Current collector surface treatment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11018343-B1
Application number	US-201815962133-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Apr 25, 2018
Priority date	Jun 1, 2017
Publication date	May 25, 2021
Grant date	May 25, 2021

Abstract

Energy storage devices, battery cells, and batteries of the present technology may include a first current collector, and may include a second current collector. At least one of the first current collector and the second current collector may be a metal current collector. The battery cells may include a seal between an external region of the first current collector and an external region of the second current collector. The seal may be coupled with a first portion of a first surface of the first current collector, and may be coupled with a first portion of a first surface of the second current collector. The battery cells may also include a coupling material positioned between the seal and the first portion of the first surface of the first current collector. The coupling material may also be positioned between the seal and the first portion of the first surface of the second current collector.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A battery cell comprising:
a first current collector supporting a first active material;
a second current collector supporting a second active material, wherein at least one of the first current collector and the second current collector comprises a metal current collector;
a seal between an external region of the first current collector and an external region of the second current collector, wherein the seal is coupled with a first portion of a first surface of the first current collector and a first portion of a first surface of the second current collector; and
a coupling material positioned between the seal and the first portion of the first surface of the first current collector and positioned between the seal and the first portion of the first surface of the second current collector, wherein the coupling material is positioned on the first current collector and the second current collector to be maintained free from contacting the first active material and the second active material.

2. The battery cell of claim 1 , wherein the first active material is an anode active material located in contact with the first surface of the first current collector at a second portion of the first current collector, and wherein the second active material is a cathode active material located in contact with the first surface of the second current collector at a second portion of the second current collector.

3. The battery cell of claim 2 , wherein a third portion of the first current collector is located between the first portion of the first current collector and the second portion of the first current collector.

4. The battery cell of claim 3 , wherein the coupling material extends from the first portion of the first current collector within the third portion of the first current collector along the first surface of the first current collector.

5. The battery cell of claim 4 , wherein the coupling material extends towards the second portion of the first current collector while being maintained within the third portion of the first current collector.

6. The battery cell of claim 5 , wherein the coupling material does not contact the anode active material on the first surface of the first current collector.

7. The battery cell of claim 2 , wherein the second current collector is characterized by a third portion of the second current collector located between the first portion of the second current collector and the second portion of the second current collector, and wherein the coupling material extends from the first portion of the second current collector into the third portion of the second current collector without extending into the second portion of the second current collector.

8. The battery cell of claim 1 , wherein the first current collector and the second current collector both comprise metal current collectors.

9. The battery cell of claim 1 , wherein the coupling material comprises chromium.

10. The battery cell of claim 1 , wherein the seal comprises a polymer.

11. A battery cell comprising:
a first current collector comprising a first metal;
a first active material extending along a first surface of the first current collector;
a second current collector comprising a second metal;
a second active material extending along a first surface of the second current collector;
a multi-part seal comprising a first seal component disposed on the first surface of the first current collector and a second seal component disposed on the first surface of the second current collector; and
a coupling material positioned at a first location between the first seal component and the first current collector and positioned at a second location between the second seal component and the second current collector, wherein the coupling material does not contact the first active material or the second active material.

12. The battery cell of claim 11 , wherein the first seal component is in contact with the second seal component.

13. The battery cell of claim 11 , wherein the first current collector and the second current collector are different materials.

14. The battery cell of claim 11 , wherein the coupling material comprises chromium.

15. The battery cell of claim 11 , wherein the coupling material comprises a chromate moiety.

16. The battery cell of claim 11 , wherein the seal comprises a polymer.

17. The battery cell of claim 16 , wherein the seal comprises polypropylene.

18. The battery cell of claim 8 , wherein the first current collector and the second current collector are different materials.

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Dafoe Donald G
• Zeng Qingcheng
• Nagai Kenzo

Classifications

• H01M50/548

  on opposite sides of the cell · CPC title

• H01M50/545

  formed by the casing of the cells (cup shaped terminals adapted for cells having curved cross-section H01M50/56) · CPC title

• H01M50/193

  Organic material · CPC title

• H01M50/186

  characterised by the disposition of the sealing members · CPC title

• H01M50/184

  characterised by their shape or structure · CPC title