Secondary battery, method for manufacturing the same, and apparatus containing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022052321-A1
Application number	US-202117513937-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 29, 2021
Priority date	Apr 30, 2020
Publication date	Feb 17, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present application relates to a secondary battery, a method for manufacturing the same and an apparatus containing the same. Specifically, in the secondary battery, the first negative electrode film comprises a first negative electrode active material, the second negative electrode film comprises a second negative electrode active material. The first negative electrode active material comprises natural graphite and satisfies: 12%≤A≤18%; the second negative electrode active material comprises artificial graphite and satisfies: 20%≤B≤30%; A is a resilience rate of the first negative electrode active material measured under an action force of 15,000 N, and B is a resilience rate of the second negative electrode active material measured under an action force of 15,000 N. The secondary battery of the present application can have better kinetic performance and better high-temperature storage performance while maintaining higher energy density.

First claim

1 . A secondary battery, comprising a negative electrode plate that comprises a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode film, the negative electrode film comprising a first negative electrode film and a second negative electrode film, the first negative electrode film being disposed on at least one surface of the negative electrode current collector and comprising a first negative electrode active material, and the second negative electrode film being disposed on the first negative electrode film and comprising a second negative electrode active material;
wherein the first negative electrode active material comprises natural graphite and satisfies: 12%≤A≤18%, the second negative electrode active material comprises artificial graphite and satisfies: 20%≤B≤30%, A is a resilience rate of the first negative electrode active material measured under an action force of 15,000 N, and B is a resilience rate of the second negative electrode active material measured under an action force of 15,000 N.

2 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein 13%≤A≤16%; and/or, 24%≤B≤28%.

3 . The secondary battery according to any one of claims 1 - 2 , wherein 1.1≤B/A≤2.5; preferably, 1.5≤B/A≤2.1.

4 . The secondary battery according to any one of claims 1 - 3 , wherein the first negative electrode active material has a particle size distribution (Dv90−Dv10)/Dv50 of less than the second negative electrode active material.

5 . The secondary battery according to any one of claims 1 - 4 , wherein the first negative electrode active material has a volume average particle size Dv50 of greater than the second negative electrode active material.

6 . The secondary battery according to any one of claims 1 - 5 , wherein the first negative electrode active material further satisfies one or more of the following (1)-(6):
(1) the first negative electrode active material has a volume average particle size Dv10 of from 8 μm to 12 μm, preferably from 9 μm to 11 μm; (2) the first negative electrode active material has a volume average particle size Dv50 of from 15 μm to 19 μm, preferably from 16 μm to 18 μm; (3) the first negative electrode active material has a particle size distribution of 1.0≤(Dv90−Dv10)/Dv50≤1.5, preferably, 1.0≤(Dv90−Dv10)/Dv50≤1.3; (4) the first negative electrode active material has a graphitization degree of from 95% to 98%, preferably from 96% to 97%; (5) a morphology of the first negative electrode active material comprises one or more of sphere and spheroid; and (6) an amorphous carbon coating layer is presented on at least part of surface of the first negative electrode active material.

7 . The secondary battery according to any one of claims 1 - 6 , wherein the second negative electrode active material further satisfies one or more of the following (1)-(6):
(1) the second negative electrode active material has a volume average particle size Dv10 of from 6 μm to 10 μm, preferably from 7 μm to 9 μm; (2) the second negative electrode active material has a volume average particle size Dv50 of from 14 μm to 18 μm, preferably from 15 μm to 17 μm; (3) the second negative electrode active material has a particle size distribution of 1.0≤(Dv90−Dv10)/Dv50≤2, preferably, 1.2≤(Dv90−Dv10)/Dv50≤1.7; (4) the second negative electrode active material has a graphitization degree of from 90% to 95%, preferably from 91% to 93%; (5) a morphology of the second negative electrode active material comprises one or more of block and flake; and (6) no amorphous carbon coating layer is presented on surface of the second negative electrode active material.

8 . The secondary battery according to any one of claims 1 - 7 , wherein the natural graphite constitutes ≥50% by mass of the first negative electrode active material, preferably from 80% to 100% by mass; and/or,
the artificial graphite constitutes ≥80% by mass of the second negative electrode active material, preferably from 90% to 100% by mass.

9 . The secondary battery according to any one of claims 1 - 8 , wherein the secondary battery further satisfies one or more of the following (1)-(4):
(1) the negative electrode film has a thickness of ≥60 μm, preferably from 65 μm to 80 μm; (2) a thickness ratio of the first negative electrode film to the second negative electrode film is from 1:1.01 to 1:1.1, preferably from 1:1.02 to 1:1.06; (3) an areal density CW of the negative electrode film satisfies: 10 mg/cm 2 ≤CW≤13 mg/cm 2 , preferably 10.5 mg/cm 2 ≤CW≤11.5 mg/cm 2 ; (4) a specific surface area S of the negative electrode film satisfies: 1.8 m 2 /g≤S≤2.6 m 2 /g, preferably 2.0 m 2 /g≤S≤2.4 m 2 /g.

10 . The secondary battery according to any one of claims 1 - 9 , wherein the secondary battery comprises a positive electrode plate; the positive electrode plate comprises a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode film, the positive electrode film is disposed on at least one surface of the positive electrode current collector and comprises a positive electrode active material, and the positive electrode active material comprises one or more of lithium transition metal oxides, lithium-containing phosphates with olivine structure and respective modified compounds thereof;
preferably, the positive electrode active material comprises one or more of lithium transition metal oxides as shown in Formula 1 and modified compounds thereof,
Li a Ni b Co c M d O e A f   Formula 1,

in the Formula 1, 0.8≤a≤1.2, 0.5≤b<1, 0<c<1, 0<d<1, 1≤e≤2, and 0≤f≤1, wherein M is selected from one or more of Mn, Al, Zr, Zn, Cu, Cr, Mg, Fe, V, Ti and B, and A is selected from one or more of N, F, S and Cl.

11 . A method for manufacturing a secondary battery, comprising the following steps to prepare a negative electrode plate of the secondary battery:
1) forming, on at least one surface of the negative electrode current collector, a first negative electrode film that comprises a first negative electrode active material, wherein the first negative electrode active material comprises natural graphite and satisfies: 12%≤A≤18%; and 2) forming, on the first negative electrode film, a second negative electrode film that comprises a second negative electrode active material, wherein the second negative electrode active material comprises artificial graphite and satisfies: 20%≤B≤30%; wherein A is a resilience rate of the first negative electrode active material measured under an action force of 15,000 N, and B is a resilience rate of the second negative electrode active material measured under an action force of 15,000 N.

12 . An apparatus, comprising the secondary battery according to any one of claims 1 - 10 or the secondary battery that is manufactured by the method according to claim 11 .

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ma Jianjun
• Shen Rui
• He Libing

Classifications

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title

• Y02P70/50

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

• H01M4/1393

  of electrodes based on carbonaceous material, e.g. graphite-intercalation compounds or CFx · CPC title

• H01M4/133 Primary

  Electrodes based on carbonaceous material, e.g. graphite-intercalation compounds or CFx · CPC title

• H01M4/131

  Electrodes based on mixed oxides or hydroxides, or on mixtures of oxides or hydroxides, e.g. LiCoOx · CPC title