CN210403932U

CN210403932U - Special-shaped lithium ion battery

Info

Publication number: CN210403932U
Application number: CN201921465399.5U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 不公告发明人
Original assignee: Shenzhen Topband Lithium Battery Co ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Topband Lithium Battery Co ltd
Priority date: 2019-09-04
Filing date: 2019-09-04
Publication date: 2020-04-24
Anticipated expiration: 2029-09-04

Abstract

The utility model discloses a special-shaped lithium ion battery, which comprises a shell and an electric core arranged in the shell; the battery cell comprises at least one positive plate, at least two negative plates and a plurality of diaphragm plates, wherein the positive plates and the negative plates are overlapped, and the diaphragm plates are overlapped between the positive plates and the negative plates and on two opposite sides of the battery cell; the positive plate comprises two first arc-shaped side edges and a first straight side edge, wherein the two first arc-shaped side edges are opposite to each other, and the first straight side edge is connected between one ends of the two first arc-shaped side edges; the other ends of the two first arc-shaped side edges are oppositely bent and connected, and a concave first tip part is formed at the connecting part; the negative plate comprises two second arc-shaped side edges which are opposite to each other and a second straight side edge which is connected between one ends of the two second arc-shaped side edges; the other ends of the two second arc-shaped side edges are oppositely bent and connected, and a concave second tip part is formed at the connecting part; the shape of the shell is the same as that of the battery core. The utility model discloses a special-shaped lithium ion battery is applicable to special-shaped assembly space, has improved the capacity and the shared space ratio of special-shaped cavity.

Description

Special-shaped lithium ion battery

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a lithium ion battery technical field especially relates to a special-shaped lithium ion battery.

Background

Along with the market demand of the intelligent wearable equipment is increased, the demand of the consumer on the cruising ability of the intelligent wearable equipment is further increased. The soft package lithium battery is obviously higher than a nickel-metal hydride battery in cruising ability, and has further requirements on the production efficiency and the production quality while the demand quantity is improved. At present, a high-performance lithium ion battery becomes a product with strong demand in the market of intelligent wearable equipment.

With the development of modern society, the shortage of petroleum energy and the energy demand and application of more and more industries, the assembly space of the high-energy power battery pack is an unconventional regular square body, the requirement of the capacity and the occupied space ratio of the special-shaped cavity is more and more strict, and a battery corresponding to the special shape is also required to be assembled in the special-shaped cavity to meet the assembly space and the power supply requirement.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The to-be-solved technical problem of the utility model lies in, a be suitable for special-shaped lithium ion battery in special-shaped assembly space is provided.

The utility model provides a technical scheme that its technical problem adopted is: the special-shaped lithium ion battery comprises a shell and a battery cell arranged in the shell; the battery cell comprises at least one positive plate and at least two negative plates which are overlapped with each other, and a plurality of diaphragm plates which are overlapped between the positive plate and the negative plates and on two opposite sides of the battery cell;

the positive plate comprises two first arc-shaped side edges and a first straight side edge, wherein the two first arc-shaped side edges are opposite to each other, and the first straight side edge is connected between one ends of the two first arc-shaped side edges; the other ends of the two first arc-shaped side edges are oppositely bent and connected, and a concave first tip part is formed at the connecting part;

the negative plate comprises two second arc-shaped side edges and a second straight side edge, wherein the two second arc-shaped side edges are opposite to each other, and the second straight side edge is connected between one ends of the two second arc-shaped side edges; the other ends of the two second arc-shaped side edges are oppositely bent and connected, and a concave second tip part is formed at the connecting part;

the diaphragm comprises two opposite third arc-shaped side edges and a third straight side edge connected between one ends of the two third arc-shaped side edges; the other ends of the two third arc-shaped side edges are oppositely bent and connected, and a concave third tip part is formed at the connecting part;

the shape of the shell is the same as that of the battery cell formed by superposing the positive plate, the negative plate and the diaphragm plate.

