Electrode plate, method for preparing same, secondary battery, battery module, and battery pack

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12249713-B2
Application number	US-202418634752-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 12, 2024
Priority date	Jan 4, 2022
Publication date	Mar 11, 2025
Grant date	Mar 11, 2025

Abstract

In various embodiments, provided are an electrode plate comprising a main body region and an isolation region, the isolation region is arranged on both sides of the main body along a width direction of the electrode plate, the isolation region is provided with an insulating strip coating, and the main body region is provided with an active material layer, a method for preparing the electrode plate, a secondary battery, a battery module, and a battery pack. An outer edge of the active material layer is confined to a junction between the main body region and the isolation region, and a contact angle between a slurry forming the active material layer and the insulating strip coating is more than 90°, thereby improving the problem of diffusion of the active material slurry along the width direction of the electrode plate, and reducing a defective rate of the electrode plate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrode plate, comprising,
a main body region and an isolation region, wherein the isolation region is arranged on both sides of the main body region along a width direction of the electrode plate, the isolation region is provided with an insulating strip coating, and the main body region is provided with an active material layer, wherein,
an outer edge of the active material layer is confined to a junction between the main body region and the isolation region, and a contact angle between a slurry forming the active material layer and the insulating strip coating is more than 90°, and is optionally more than 125°,
the slurry forming the active material layer is a slurry of an oily system, and the insulating strip coating comprises an oleophobic material,
the oleophobic material comprises at least one of polytetrafluoroethylene and nanometer SiO 2 .

2. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness H 1 of the insulating strip coating is less than a thickness H 2 of the active material layer.

3. The electrode plate according to claim 2 , wherein the thickness H 1 of the insulating strip coating is from 5 μm to 30 μm, and the thickness H 2 of the active material layer is from 30 μm to 150 μm.

4. The electrode plate according to claim 3 , wherein the thickness H 1 of the insulating strip coating and the thickness H 2 of the active material layer satisfy ⅕≤H 1 :H 2 ≤⅔.

5. The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein a width of the insulating strip coating is from 1 mm to 20 mm.

6. A secondary battery, comprising at least one selected from the electrode plate according to claim 1 .

7. A battery module, comprising the secondary battery according to claim 6 .

8. A battery pack, comprising the battery module according to claim 7 .

9. An electrical apparatus, comprising the secondary battery according to claim 6 .

10. A method for preparing an electrode plate, comprising:
preparation of an insulating strip coating, wherein the preparation of the insulating strip coating comprises:
mixing a functional material, an insulating material, and a first binder to form a first mixture,
adding a first solvent into the first mixture, to form a first slurry,
coating the first slurry on both sides of a surface of a current collector along a length direction of the current collector, and
drying to form two insulating strip coatings;
wherein a surface of the current collector uncoated with the first slurry between the two insulating strip coatings along a width direction of the current collector forms a main body region, and the functional material comprises an oleophobic material, the oleophobic material comprises at least one of polytetrafluoroethylene and nanometer SiO 2 ; and

preparation of an active material layer, wherein the preparation of the active material layer comprises:
mixing an electrode active material, a conductive agent, and a second binder to form a second mixture,
adding a second solvent into the second mixture, to form a second slurry;
coating the second slurry on the surface of the main body region, and
drying to form the active material layer;
wherein a contact angle between the second slurry and the insulating strip coating is more than 90°, and is optionally more than 125°.

11. The preparation method according to claim 10 , wherein based on a total mass of the insulating strip coating, a percentage mass content of the functional material is from 40% to 70%, a percentage mass content of the insulating material is from 20% to 30%, and a percentage mass content of the first binder is from 10% to 30%.

12. The preparation method according to claim 10 , wherein
the first solvent is selected from an aqueous solvent, and the second solvent is selected from an oily solvent.

13. The preparation method according to claim 10 , wherein the first binder and the second binder each independently comprise polyvinylidene fluoride or styrene butadiene rubber.

14. The preparation method according to claim 10 , wherein the insulating material comprises at least one of aluminum oxide and boehmite.

15. An electrode plate, comprising,
a main body region and an isolation region, wherein the isolation region is arranged on both sides of the main body region along a width direction of the electrode plate, the isolation region is provided with an insulating strip coating, and the main body region is provided with an active material layer, wherein,
an outer edge of the active material layer is confined to a junction between the main body region and the isolation region, and a contact angle between a slurry forming the active material layer and the insulating strip coating is more than 90°, and is optionally more than 125°,
the thickness H 1 of the insulating strip coating is from 5 μm to 30 μm, and the thickness H 2 of the active material layer is from 30 μm to 150 μm.

16. The electrode plate according to claim 15 , wherein the insulating strip coating comprises a functional material; wherein,
the slurry forming the active material layer is a slurry of an aqueous system, and the insulating strip coating comprises a hydrophobic material; or,
the slurry forming the active material layer is a slurry of an oily system, and the insulating strip coating comprises an oleophobic material.

17. The electrode plate according to claim 16 , wherein the hydrophobic material comprises at least one of polyolefin, polycarbonate, polyamide, or polyacrylonitrile,
wherein the oleophobic material comprises at least one of polytetrafluoroethylene and nanometer SiO 2 .

18. The electrode plate according to claim 15 , wherein the thickness Hi of the insulating strip coating and the thickness H 2 of the active material layer satisfy ⅕≤H 1 :H 2 ≤⅔.

19. The electrode plate according to claim 15 , wherein a width of the insulating strip coating is from 1 mm to 20 mm.

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Hong Kong Ltd

Inventors

• Chen Wei
• Che Huan
• Luo Fang
• Li Shisong

Classifications

• H01M2004/028

  Positive electrodes · CPC title

• H01M4/667

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

• H01M4/623

  fluorinated polymers · CPC title

• H01M4/1391 Primary

  of electrodes based on mixed oxides or hydroxides, or on mixtures of oxides or hydroxides, e.g. LiCoOx · CPC title

• H01M4/0404

  by coating on electrode collectors · CPC title