Electrochemical device and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12438243-B2
Application number	US-202217709943-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 31, 2022
Priority date	Jun 30, 2020
Publication date	Oct 7, 2025
Grant date	Oct 7, 2025

Abstract

An electrochemical device including a bipolar current collector. The bipolar current collector is hermetically connected to an outer package. Cavities independent of each other are formed on two opposite sides of the bipolar current collector. Each cavity contains an electrode assembly and an electrolytic solution. An electrode active material is disposed on at least one surface of the bipolar current collector. Adjacent electrode assemblies are connected in series. The electrochemical device according to this application not only improves the safety of the electrochemical device, but the electrode active material on the surface of the bipolar current collector also participates in a reaction process in the electrochemical device, so that the electrochemical device achieves both a high-voltage output and a relatively high energy density.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrochemical device, comprising:
a bipolar current collector,
wherein the bipolar current collector is hermetically connected to an outer package, cavities independent of each other are formed on two opposite sides of the bipolar current collector, an electrode assembly and an electrolytic solution are encapsulated in each cavity, an electrode active material is disposed on at least one surface of the bipolar current collector, and the electrode assemblies in adjacent cavities are connected in series, and
wherein a thickness of the electrode active material on the at least one surface of the bipolar current collector is in a range of 30 μm to 120 μm.

2. The electrochemical device according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode active material is disposed on a first surface of the bipolar current collector, a polarity of the electrode active material is opposite to a polarity of an outermost electrode plate of an electrode assembly adjacent to the first surface, and a separator is disposed between the outermost electrode plate and the bipolar current collector; and a second surface of the bipolar current collector is electrically insulated from an electrode assembly adjacent to the second surface.

3. The electrochemical device according to claim 2 , wherein bipolar current collector tabs are disposed on the bipolar current collector, and the bipolar current collector tabs are connected in parallel to tabs of a same polarity in the electrode assembly adjacent to the first surface.

4. The electrochemical device according to claim 1 , wherein electrode active materials of different polarities are disposed on two surfaces of the bipolar current collector respectively, a polarity of an outermost electrode plate of an electrode assembly adjacent to each surface is different from a polarity of the electrode active material on said surface, and a separator is disposed between the outermost electrode plate of the electrode assembly and the bipolar current collector.

5. The electrochemical device according to claim 4 , wherein two tabs of opposite polarities are disposed on the electrochemical device, and the electrode assemblies of the electrochemical device are connected in series between the two tabs of the electrochemical device.

6. The electrochemical device according to claim 4 , wherein two tabs of opposite polarities are disposed on each of the electrode assemblies, and one of the tabs of the electrode assemblies is connected in series to an opposite polarity tab of an adjacent electrode assembly.

7. The electrochemical device according to claim 4 , wherein a monitoring tab is disposed on the bipolar current collector, and the monitoring tab is configured to monitor operating status of the electrode assemblies on the two opposite sides of the bipolar current collector.

8. The electrochemical device according to claim 5 , wherein a monitoring tab is disposed on the bipolar current collector, and the monitoring tab is configured to monitor operating status of the electrode assemblies on the two opposite sides of the bipolar current collector.

9. The electrochemical device according to claim 6 , wherein a monitoring tab is disposed on the bipolar current collector, and the monitoring tab is configured to monitor operating status of the electrode assemblies on the two opposite sides of the bipolar current collector.

10. The electrochemical device according to claim 6 , wherein a connecting tab is further disposed on the bipolar current collector, and the connecting tab is connected to the tab that serially connects the electrode assemblies on the two opposite sides of the bipolar current collector.

11. The electrochemical device according to claim 1 , wherein the bipolar current collector is a metallic bipolar current collector or a composite bipolar current collector.

12. The electrochemical device according to claim 11 , wherein the metallic bipolar current collector comprises one selected from the group consisting of a stainless steel bipolar current collector, a Ni bipolar current collector, a Ti bipolar current collector, an Ag bipolar current collector, an Au bipolar current collector, and a Pt bipolar current collector; and the composite bipolar current collector comprises one selected from the group consisting of a copper-aluminum composite current collector and a polymer-metal composite current collector.

13. The electrochemical device according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the bipolar current collector is 6 μm to 100 μm.

14. The electrochemical device according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode active material comprises a positive active material or a negative active material, the positive active material comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide, lithium nickel cobalt aluminum oxide, lithium iron phosphate, lithium cobalt oxide, lithium manganese oxide, lithium manganese iron phosphate, or lithium titanium oxide; and the negative active material comprises at least one of artificial graphite, natural graphite, mesocarbon microbead, soft carbon, hard carbon, silicon, silicon-carbon compound, and lithium titanium oxide.

15. The electrochemical device according to claim 1 , wherein the bipolar current collector further comprises a sealing region, the sealing region is located at a peripheral edge of the bipolar current collector, the sealing region comprises a sealing material, and the sealing material comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of polypropylene, acid anhydride modified polypropylene, polyethylene, poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate), poly(ethylene-co-ethyl acrylate), poly(ethylene-co-acrylate), poly(ethylene-co-vinyl alcohol), polyvinyl chloride, polystyrene, polyether nitrile, polyurethane, polyamide, polyester, poly(amorphous α-co-olefin), and a derivative thereof.

16. The electrochemical device according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolytic solution is in one of the following states: a gel state, a solid state, and a liquid state.

17. The electrochemical device according to claim 1 , wherein the cavities are hermetic cavities.

18. An electronic device, comprising the electrochemical device according to claim 1 .

19. The electronic device according to claim 18 , wherein the electrode active material is disposed on a first surface of the bipolar current collector, a polarity of the electrode active material is opposite to a polarity of an outermost electrode plate of an electrode assembly adjacent to the first surface, and a separator is disposed between the outermost electrode plate and the bipolar current collector; and a second surface of the bipolar current collector is electrically insulated from an electrode assembly adjacent to the second surface; or
wherein the electrode active material is disposed on a first surface of the bipolar current collector, a polarity of the electrode active material is opposite to a polarity of an outermost electrode plate of an electrode assembly adjacent to the first surface, and a separator is disposed between the outermost electrode plate and the bipolar current collector; a second surface of the bipolar current collector is electrically connected to a current collector of an outermost electrode plate of an electrode assembly adjacent to the second surface, and a polarity of the outermost electrode plate of the electrode assembly adjacent to the second surface is opposite to the polarity of the electrode active material on the first surface; or
wherein electrode active materials of different pola

Assignees

• Ningde Amperex Technology Ltd

Inventors

• Yan Kun
• Ding Yu
• Zhang Yibo
• Zhang Nan

Classifications

• H01M2004/029

  Bipolar electrodes · CPC title

• H01M4/669

  Steels · CPC title

• H01M4/525

  of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy · CPC title

• H01M4/505

  of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy · CPC title

• H01M50/193

  Organic material · CPC title