Preferably, the battery cell further comprises a positive tab connected to the first flat side of the positive plate, and a negative tab connected to the second flat side of the negative plate;

the positive electrode lug and the negative electrode lug are arranged on one end of the battery cell at intervals and extend out of the shell.

Preferably, a first empty foil area is arranged on the first flat side edge of the positive plate, and the positive tab is connected to the first empty foil area; and a second empty foil area is arranged on the second flat side edge of the negative plate, and the negative tab is connected to the second empty foil area.

Preferably, the outer circumference of the separator sheet is larger than the outer circumference of the negative electrode sheet and/or the positive electrode sheet.

Preferably, the outer circumference size of the separator sheet is 1% -5% larger than the outer circumference size of the negative electrode sheet and/or the positive electrode sheet.

Preferably, a plurality of said membrane sheets are independent of each other; alternatively, a plurality of said diaphragm sheets are connected in series.

Preferably, the casing comprises two casing walls, and at least one casing wall is provided with a groove for accommodating the battery core; the two shell walls are oppositely matched and connected to form the shell.

Preferably, the lithium ion battery further comprises an electrolyte injected into the housing.

The utility model discloses a dysmorphism lithium ion battery wholly is special-shaped setting (heart-shaped), is applicable to products such as intelligent wearing equipment that have corresponding special-shaped assembly space, has improved the assembly space of traditional regular square body group battery, has improved the battery performance, has improved the capacity and the shared space ratio of dysmorphism cavity. The manufacturing process is simple and smooth.

Drawings

The invention will be further explained with reference to the drawings and examples, wherein:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a special-shaped lithium ion battery according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a cell structure of the special-shaped lithium ion battery shown in fig. 1;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a positive plate in the cell shown in fig. 2;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a negative electrode sheet of the cell shown in fig. 2;

fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a diaphragm of the cell of fig. 2;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a housing punched on an aluminum-plastic film in the method for manufacturing a special-shaped lithium ion battery according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of the specially-shaped lithium ion battery after top sealing and side sealing in the manufacturing method of the first embodiment of the invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of the specially-shaped lithium ion battery after being sealed in the manufacturing method according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of the specially-shaped lithium ion battery after secondary sealing in the manufacturing method according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a shell wall stamped on an aluminum plastic film in the method for manufacturing a second embodiment of the special-shaped lithium ion battery according to the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to clearly understand the technical features, objects, and effects of the present invention, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 1-4, the special-shaped lithium ion battery according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a casing 10 and a battery cell 20 disposed in the casing 10. The battery cell 20 includes at least one positive electrode sheet 21 and at least two negative electrode sheets 22 stacked together, and a plurality of separator sheets 23 stacked between the positive electrode sheet 21 and the negative electrode sheets 22 and on opposite sides of the battery cell 20.

In the battery cell 20, the positive electrode sheets 21 and the negative electrode sheets 22 are alternately stacked, and one separator sheet 23 is stacked between adjacent positive electrode sheets 21 and negative electrode sheets 22. By stacking the positive electrode sheet 21, the negative electrode sheet 22, and the separator sheet 23, the battery cell 20 is formed to have a thickness that varies depending on the number of the positive electrode sheets and the separator sheets 23. The pole pieces on the upper and lower sides of the battery cell 20 are negative pole pieces 22, and the outermost sides on the upper and lower sides are diaphragm pieces 23.

As shown in fig. 3, the positive electrode sheet 21 includes two first arc-shaped side edges 211 opposite to each other, and a first straight side edge 212 connected between one ends of the two first arc-shaped side edges 211; the other ends of the two first arc-shaped sides 211 are bent and connected oppositely, and the connection part forms a concave first tip part 213. The positive electrode sheet 21 has a heart shape.

