Unit cell and battery cell comprising the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12597678-B2
Application number	US-202217750835-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 23, 2022
Priority date	Jun 11, 2021
Publication date	Apr 7, 2026
Grant date	Apr 7, 2026

Abstract

A unit cell includes a separator and an electrode, which are alternately laminated by a predetermined number. The unit cell is configured such that: the unit cell is laminated in the order of a lower separator, any one electrode of an anode or a cathode, an upper separator, and the other one electrode of the anode or the cathode, wherein at least one surface of the electrode and the separator is applied with an adhesive to adhere the electrode and the separator or the lower separator and the upper separator. The adhesive contains an adhesive composition comprising a copolymer and a rosin ester-based additive, the copolymer contains 60.1 to 79.9% by weight of two or more kinds of alkyl (meth)acrylate-based repeating units (A), and 20.1 to 39.9% by weight of (meth)acrylate-based repeating unit (B) having a hydroxyl group at its end.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A unit cell in which a separator and an electrode are alternately laminated by a predetermined number, the unit cell being configured such that:
the unit cell is laminated in the order of a lower separator, a first electrode, an upper separator, and a second electrode, at least one surface of the first or second electrode or the lower or upper separator is applied with an adhesive to adhere the first or second electrode and the lower or upper separator or the lower separator and the upper separator, the adhesive comprises an adhesive composition comprising a copolymer and a rosin ester-based additive, the copolymer contains 60.1 to 79.9% by weight of two or more kinds of alkyl (meth)acrylate-based repeating units (A), and 20.1 to 39.9% by weight of (meth)acrylate-based repeating unit (B) having a hydroxyl group at its end, and the adhesive composition contains 30% by weight to 70% by weight of the copolymer and 30% by weight to 70% by weight of the additive,
wherein:
at least one of the two or more kinds of repeating units (A) includes an acrylate-based repeating unit, and at least the other one is a methacrylate-based repeating unit, and
an alkyl group having a greater number of carbon atoms than the end of the methacrylate-based repeating unit is bonded to the end of the acrylate-based repeating unit.

2 . The unit cell of claim 1 , wherein:
the at least one surface to which the adhesive is applied is an application surface of the upper separator or the lower separator to adhere the upper separator and the lower separator.

3 . The unit cell of claim 1 , wherein:
the at least one surface to which the adhesive is applied is an application surface of the lower or upper separator or the first or second electrode to adhere the lower or upper separator and the first or second electrode facing each other at the application surface.

4 . The unit cell of claim 1 , wherein:
at least one of the repeating units (A) is represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, and the repeating unit (B) is represented by the following Chemical Formula 2.

wherein in Chemical Formula 1, R 1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R 2 is a straight-chain or side-chain alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and n indicates the number of repetitions of the repeating unit (A) and is an integer of 450 to 850,

wherein in Chemical Formula 2, R 3 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R 4 is a straight-chain or side-chain alkyl group having 1 to 9 carbon atoms to which a hydroxyl group is bonded, and m indicates the number of repetitions of the repeating unit (B) and is an integer of 200 to 350.

5 . The unit cell of claim 1 , wherein:
a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of the copolymer is 120000 to 140000.

6 . The unit cell of claim 1 , wherein:
a straight-chain or side-chain alkyl group having 4 to 12 carbon atoms is bonded to the end of the acrylate-based repeating unit, and an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms is bonded to the end of the methacrylate-based repeating unit.

7 . The unit cell of claim 1 , wherein:
both of the two or more kinds of repeating units (A) are acrylate-based repeating units, and at least one of the two or more kinds of repeating units (A) is an isobornyl acrylate-based repeating unit.

8 . The unit cell of claim 1 , wherein:
the two or more kinds of repeating units (A) comprises a methyl methacrylate-based repeating unit and a 2-ethylhexyl acrylate (2-EHA)-based repeating unit.

9 . The unit cell of claim 1 , wherein:
the repeating unit (B) comprises a 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate (2-HEA)-based repeating unit.

10 . The unit cell of claim 1 , wherein:
a glass transition temperature (Tg)(° C) of the additive is −10 less.

11 . The unit cell of claim 1 , wherein:
HSP (Hilderbrand solubility) of the additive has a value of 19 to 22 (MPa) 0.5 .

12 . The unit cell of claim 1 , wherein:
the adhesive composition contains 30% by weight to 50% by weight of the copolymer and 50% by weight to 70% by weight of the additive.

13 . The unit cell of claim 1 , wherein:
a glass transition temperature (Tg)(° C) of the adhesive composition is −40 or less.

14 . The unit cell of claim 1 , wherein:
a glass transition temperature (Tg)(° C) of the adhesive composition is −50 or less.

15 . The unit cell of claim 1 , wherein:
the adhesive composition has a viscosity of 2200 cPs to 2500 cPs at 80° C.

16 . The unit cell of claim 1 , wherein:
the adhesive composition has a viscosity of 2200 cPs to 2400 cPs at 80° C.

17 . The unit cell of claim 1 , wherein:
when dots formed by discharging the adhesive composition from a dispenser at a first time point have a first diameter value, and dots formed by discharging the adhesive composition from the dispenser at a second time point which is 30 minutes or more after the first time point have a second diameter value, a deviation between the first diameter and the second diameter is within 5%, and a temperature of the dispenser is 120° C.

18 . The unit cell of claim 1 , wherein:
an adhesive force of the adhesive composition is 40 gf/mm 2 or more.

19 . The unit cell of claim 1 , wherein:
an adhesive force of the adhesive composition is 85 to 92 gf/mm 2 .

20 . An electrode assembly formed by alternately stacking the unit cell of claim 1 , the electrode assembly being configured such that:
the adhesive for adhering the first electrode and the lower separator includes a first adhesive pattern disposed at the same position as a second adhesive pattern of the adhesive between the first electrode and the upper separator.

21 . An electrode assembly formed by alternately stacking the unit cell of claim 1 , the electrode assembly being configured such that:
the adhesive for adhering the first electrode and the lower separator includes a first adhesive pattern disposed at a staggered form with respect to a second adhesive pattern of the adhesive between the first electrode and the upper separator.

22 . A battery cell comprising the unit cell of claim 1 .

23 . The battery cell of claim 22 , wherein:
the lower separator and the upper separator are portions of an elongated separator folded to have a zigzag shape.

Assignees

• Lg Energy Solution Ltd

Inventors

• Jeong Hyeok
• Choi Seong Won
• Lee Yong Jun
• Jung Su Taek
• Kwon Soon Kwan
• Bae Sangho
• Kim Minwook

Classifications

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title

• C09J133/12

  Homopolymers or copolymers of methyl methacrylate · CPC title

• Y02P70/50

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

• H01M10/0583

  of accumulators with folded construction elements except wound ones, i.e. folded positive or negative electrodes or separators, e.g. with "Z"-shaped electrodes or separators · CPC title

• C08J5/12 Primary

  Bonding of a preformed macromolecular material to the same or other solid material such as metal, glass, leather, e.g. using adhesives · CPC title