Battery pack and electric apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024106060-A1
Application number	US-202318503736-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 7, 2023
Priority date	Jul 19, 2022
Publication date	Mar 28, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

A battery pack includes a battery pack box with an internal space including a first region to an n-th region, each provided with a battery cell. A positive electrode active substance in a positive electrode of each k-th battery cell includes lithium iron phosphate and/or lithium nickel cobalt manganate having a first discharge voltage plateau and one or more types of supplementary active substances having a second discharge voltage plateau. For the first battery cell to the n-th battery cell, in any case where a sum of a discharge capacity corresponding to the first discharge voltage plateau and a discharge capacity corresponding to the second discharge voltage plateau is 100%, a discharge capacity proportion corresponding to the second discharge voltage plateau of the k-th battery cell is greater than a discharge capacity proportion corresponding to the second discharge voltage plateau of the (k−1)-th battery cell.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A battery pack, comprising:
a battery pack box; and battery cells accommodated in the battery pack box; wherein:
based on determined temperature distribution in an entire internal space of the battery pack box during use under low temperature, the internal space of the battery pack box comprises a first region to an n-th region according to a descending order of temperature, wherein n is a natural number greater than or equal to 2;
a first battery cell is provided in the first region, a k-th battery cell is provided in a k-th region, and the k-th battery cell and a (k−1)-th battery cell are arranged adjacent to each other, k being a natural number satisfying 2≤k≤n;
a positive electrode of each k-th battery cell comprises a positive electrode active substance, the positive electrode active substance comprising following substances:
lithium iron phosphate and/or lithium nickel cobalt manganate having a first discharge voltage plateau, and
one or more types of supplementary active substances having a second discharge voltage plateau, a molecular formula of the supplementary active substance being A x M y (PO 4 ) z , wherein:
A is one or more selected from Li, Na, K, and Ca,
M is one or more selected from V, Ti, and Mn,
x, y, and z are each independently selected from integers from 1 to 6, and
values of x, y, and z make the whole compound electrically neutral; and

for the first battery cell to the n-th battery cell, in any case where a sum of a discharge capacity corresponding to the first discharge voltage plateau and a discharge capacity corresponding to the second discharge voltage plateau is 100%, a discharge capacity proportion corresponding to the second discharge voltage plateau of the k-th battery cell is greater than a discharge capacity proportion corresponding to the second discharge voltage plateau of the (k−1)-th battery cell.

2 . The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein:
based on the determined temperature distribution in the entire internal space of the battery pack box during use under low temperature, for the first region or the k-th region, a difference between a maximum temperature and a minimum temperature in a same region is greater than or equal to 3° C.

3 . The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein:
a maximum temperature in the k-th region is less than or equal to a minimum temperature in the (k−1)-th region.

4 . The battery pack according to claim 3 , wherein:
in the entire internal space of the battery pack box, based on the determined temperature distribution in the internal space of the battery pack box during use under low temperature, a maximum temperature is T H , a minimum temperature is T L , and T H −T L =T M ; when T M ≥6° C., n≥2; a maximum temperature in the first region is T H , and a minimum temperature in the first region T 1 =T H −(T M /n); when k<n:
a maximum temperature in the k-th region is T k-1 , and a minimum temperature in the k-th region T k =T H −k(T M /n),
a maximum temperature in the n-th region is T n-1 , and a minimum temperature in the n-th region T n =T L ; and
3° C.≤T M /n≤10° C.

5 . The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein:
in the positive electrode of each k-th battery cell, a mass percentage of the supplementary active substance is 3% to 15% based on a total mass of the positive electrode active substance.

6 . The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein:
the positive electrode of the first battery cell comprises no supplementary active substance.

7 . The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein:
the positive electrode of the first battery cell comprises the supplementary active substance.

8 . The battery pack according to claim 7 , wherein:
a second voltage plateau of the supplementary active substance in the first battery cell is greater than or equal to an overall discharge cut-off voltage of the first battery cell.

