Electrode assembly, battery cell, battery, electrical apparatus, and manufacturing method and device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12021269-B2
Application number	US-202217815216-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 27, 2022
Priority date	Oct 20, 2020
Publication date	Jun 25, 2024
Grant date	Jun 25, 2024

Abstract

Embodiments provide an electrode assembly, a battery cell, a battery, an electrical apparatus, and a manufacturing method and device. In those embodiments, the electrode assembly includes: an electrode plate, including a main portion and at least one protruding portion. The main portion includes a metal substrate and an active material layer coated on a surface of the metal substrate. The protruding portion is connected to the metal substrate. The metal substrate protrudes along a length direction of the electrode assembly. Along a thickness direction of the electrode assembly, a size of at least a part of the protruding portion is greater than a size of the metal substrate. The electrode assembly according to the Embodiments aims to solve a technical problem of severe heat emission of a tab.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrode assembly for a battery cell, the electrode assembly comprising:
an electrode plate extending horizontally along a length direction of the electrode assembly and extending vertically along a thickness direction of the electrode assembly, the electrode plate comprising a main portion and at least one protruding portion connected to the main portion, wherein the main portion comprises a metal substrate and an active material layer coated on a surface of the metal substrate, the protruding portion protrudes from the metal substrate along the length direction of the electrode assembly, wherein
along the thickness direction of the electrode assembly, a size of at least a part of the protruding portion is greater than a size of the metal substrate,
wherein the protruding portion comprises a body portion and a conductive piece, the body portion and the conductive piece being stacked in the thickness direction,
wherein the conductive piece comprises a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion, the first connecting portion is configured to connect the body portion, the second connecting portion protrudes from an end that is of the body portion and that is away from the active material layer, and the second connecting portion is configured to implement electrical connection to an external part,
wherein the body portion further comprises a partitioning groove and a plurality of fuse portions arranged along a width direction of the electrode assembly, the fuse portions are connected to the first connecting portion of the conductive piece and partitioned by the partitioning groove.

2. The electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the protruding portion and the metal substrate are made of a same material and integrally disposed.

3. The electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein, along the thickness direction, a size of the body portion is equal to the size of the metal substrate.

4. The electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the body portion, the metal substrate, and the conductive piece are made of a same material.

5. The electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive piece and the body portion are made of different materials, and a resistivity of the conductive piece is less than a resistivity of the body portion.

6. The electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein an end that is of the conductive piece and that is away from the active material layer is substantially co-planar with an end that is of the body portion and that is away from the active material layer in the thickness direction, and an overlap region between the conductive piece and the body portion along the thickness direction is configured to implement electrical connection to an external part.

7. The electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein, along the thickness direction, a size of the second connecting portion is greater than or equal to a size of the body portion.

8. The electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive piece is two in number, and the two conductive pieces are connected to two surfaces of the body portion respectively.

9. The electrode assembly according to claim 8 , wherein, along the thickness direction, a sum of sizes of the second connecting portions of the two conductive pieces is greater than or equal to a size of the body portion.

10. The electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the fuse portions are welded to the conductive piece.

11. The electrode assembly according to claim 10 , wherein, a protection layer is disposed at a root portion that is of the body portion and that is proximate to the active material layer, and a weld region between the conductive piece and the body portion is spaced apart from the protection layer, wherein the protection layer and the active material layer are made of the same material.

12. The electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode assembly comprises at least two electrode plates, and the at least two electrode plates are stacked along the thickness direction.

13. The electrode assembly according to claim 12 , wherein a size of the protruding portion along a width direction of the electrode assembly is L 1 , a size of each of the electrode plates along the width direction is L 2 , and L 1 and L 2 satisfy: ⅓×L 2 ≤L 1 ≤¾×L 2 .

14. The electrode assembly according to claim 12 , wherein a size of each of the electrode plates along the length direction of the electrode assembly is L 3 , a size of each of the electrode plates along a width direction of the electrode assembly is L 2 , and L 3 and L 2 satisfy: a ratio of L 3 to L 2 ranges from 4 to 20.

15. A battery cell, comprising the electrode assembly according to claim 1 .

16. A battery, comprising a battery cell, wherein the battery cell comprises an electrode assembly, and the electrode assembly comprises:
an electrode plate extending horizontally along a length direction of the electrode assembly and extending vertically along a thickness direction of the electrode assembly, the electrode plate comprising a main portion and at least one protruding portion connected to the main portion, wherein the main portion comprises a metal substrate and an active material layer coated on a surface of the metal substrate, the protruding portion protrudes from the metal substrate along the length direction of the electrode assembly, wherein
along the thickness direction of the electrode assembly, a size of at least a part of the protruding portion is greater than a size of the metal substrate,
wherein the protruding portion comprises a body portion and a conductive piece, the body portion and the conductive piece being stacked in the thickness direction,
wherein the conductive piece comprises a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion, the first connecting portion is configured to connect the body portion, the second connecting portion protrudes from an end that is of the body portion and that is away from the active material layer, and the second connecting portion is configured to implement electrical connection to an external part,
wherein the body portion further comprises a partitioning groove and a plurality of fuse portions arranged along a width direction of the electrode assembly, the fuse portions are connected to the first connecting portion of the conductive piece and partitioned by the partitioning groove.

17. An electrical apparatus, comprising a battery, wherein the battery is configured to provide electrical energy, the battery comprises a battery cell, the battery cell comprises an electrode assembly, and the electrode assembly comprises:
an electrode plate extending horizontally along a length direction of the electrode assembly and extending vertically along a thickness direction of the electrode assembly, the electrode plate comprising a main portion and at least one protruding portion connected to the main portion, wherein the main portion comprises a metal substrate and an active material layer coated on a surface of the metal substrate, the protruding portion protrudes from the metal substrate along the length direction of the electrode assembly, wherein
along the thickness direction of the electrode assembly, a size of at least a part of the protruding portion is greater than a size of the metal substrate,
wherein the protruding portion comprises a body portion and a conductive piece, the body portion and the conductive piece being stacked in the thickness direction,
wherein the conductive piece comprises a first connecting portion and

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chen Wenwei
• Wang Xiaona
• Zhang Zige
• Xue Qingrui
• Liang Chengdu

Classifications

• H01M2220/20

  Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane · CPC title

• H01M4/386

  Silicon or alloys based on silicon · CPC title

• H01M50/566

  by welding, soldering or brazing · CPC title

• H01M50/169

  by welding, brazing or soldering · CPC title

• H01M50/54

  Connection of several leads or tabs of plate-like electrode stacks, e.g. electrode pole straps or bridges · CPC title