to the bottom part.

5. The electrochemical storage device as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the wall portion is arranged at the side part.

6. The electrochemical storage device as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the at least partly flat conductor portion partly or completely surrounds the top part.

7. The electrochemical storage device as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the at least partly flat conductor portion projects above the top part.

8. The electrochemical storage device as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the conductor portion has a surface on which an electrical insulator is mounted.

9. The electrochemical storage device as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the electrically conductive wall portion is comprised by the side part, which is made from shaped sheet metal.

10. A thermal module for storing and releasing electrical energy, comprising
multiple electrically interconnected electrochemical storage devices as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the at least partly flat conductor portion is contacted electrically with suitable electrical leads for infeed and outfeed of electrical charge to the anode.

11. The thermal module as claimed in claim 10 ,
wherein the conductor portion is also configured as a support, which supports the electrochemical storage devices against other electrochemical storage devices, against other supports of other electrochemical storage devices and/or against a module surface.

12. The thermal module as claimed in claim 10 ,
wherein the at least partly flat conductor portion has a suitably shaped receptacle for an insulator.

13. The electrochemical storage device as claimed in claim 3 ,
wherein the strong metallic connection comprises a welded joint.

14. The electrochemical storage device as claimed in claim 6 ,
wherein the at least partly flat conductor portion is arranged around the top part as a conduction sleeve.

15. The electrochemical storage device as claimed in claim 8 ,
wherein the surface on which an electrical insulator is mounted comprises a surface facing away from the electrochemical storage device.

16. The electrochemical storage device as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the electrical connection between the wall portion and the at least partly flat conductor portion is brought about by a flux material that connects the conductor portion with the wall portion by a welded joint.

17. The electrochemical storage device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a contacting means that is electrically connected with the conductor portion and wherein the contacting means is not directly electrically connected with the wall portion.

18. The electrochemical storage device as claimed in claim 17 ,
wherein the contacting means is electrically connected with the conductor portion via a welding material.

19. The electrochemical storage device as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the wall portion and the conductor portion are in direct mechanical contact such that the electrical connection between the wall portion and the conductor portion is brought about by direct contact alone.

20. The electrochemical storage device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the conductor portion is positioned on a side of the wall portion facing away from the electrical storage device.

Assignees

• Siemens Ag

Inventors

• Kuhne Michael

Classifications

• H01M50/516

  by welding, soldering or brazing · CPC title

• H01M50/522

  Inorganic material · CPC title

• H01M2220/30

  Batteries in portable systems, e.g. mobile phone, laptop · CPC title

• H01M10/39 Primary

  working at high temperature · CPC title

• H01M10/3909 Primary

  Sodium-sulfur cells · CPC title