Binder and preparation method thereof, and separator, electrode assembly, battery cell, battery, and electric apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024380072-A1
Application number	US-202418778968-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 20, 2024
Priority date	Jan 4, 2023
Publication date	Nov 14, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

This application relates to the field of battery technologies, and in particular, to a binder and a preparation method thereof, and a separator, electrode assembly, battery cell, battery, and electric apparatus containing such binder. The binder includes a capsule and a core material provided in the capsule, where the capsule includes an organic polymer, and the core material includes a plasticizer. The plasticizer is encapsulated as the core material inside the capsule of the organic polymer to improve adhesion performance of the organic polymer, so as to increase adhesion force between a separator and an electrode plate by the binder.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A binder, wherein the binder comprises a capsule and a core material provided in the capsule, the capsule comprising an organic polymer, and the core material comprising a plasticizer.

2 . The binder according to claim 1 , wherein a mass ratio of the plasticizer to the organic polymer is 1:(10-100), optionally 1:(20-90).

3 . The binder according to claim 1 , wherein a median particle size by volume D v 50 of the binder is 0.5 μm-100 μm, optionally 7 μm-8 μm.

4 . The binder according to claim 1 , wherein the organic polymer comprises at least one of polyacrylate polymer and urea-formaldehyde resin.

5 . The binder according to claim 4 , wherein constituent monomers of the polyacrylate polymer comprise a first polymeric flexible monomer, a second polymeric polar monomer, and a third polymeric molecular weight regulating monomer.

6 . The binder according to claim 5 , wherein a molar ratio of the first polymeric flexible monomer, the second polymeric polar monomer, and the third polymeric molecular weight regulating monomer is 1:(0.01-0.8):(0.01-0.15), optionally 1:(0.05-0.7):(0.05-0.12).

7 . The binder according to claim 5 , wherein the first polymeric flexible monomer contains an ester bond in structure, the second polymeric polar monomer contains a cyano group in structure, and the third polymeric molecular weight regulating monomer contains an amide bond.

8 . The binder according to claim 5 , wherein the first polymeric flexible monomer is an acrylate monomer, the second polymeric polar monomer is an acrylonitrile monomer, and the third polymeric molecular weight regulating monomer is an acrylamide monomer.

9 . The binder according to claim 8 , wherein the acrylate monomer comprises at least one of methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, n-butyl acrylate, isobutyl acrylate, sec-butyl acrylate, tert-butyl acrylate, n-propyl acrylate, cyclohexyl acrylate, lauryl acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate, 2-hydroxypropyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate, n-butyl methacrylate, 2-ethylhexyl methacrylate, isobornyl methacrylate, lauryl methacrylate, 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, and 2-hydroxypropyl methacrylate;
and/or the acrylonitrile monomer comprises at least one of acrylonitrile and methacrylonitrile; and/or the acrylamide monomer comprises at least one of acrylamide, N-methylolacrylamide, and N-butoxymethylacrylamide.

10 . The binder according to claim 1 , wherein the plasticizer comprises at least one of dibutyl phthalate, dioctyl adipate, dibutyl sebacate, dioctyl sebacate, and dibutyl adipate.

11 . A preparation method of binder, comprising:
mixing and stirring water, an emulsifier, and constituent monomers of an organic polymer to obtain a prepolymer for later use; mixing and stirring water, an emulsifier, and a plasticizer to obtain an emulsion for later use; and adding the prepolymer and an initiator into the emulsion and heating for reaction to obtain a binder, wherein the binder comprises a capsule and a core material provided in the capsule, the capsule comprising the organic polymer, and the core material comprising the plasticizer.

12 . The preparation method of binder according to claim 11 , wherein the organic polymer comprises at least one of polyacrylate polymer and urea-formaldehyde resin.

13 . The preparation method of binder according to claim 11 , wherein a mass ratio of the plasticizer to the constituent monomers of the organic polymer is 1:(10-100), optionally 1:(20-90).

14 . A separator, wherein the separator is provided with the binder according to claim 1 .

15 . An electrode assembly, wherein the electrode assembly comprises the separator according to claim 14 .

16 . A battery cell, wherein the battery cell comprises the electrode assembly according to claim 15 .

17 . A battery, wherein the battery comprises the battery cell according to claim 16 .

18 . An electric apparatus, wherein the electric apparatus comprises the battery cell according to claim 16 .

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hong Haiyi
• Li Lei
• Cheng Xiaonan
• Yang Jianrui
• Kang Haiyang
• Zheng Yi
• Sun Chengdong

Classifications

• C09J133/12

  Homopolymers or copolymers of methyl methacrylate · CPC title

• C08K5/11

  of acyclic polycarboxylic acids · CPC title

• C08K5/0016

  Plasticisers · CPC title

• C08L61/28

  with melamine · CPC title

• C08F220/14

  Methyl esters {, e.g. methyl (meth)acrylate} · CPC title