As shown in fig. 4, the negative electrode tab 22 includes two second arc-shaped sides 221 opposite to each other, and a second straight side 222 connected between one ends of the two second arc-shaped sides 221; the other ends of the two second arc-shaped sides 221 are bent and connected oppositely, and the connection part forms a concave second tip part 223. The negative electrode tab 22 has a heart shape.

The separator sheet 23 has the same shape as the positive electrode sheet 21 and the negative electrode sheet 22, and is also heart-shaped. Similarly, as shown in FIG. 5, the diaphragm 23 may include two third arc-shaped sides 231 opposite to each other, and a third straight side 232 connected between one ends of the two third arc-shaped sides 231; the other ends of the two third arc-shaped sides 231 are oppositely bent and connected, and a concave third sharp part 233 is formed at the joint.

Since the positive electrode sheet 21, the negative electrode sheet 22 and the separator sheet 23 are heart-shaped, the cell 20 formed by laminating the positive electrode sheet 21, the negative electrode sheet 22 and the separator sheet 23 is also heart-shaped. The casing 10 serves as a housing structure of the battery cell 20, and has the same shape as the battery cell 20, so that the lithium ion battery with the assembled layers is heart-shaped.

The cell 20 further includes a positive tab 24 connected to the first flat side 212 of the positive tab 21, and a negative tab 35 connected to the second flat side 222 of the negative tab 22. After the positive tab 21 and the negative tab 22 are overlapped, the positive tab 24 and the negative tab 25 are staggered and spaced apart from each other at one end (the end where the first straight side 212 and the second straight side 222 are located) of the battery cell 20 and extend out of the casing 10.

To connect positive tab 24 and negative tab 25, a first open foil region 214 is provided on first flat side 212 of positive tab 21, a second open foil region 224 is provided on second flat side 222 of negative tab 22, positive tab 24 is connected to first open foil region 214, and negative tab 25 is connected to second open foil region 224.

Generally, the positive electrode sheet 21 is formed of a metal foil (e.g., aluminum foil) and a positive electrode active material coated thereon, and the first empty foil region 211 is integrally connected to the metal foil (e.g., aluminum foil) and may be formed to extend therefrom. The negative electrode tab 22 is formed of a metal foil (e.g., copper foil) and a negative electrode active material coated thereon, and the second empty foil region 221 is integrally connected to the metal foil (e.g., copper foil) and may be formed to extend from the metal foil.

When the positive electrode sheet 21 is manufactured, a positive electrode active material is coated on the metal foil according to the shape of the positive electrode sheet 21, a material area is formed on the part of the metal foil coated with the positive electrode active material, and a first empty foil area 214 is formed on one side of the material area by reserving an empty foil area (not coated with the positive electrode active material) and is used for welding the positive electrode tab 24. Similarly, when the negative electrode sheet 22 is manufactured, the negative active material is coated on the metal foil according to the shape of the negative electrode sheet 221, the part of the metal foil coated with the negative active material forms a material region, and a second empty foil region 224 is formed by reserving an empty foil region (not coated with the negative active material) on one side of the material region, and is used for welding the negative electrode tab 25.

The first empty foil area 214 and the second empty foil area 224 are respectively arranged on the positive plate 21 and the negative plate 22 and are respectively used for welding the positive tab 24 and the negative tab 25 (an ultra-welding mode), so that the tab position setting and welding difficulty on the special-shaped battery are simplified, and the operability of the special-shaped lithium ion battery is improved.

In order to prevent the short circuit of the battery cell 20, after the positive tab 24 and the negative tab 25 are welded, high temperature resistant glue is respectively pasted at the joint of the positive tab 24 and the positive tab 21 and the joint of the negative tab 25 and the negative tab 22.

After the battery cell 20 is assembled in the casing 10, the first empty foil area 214, the second empty foil area 224 and the high temperature glue are all located inside the casing 10, and one end of the positive tab 24 away from the first empty foil area 214 and one end of the negative tab 25 away from the second empty foil area 224 all extend out of the casing 10.

