Electrode assembly, battery, device, and method for manufacturing electrode assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023246306-A1
Application number	US-202318297968-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 10, 2023
Priority date	May 7, 2021
Publication date	Aug 3, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

Described are an electrode assembly, and a method for manufacturing the electrode assembly, the electrode assembly being configured for a secondary battery. The electrode assembly includes a main portion and a tab, the tab is located at an end portion of the main portion and is connected to the main portion; and the tab includes a shaping guide portion and a shaping deformation area, and the shaping guide portion guides the tab to generate predetermined deformation during shaping so as to form the shaping deformation area. By arranging the shaping guide portion on the tab, when a tab end face is shaped, the shaping guide portion guides the tab to generate roughly regular deformation, thereby forming the compact and flat tab end face. The arrangement of the shaping guide portion reduces the force required for the shrinking deformation of the tab and avoids damage or misalignment of an electrode plate.

First claim

1 . An electrode assembly for a secondary battery comprising:
a main portion; and a tab located at an end portion of the main portion and connected to the main portion, the tab comprising a shaping guide portion and a shaping deformation area, and the shaping guide portion guiding the tab to generate predetermined deformation during shaping so as to form the shaping deformation area.

2 . The electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein in an unwound state of the tab, the shaping guide portion comprises a plurality of indentations arranged at intervals.

3 . The electrode assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the indentations comprise a long-strip indentation forming an included angle of 30° to 90° with an axial direction of the electrode assembly.

4 . The electrode assembly according to claim 3 , wherein, the indentations comprise a first elongated indentation and a second elongated indentation, wherein the end of the first elongated indentation close to the main portion coincides with the end of the second elongated indentation close to the main portion, so that an included angle between the first elongated indentation and the second elongated indentation is 30° to 90°.

5 . The electrode assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the indentations comprise a long-strip indentation forming an included angle of 90° with an axial direction of the electrode assembly.

6 . The electrode assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the indentations comprise discontinuous long-strip indentations, each of which forms an included angle of 90° with an axial direction of the electrode assembly.

7 . The electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein in an unwound state of the tab, the shaping guide portion includes a plurality of openings arranged at intervals.

8 . The electrode assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the openings comprise a linear incision forming an included angle of 30° to 90° with an axial direction of the electrode assembly.

9 . The electrode assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the openings comprise a plurality of hole-shaped incisions arranged in a straight line, the straight line forming an included angle of 30° to 90° with an axial direction of the electrode assembly.

10 . The electrode assembly according to claim 2 , wherein a spacing between the indentations is not more than 10 mm.

11 . The electrode assembly according to claim 7 wherein a spacing between the openings is not more than 10 mm.

12 . The electrode assembly according to claim 1 wherein a strengthening area is provided at the end of the tab connected to the main portion.

13 . The electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein in an unwound state of the tab, the length of the tab in an axial direction of the electrode assembly is 4-15 mm.

14 . The electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein in an unwound state of the tab, the length of the shaping guide portion in an axial direction of the electrode assembly is ⅕-⅘ of the length of the tab.

15 . The electrode assembly according to claim 14 , wherein in the axial direction of the electrode assembly, the length of the end of the shaping guide portion close to the main portion from the end of the main portion connected to the tab is not less than 0.5 mm.

16 . A battery comprising the electrode assembly according to claim 1 .

17 . A device comprising the battery according to claim 16 , the battery being used to provide electric energy.

18 . A method for manufacturing an electrode assembly, comprising the steps of:
providing an electrode plate and a separator, the electrode plate comprising a coated area and a tab area; winding the electrode plate and the separator into an electrode assembly, wherein the coated area and the separator form a main portion, and the tab area forms a tab, the tab comprising the shaping guide portion; and shaping the end of the tab, wherein the shaping guide portion guides the tab to generate predetermined deformation so as to form a shaping deformation area.

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Bai Qinglin
• Wen Yuqian
• Jiang Lingyan

Classifications

• H01M50/533 Primary

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

• H01M10/0431

  Cells with wound or folded electrodes (H01M10/045 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01M50/536

  characterised by the method of fixing the leads to the electrodes, e.g. by welding · CPC title

• H01M4/0404

  by coating on electrode collectors · CPC title

• H01M50/107

  having curved cross-section, e.g. round or elliptic (H01M50/103, H01M50/109, H01M50/11 take precedence) · CPC title