Secondary battery and electrode plate thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11658329-B2
Application number	US-202117233337-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 16, 2021
Priority date	Oct 11, 2018
Publication date	May 23, 2023
Grant date	May 23, 2023

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a secondary battery and an electrode plate thereof. The electrode plate comprises a current collector, an active material layer and a second conducting layer. The current collector comprises an insulating layer and a first conducting layer disposed on at least one surface of the insulating layer; and the active material layer is disposed on a main portion of the first conducting layer. The first conducting layer further includes a protruding portion not coated with the active material layer. The second conducting layer comprises a first portion disposed on a surface of the protruding portion of the first conducting layer opposite to 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, the current collector including an insulating layer and a first conducting layer disposed on at least one surface of the insulating layer;
an active material layer disposed on a main portion of the first conducting layer, wherein the first conducting layer further includes a protruding portion not coated with the active material layer; and
a second conducting layer, the second conducting layer including a first portion disposed on a surface of the protruding portion of the first conducting layer opposite to the insulating layer;
wherein the second conducting layer is made from a non-metallic material, and at least a portion of the non-metallic material is filled into cracks in the first conducting 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 first portion of the second conducting layer is directly connected to the active material layer.

4. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein
the first portion of the second conducting layer is connected to the active material layer via a second portion of the second conducting layer located between the first conducting layer and the active material layer.

5. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein
the first portion of the second conducting layer extends to two opposite edges of the protruding portion of the first conducting layer;
the first portion has a width of 0.1 mm-4 mm; and
the second conducting layer has a thickness of 0.1 μm-10 μm.

6. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first protecting layer disposed on a surface of the first portion of the second conducting layer opposite to the protruding portion of the first conducting layer,
wherein 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 directly connected to the active material layer.

8. A secondary battery, comprising an electrode assembly;
the electrode assembly comprising an electrode plate, the electrode plate comprising:
a current collector, the current collector including an insulating layer and a first conducting layer disposed on at least one surface of the insulating layer;
an active material layer disposed on a main portion of the first conducting layer, wherein the first conducting layer further includes a protruding portion not coated with the active material layer; and
a second conducting layer, the second conducting layer including a first portion disposed on a surface of the protruding portion of the first conducting layer opposite to the insulating layer;
wherein the second conducting layer is made from a non-metallic material, and at least a portion of the non-metallic material is filled into cracks in the first conducting layer.

9. The secondary battery according to claim 8 , wherein
a stiffness of the second conducting layer is less than a stiffness of the first conducting layer.

10. The secondary battery according to claim 8 , wherein
the first portion of the second conducting layer is directly connected to the active material layer.

11. The secondary battery according to claim 8 , wherein
the first portion of the second conducting layer is connected to the active material layer via a second portion of the second conducting layer located between the first conducting layer and the active material layer.

12. The secondary battery according to claim 8 , wherein
the first portion of the second conducting layer extends to two opposite edges of the protruding portion of the first conducting layer;
the first portion has a width of 0.1 mm-4 mm; and
the second conducting layer has a thickness of 0.1 μm-10 μm.

13. The secondary battery according to claim 8 , wherein
the electrode plate further comprises a first protecting layer disposed on a surface of the first portion of the second conducting layer opposite to the protruding portion of the first conducting layer,
wherein 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.

14. The secondary battery according to claim 13 , wherein
the first protecting layer is directly connected to the active material layer.

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

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

Classifications

• H01M50/534

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

• 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

• H01M4/667 Primary

  in the form of layers, e.g. coatings · CPC title

• H01M10/0436 Primary

  Small-sized flat cells or batteries for portable equipment · CPC title