Fabricating method of electrode assembly and electrochemical cell containing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10770713-B2
Application number	US-201816156666-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 10, 2018
Priority date	May 23, 2012
Publication date	Sep 8, 2020
Grant date	Sep 8, 2020

Abstract

A fabricating method of an electrode assembly according to the present invention includes forming a radical unit having a four-layered structure obtained by stacking a first electrode, a first separator, a second electrode, and a second separator one by one, and stacking at least one radical unit one by one to form a unit stack part.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fabricating method of an electrode assembly comprising:
forming a radical unit having a four-layered structure obtained by stacking a first electrode, a first separator, a second electrode, and a second separator one by one, wherein forming the radical unit includes:
step 1, coating the first and second separators with a coating material having adhesiveness by coating both sides of the first separator and coating both sides of the second separator;
step 2, cutting the first electrode and the second electrode;
step 3, attaching the first electrode, the first separator, the second electrode, and the second separator to each other simultaneously by bringing the first electrode, the first separator, the second electrode and the second separator into a parallel orientation such that the coated sides of the first separator face the first electrode and the second electrode and that one of the coated sides of the second separator faces the second electrode; and
step 4, cutting the first separator and the second separator so as to be longer than the first electrode and the second electrode; and
stacking at least two radical units one by one to form a unit stack part.

2. The fabricating method of an electrode assembly of claim 1 , wherein an attachment of the first electrode, the first separator, the second electrode, and the second separator is conducted by pressurizing or by applying pressure and heat.

3. The fabricating method of an electrode assembly of claim 1 , wherein the coating material is a mixture of inorganic particles and a binder polymer.

4. The fabricating method of an electrode assembly of claim 1 , wherein the radical unit is obtained by repeatedly stacking the four-layered structure.

5. The fabricating method of an electrode assembly of claim 1 , further comprising stacking of first auxiliary unit on a first distal end electrode, the first distal end electrode being the first electrode positioned at an uppermost or a lowermost portion of the unit stack part,
when the first electrode being a cathode, and the second electrode being an anode, the first auxiliary unit being formed by stacking from the first distal end electrode, the separator, the anode, the separator and the cathode one by one,
when the first electrode being the anode, and the second electrode being the cathode, the first auxiliary unit being formed by stacking from the first distal end electrode, the separator and the cathode one by one.

6. The fabricating method of an electrode assembly of claim 5 , wherein the cathode of the first auxiliary unit comprises:
a current collector; and
an active material coated only on one side facing the radical unit among both sides of the current collector.

7. The fabricating method of an electrode assembly of claim 1 , further comprising stacking a first auxiliary unit on a first distal end electrode, the first distal end electrode being the first electrode positioned at an uppermost or a lowermost portion of the unit stack part,
when the first electrode being a cathode, and the second electrode being an anode, the first auxiliary unit being formed by stacking from the first distal end electrode, the separator, the anode, and the separator one by one.

8. The fabricating method of an electrode assembly of claim 1 , wherein the unit stack part further comprises a second auxiliary unit stacked on a second distal end separator, the second distal end separator being the second separator positioned at an uppermost or a lowermost portion of the unit stack part,
when the first electrode being a cathode, and the second electrode being an anode, the second auxiliary unit being formed by stacking from the second distal end separator, the anode, the separator and the cathode one by one.

9. The fabricating method of an electrode assembly of claim 8 , wherein the cathode of the secondary auxiliary unit comprises:
a current collector; and
an active material coated only on one side facing the radical unit among both sides of the current collector.

10. The fabricating method of an electrode assembly of claim 1 , further comprising stacking a second auxiliary unit on a second distal end separator, the second distal end separator being the second separator positioned at an uppermost or a lowermost portion of the unit stack part,
when the first electrode being a cathode, and the second electrode being an anode, the second auxiliary unit being formed by stacking from the second distal end separator, the first cathode, the separator, the anode, the separator and the second cathode one by one,
the second cathode of the secondary auxiliary unit comprising a current collector and an active material coated only on one side facing the radical unit among both sides of the current collector.

11. The fabricating method of an electrode assembly of claim 1 , further comprising stacking a second auxiliary unit on a second distal end separator, the second distal end separator being the second separator positioned at an uppermost or a lowermost portion of the unit stack part,
when the first electrode being an anode, and the second electrode being a cathode, the second auxiliary unit being formed by stacking from the second distal end separator, the anode, the separator, the cathode, the separator and the anode, one by one.

12. The fabricating method of an electrode assembly of claim 1 , further comprising fixing by using a polymer tape for taping a side portion or a front portion of the unit stack part.

13. An electrochemical device comprising the electrode assembly obtained by the fabricating method according to claim 1 .

14. The fabricating method of an electrode assembly of claim 1 , wherein stacking does not include folding.

Assignees

• Lg Chemical Ltd

Inventors

• Park Ji Won
• You Seung Jae
• Ko Myung Hoon
• Ban Jin Ho
• Lee Hyang Mok

Classifications

• H01M50/489

  Separators, membranes, diaphragms or spacing elements inside the cells, characterised by their physical properties, e.g. swelling degree, hydrophilicity or shut down properties · CPC title

• H01M50/406

  Moulding; Embossing; Cutting · CPC title

• H01M50/431

  Inorganic material · CPC title

• H01M50/403

  Manufacturing processes of separators, membranes or diaphragms · CPC title

• Y02P70/50

  Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product · CPC title