Secondary battery and electrode plate

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12463222-B2
Application number	US-202318518597-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 23, 2023
Priority date	Jul 13, 2018
Publication date	Nov 4, 2025
Grant date	Nov 4, 2025

Abstract

An electrode plate includes an active material layer, a current collector including an insulating layer and first and second conductive layers sandwiching the insulating layer, and a conductive structure. The conductive structure includes a first conductive member including a first section arranged along a side of the first conductive layer and a second section extending from the first section and beyond the current collector in a direction away from the active material layer, and a second conductive member including a first connecting section connected to the second conductive layer, a bent section connected to the first connecting section and bent towards the first conductive member relative to the first connecting section, and a second connecting section bent backward relative to the bent section to be sandwiched between the first section and the first conductive layer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electrode plate for a secondary battery, comprising:
an active material layer including a first active material sub-layer and a second active material sub-layer; a current collector partially sandwiched between the first active material sub-layer and the second active material sub-layer, the current collector comprising:
an insulating layer;
a first conductive layer between the first active material sub-layer and the insulating layer; and
a second conductive layer between the insulating layer and the second active material sub-layer; and
a conductive structure comprising:
a first conductive member comprising:
a first section arranged along a side of the first conductive layer; and
a second section extending from the first section and beyond the current collector in a direction away from the active material layer; and

a second conductive member comprising:
a first connecting section connected to the second conductive layer;
a bent section connected to the first connecting section and bent towards the first conductive member relative to the first connecting section; and
a second connecting section bent backward relative to the bent section to be sandwiched between the first section of the first conductive member and the first conductive layer;

wherein:
a sum of a thickness of the first section of the first conductive member and a thickness of the second connecting section of the second conductive member is smaller than a thickness of the first active material sub-layer; and
both the first section of the first conductive member and the second connecting section of the second conductive member do not touch the active material layer.

2 . The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the first connecting section of the second conductive member is soldered to the second conductive layer, and the second connecting section of the second conductive member is soldered to the first conductive layer.

3 . The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the first section of the first conductive member is separated from the first conductive layer by the second connecting section of the second conductive member.

4 . The electrode plate according to claim 3 , wherein the first section of the first conductive member is soldered to the second connecting section of the second conductive member, and the second connecting section of the second conductive member is soldered to the first conductive layer.

5 . The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive structure is integrally formed and is bent several times to form the first conductive member, the second connecting section, the bent section, and the first connecting section that are connected in this order, and an end of the first section of the first conductive member that is closer to the active material layer connects to an end of the second connecting section that is closer to the active material layer.

6 . The electrode plate according to claim 5 , wherein the second connecting section is soldered to the first conductive layer, and the first section of the first conductive member is not soldered to the second connecting section.

7 . The electrode plate according to claim 5 , wherein the second connecting section is soldered to the first conductive layer, and the first section of the first conductive member is soldered to the second connecting section.

8 . The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein a portion of the first section of the first conductive member is in direct contact with a section of the first conductive layer that is located between the second connecting section and the active material layer.

9 . The electrode plate according to claim 8 , wherein the portion of the first section of the first conductive member is soldered to the section of the first conductive layer.

10 . The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first conductive layer, the insulating layer, and the second conductive layer are stacked along a stacking direction; a portion of the current collector protrudes beyond the active material layer in a protruding direction pointing away from the active material layer to form an electric guiding section; and the bent section is located on a side of the electric guiding section that is parallel to both the stacking direction and the protruding direction.

11 . The electrode plate according to claim 10 , wherein an end of the electric guiding section that faces away from the active material layer in the protruding direction is further away from the active material layer than an end of the second conductive member that faces away from the active material layer in the protruding direction.

12 . The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the first conductive layer comprises:
a first body section, wherein a surface of the first body section that is away from the insulating layer is covered by the active material layer; and a first protruding section connected to the first body section, wherein a surface of the first protruding section that is away from the insulating layer is not covered by the active material layer.

13 . The electrode plate according to claim 12 , wherein the first section of the first conductive member is arranged along a side of the first protruding section of the first conductive layer.

14 . The electrode plate according to claim 13 , wherein the second conductive layer comprises:
a second body section, wherein a surface of the second body section that is away from the insulating layer is covered by the active material layer; and a second protruding section connected to the second body section, wherein a surface of the second protruding section that is away from the insulating layer is not covered by the active material layer.

15 . The electrode plate according to claim 14 , wherein the first connecting section of the second conductive member is connected to the second protruding section of the second conductive layer.

16 . The electrode plate according to claim 15 , wherein the bent section is located at a side of the second protruding section that is away from the active material layer.

17 . The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first conductive layer or the second conductive layer has a thickness of 0.7 μm˜0.9 μm.

18 . A secondary battery comprising:
an electrode assembly that comprises the electrode plate according to claim 1 .

19 . The electrode plate according to claim 4 , wherein:
a fusion region is formed through the first section of the first conductive member, the second connecting section of the second conductive member, and the first conductive layer; and an insulating cement is provided at a surface of the fusion region that is away from the insulating layer.

20 . The electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the second connecting section of the second conductive member is closer to the active material layer than the first section of the first conductive member.

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Hong Kong Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Zige
• Li Wei
• Li Jing
• Xue Qingrui
• Jiang Miao
• Wen Yuqian
• Wang Long

Classifications

• H01M4/667

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

• H01M4/668

  Composites of electroconductive material and synthetic resins · CPC title

• H01M50/538

  Connection of several leads or tabs of wound or folded electrode stacks · CPC title

• H01M50/533

  characterised by the shape of the leads or tabs · CPC title

• H01M2004/021

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