9 . The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein:
under a condition that the respective positive electrodes of the first battery cell to the n-th battery cell comprise the same positive electrode active substance, a percentage of the supplementary active substance in the positive electrode of the (k−1)-th battery cell is less than or equal to a percentage of the supplementary active substance in the positive electrode of the k-th battery cell.

10 . The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein:
the internal space of the battery pack box comprises the first region, a second region, and a third region; the first battery cell is provided in the first region; a second battery cell is provided in the second region; and a third battery cell is provided in the third region.

11 . The battery pack according to claim 10 , wherein:
the positive electrode of the first battery cell comprises no supplementary active substance or comprises a same type of supplementary active substance as the second battery cell and the third battery cell.

12 . The battery pack according to claim 10 , wherein:
in the positive electrode of the first battery cell, a mass percentage of the supplementary active substance is 0% to 3% based on a total mass of the active substance of the positive electrode of the first battery cell; in the positive electrode of the second battery cell, a mass percentage of the supplementary active substance is 3% to 7% based on a total mass of the active substance of the positive electrode of the second battery cell; and in the positive electrode of the third battery cell, a mass percentage of the supplementary active substance is 7% to 15% based on a total mass of the active substance of the positive electrode of the third battery cell.

13 . The battery pack according to claim 10 , wherein:
an overall discharge cut-off voltage V 1 of the first battery cell is 2.0-2.1 V, an overall discharge cut-off voltage V 2 of the second battery cell is 1.7-2.0 V, an overall discharge cut-off voltage V 3 of the third battery cell is 1.6-1.9 V, and V 1 >V 2 >V 3 .

14 . The battery pack according to claim 10 , wherein:
a positive electrode active substance of the first battery cell has a gram capacity of 140-198 mAh/g, a positive electrode active substance of the second battery cell has a gram capacity of 137-192 mAh/g, and a positive electrode active substance of the third battery cell has a gram capacity of 134-186 mAh/g.

15 . The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein:
under a temperature below 10° C., 1.6 V≤discharge cut-off voltage of the k-th battery cell≤discharge cut-off voltage of the (k−1)-th battery cell≤2.1 V.

16 . The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein:
a discharge capacity of a single cell of each k-th battery cell is less than a discharge capacity of a single cell of each (k−1)-th battery cell.

17 . The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein:
the supplementary active substance is one or more selected from Li 3 V 2 (PO 4 ) 3 , Na 3 V 2 (PO 4 ) 3 , K 3 V 2 (PO 4 ) 3 , Li 3 V(PO 4 ) 2 , Na 3 V(PO 4 ) 2 , K 3 V(PO 4 ) 2 , LiMnPO 4 , NaMnPO 4 , KMnPO 4 , Li 2 VMn 2 (PO 4 ) 3 , Na 2 VMn 2 (PO 4 ) 3 , K 2 VMn 2 (PO 4 ) 3 , LiVMn(PO 4 ) 2 , NaVMn(PO 4 ) 2 , KVMn(PO 4 ) 2 , CaV 4 (PO 4 ) 6 , LiTi 2 (PO 4 ) 3 , NaTi 2 (PO 4 ) 3 , KTi 2 (PO 4 ) 3 , CaTi 4 (PO 4 ) 6 , Li 2 VTi(PO 4 ) 3 , Na 2 VTi(PO 4 ) 3 , K 2 VTi(PO 4 ) 3 , CaVTi(PO 4 ) 3 , Li 3 MnTi(PO 4 ) 3 , Na 3 MnTi(PO 4 ) 3 , and K 3 MnTi(PO 4 ) 3 .

18 . An electric apparatus, comprising the battery pack according to claim 1 .

19 . A method for

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Dong Miaomiao
• Liu Hongyu
• Bie Changfeng
• Ouyang Shaocong
• Ni Huan
• Fu Chenghua
• Sun Xin

Classifications

• H01M4/364

  as mixtures · CPC title

• H01M50/267 Primary

  having means for adapting to batteries or cells of different types or different sizes · CPC title

• H01M4/505

  of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy · CPC title

• H01M4/5825 Primary

  Oxygenated metallic salts or polyanionic structures, e.g. borates, phosphates, silicates, olivines · CPC title

• H01M10/443

  in response to temperature · CPC title