Lithium ion battery with improved electrolyte solution viscosity and cb value and power consuming device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025105278-A1
Application number	US-202418970938-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 6, 2024
Priority date	Oct 21, 2022
Publication date	Mar 27, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present application relates to a lithium ion battery and a power consuming device, the lithium ion battery comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte solution, wherein the electrolyte solution has a viscosity c of 1-6 mPa·s at 25° C., as measured in accordance with GB/T10247-2008; and the ratio CB of the lithium intercalation capacity of the negative electrode to the delithiation capacity of the positive electrode is 1.05-1.5. The lithium ion battery has high-rate fast charging capability and good cycling performance.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A lithium ion battery, comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte solution, wherein the electrolyte solution has a viscosity c of 1-6 mPa·s at 25° C.; and the ratio CB of the lithium intercalation capacity of the negative electrode to the delithiation capacity of the positive electrode is 1.05-1.5.

2 . The battery according to claim 1 , wherein during the charging process of the battery from 0% state of charge to 70% state of charge at 35° C., there is a current that is greater than or equal to 4 times the delithiation capacity of the positive electrode per unit time.

3 . The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the average current of the battery during the charging process from 0% state of charge to 70% state of charge at 35° C. is greater than or equal to 4 times the delithiation capacity of the positive electrode per unit time.

4 . The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode comprises a current collector and negative electrode active material layers attached to at least one surface of the current collector, wherein the active material layers comprise a first active material layer comprising a first negative electrode active material and a second active material layer comprising a second negative electrode active material attached to the surface of the first active material layer that is far away from the current collector.

5 . The battery according to claim 4 , wherein the first negative electrode active material has an average volume particle size D v50 greater than that of the second negative electrode active material.

6 . The battery according to claim 4 , wherein the first negative electrode active material layer has a compacted density greater than that of the second negative electrode active material layer.

7 . The battery according to claim 4 , wherein the negative electrode active material layers have a thickness of 30-150 μm, a porosity of 20-60%, and a compacted density of 1.2-1.9 g/cm 3 .

8 . The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolyte solution comprises a lithium salt, a solvent and an additive, and the lithium salt comprises a primary lithium salt and a secondary lithium salt.

9 . The battery according to claim 8 , wherein the primary lithium salt is different from the secondary lithium salt, and the primary lithium salt or the secondary lithium salt is each independently selected from at least one of LiPF 6 , LiN(SO 2 F) 2 , LiBF 4 , LiN(CF 3 SO 2 ) 2 , LiClO 4 , LiAsF 6 , LiB(C 2 O 4 ) 2 , LiBF 2 C 2 O 4 , LiDFOP, LiPO 2 F 2 , LiFSO 3 , and LiF.

10 . The battery according to claim 8 , wherein the primary lithium salt is lithium hexafluorophosphate or LiFSI, and the content thereof is 8-20 wt %, based on the total weight of the electrolyte solution; and the secondary lithium salt is at least one of lithium difluorooxalate borate, LiBF 4 , LiB(C 2 O 4 ) 2 , and lithium difluorodioxalate phosphate (LiDFOP), and the content thereof is 0.001-2 wt %, based on the total weight of the electrolyte solution.

11 . The battery according to claim 8 , wherein the solvent comprises a cyclic ester and a linear ester, and the content of the cyclic ester accounts for 5-40% of the mass of the solvent, and the content of the linear ester accounts for 60-95% of the mass of the solvent.

12 . The battery according to claim 11 , wherein the cyclic ester is ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate or a combination thereof; and the linear ester includes dimethyl carbonate.

13 . The battery according to claim 12 , wherein the linear ester is selected from diethyl carbonate, ethyl methyl carbonate, methyl formate, methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, methyl propionate, methyl butyrate, ethyl butyrate, propyl butyrate, butyl butyrate, isopropyl acetate, isoamyl acetate, and a combination thereof.

14 . The battery according to claim 8 , wherein in the electrolyte solution, the molar concentration b (mol/L) of the lithium salt, the percentage a % of the linear ester in the solvent accounting for the mass of the solvent, and the viscosity c of the electrolyte solution at 25° C. satisfy the following relationship:

2
≤

c
+

2
*
a
⁢

%

≤
8

;
and

2
≤

c
+
b

≤
8.

15 . The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode comprises a current collector and a positive electrode active material layer comprising a positive electrode active material attached to at least one surface of the current collector, and the positive electrode active material comprises a ternary material of formula LiNi x Co y Q z M 1-x-y-z O 2 , wherein Q is Mn or Al, M includes at least one of Co, Ni, Mn, Mg, Cu, Zn, Al, Sn, B, Ga, Cr, Sr, V and Ti, 0≤x<1, 0≤y≤1, 0≤z≤1, and x+y+z≤1.

16 . A power consuming device, comprising a secondary battery according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Hong Kong Ltd

Inventors

• Guo Jie
• Han Changlong
• Jiang Bin
• Wu Zeli
• Wang Guan
• Zhang Cuiping
• Huang Lei
• Cai Linhua

Classifications

• H01M4/525 Primary

  of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy · CPC title

• H01M10/0569

  characterised by the solvents · CPC title

• H01M10/0568

  characterised by the solutes · CPC title

• H01M4/366

  as layered products · CPC title

• H01M10/0525 Primary

  Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries · CPC title