Electrode assembly, secondary battery, and electrical apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025323326-A1
Application number	US-202519251731-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 26, 2025
Priority date	May 25, 2023
Publication date	Oct 16, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

The width of the negative electrode plate is designed to be greater than the width of the positive electrode plate and the width difference between the negative electrode plate and the positive electrode plate is correlated with the extension ratio of the negative electrode plate, such that the upper limit value of the width difference between the negative electrode plate and the positive electrode plate does not exceed (4.5−M1×a). The product of the extension ratio a and the width of the positive electrode plate as a subtractive term reduces the upper limit value of the width difference. The electrode assembly during cyclic charging and discharging will not experience excessive width of the portion of the negative electrode plate extending beyond the positive electrode plate due to extension of the negative electrode plate. This can alleviate lithium plating within the overhang region.

First claim

1 . An electrode assembly, comprising:
a negative electrode plate and a positive electrode plate, wherein a width difference M2−M1 between the negative electrode plate and the positive electrode plate satisfies the following conditions with respect to a: 0<M2−M1≤4.5−M1×a, and 0.2%≤a≤1.7%, and 10 mm≤M1≤260 mm; wherein M1 is a width of the positive electrode plate before the electrode assembly undergoes cyclic charging and discharging, M2 is a width of the negative electrode plate before the electrode assembly undergoes cyclic charging and discharging, and a is an extension ratio of the negative electrode plate, wherein when a variation ratio of the width of the negative electrode plate before and after an m-th cycle of cyclic charging and discharging of the electrode assembly does not exceed 3%, a maximum width value of the negative electrode plate is denoted as M3, a=(M3−M2)/M2×100%.

2 . The electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein M2−M1 satisfies the following condition: 1.5 mm≤M2−M1≤4.5−M1×a.

3 . The electrode assembly according to claim 2 , wherein M2−M1 further satisfies the following condition: 2.8 mm≤M2−M1≤3.3 mm.

4 . The electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein M1 further satisfies the following condition: 80 mm≤M1≤120 mm.

5 . The electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the extension ratio a further satisfies the following condition: 0.6%≤a≤1.0%.

6 . The electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode plate comprises a negative electrode active material, the negative electrode active material comprising at least one of a silicon material or a carbon material.

7 . The electrode assembly according to claim 6 , wherein when the negative electrode active material comprises the silicon material, a weight percentage of silicon material content in the negative electrode active material is 3% to 40%.

8 . The electrode assembly according to claim 7 , wherein a condition satisfied between the silicon material content and the extension ratio a includes:
when the weight percentage of the silicon material content is 3% to 10%, 0.2%≤a<0.6%; when the weight percentage of the silicon material content is 10% to 20%, 0.6%≤a<1.1%; when the weight percentage of the silicon material content is 20% to 30%, 1.1%≤a<1.4%; and when the weight percentage of the silicon material content is 30% to 40%, 1.4%≤a≤1.7%.

9 . The electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode plate is stacked on the positive electrode plate, and in a width direction (X) of the electrode assembly, two opposite edges of the negative electrode plate both extend beyond the positive electrode plate.

10 . The electrode assembly according to claim 9 , wherein in the width direction (X) of the electrode assembly, widths by which the two opposite edges of the negative electrode plate extend beyond the positive electrode plate are denoted as M4 and M5, respectively, wherein a ratio between M4 and M5 satisfies the following condition: 1/6≤M4/M5≤6.

11 . The electrode assembly according to claim 10 , wherein the ratio between M4 and M5 further satisfies the following condition: 0.8≤M4/M5≤1.2.

12 . The electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode plate is stacked on the positive electrode plate, and in a length direction (Y) of the electrode assembly, at least one end edge of the negative electrode plate extends beyond the positive electrode plate.

13 . The electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode plate comprises a positive electrode active material, the positive electrode active material being an active substance capable of deintercalation of lithium ions.

14 . A secondary battery, the secondary battery comprising the electrode assembly according to claim 1 .

15 . An electrical apparatus, comprising the secondary battery according to claim 14 .

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wu Kai
• Cheng Zhipeng
• Shi Dongyang
• Wang Yuzhen
• Liu Zhi
• Lv Ruijing
• Jin Haizu
• Li Baiqing

Classifications

• H01M10/0525

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

• H01M4/587

  for inserting or intercalating light metals · CPC title

• Y02P70/50

  Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product · CPC title

• H01M2004/027

  Negative electrodes · CPC title

• H01M4/131

  Electrodes based on mixed oxides or hydroxides, or on mixtures of oxides or hydroxides, e.g. LiCoOx · CPC title