Positive electrode plate and lithium-ion battery including the positive electrode plate

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12573729-B2
Application number	US-202218068748-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 20, 2022
Priority date	Sep 25, 2020
Publication date	Mar 10, 2026
Grant date	Mar 10, 2026

Abstract

Disclosed are a positive electrode plate and a lithium-ion battery including the positive electrode plate. The positive electrode plate includes a positive current collector, a safety coating layer, a composite fusion layer, and a positive active material layer; the safety coating layer comprises a first conductive agent, a first binder, a functional microsphere, and an auxiliary agent. The safety coating layer has conductive performance at normal temperature, and has the advantages of increasing a contact area between an active material and the current collector, improving the electrical conductivity, and effectively reducing polarization of the battery; when the use temperature of the positive electrode plate reaches 120° C. or above, the functional microsphere will be melted to form a plurality of continuous electron blocking layers, the coating layer blocks current, internal blocking is formed inside the battery, and the occurrence of further thermal runaway of the battery is prevented.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A positive electrode plate, comprising a positive electrode current collector, a safety coating layer, a composite fusion layer and a positive electrode active material layer, wherein:
the safety coating layer, the composite fusion layer and the positive electrode active material layer are arranged on a surface of the positive electrode current collector in sequence; the safety coating layer comprises a functional microsphere, a first positive electrode active material, a first conductive agent, a first binder and an auxiliary agent; the positive electrode active material layer comprises a second positive electrode active material, a second conductive agent and a second binder; and the composite fusion layer comprises the functional microsphere, the first positive electrode active material, the first conductive agent, the first binder, the second positive electrode active material, the second conductive agent, the second binder, and the auxiliary agent; and based on a total weight of the second positive electrode active material, the second conductive agent, and the second binder, the composite fusion layer comprises the following components by weight percentage: 80-99 wt % of the second positive electrode active material, 0.5-10 wt % of the second conductive agent and 0.5-10 wt % of the second binder.

2 . The positive electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the safety coating layer comprises the following components by weight percentage: 20-90 wt % of the functional microsphere, 5-60 wt % of the first positive electrode active material, 2.9-30 wt % of the first conductive agent, 2-40 wt % of the first binder and 0.1-10 wt % of the auxiliary agent.

3 . The positive electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the safety coating layer comprises the following components by weight percentage: 20-70 wt % of the functional microsphere, 5-40 wt % of the first positive electrode active material, 2.9-25 wt % of the first conductive agent, 2-30 wt % of the first binder and 0.1-5 wt % of the auxiliary agent.

4 . The positive electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the safety coating layer comprises the following components by weight percentage: 30-60 wt % of the functional microsphere, 10-30 wt % of the first positive electrode active material, 5-20 wt % of the first conductive agent, 5-20 wt % of the first binder and 0.1-4 wt % of the auxiliary agent.

5 . The positive electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode active material layer comprises the following components by weight percentage: 80-99 wt % of the second positive electrode active material, 0.5-10 wt % of the second conductive agent and 0.5-10 wt % of the second binder.

6 . The positive electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode active material layer comprises the following components by weight percentage: 84-99 wt % of the second positive electrode active material, 0.5-8 wt % of the second conductive agent and 0.5-8 wt % of the second binder.

7 . The positive electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode active material layer comprises the following components by weight percentage: 90-98 wt % of the second positive electrode active material, 1-5 wt % of the second conductive agent and 1-5 wt % of the second binder.

8 . The positive electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein based on a total weight of the functional microsphere, the first positive electrode active material, the first conductive agent, the first binder, and the auxiliary agent, the composite fusion layer comprises the following components by weight percentage: 20-90 wt % of the functional microsphere, 5-60 wt % of the first positive electrode active material, 2.9-30 wt % of the first conductive agent, 2-40 wt % of the first binder and 0.1-10 wt % of the auxiliary agent.

9 . The positive electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the positive electrode current collector is 0.1 μm-20 μm; and/or a thickness of the safety coating layer is 0.1 μm-8 μm; and/or, a thickness of the composite fusion layer is 0.001 μm-0.5 μm; and/or, a thickness of the positive electrode active material layer is 5 μm-200 μm.

10 . The positive electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the positive electrode current collector is 2 μm-15 μm; and/or a thickness of the safety coating layer is 0.2 μm-6 μm; and/or a thickness of the positive electrode active material layer is 5 μm-100 μm.

11 . The positive electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the functional microsphere has a core-shell structure which comprises a shell layer and a core, and a material forming the shell layer comprises a heat-sensitive polymer, a material forming the core comprises a conductive material.

12 . The positive electrode plate according to claim 11 , wherein a particle size of the functional microsphere is 50 nm-6.5 μm; a particle size of the conductive material is 0.1 nm-4.5 μm.

13 . The positive electrode plate according to claim 11 , wherein a particle size of the functional microsphere is 500 nm-5 μm; and/or a thickness of the shell layer is 1 nm-2000 nm in the functional microsphere.

14 . The positive electrode plate according to claim 11 , wherein the heat-sensitive polymer is a thermoplastic polymer; and/or the heat-sensitive temperature range of the heat-sensitive polymer is 110° C. to 160° C.

15 . The positive electrode plate according to claim 14 , wherein the heat-sensitive polymer is at least one selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, polyamide, polyesteramide, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride, polyester, polyurethane, ethylene vinyl acetate polymer, ethylene acrylate polymer, olefin copolymer, propylene copolymer, ethylene copolymer, and polymer copolymerized with monomers thereof.

16 . The positive electrode plate according to claim 11 , wherein the conductive material is at least one selected from the group consisting of conductive polymer, conductive oxide, metal particle, carbon material, and conductive ceramic.

17 . The positive electrode plate according to claim 11 , wherein the conductive material is at least one selected from the group consisting of polypyrrole, polythiophene, conductive carbon black, ketjen black, conductive fiber, acetylene black, carbon nanotube, graphene, flake graphite, silicon carbide, molybdenum disilicide, and lanthanum cobaltate.

18 . The positive electrode plate according to claim 1 , wherein the first positive electrode active material and/or the second positive electrode active material are selected from one or a combination of lithium iron phosphate, lithium cobalt oxide, lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide, lithium manganate, lithium nickel cobalt aluminate oxide, lithium nickel cobalt manganese aluminate oxide, nickel-cobalt-aluminum-tungsten material, lithium-rich manganese-based solid solution positive electrode materials, lithium nickel cobalt oxide, lithium nickel titanium magnesium oxide, lithium nickelate, lithium spinel manganate or nickel cobalt tungsten.

19 . A secondary battery, wherein the secondary battery comprises the positive electrode plate according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Zhuhai Cosmx Battery Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tang Weichao
• Li Suli
• Zhao Wei
• Liu Chunyang
• Chen Ruofan
• Li Junyi
• Xu Yanming

Classifications

• H01M2004/028

  Positive electrodes · CPC title

• H01M2004/021

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

• H01M10/0525

  Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries · CPC title

• H01M4/625

  Carbon or graphite · CPC title

• H01M50/581 Primary

  in response to temperature · CPC title