Secondary battery and electrode member thereof, battery module, and related apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12444813-B2
Application number	US-202117562928-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 27, 2021
Priority date	Oct 16, 2019
Publication date	Oct 14, 2025
Grant date	Oct 14, 2025

Abstract

A secondary battery and an electrode member thereof, a battery module, and a related apparatus are provided. The electrode member includes a current collector, an active material layer, an adapting sheet, and an electrode lead. The current collector includes an insulating substrate, a first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer. The first conductive layer and the second conductive layer each include a coated region and an uncoated region, the coated region is coated with an active material layer, and the uncoated region is not coated with an active material layer, a size of the current collector in a length direction is larger than that in a width direction, and the uncoated region is located on a side of the coated region in a length direction. The adapting sheet includes a first conductive member and a second conductive member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrode member, comprising a current collector, an active material layer, an adapting sheet, and an electrode lead;
wherein the current collector comprises an insulating substrate, a first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer, and the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are respectively disposed on two surfaces of the insulating substrate;
the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer each comprise a coated region and an uncoated region, the coated region is coated with an active material layer, and the uncoated region is not coated with an active material layer, a size of the current collector in a length direction is larger than that in a width direction, and the uncoated region is located on a side of the coated region in a length direction;
the adapting sheet comprises a first conductive member and a second conductive member, the first conductive member and the second conductive member are respectively connected to the uncoated region of the first conductive layer and the uncoated region of the second conductive layer, and the first conductive member is connected to the second conductive member; and
the electrode lead is connected to the adapting sheet, and one end of the electrode lead in the width direction is beyond the uncoated region;
wherein the adapting sheet further comprises a connecting portion, and the connecting portion is connected between the first conductive member and the second conductive member;
the connecting portion is configured to be bent around an end portion of the uncoated region in the length direction, and the electrode lead is welded to the connecting portion to form a welding zone; wherein the first conductive member is welded to the first conductive layer to form a third welding zone, and the electrode lead is welded to the connecting portion of the adapting sheet to form a fourth welding zone in the length direction; or
the connecting portion is configured to be bent around an end portion of the uncoated region in the width direction; and the electrode lead is welded to the connecting portion to form a welding zone; wherein the electrode lead is welded to the connecting portion of the adapting sheet to form a fourth welding zone in the width direction, and the first conductive member is welded to the first conductive layer to form a third welding zone.

2. The electrode member according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode lead is connected to the first conductive member, and the electrode lead is not beyond the uncoated region in the length direction.

3. The electrode member according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the electrode lead is greater than a thickness of the first conductive member.

4. The electrode member according to claim 1 , wherein the uncoated region of the first conductive layer is located at an end portion of the first conductive layer in the length direction; and
the uncoated region of the second conductive layer is located at an end portion of the second conductive layer in the length direction.

5. The electrode member according to claim 1 , wherein
a number of uncoated regions of the first conductive layer is plural, and the uncoated regions of the first conductive layer comprise a first uncoated region and a second uncoated region;
a number of the uncoated regions of the second conductive layer is plural, and the uncoated regions of the second conductive layer comprise a third uncoated region and a fourth uncoated region;
a number of adapting sheets is plural, and the adapting sheets comprise a first adapting sheet and a second adapting sheet;
the first conductive member of the first adapting sheet is connected to the first uncoated region of the first conductive layer, and the second conductive member of the first adapting sheet is connected to the third uncoated region of the second conductive layer;
the first conductive member of the second adapting sheet is connected to the second uncoated region of the first conductive layer, and the second conductive member of the second adapting sheet is connected to the fourth uncoated region of the second conductive layer; and
at least one of the first adapting sheet and the second adapting sheet is connected to the electrode lead.

6. The electrode member according to claim 5 , wherein
the first uncoated region and the second uncoated region are respectively located at two ends of the first conductive layer in the length direction; and
the third uncoated region and the fourth uncoated region are respectively located at two ends of the second conductive layer in the length direction.

7. A secondary battery, comprising an electrode assembly, and the electrode assembly comprising a separator and the electrode member according to claim 1 .

8. The secondary battery according to claim 7 ,
the separator and the electrode member are wound into an integral body along a central axis parallel to the width direction; and
in the width direction, the separator is beyond the adapting sheet.

9. A battery module, comprising the secondary battery according to claim 7 , and a number of the secondary batteries being plural.

10. An apparatus using a secondary battery as a power source, comprising one or more secondary batteries according to claim 7 , the one or more secondary batteries being configured to provide electrical energy.

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Hong Kong Ltd

Inventors

• Sheng Changliang
• Zhang Zige
• Xue Qingrui
• Li Wei
• Li Jing
• Wang Pengxiang

Classifications

• H01M10/0587

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

• H01M4/64

  Carriers or collectors · CPC title

• H01M50/566

  by welding, soldering or brazing · CPC title

• H01M50/547

  characterised by the disposition of the terminals on the cells · CPC title

• Y02P70/50

  Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product · CPC title