Stacked battery and battery module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11276897-B2
Application number	US-201816642591-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 13, 2018
Priority date	Sep 14, 2017
Publication date	Mar 15, 2022
Grant date	Mar 15, 2022

Abstract

A stacked battery includes: a power generation element in which a plurality of electrodes and a plurality of separators are alternately stacked; an exterior member in which the power generation element is accommodated together with an electrolytic solution; and a bonding portion configured to bond an outermost layer of the power generation element and an inner side of the exterior member, wherein when the power generation element is viewed in a plan view from a stacking direction in which the electrodes and the separators are stacked, the bonding portion is located outside an effective region contributing to power generation in the power generation element and has a shape in which an outer peripheral edge of the bonding portion is continuous over an entire circumference of the bonding portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A stacked battery, comprising:
a power generation element in which a plurality of electrodes and a plurality of separators are alternately stacked;
an exterior member in which the power generation element is accommodated together with an electrolytic solution, and which has a joint portion in which peripheral edge portions of the exterior member are overlapped and joined; and
a bonding portion configured to bond an outermost layer of the power generation element and an inner side of the exterior member,
wherein when the power generation element is viewed in a plan view from a stacking direction in which the electrodes and the separators are stacked, the bonding portion is located outside an effective region contributing to power generation in the power generation element and has a shape in which an outer peripheral edge of the bonding portion is continuous over an entire circumference of the bonding portion, and
wherein when the power generation element is viewed in the plan view from the stacking direction, the bonding portion has a size such that the bonding portion covers an edge portion of the outermost layer of the power generation element.

2. The stacked battery of claim 1 , wherein when the power generation element is viewed in the plan view from the stacking direction, the bonding portion has a size such that the outer peripheral edge of the bonding portion is positioned inside the joint portion without being sandwiched by the joint portion.

3. The stacked battery of claim 1 , wherein the power generation element includes an insulating member disposed between a positive electrode and a negative electrode among the electrodes, and
when the power generation element is viewed in the plan view from the stacking direction, the bonding portion bonds the outermost layer of the power generation element and the inner side of the exterior member in a region that does not overlap with a region in which the insulating member is present.

4. The stacked battery of claim 1 , wherein when the power generation element is viewed in the plan view from the stacking direction, the bonding portion has a frame shape.

5. The stacked battery of claim 1 , wherein the bonding portion includes a bonding agent, an adhesive, or a double-sided tape.

6. The stacked battery of claim 1 , further comprising an additional bonding portion configured to bond the electrodes and the separators.

7. The stacked battery of claim 6 , wherein the additional bonding portion is formed on at least one surface of a base material of each of the separators and includes a bonding layer containing a bonding material.

8. The stacked battery of claim 6 , wherein the additional bonding portion is formed on at least one surface of a base material of each of the separators and includes a bonding layer containing a bonding material and a heat-resistant material.

9. A battery module including at least one stacked battery of claim 1 , comprising:
a holding member configured to sandwich and hold the stacked battery from both sides in the stacking direction;
a pressing part configured to apply a pressing force to the stacked battery in the stacking direction; and
a module bonding portion configured to bond the stacked battery to the holding member,
wherein when the stacked battery is viewed in the plan view from the stacking direction, the bonding portion bonds the outermost layer of the power generation element and the inner side of the exterior member in a region that does not overlap with a region in which the pressing part and the module bonding portion are present.

10. The battery module of claim 9 , wherein the module bonding portion includes a bonding agent, an adhesive, or a double-sided tape.

11. The battery module of claim 9 , wherein a thickness of the bonding portion in the stacking direction is smaller than a thickness of the module bonding portion in the stacking direction.

12. The battery module of claim 9 , wherein a plurality of stacked batteries is sandwiched by the holding member,
the battery module further comprises an additional module bonding portion configured to bond the stacked batteries to each other, and
when the stacked battery is viewed in the plan view from the stacking direction, the bonding portion bonds the outermost layer of the power generation element and the inner side of the exterior member in a region that does not overlap with a region in which the additional module bonding portion is present.

13. The battery module of claim 12 , wherein the additional module bonding portion includes a bonding agent, an adhesive, or a double-sided tape.

14. The battery module of claim 12 , wherein a thickness of the bonding portion in the stacking direction is smaller than a half of a thickness of the additional module bonding portion in the stacking direction.

Assignees

• Envision Aesc Japan Ltd

Inventors

• Ono Masato
• Atobe Keigo
• Seshita Hatsuna
• Kimura Aika

Classifications

• H01M10/056 Primary

  characterised by the materials used as electrolytes, e.g. mixed inorganic/organic electrolytes · CPC title

• H01M50/105

  Pouches or flexible bags · CPC title

• H01M50/129

  with two or more layers of only organic material · CPC title

• H01M50/119

  Metals · CPC title

• H01M50/121

  Organic material · CPC title