The separator sheet 23 has a heart shape conforming to the positive electrode sheet 21 and the negative electrode sheet 22. Stacking the separator sheet 23 between the positive electrode sheet 21 and the negative electrode sheet 22 effectively separates the two. Preferably, the outer circumferential dimension of the separator sheet 23 is set to be larger than the outer circumferential dimension of the negative electrode sheet 22 and/or the positive electrode sheet 21 so that the circumferential edge of the separator sheet 23 may protrude beyond the circumferential edge of the negative electrode sheet 22 and/or the positive electrode sheet 21 after lamination.

Alternatively, the outer circumferential dimension of the separator sheet 23 is 1% to 5% greater than the outer circumferential dimension of the negative electrode sheet 22 and/or the positive electrode sheet 21.

In the battery cell 20, the plurality of separator sheets 23 may be independent of each other, and stacked one on another. The plurality of separator sheets 23 are sequentially connected, that is, a plurality of connected separator sheets 23 may be punched out of a separator material, and the lamination may be performed by folding in both the front and back directions according to the size of each separator sheet 23 to laminate the separator sheet 23 between the positive electrode sheet 21 and the negative electrode sheet 22 and on the outer side of the battery cell 20.

The casing 10 may include two heart-shaped casing walls, at least one of which is provided with a heart-shaped groove for accommodating the battery cell 20; the two walls are mated and joined to form the housing 10. In one form, the two housing walls may be individually unconnected to form the housing 10 by mating. In another alternative, the two walls may be joined at one side, with the joint doubled over to mate the two walls together to form the housing 10.

The utility model discloses a special-shaped lithium ion battery is still including pouring into the electrolyte in casing 10.

With reference to fig. 1-5, the method for manufacturing the first embodiment of the special-shaped lithium ion battery of the present invention may include the following steps:

and S1, respectively obtaining the heart-shaped positive electrode sheet 21, the heart-shaped negative electrode sheet 22 and the diaphragm sheet 23 through stamping.

The stamping may be performed using a die cutter. The positive electrode plate 21 and the negative electrode plate 22 are reserved with a first empty foil area 214 and a second empty foil area 224 for the subsequent welding of the positive electrode tab 24 and the negative electrode tab 25.

And S2, laminating the positive electrode sheet 21, the negative electrode sheet 22 and the diaphragm sheet 23 to form the battery cell 20.

After the positive electrode sheet 21, the negative electrode sheet 22, and the separator sheet 23 are stacked, the formed stacked structure is further fixed by a fixing adhesive 26. A first empty foil region 214 on positive tab 21 is aligned and located on one side of one end of cell 20, and a second empty foil region 224 on negative tab 22 is aligned and located on the other side of one end of cell 20, spaced from first empty foil region 214 of positive tab 21.

Step S2, after stacking, further includes welding the positive tab 24 to the positive tab 21 and welding the negative tab 25 to the negative tab 22; positive tab 24 and negative tab 25 are specifically welded to first empty foil region 214 and second empty foil region 224 on positive tab 11 and negative tab 22, respectively. The welding mode is preferably ultrasonic welding.

In order to prevent short circuit of the battery cell 20, high temperature resistant glue is respectively pasted at the joint of the positive tab 24 and the positive plate 21 and the joint of the negative tab 25 and the negative plate 22.

S3, a heart-shaped case 10 is punched out of the aluminum-plastic film 1, and the punched case 10 is not detached from the aluminum-plastic film 1, as shown in fig. 6.

In addition, a groove structure can be punched at the spacing shell 10 to be used as an air bag for subsequent air storage and liquid storage.

S4, placing the battery cell 20 into the casing 10, and performing top sealing and side sealing on the periphery of the casing 10 to leave one side of the casing 10 open to form an opening.

