Method of manufacturing pouch-shaped battery cell comprising jig grading

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11075419-B2
Application number	US-201816486689-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 27, 2018
Priority date	Sep 18, 2017
Publication date	Jul 27, 2021
Grant date	Jul 27, 2021

Abstract

A method of manufacturing a pouch-shaped battery cell including a silicon-based negative electrode active material includes injecting an electrolytic solution into a pouch-shaped battery case, in which an electrode assembly is mounted, charging and discharging the pouch-shaped battery cell having the electrolytic solution injected thereinto (a primary formation step), placing the pouch-shaped battery cell in a jig configured to fix and press the pouch-shaped battery cell, and charging and discharging the pouch-shaped battery cell while pressure is applied to the pouch-shaped battery cell by the jig (a jig grading step).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of manufacturing a pouch-shaped battery cell, the method comprising:
injecting an electrolytic solution into a pouch-shaped battery case, in which an electrode assembly is mounted;
a primary formation step including charging and discharging the pouch-shaped battery cell having the electrolytic solution injected thereinto;
placing the pouch-shaped battery cell in a jig configured to fix and press the pouch-shaped battery cell; and
a jig grading step including charging and discharging the pouch-shaped battery cell while pressure is applied to the pouch-shaped battery cell by the jig,
wherein the jig has a plurality of pairs of support portions extending from a base, and
wherein placing the pouch-shaped battery cell in the jig comprises placing the pouch-shaped battery cell between a first pair of the plurality of pairs of support portions and applying pressure by moving each of the support portions of the first pair in opposite directions and toward one another.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode assembly comprises a negative electrode comprising a silicon-based negative electrode active material.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the silicon-based negative electrode active material is at least one selected from a group consisting of SiC, SiO, SiM, and a combination thereof, and
wherein M comprises any one selected from a group consisting of Ni, Co, B, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ti, Y, and a combination thereof.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolytic solution is injected using a vacuum injection method.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising aging the pouch-shaped battery cell before and after the primary formation step.

6. A pouch-shaped battery cell manufactured using a method of manufacturing a pouch-shaped battery cell according to claim 1 .

7. The pouch-shaped battery cell according to claim 6 , wherein the pouch-shaped battery cell has a capacity of 3,400 mAh to 3,500 mAh.

8. The pouch-shaped battery cell according to claim 6 , wherein a remaining amount of an electrolytic solution in the pouch-shaped battery cell ranges from 2.5 g/Ah to 3.0 g/Ah or more.

9. The pouch-shaped battery cell according to claim 6 , wherein placing the pouch-shaped battery cell in the jig further comprises placing a plurality of pouch-shaped battery cells between a respective one of the plurality of pairs of support portions.

10. A method of manufacturing a pouch-shaped battery cell, the method comprising:
injecting an electrolytic solution into a pouch-shaped battery case, in which an electrode assembly is mounted;
a primary formation step including charging and discharging the pouch-shaped battery cell having the electrolytic solution injected thereinto;
placing the pouch-shaped battery cell in a jig configured to fix and press the pouch-shaped battery cell;
a jig grading step including charging and discharging the pouch-shaped battery cell while pressure is applied to the pouch-shaped battery cell by the jig; and
discharging gas from the battery cell after the jig grading step.

Assignees

• Lg Chemical Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Eun Bee
• Lee Jung Pil
• Jung Hye Ri

Classifications

• H01M4/485 Primary

  of mixed oxides or hydroxides for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiTi2O4 or LiTi2OxFy (H01M4/505, H01M4/525 take precedence) · CPC title

• H01M50/609

  Arrangements or processes for filling with liquid, e.g. electrolytes · CPC title

• H01M50/105

  Pouches or flexible bags · CPC title

• H01M50/60

  Arrangements or processes for filling or topping-up with liquids; Arrangements or processes for draining liquids from casings · CPC title

• H01M4/48

  of inorganic oxides or hydroxides · CPC title