Power storage module and manufacturing method of power storage module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11757136-B2
Application number	US-201917265570-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 3, 2019
Priority date	Aug 22, 2018
Publication date	Sep 12, 2023
Grant date	Sep 12, 2023

Abstract

A power storage module includes an electrode laminate including a laminate of a plurality of bipolar electrodes and a negative terminal electrode disposed on one end side of the laminate in a laminating direction, a sealing body provided to surround a side surface of the electrode laminate and sealing an internal space formed between electrodes adjacent to each other, and an electrolytic solution containing an alkaline solution that is housed in the internal space, both surfaces of a metal plate of the negative terminal electrode are bonded to the sealing body, and a first surplus space surrounded by the sealing body and the metal plate of the negative terminal electrode is present.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A power storage module comprising: an electrode laminate including a laminate of a plurality of bipolar electrodes each having a positive electrode active material layer on a first surface of a metal plate and having a negative electrode active material layer on a second surface of the metal plate and a negative terminal electrode having a negative electrode active material layer on a first surface of a metal plate and disposed on one end side of the laminate in a laminating direction; a sealing body provided to surround a side surface of the electrode laminate and sealing an internal space formed between electrodes adjacent to each other in the laminating direction; and an electrolytic solution containing an alkaline solution that is housed in the internal space, wherein surfaces of the metal plate of the negative terminal electrode are bonded to the sealing body, the sealing body comprises a first sealing portion welded to an edge of the metal plate of the negative terminal electrode and a second sealing portion welded to an edge of the first sealing portion, a first surplus space surrounded by the sealing body and the metal plate of the negative terminal electrode is present, the first sealing portion comprises a first resin portion bonded to the first surface of the metal plate of the negative terminal electrode and a second resin portion bonded to a second surface of the metal plate of the negative terminal electrode, the first resin portion and the second resin portion forms an integrally bonded body based on heat welding, and the first surplus space is separate from the internal space and sealed by the bonded body and the metal plate of the negative terminal electrode.

2. The power storage module according to claim 1 ,
wherein the electrode laminate has an outermost metal plate disposed outside the metal plate of the negative terminal electrode in the laminating direction,
a surface of the outermost metal plate that faces the metal plate side of the negative terminal electrode is bonded to the sealing body,
a second surplus space surrounded by the sealing body, the metal plate of the negative terminal electrode, and the outermost metal plate is further present,
the outermost metal plate has no active material,
the second surplus space is sealed by the sealing body, the metal plate of the negative terminal electrode, and the outermost plate, and
the second surplus space is separate from the internal space.

3. The power storage module according to claim 2 ,
wherein an internal pressure of the second surplus space is lower than an atmospheric pressure.

4. The power storage module according to claim 2 ,
wherein a surface of the outermost metal plate opposite to the surface that faces the metal plate side of the negative terminal electrode is bonded to the sealing body,
a third surplus space surrounded by the sealing body and the outermost metal plate is further present,
the third surplus space is sealed by the sealing body and the outermost metal plate, and
the third surplus space is separate from the internal space.

5. The power storage module according to claim 1 ,
wherein the metal plate of the negative terminal electrode is roughened in a bonding region with the sealing body.

6. The power storage module according to claim 1 ,
wherein the sealing body includes a plurality of resin portions respectively disposed at edge portions of the metal plates, and
outer edge portions of the individual resin portions are bonded to each other by heat welding.

7. The power storage module according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second resin portion is further bonded to the metal plate of the bipolar electrode adjacent to the negative terminal electrode.

8. The power storage module according to claim 7 ,
wherein the metal plate of the negative terminal electrode is roughened in a bonding region with at least one of the first resin portion and the second resin portion.

9. A manufacturing method of a power storage module, the method comprising:
forming a bipolar electrode unit including a laminate of a plurality of bipolar electrodes each having a positive electrode active material layer on a first surface of a metal plate and a negative electrode active material layer on a second surface of the metal plate;
forming a negative terminal electrode unit including a negative terminal electrode having a negative electrode active material layer on a first surface of a metal plate and the bipolar electrode;
bonding the negative terminal electrode unit to one end side of the bipolar electrode unit in a laminating direction of the laminate and forming an electrode laminate including the plurality of bipolar electrodes and the negative terminal electrode; and
forming a sealing body to surround a side surface of the electrode laminate and sealing an internal space formed between electrodes adjacent to each other in the laminating direction in the electrode laminate,
wherein both surfaces of the metal plate of the negative terminal electrode are bonded to the sealing body, thereby sealing a surplus space other than the internal space with the sealing body,
in the forming of the negative terminal electrode unit, a first resin portion configuring the sealing body is bonded to the first surface of the metal plate of the negative terminal electrode in the negative terminal electrode unit, and a second resin portion configuring the sealing body is bonded to a second surface of the metal plate of the negative terminal electrode in the negative terminal electrode unit,
forming the first sealing portion comprises forming a first resin portion bonded to a first surface of the metal plate of the negative terminal electrode and a second resin portion bonded to a second surface of the metal plate of the negative terminal electrode,
in the forming of the negative terminal electrode unit, the first resin portion and the second resin portion are turned into an integrally bonded body by heat welding, and
the surplus space is separate from the internal space and sealed by the bonded body and the metal plate of the negative terminal electrode.

10. The manufacturing method of a power storage module according to claim 9 ,
wherein, in the forming of the negative terminal electrode unit, the second resin portion configuring the sealing body is further bonded to a first surface of the metal plate of the bipolar electrode.

11. The manufacturing method of a power storage module according to claim 10 ,
wherein, between the forming of the electrode laminate and the sealing of the internal space, the first resin portion and the second resin portion are turned into the integrally bonded body by heat welding.

12. The power storage module according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first surplus space does not include electrolytes.

Assignees

• Toyota Jidoshokki Kk
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nakamura Tomohiro
• Hirose Takayuki
• Haga Nobuyasu
• Okumura Motoyoshi

Classifications

• H01G11/82 Primary

  Fixing or assembling a capacitive element in a housing, e.g. mounting electrodes, current collectors or terminals in containers or encapsulations · CPC title

• H01M10/282 Primary

  with bipolar electrodes · CPC title

• H01G11/78

  Cases; Housings; Encapsulations; Mountings · CPC title

• H01G11/80

  Gaskets; Sealings · CPC title

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title