And performing top sealing and side sealing in a sealing and welding mode. The positive tab 24 and the negative tab 25 extend out of the top of the shell 10, and the high-temperature glue is positioned in the shell 10; when the top sealing is carried out, the top of the shell 10 extending out of the positive electrode tab 24 and the negative electrode tab 25 is sealed; the tab glue on the positive tab 24 and the negative tab 25 is at the sealing position of the top seal.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 6 and 7, two symmetrical heart-shaped shell walls 11 are punched on the aluminum plastic film 1 according to the shape of the shell 10, and at least one shell wall 11 has a heart-shaped groove for accommodating the battery cell 20. The two shell walls 11 are folded in half along the symmetry line, the battery cell 20 is placed between the two shell walls, the two shell walls 11 are oppositely matched to form the shell 10, and the battery cell 20 is covered in the shell. The folded aluminum-plastic film 1 becomes an aluminum-plastic film laminate 3 with a double-layer structure, and the aluminum-plastic film laminate 3 has three open sides corresponding to the top and two sides of the shell 10. In the top sealing, the top of the aluminum plastic film laminate 3 is sealed, thereby forming a top sealing line 31 on the top of the case 10. In the side sealing, one side of the aluminum plastic film laminate 3 is sealed, and a side sealing line 32 is formed at the side. The remaining other side of the aluminum plastic film laminate 3 is not sealed to form an opening 33 for subsequent electrolyte injection.

In other embodiments, two plastic-aluminum films 1 may be respectively stamped with a heart-shaped shell wall 11, and at least one shell wall 11 has a heart-shaped recess for receiving the battery cell 20. The battery cell 20 is placed in a groove of one shell wall 11, and the two shell walls 11 are oppositely matched to form a shell 10, so that the battery cell is covered in the shell. After the two shell walls 11 are oppositely matched, the two aluminum-plastic films 1 are also oppositely matched to form an aluminum-plastic film lamination 3 with a double-layer structure, and four side edges of the aluminum-plastic film lamination 3 are all open side edges. In the top sealing, the top of the aluminum-plastic film laminate 3 is sealed. And sealing two adjacent sides of the aluminum-plastic film lamination layer 3 during side sealing. The remaining other side of the aluminum plastic film laminate 3 is not sealed to form an opening 33 for subsequent electrolyte injection.

And (4) standing the semi-finished product obtained after the top sealing and the side sealing in the step S4 at normal temperature or high temperature for 12-72h, and then performing the step S5.

S5, injecting liquid into the shell 10 through the opening 33, sealing (sealing for the first time), sealing the opening 33, and aging to obtain the special-shaped lithium ion battery semi-finished product.

In the first sealing, the opening 33 of the aluminum plastic film laminate 3 is sealed to form a side sealing line 34, as shown in fig. 8, so that the entire aluminum plastic film laminate 3 is sealed, and the outer periphery of the housing 10 is correspondingly sealed and not communicated with the outside.

The outer peripheral shape of the obtained special-shaped lithium ion battery semi-finished product is mainly the outer peripheral shape of the aluminum plastic film lamination 3.

And S6, pre-charging and degassing the specially-shaped lithium ion battery semi-finished product, and performing secondary sealing (secondary sealing) along the heart-shaped periphery of the shell 10. The sealing line 35 formed after the two seals is located at the periphery of the housing 10, and the sealing line 35 is also heart-shaped, as shown in fig. 9.

Wherein, through the gasbag of punching press on plastic-aluminum membrane 1, when two seal, some inside gas and electrolyte can be extruded to the gasbag in the plastic-aluminum membrane stromatolite 3 receives the extrusion back, avoid the plastic-aluminum membrane stromatolite 3 after one to take place the condition of splitting because of the extrusion.

And S7, cutting the aluminum plastic film 1 around the shell 10 along the sealing line 35 formed by the two seals to obtain the special-shaped lithium ion battery.

