Secondary battery and electrode plate thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11024870-B2
Application number	US-201916267042-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 4, 2019
Priority date	Oct 11, 2018
Publication date	Jun 1, 2021
Grant date	Jun 1, 2021

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a secondary battery and an electrode plate thereof. The electrode plate comprises a current collector and an active material layer. The current collector comprises an insulating layer and a first conducting layer provided on a surface of the insulating layer; the first conducting layer has a main portion and a protruding portion connected with the main portion, the main portion is coated with the active material layer, the protruding portion is not coated with the active material layer. The electrode plate further comprises a second conducting layer, the second conducting layer comprises a first portion, the first portion is provided on a surface of the protruding portion away from the insulating layer. The secondary battery comprises an electrode assembly, the electrode assembly comprises the electrode plate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrode plate of a secondary battery, comprising a current collector and an active material layer;
the current collector comprising an insulating layer and a first conducting layer provided on a surface of the insulating layer;
the first conducting layer having a main portion and a protruding portion connected with the main portion, the main portion being coated with the active material layer, the protruding portion being not coated with the active material layer;
the electrode plate further comprising a second conducting layer, the second conducting layer comprising a first portion, the first portion being provided on a surface of the protruding portion away from the insulating layer; and
the second conducting layer comprising a second portion, the second portion being connected with the first portion and provided between the main portion and the active material layer.

2. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein
a stiffness of the second conducting layer is less than a stiffness of the first conducting layer.

3. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein
the second conducting layer is made from a non-metallic material, and at least a part of the second conducting layer is filled in the first conducting layer.

4. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein
the first portion is connected with the active material layer.

5. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein
in a width direction, the first portion extends to two side edges of the protruding portion;
in a height direction, a dimension of the first portion is 0.1 mm˜4 mm;
in a thickness direction, a dimension of the second conducting layer is 0.1 μm˜10 μm.

6. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein
the electrode plate further comprises a first protecting layer, the first protecting layer is provided at a side of the first portion away from the protruding portion;
a hardness of the first protecting layer is greater than a hardness of the first conducting layer and a hardness of the second conducting layer.

7. The electrode plate according to claim 6 , wherein
the first protecting layer is connected with the active material layer.

8. The electrode plate according to claim 6 , wherein at least a part of the first portion is coated with the first protecting layer.

9. A secondary battery, comprising an electrode assembly;
the electrode assembly comprising an electrode plate, the electrode plate comprising a current collector and an active material layer;
the current collector comprising an insulating layer and a first conducting layer provided on a surface of the insulating layer;
the first conducting layer having a main portion and a protruding portion connected with the main portion, the main portion being coated with the active material layer, the protruding portion being not coated with the active material layer;
the electrode plate further comprising a second conducting layer, the second conducting layer comprising a first portion, the first portion being provided on a surface of the protruding portion away from the insulating layer; and
the second conducting layer comprising a second portion, the second portion being connected with the first portion and provided between the main portion and the active material layer.

10. The secondary battery according to claim 9 , wherein
a stiffness of the second conducting layer is less than a stiffness of the first conducting layer.

11. The secondary battery according to claim 9 , wherein
the second conducting layer is made from a non-metallic material, and at least a part of the second conducting layer is filled in the first conducting layer.

12. The secondary battery according to claim 9 , wherein
the first portion is connected with the active material layer.

13. The secondary battery according to claim 9 , wherein
in a width direction, the first portion extends to two side edges of the protruding portion;
in a height direction, a dimension of the first portion is 0.1 mm˜4 mm;
in a thickness direction, a dimension of the second conducting layer is 0.1 μm˜10 μm.

14. The secondary battery according to claim 9 , wherein
the electrode plate further comprises a first protecting layer, the first protecting layer is provided at a side of the first portion away from the protruding portion;
a hardness of the first protecting layer is greater than a hardness of the first conducting layer and a hardness of the second conducting layer.

15. The secondary battery according to claim 14 , wherein
the first protecting layer is connected with the active material layer.

16. The secondary battery according to claim 14 , wherein at least a part of the first portion is coated with the first protecting layer.

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Li Wei
• Zhang Zige
• Liang Chengdu
• Xue Qingrui
• Li Jing
• Wang Pengxiang

Classifications

• H01M50/538

  Connection of several leads or tabs of wound or folded electrode stacks · CPC title

• H01M50/536

  characterised by the method of fixing the leads to the electrodes, e.g. by welding · CPC title

• H01M50/534

  characterised by the material of the leads or tabs · CPC title

• H01M2004/021

  Physical characteristics, e.g. porosity, surface area · CPC title

• H01M4/02

  Electrodes composed of, or comprising, active material · CPC title