Electrode assembly having tab-lead joint portion of minimized resistance difference between electrodes and electrochemical cell containing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9246154-B2
Application number	US-79718510-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 9, 2010
Priority date	Jul 24, 2006
Publication date	Jan 26, 2016
Grant date	Jan 26, 2016

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a stacking or stacking/folding type electrode assembly of a cathode/separator/anode structure, wherein the electrode assembly is constructed in a structure in which tabs (electrode tabs), having no active material applied thereto, protrude from electrode plates constituting the electrode assembly, the electrode tabs are electrically connected to an electrode lead, and the pluralities of electrode tabs are joined to the top and the bottom of the electrode lead at an electrode lead-electrode tabs joint portion such that the resistance difference between electrodes at the electrode lead-electrode tabs joint portion is minimized. Also disclosed is an electrochemical cell including the electrode assembly.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A stacking or stacking/folding type electrode assembly comprising:
a plurality of metal foils having electrode tabs;
an electrode lead coupled and being electrically connected to the electrode tabs, the electrode lead being formed in the shape of a straight line in vertical section;
wherein the electrode assembly is constructed in a structure in which the electrode tabs, having no active material applied thereto, protrude from the plurality of metal foils; and
wherein the electrode tabs are joined to the top and the bottom of the electrode lead at an electrode lead-electrode tabs joint portion and the average resistance difference between the electrode tabs is less than 0.05 milliohms; and
wherein the number of the electrode tabs joined to the top of the electrode lead is approximately equal to that of the electrode tabs joined to the bottom of the electrode lead;
wherein the electrode tabs include bending sections and coupling sections, the bending sections being angled in one direction between 0 and 90 degrees with respect to the electrode lead.

2. The electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode lead is made of a metal plate.

3. The electrode assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the metal plate is selected from a group consisting of an aluminum plate, a copper plate, a nickel plate, a copper plate coated with nickel, and a SUS plate.

4. The electrode assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode lead is joined to the electrode tabs by welding.

5. An electrochemical cell including an electrode assembly according to claim 1 .

6. The electrochemical cell according to claim 5 , wherein the electrochemical cell is a secondary battery or a capacitor.

7. The electrochemical cell according to claim 6 , wherein the secondary battery is constructed in a structure in which an electrode assembly is mounted in a battery case made of a laminate sheet including a metal layer and a resin layer in a sealed state.

8. A stacking or stacking/folding type electrode assembly comprising:
a plurality of metal foils having electrode tabs;
an electrode lead coupled and being electrically connected to the electrode tabs;
wherein the electrode assembly is constructed in a structure in which the electrode tabs, having no active material applied thereto, protrude from the plurality of metal foils; and
wherein the electrode tabs are joined to the top and the bottom of the electrode lead at an electrode lead-electrode tabs joint portion and the average resistance difference between the electrode tabs is less than 0.05 milliohms; and
wherein the number of the electrode tabs joined to the top of the electrode lead is approximately equal to that of the electrode tabs joined to the bottom of the electrode lead;
wherein the electrode tabs include a first group of electrode tabs joined to the bottom of the electrode lead, the electrode tab of the first group that is farthest from the electrode lead being substantially planar.

9. A stacking or stacking/folding type electrode assembly comprising:
a plurality of metal foils having electrode tabs;
an electrode lead coupled and being electrically connected to the electrode tabs;
wherein the electrode assembly is constructed in a structure in which the electrode tabs, having no active material applied thereto, protrude from the plurality of metal foils; and
wherein the electrode tabs are joined to the top and the bottom of the electrode lead at an electrode lead electrode tabs joint portion and the average resistance difference between the electrode tabs is less than 0.05 milliohms; and
wherein the number of the electrode tabs joined to the top of the electrode lead is approximately equal to that of the electrode tabs joined to the bottom of the electrode lead;
wherein the electrode tabs include bending sections and coupling sections, the bending sections being angled in one direction between 0 and 90 degrees with respect to the electrode lead.

10. A stacking or stacking/folding type electrode assembly comprising:
a plurality of metal foils having electrode tabs;
an electrode lead coupled and being electrically connected to the electrode tabs, the electrode lead being formed in the shape of a straight line in vertical section;
wherein the electrode assembly is constructed in a structure in which the electrode tabs, having no active material applied thereto, protrude from the plurality of metal foils; and
wherein the electrode tabs are joined to the top and the bottom of the electrode lead at an electrode lead-electrode tabs joint portion and the average resistance difference between the electrode tabs is less than 0.05 milliohms;
wherein the number of the electrode tabs joined to the top of the electrode lead is approximately equal to that of the electrode tabs joined to the bottom of the electrode lead; and
wherein the electrode tabs include bending sections and coupling sections, the bending sections being increasingly angled from a lowermost electrode tab to an uppermost electrode tab.

Assignees

• Ryu Ji Heon
• Choi Jeong Hee
• Yoo Kwangho
• Shin Youngjoon
• Lg Chemical Ltd

Inventors

• Ryu Ji Heon
• Choi Jeong Hee
• Yoo Kwangho
• Shin Youngjoon

Classifications

• H01G11/06 Primary

  with one of the electrodes allowing ions to be reversibly doped thereinto, e.g. lithium ion capacitors [LIC] · CPC title

• H01M50/533

  characterised by the shape of the leads or tabs · CPC title

• H01M50/124

  having a layered structure · CPC title

• H01M50/119 Primary

  Metals · CPC title

• H01M50/536

  characterised by the method of fixing the leads to the electrodes, e.g. by welding · CPC title