Battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11050053-B2
Application number	US-201916422872-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 24, 2019
Priority date	Nov 16, 2018
Publication date	Jun 29, 2021
Grant date	Jun 29, 2021

Abstract

The present invention relates to a battery, comprising a positive electrode plate, a separator and a negative electrode plate, wherein the positive electrode plate comprises a positive electrode current collector and at least two layers of positive active materials on at least one surface of the positive electrode current collector in which the underlying positive active material layer in contact with the positive electrode current collector comprises a first positive active material, a first polymer material, and a first conductive material and in which the upper positive active material layer comprises a second positive active material, a second polymer material, and a second conductive material and the first polymer material comprises an oil-dispersible polymer material having a solubility in NMP at 130° C. for 5 minutes, which is 30% or less of the solubility of PVDF under the same conditions. The battery exhibits good safety performance and improved electrical performance.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A battery, comprising a positive electrode plate, a separator and a negative electrode plate,
wherein the positive electrode plate comprises a positive electrode current collector and at least two layers of positive active materials on at least one surface of the positive electrode current collector, comprising an underlying positive active material layer in contact with the positive electrode current collector and an upper positive active material layer in contact with the underlying positive active material layer and away from the positive electrode current collector
in which the underlying positive active material layer comprises a first positive active material, a first polymer material, and a first conductive material, based on the total weight of the underlying positive active material layer, the first positive active material is present in an amount of A% by weight, the first polymer material is present in an amount of B% by weight, and the first conductive material is present in an amount of C% by weight and
in which the upper comprises a second positive active material, a second polymer material, and a second conductive material, based on the total weight of the upper positive active material layer, the second positive active material is present in an amount of A′% by weight, the second polymer material is present in an amount of B′% by weight, and the second conductive material is present in an amount of C′% by weight
wherein A%<A′%, B%>B′%, and C%≥C′% and
the first polymer material comprises an oil-dispersible polymer material having a solubility in NMP at 130° C. for 5 minutes, which is 30% or less of the solubility of PVDF under the same conditions, and
wherein the first positive active material fulfils 10 wt %≤A%≤60 wt %, the first polymer material fulfils 35 wt %≤B%≤75 wt % and the first conductive material fulfils 5 wt %≤C%≤25 wt %; and
the second positive active material fulfils 90 wt %≤A′%≤99wt %, the second polymer material fulfils 0.5 wt %≤B′%≤5 wt % and the second conductive material fulfils 0.5 wt %≤C′%≤5 wt %.

2. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first polymer material is consisted of the oil-dispersible polymer material or is a mixture material consisting of the oil-dispersible polymer material and a polymer binder,
relative to the total weight of the first polymer material, the oil-dispersible polymer material is present in an amount of 30 wt % to 100 wt %, and the polymer binder is present in an amount of 0 wt % to 70 wt %.

3. The battery according to claim 2 , wherein the polymer binder is fluorinated polyolefin and/or chlorinated polyolefin.

4. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the oil-dispersible polymer material in the first polymer material is present in an amount of 20 wt % or more relative to the total weight of the underlying positive active material layer.

5. The battery according to claim 3 , wherein the oil-dispersible polymer material is selected from at least one of oil-dispersible polyacrylonitrile, oil-dispersible polyacrylic acid, oil-dispersible polyacrylate, oil-dispersible polyacrylic acid-acrylate, oil-dispersible polyacrylonitrile-acrylic acid, and oil-dispersible polyacrylonitrile-acrylate.

6. The battery according to claim 4 , wherein the fluorinated polyolefin and/or chlorinated polyolefin is selected from at least one of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), carboxylic acid modified PVDF, acrylic acid modified PVDF, polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC), carboxylic acid modified PVDC, acrylic acid modified PVDC, PVDF copolymer and PVDC copolymer.

7. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first conductive material is selected from at least one of a conductive carbon-based material, a conductive metal material, and a conductive polymer material; and
wherein the conductive carbon-based material is selected from at least one of conductive carbon black, acetylene black, graphite, graphene, carbon nanotubes, and carbon nanofibers; and
wherein the conductive metal material is selected from at least one of Al powder, Ni powder, and gold powder; and
wherein the conductive polymer material is selected from at least one of conductive polythiophene, conductive polypyrrole, and conductive polyaniline.

8. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first positive active material is selected from at least one of lithium cobalt oxide, lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide, lithium nickel manganese aluminum oxide, lithium iron phosphate, lithium vanadium phosphate, lithium cobalt phosphate, lithium manganese phosphate, lithium iron manganese phosphate, lithium iron silicate, lithium vanadium silicate, lithium cobalt silicate, lithium manganese silicate, spinel lithium manganate, spinel lithium nickel manganate, lithium titanate, or a conductive carbon coating modified above material, a conductive metal coating modified above material, or a conductive polymer coating modified above material.

9. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first positive active material is at least one of lithium iron phosphate, lithium vanadium phosphate, lithium cobalt phosphate, lithium manganese phosphate, lithium iron manganese phosphate, or a conductive carbon coating modified above material, a conductive metal coating modified above material, or a conductive polymer coating modified above material.

10. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first positive active material has a specific surface area (BET) of no more than 500 m 2 /g.

11. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the metal current collector has a thickness of 4 μm to 16 μm.

12. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein when the two layers of positive active material is collectively referred as a positive film layer, there is a binding force between the positive film layer and the positive electrode current collector of 10 N/m or more and the positive film layer has an elongation of 30% or more.

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Li Wei
• Shi Haihao
• Liu Huihui
• Jin Chao
• Gao Tianyi
• Xu Jianbao
• Li Shisong
• Guo Chao

Classifications

• H01M4/366 Primary

  as layered products · CPC title

• H01M4/131

  Electrodes based on mixed oxides or hydroxides, or on mixtures of oxides or hydroxides, e.g. LiCoOx · CPC title

• H01M4/624

  Electric conductive fillers · CPC title

• H01M2004/028

  Positive electrodes · CPC title

• H01M10/058

  Construction or manufacture · CPC title