Metal sheet, battery, nickel-zinc battery and method for manufacturing metal sheet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024396051-A1
Application number	US-202218262092-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 23, 2022
Priority date	Dec 23, 2022
Publication date	Nov 28, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a flat metal sheet having a principal surface located on one side along a thickness direction, a plurality of struts, and a node part where end portions of the plurality of struts are connected to one another, wherein the strut and the node part form a mesh structure, and the plurality of the struts are in close contact with each other, and a plurality of through holes penetrating the principal surface in the thickness direction.

First claim

1 . A flat metal sheet having a principal surface located on one side along a thickness direction, comprising:
a plurality of struts; a node part where end portions of the plurality of struts are connected to one another, wherein the strut and the node part form a mesh structure, and the plurality of the struts are in close contact with each other; and a plurality of through holes penetrating the principal surface in the thickness direction.

2 . The metal sheet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the strut has a strip shape.

3 . The metal sheet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of the struts at a twisted position has a laminated shape.

4 . The metal sheet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the through holes have a non-uniform hole diameter along the thickness direction of the metal sheet.

5 . The metal sheet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the through holes have a hole diameter greater than or equal to 1 μm and less than or equal to 900 μm at the principal surface.

6 . The metal sheet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a number of the through holes provided per 500 μm 2 is greater than or equal to 250 and less than or equal to 2500 at the principal surface.

7 . The metal sheet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a porosity is greater than or equal to 10% and less than or equal to 40%.

8 . The metal sheet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the metal sheet has a surface and an interior, the surface includes the principal surface, a back surface located on an opposite side from the principal surface, and an outer peripheral surface of the metal sheet, the interior is covered by the surface, and the metal sheet has an independent space in the interior, surrounded by the strut and the node part.

9 . The metal sheet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein three or more struts are connected to the node part.

10 . The metal sheet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the struts have a thickness greater than or equal to 1 μm and less than or equal to 10 μm.

11 . The metal sheet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the struts have a length greater than or equal to 50 μm and less than or equal to 500 μm.

12 . The metal sheet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the struts have a width greater than or equal to 100 μm and less than or equal to 3000 μm.

13 . The metal sheet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the struts include a portion having two or more layers and five or less layers of the strut laminated in the thickness direction of the metal sheet.

14 . The metal sheet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the metal sheet is greater than or equal to 10 μm and less than or equal to 100 μm.

15 . The metal sheet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the metal sheet has a plurality of recesses at the principal surface.

16 . The metal sheet as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the recesses have a diameter greater than or equal to 1 μm and less than or equal to 900 μm at the principal surface.

17 . The metal sheet as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the recesses have a non-uniform diameter along the thickness direction of the metal sheet.

18 . The metal sheet as claimed in claim 15 , wherein a number of the recesses provided per 500 μm 2 is greater than or equal to 75 and less than or equal to 750 at the principal surface.

19 . The metal sheet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the metal sheet is formed of one or more kinds of materials selected from a group consisting of copper, nickel, aluminum, gold, silver, tin, and chromium.

20 . The metal sheet as claimed in claim 18 , wherein
the surface includes tin, and the interior includes copper.

21 . The metal sheet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the strut and the node part have a surface, and an interior surrounded by the surface, the surface includes tin, and the interior includes copper.

22 . A battery comprising:
the metal sheet according to claim 1 as a collector.

23 . A nickel-zinc battery comprising:
the metal sheet according to claim 20 as a collector.

24 . A method for forming a metal sheet comprising:
step of preparing a metal porous body having a flat shape and a skeleton with a three-dimensional mesh structure; and step of rolling the metal porous body in a thickness direction to manufacture the metal sheet according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Sumitomo Electric Industries
• Sumitomo Electric Toyama Co

Inventors

• Takeyama Tomoharu
• Okuno Kazuki
• Majima Masatoshi
• Tsuchida Hitoshi

Classifications

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title

• H01M4/0435

  Rolling or calendering · CPC title

• H01M10/30 Primary

  Nickel accumulators (H01M10/34 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01M4/667

  in the form of layers, e.g. coatings · CPC title

• H01M4/661

  Metal or alloys, e.g. alloy coatings (H01M4/669 take precedence) · CPC title