The utility model discloses a preparation method of dysmorphism lithium ion battery second embodiment, what be different from above-mentioned embodiment is:

with reference to fig. 1, 2 and 10, in step S3, a heart-shaped casing wall 11 is punched on the aluminum-plastic film 1 according to the shape of the casing 10, where the casing wall 11 has a heart-shaped recess for accommodating the battery cell 20; the shell wall 11 is located at one end of the aluminium-plastic film 1.

In step S4, the battery cell 20 is placed in the groove of the casing wall 11, the aluminum-plastic film 1 is folded in half, so that the other end (planar portion) of the aluminum-plastic film 1 covers the casing wall 11 to close the groove, and the battery cell 20 is covered therein; the aluminum-plastic film 1 is folded in half to form an aluminum-plastic film lamination layer with a double-layer structure, and four side edges of the aluminum-plastic film lamination layer are all open side edges; in the top sealing, the top of the aluminum-plastic film laminate (corresponding to one end of the positive tab 24 and the negative tab 25 on the battery cell 20) is sealed. And during side sealing, two adjacent sides of the aluminum-plastic film lamination are sealed, and the other remaining side is not sealed to form an opening for injecting subsequent electrolyte. The structure after the top seal and the side seal can be seen with reference to fig. 7.

Alternatively, in step S3, a heart-shaped casing wall 11 is punched out of the aluminum plastic film 1 according to the shape of the casing 10, and the casing wall 11 has a heart-shaped recess for accommodating the battery cell 20.

In step S4, another aluminum-plastic film 1 (without stamping the casing wall) is applied to the casing wall 11 to close the groove, and the battery cell 20 is covered therein. The two aluminum-plastic films 1 are also oppositely matched to form an aluminum-plastic film lamination layer with a double-layer structure, and four side edges of the aluminum-plastic film lamination layer are all open side edges. In the top sealing, the top of the aluminum-plastic film laminate (corresponding to one end of the positive tab 24 and the negative tab 25 on the battery cell 20) is sealed. And sealing two adjacent sides of the aluminum-plastic film lamination during side sealing. The other remaining side of the aluminum-plastic film lamination is not sealed to form an opening for injecting the subsequent electrolyte. The structure after the top seal and the side seal can be seen with reference to fig. 7.

Other steps of the preparation method of this embodiment refer to the first embodiment, and are not described herein again.

The above only is the embodiment of the present invention, not limiting the patent scope of the present invention, all the equivalent structures or equivalent processes that are used in the specification and the attached drawings or directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields are included in the patent protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A special-shaped lithium ion battery comprises a shell and a battery cell arranged in the shell; the battery cell comprises at least one positive plate and at least two negative plates which are overlapped with each other, and a plurality of diaphragm plates which are overlapped between the positive plate and the negative plates and on two opposite sides of the battery cell; it is characterized in that the preparation method is characterized in that,

2. The profiled lithium ion battery of claim 1, wherein the cell further comprises a positive tab connected to the first flat side of the positive tab, and a negative tab connected to the second flat side of the negative tab;

3. The lithium ion profile battery of claim 2, wherein said positive tab has a first empty foil area on said first flat side, said positive tab being connected to said first empty foil area; and a second empty foil area is arranged on the second flat side edge of the negative plate, and the negative tab is connected to the second empty foil area.

4. The profiled lithium ion battery of claim 1, wherein the separator sheet has a peripheral dimension that is greater than a peripheral dimension of the negative and/or positive sheets.

5. The profiled lithium ion battery of claim 4, wherein the separator sheet has a peripheral dimension that is 1-5% greater than a peripheral dimension of the negative and/or positive sheets.

6. The profiled lithium ion battery of claim 1, wherein a plurality of the separator sheets are independent of each other; alternatively, a plurality of said diaphragm sheets are connected in series.

7. The profiled lithium ion battery of claim 1, wherein the casing comprises two casing walls, at least one of the casing walls being provided with a recess for receiving the cell; the two shell walls are oppositely matched and connected to form the shell.

8. The shaped lithium ion battery of any one of claims 1-7, further comprising an electrolyte impregnated within the casing.