Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd.

Contemporary Amperex Technology (hong Kong) Limited

Xiaobin Dong

Jiazheng Wang

Libing He

Meng Kang

Yuliang Shen

Zijian Lv

Liangbin Liu

Qingwei Yan

Yuan Li

Provided are a battery cell, a battery and an electric device. The battery cell includes a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate, the negative electrode plate includes a negative electrode current collector, a negative electrode active material layer arranged on at least one surface of the negative electrode current collector, and a lithium supplement layer, wherein the negative electrode active material layer includes a first portion and a second portion connected with the first portion, the first portion exceeds the positive electrode plate, the second portion is arranged corresponding to the positive electrode plate, and the lithium supplement layer is arranged on at least part of a surface of the first portion away from the negative electrode current collector. The negative electrode plate of the present application can improve the first Coulomb efficiency, cycle performance and storage performance of the battery cell.

Battery cell, battery and electric device

An artificial graphite and preparation method thereof, negative electrode plates, secondary batteries, battery modules, battery packs, and electrical device are provided. In some embodiments, the artificial graphite has a particle size of Dv5016 μm and an air oxidation peak temperature Tof830° C., wherein the air oxidation peak temperature Tof artificial graphite refers to the highest peak temperature of a differential thermo-gravimetric analysis curve obtained when the artificial graphite is subjected to a thermo-gravimetric test having a weighing mass of 10±0.05 mg, with a purging gas of air, an airflow rate of 60 mL/min, and a heating rate of 5° C./min, in a test temperature range of 40° C. to 950° C. By the present application, the resulting secondary batteries have higher first-cycle Coulomb efficiency and longer cycle life under the premise of good fast charging performance.

Artificial graphite and preparation method thereof, negative electrode plate, secondary battery, battery module, battery pack and electrical device

This application relates to a secondary battery, a process for preparing the same and an apparatus containing the secondary battery. In particular, the negative electrode plate comprises a negative current collector and a negative electrode film, wherein the negative electrode film comprises a first negative electrode film and a second negative electrode film, the first negative electrode film is comprises a first negative electrode active material, and the particle size uniformity of the first negative electrode active material is from 0.4 to 0.6; the second negative electrode film comprises a second negative electrode active material, and the particle size uniformity of the second negative electrode active material is from 0.25 to 0.45, and a ratio of the particle size uniformity of the first negative electrode active material to the particle size uniformity of the second negative electrode active material is from 1.05 to 1.9.

Secondary battery, process for preparing the same and apparatus containing the secondary battery

A silicon carbon composite material includes a carbon matrix and a silicon material, the carbon matrix has a cross-linked porous structure internally, and the silicon material is at least partially distributed in the cross-linked porous structure. A value of flexibility C1 of the silicon carbon composite material satisfies 0.4≤C1≤2. C1 is a factor by which a compression deformation variable of the silicon carbon composite material is scaled to be equal to its rebound deformation variable, representing flexibility of the silicon carbon composite material. When the C1 value satisfies 0.4≤C1≤2, the silicon carbon composite material has good flexibility, reducing overall impact of expansion stress of silicon on the silicon carbon composite material, and allowing for a certain degree of contractility of the carbon matrix framework, so that residual stress can be received and released, thereby maintaining overall stability of the silicon carbon composite material.

Silicon carbon composite material and preparation method thereof, negative electrode material, negative electrode plate, electrode assembly, battery, electric equipment, and carbon substrate

The present application relates to a secondary battery, a process for preparing the same and an apparatus containing the same. In particular, the secondary battery comprises a negative electrode plate, and the negative electrode plate comprises a negative current collector and a negative electrode film, wherein the negative electrode film comprises a first negative electrode film and a second negative electrode film, the first negative electrode film is disposed on at least one surface of the negative current collector and comprises a first negative electrode active material; the second negative electrode film is disposed on the first negative electrode film and comprises a second negative electrode active material, and the second negative electrode active material comprises secondary particles, a number percentage of which is greater than or equal to 20%, wherein the first negative electrode active material comprises natural graphite and the second negative electrode active material comprises artificial graphite.

This application discloses a secondary battery and an apparatus containing the secondary battery. The secondary battery secondary battery includes an electrode assembly including a cell and tabs extending from the cell, the cell includes a negative electrode plate, the negative electrode plate includes a negative current collector and a negative electrode film arranged on at least one surfaces of the negative current collector and including a negative active material, wherein the negative active material includes artificial graphite including secondary particles; and the cell satisfies 5 cm≤0.5×√{square root over (a+b)}≤15 cm, and a≤15 cm, wherein a is the maximum size of the cell in the direction that the tabs extend, in cm; and b is the maximum size of the cell in a direction perpendicularly intersecting with the direction that the tabs extend, in cm.

