Electrochemical device and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12412963-B2
Application number	US-202217708916-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 30, 2022
Priority date	Mar 30, 2021
Publication date	Sep 9, 2025
Grant date	Sep 9, 2025

Abstract

An electrochemical device includes a housing, an electrode assembly and an electrolytic solution, and the electrode assembly and the electrolytic solution are disposed in the housing. The electrode assembly includes electrode plates and a separator disposed between adjacent electrode plates. The separator includes a porous substrate and a first bonding layer disposed on a surface of the porous substrate. The first bonding layer includes a plurality of first bonding regions spaced apart from each other. A thickness direction of the electrode assembly is defined as a first direction. In the first direction, a circumscribed rectangle of a projection of the electrode assembly possesses a diagonal line and a first side. An angle between the diagonal line and the first side is θ 1 . An angle between a projection of each of the plurality of first bonding regions and the first side is θ 2 , where θ 1 /2≤θ 2 ≤(θ 1 /2+45°).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrochemical device, comprising: a housing, an electrode assembly and an electrolytic solution; the electrode assembly and the electrolytic solution are disposed in the housing; and the electrode assembly comprises electrode plates and a separator disposed between adjacent electrode plates;
wherein the separator comprises a porous substrate, a first bonding layer, and a second bonding layer, the porous substrate is located between the first bonding layer and the second bonding layer; the first bonding layer comprises a plurality of first bonding regions spaced apart from each other, and the second bonding layer comprises a plurality of second bonding regions spaced apart from each other;
a thickness direction of the electrode assembly is defined as a first direction; in the first direction, a circumscribed rectangle of a projection of the electrode assembly possesses a diagonal line and a first side, an angle between the diagonal line and the first side is θ 1 , and an angle between a projection of each of the plurality of first bonding regions and the first side is θ 2 , wherein θ 1 /2≤θ 2 ≤(θ 1 /2+) 45°;
in the first direction, an angle between a projection of each of the plurality of second bonding regions and the projection of each of the plurality of first bonding regions is θ 3 , wherein 45°<θ 3 ≤120°.

2. The electrochemical device according to claim 1 , 80°≤θ3≤120°.

3. The electrochemical device according to claim 1 , wherein θ 3 =180°−2θ 2 .

4. The electrochemical device according to claim 1 , wherein θ 2 =θ 1 .

5. The electrochemical device according to claim 1 , wherein a direction from one of the plurality of first bonding regions to another adjacent one of the plurality of first bonding regions is defined as a second direction, and in the second direction, a width of each of the plurality of first bonding regions is d 1 mm, a distance between adjacent two of the plurality of first bonding regions is d 2 mm, and d 1 and d 2 satisfy at least one of the following conditions:
0.1< d 1 <10, and 0.1< d 2 <10; and
0.1< d 1 /d 2 <5.

6. The electrochemical device according to claim 5 , wherein in the first direction, a thickness of the first bonding layer is t 1 μm, and 0.15<t 1 d 1 /(d 1 +d 2 )<2.

7. The electrochemical device according to claim 1 , wherein in the first direction, a thickness of the first bonding layer is t 1 μm, and 0.1≤t 1 ≤6.

8. The electrochemical device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of the first bonding regions are parallel to each other.

9. The electrochemical device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of first bonding regions is discontinuous.

10. The electrochemical device according to claim 1 , wherein in the first direction, shapes of the projection of the electrode assembly comprise a rectangle, an arc, or an L shape.

11. The electrochemical device according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode assembly further comprises tabs electrically connected to the electrode plates, and projections of the tabs in the first direction connect to an opposite side of the first side.

12. The electrochemical device according to claim 1 , wherein structures of the electrode assembly comprise a wound structure or a stacked structure.

13. The electrochemical device according to claim 1 , wherein the porous substrate comprises a polymer film, a multilayer polymer film, or a non-woven fabric formed by at least one of polyolefin, polyvinylidene difluoride, polyethylene terephthalate, cellulose, polyimide, polyamide, spandex, or polyphthalamide.

14. The electrochemical device according to claim 1 , wherein the first bonding layer comprises a bonding material, and the bonding material comprises at least one of poly(vinylidene difluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene), poly(vinylidene difluoride-co-trichloroethylene), polymethyl methacrylate, polyacrylic acid, polyacrylic acid sodium salt, polyacrylonitrile, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyvinyl acetate, poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate), polyimide, polyethylene oxide, cellulose acetate, cellulose acetate butyrate, cellulose acetate propionate, cyanoethyl pullulan, cyanoethyl polyvinyl alcohol, cyanoethyl cellulose, cyanoethyl sucrose, pullulan, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, lithium carboxymethyl cellulose, poly(acrylonitrile-co-styrene-co-butadiene), polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl ether, polytetrafluoroethylene, polyhexafluoropropylene, poly(styrene-co-butadiene), or polyvinylidene difluoride.

15. An electronic device, comprising an electrochemical device,
the electrochemical device comprises a housing, an electrode assembly and an electrolytic solution; the assembly and the electrolytic are disposed in the housing; and the electrode assembly comprises electrode plates and a separator disposed between adjacent electrode plates;
wherein the separator comprises a porous substrate, a first bonding layer, and a second bonding layer, the porous substrate is located between the first bonding layer and the second bonding layer, the first bonding layer comprises a plurality of first bonding regions spaced apart from each other, and the second bonding layer comprises a plurality of second bonding regions spaced apart from each other;
a thickness direction of the electrode assembly is defined as a first direction; in the first direction, a circumscribed rectangle of a projection of the electrode assembly possesses a diagonal line and a first side, an angle between the diagonal line and the first side is θ 1 , and an angle between a projection of each of the plurality of first bonding regions and the first side is θ 2 , wherein θ 1 /2≤θ 2 ≤(θ 1 /2+) 45°;
in the first direction, an angle between a projection of each of the plurality of second bonding regions and the projection of each of the plurality of first bonding regions is θ 3 , wherein 45°≤θ 3 ≤120°.

16. The electronic device according to claim 15 , wherein 80°<θ3<120°.

17. The electronic device according to claim 15 , wherein θ 3 =180°−2θ 2 .

18. The electronic device according to claim 15 , wherein a direction from one of the plurality of first bonding regions to another adjacent one of the plurality of first bonding region is defined as a second direction, and in the second direction, a width of each of the plurality of first bonding regions is d 1 mm, a distance between adjacent two of the plurality of first bonding regions is d 2 mm, and d 1 and d 2 satisfy at least one of the following conditions:
0.1< d 1 <10, and 0.1< d 2 <10; and
0.1< d 1 /d 2 <5.

19. The electronic device according to claim 18 , wherein in the first direction, a thickness of the first bonding layer is t 1 μm, and 0.15<t 1 d 1 /(d 1 +d 2 )<2.

20. The electronic device according to claim 15 , wherein in the first direction, a thickness of the first bonding layer is t 1 μm, and 0.1≤t 1 ≤6.

Assignees

• Ningde Amperex Technology Ltd

Inventors

• Sun Zhenhe

Classifications

• H01M50/414

  Synthetic resins, e.g. thermoplastics or thermosetting resins · CPC title

• H01M50/457

  comprising three or more layers · CPC title

• H01M10/0463

  Cells or batteries with horizontal or inclined electrodes · CPC title

• H01M10/0431

  Cells with wound or folded electrodes (H01M10/045 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01M10/0587

  of accumulators having only wound construction elements, i.e. wound positive electrodes, wound negative electrodes and wound separators · CPC title