Electrochemical device and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12255334-B2
Application number	US-202117475062-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 14, 2021
Priority date	Oct 15, 2020
Publication date	Mar 18, 2025
Grant date	Mar 18, 2025

Abstract

An electrochemical device including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution. The negative electrode includes a negative current collector and a negative active material layer formed on the negative current collector. The negative active material layer contains a negative active material. A conductive material is disposed between the negative active material layer and the negative current collector. An average particle diameter of the conductive material is smaller than that of the negative active material. The negative active material layer possesses a specific weight. The electrochemical device improves high-temperature cycle expansion performance and overcharge protection performance.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrochemical device, comprising: a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution;
wherein the negative electrode comprises a negative current collector and a negative active material layer formed on the negative current collector, and the negative active material layer contains a negative active material;
a conductive material is disposed between the negative active material layer and the negative current collector, and an average particle diameter of the conductive material is smaller than that of the negative active material;
a weight per unit area of the negative active material layer is W mg/cm 2 , wherein W is within a range of 3 to 12; and
a tensile strength of the negative current collector is F N/mm 2 , wherein F is greater than or equal to 400 and 100/3≤F/W≤150;
and wherein a part of the negative active material layer is sandwiched in the conductive material, and the conductive material is located in a region within 3 μm below a surface of the negative current collector; wherein, in the region, a content of the part of the negative active material sandwiched in the conductive material, based on a total volume of solid content materials, is greater than 0 and less than 10 vol %.

2. The electrochemical device according to claim 1 , wherein the average particle diameter of the conductive material is less than or equal to 1 μm.

3. The electrochemical device according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive material comprises at least one of carbon black, carbon fiber, graphene, or carbon nanotube.

4. The electrochemical device according to claim 1 , further comprising a binder disposed between the negative active material layer and the negative current collector.

5. The electrochemical device according to claim 4 , wherein the binder comprises at least one of styrene-butadiene rubber, a styrene-butyl acrylate copolymer, a styrene-(meth) acrylate copolymer, carboxymethyl cellulose, polyvinyl alcohol, polyacrylic acid sodium, polyvinylidene difluoride, polyimide, polyamide imide, or chitosan.

6. The electrochemical device according to claim 4 , wherein the binder comprises an organic binder that is vaporizable or decomposable.

7. The electrochemical device according to claim 6 , wherein the organic binder comprises at least one of a chitin-chitosan derivative, fluorine-containing resin, synthetic rubber, polyamide, polyimide, polyolefin, or polyacrylic resin.

8. The electrochemical device according to claim 1 , wherein density of the negative active material layer is D g/cm 3 , D is within a range of 1.4 to 2.0, and 560≤F×D≤1800.

9. The electrochemical device according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolytic solution comprises at least one of the following compounds:
(a) propionate;
(b) an organic compound containing a cyano group;
(c) lithium difluorophosphate; and
(d) a compound represented by Formula 1:

wherein
R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , and R 6 are each independently hydrogen or a C 1 to C 10 alkyl group;
L 1 and L 2 are each independently —(CR 7 R 8 ) n —;
R 7 and R 8 are each independently hydrogen or a C 1 to C 10 alkyl group; and
n is 1, 2, or 3.

10. The electrochemical device according to claim 9 , wherein the compound represented by Formula 1 comprises at least one of the following compounds:

11. The electrochemical device according to claim 9 , wherein, based on a weight of the electrolytic solution, a content of the organic compound containing a cyano group is a %, wherein a is within a range of 0.1 to 10.

12. The electrochemical device according to claim 11 , wherein 0.3≤W/a≤20.

13. An electronic device, comprising an electrochemical device, comprising: a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution;
wherein the negative electrode comprises a negative current collector and a negative active material layer formed on the negative current collector, and the negative active material layer contains a negative active material;
a conductive material is disposed between the negative active material layer and the negative current collector, and an average particle diameter of the conductive material is smaller than that of the negative active material;
a weight per unit area of the negative active material layer is W mg/cm 2 , wherein W is within a range of 3 to 12; and
a tensile strength of the negative current collector is F N/mm 2 , wherein F is greater than or equal to 400 and 100/3≤F/W≤150;
and wherein a part of the negative active material layer is sandwiched in the conductive material, and the conductive material is located in a region within 3 μm below a surface of the negative current collector; wherein, in the region, a content of the part of the negative active material sandwiched in the conductive material, based on a total volume of solid content materials, is greater than 0 and less than 10 vol %.

14. The electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein the average particle diameter of the conductive material is less than or equal to 1 μm.

15. The electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein the conductive material comprises at least one of carbon black, carbon fiber, graphene, or carbon nanotube.

16. The electronic device according to claim 13 , further comprising a binder disposed between the negative active material layer and the negative current collector.

17. The electronic device according to claim 16 , wherein the binder comprises at least one of styrene-butadiene rubber, a styrene-butyl acrylate copolymer, a styrene-(meth) acrylate copolymer, carboxymethyl cellulose, polyvinyl alcohol, polyacrylic acid sodium, polyvinylidene difluoride, polyimide, polyamide imide, or chitosan.

18. The electronic device according to claim 16 , wherein the binder comprises an organic binder that is vaporizable or decomposable.

19. The electronic device according to claim 18 , wherein the organic binder comprises at least one of a chitin-chitosan derivative, fluorine-containing resin, synthetic rubber, polyamide, polyimide, polyolefin, or polyacrylic resin.

Assignees

• Ningde Amperex Technology Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Kefei
• Shi Liang

Classifications

• H01M2004/028

  Positive electrodes · CPC title

• H01M2004/027

  Negative electrodes · CPC title

• H01M4/623

  fluorinated polymers · CPC title

• H01M2004/021

  Physical characteristics, e.g. porosity, surface area · CPC title

• H01M10/052

  Li-accumulators · CPC title