Secondary battery and apparatus containing the same

The present application relates to a secondary battery, a process for preparing the same and an apparatus containing the secondary battery. In particular, the secondary battery comprises a negative electrode plate, and the negative electrode plate comprises a negative current collector and a negative electrode film, wherein the negative electrode film comprises a first negative electrode film and a second negative electrode film, the first negative electrode film is disposed on at least one surface of the negative current collector and comprises a first negative electrode active material, the first negative electrode active material comprises graphite; the second negative electrode film is disposed on the first negative electrode film and comprises a second negative electrode active material, the second negative electrode active material comprises artificial graphite, and the second negative electrode active material comprises secondary particles, the number percentage of which is greater than or equal to 20%.

This application relates to a secondary battery and an apparatus including the secondary battery. Specifically, the secondary battery of this application includes a negative electrode plate, where the negative electrode plate includes a negative current collector and negative film layers where the negative film layers include a first negative film layer and a second negative film layer, the first negative film layer is disposed on at least one surface of the negative current collector and includes a first negative active material, and the second negative film layer is disposed on the first negative film layer and includes a second negative active material; the first negative active material includes natural graphite, and the second negative active material includes artificial graphite; the first negative active material satisfies 4.0≤COI≤7.0; and the second negative active material satisfies 2.2≤COI≤4.2.

Secondary battery and apparatus including the secondary battery

The present application discloses a negative electrode active material and a method for preparing the same, a secondary battery, and an apparatus including the secondary battery. The negative electrode active material includes a core and a coating layer covering the surface of the core, the core includes artificial graphite, the coating layer includes amorphous carbon, and the particle size uniformity of the negative electrode active material is from 0.25 to 0.45.

Negative electrode active material, method for preparing same, secondary battery and apparatus including the secondary battery

The present application relates to a secondary battery, a process for preparing the same and an apparatus containing the secondary battery. Particularly, the secondary battery comprises a negative electrode plate, wherein the negative electrode plate comprises a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode film, and the negative electrode film comprises a first negative electrode film and a second negative electrode film; the first negative electrode film is disposed on at least one surface of the negative electrode current collector and comprises a first negative electrode active material; and the second negative electrode film is disposed on the first negative electrode film and comprises a second negative electrode active material; the first and second negative electrode active materials both comprise artificial graphite; the first negative electrode active material comprises primary particles, and a number percentage of the primary particles in the first negative electrode active material A satisfies A≥50%.

Embodiments provide a secondary battery and an apparatus containing the secondary battery. The secondary battery includes a negative electrode plate. The negative electrode plate includes a copper-based current collector and a negative electrode film layer disposed on at least one surface of the copper-based current collector and including a negative electrode active material, and the negative electrode active material includes graphite. The negative electrode plate satisfies T&#x2265;25, where Tis as defined in the specification.

Secondary battery and apparatus containing such secondary battery

Embodiments provide a secondary battery and a preparation method thereof, and a battery module, battery pack, and apparatus containing such secondary battery. In those embodiments, a negative electrode plate includes a negative-electrode current collector and a negative-electrode film layer that is disposed on at least one surface of the negative-electrode current collector and that includes a negative-electrode active material. The negative-electrode active material contains graphite, and the negative electrode plate satisfies that, when the negative electrode plate and a lithium metal sheet constitute a button battery which is discharged to 5.0 mV at 0.05 C, a capacity increment curve V-dQ/dV of the button battery has a third-order lithiation phase transition peak of graphite at position 0.055V-0.085V.

Secondary battery and preparation method thereof, and battery module, battery pack, and apparatus containing such secondary battery

This application relates to a secondary battery, a process for preparing the same and an apparatus containing the secondary battery. In particular, the negative electrode plate comprises a negative current collector and a negative electrode film, wherein the negative electrode film comprises a first negative electrode film and a second negative electrode film, the first negative electrode film is disposed on at least one surface of the negative current collector and comprises a first negative electrode active material, the first negative electrode active material comprises graphite, and the particle size uniformity of the first negative electrode active material is from 0.4 to 0.6; the second negative electrode film is disposed on the first negative electrode film and comprises a second negative electrode active material, the second negative electrode active material comprises artificial graphite, and the particle size uniformity of the second negative electrode active material is from 0.25 to 0.45.

The present application discloses a negative electrode active material and a method for preparation thereof, a secondary battery, and an apparatus including the secondary battery. The negative electrode active material includes a core and a coating layer covering a surface of the core, the core includes artificial graphite, the coating layer includes amorphous carbon, the negative electrode active material has a surface area average particle size D(3,2) denoted as A, the negative electrode active material has a surface area average particle size D(3,2) denoted as B after powder compaction under a pressure of 20 kN, and the negative electrode active material satisfies: 72%&#x2264;B/A&#xd7;100%&#x2264;82%.

Negative electrode active material and method for preparation thereof, secondary battery, and apparatus including secondary battery

The present application provides a method for determining fast charge performance of a negative electrode plate and a method for designing a negative electrode plate. By utilizing the method(s) according to the present application, the charging speed of a negative electrode plate can be quickly evaluated and the design period of a negative electrode plate in a fast charge battery can be greatly shortened.

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