# US 10,770,729 B2 · Electrode, power storage device, and electronic equipment > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,770,729 B2 - Document ID: US10770729B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/988,159 - Filed: 2016-01-05 - Published: 2016-07-14 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2015-01-09 - Assignees: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Ryota Tajima; Junpei Momo; Masaki Yamakaji - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10770729B2 ## CPC - H01M 4/62: Selection of inactive substances as ingredients for active masses, e.g. binders, fillers - H01M 4/13: Electrodes for accumulators with non-aqueous electrolyte, e.g. for lithium-accumulators; Processes of manufacture thereof - H01M 10/0431: {Cells with wound or folded electrodes (H01M10/045 takes precedence)} - H01M 50/105: Pouches or flexible bags - Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries - Y02P 70/50: Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product - H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION - Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS ## Abstract A flexible power storage device or a power storage device of which the capacity and cycle characteristics do not easily deteriorate even when the power storage device is curved is provided. An electrode in which an active material layer, a current collector, and a friction layer are stacked in this order is provided. Furthermore, a power storage device that includes the electrode as at least one of a positive electrode and a negative electrode is provided. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electrode comprising: a stack comprising a current collector, an active material layer, and a friction layer, wherein the stack includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion connected to the first portion and the second portion, wherein the stack is curved in the third portion so that the first portion faces the second portion, wherein the active material layer is in contact with a first surface of the current collector, and a second surface of the current collector is in contact with a first surface of the friction layer, wherein the friction layer is curved in the third portion so that a second surface of the friction layer included in the first portion is in contact with the second surface of the friction layer included in the second portion, and wherein a coefficient of static friction between the second surface of the friction layer included in the first portion and the second surface of the friction layer included in the second portion is smaller than a coefficient of static friction between the second surface of the current collector included in the first portion and the second surface of the current collector included in the second portion, wherein the coefficient of static friction between the friction layer included in the first portion and the friction layer included in the second portion is less than or equal to 0.05. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electrode according to claim 1, wherein the friction layer in the stack comprises an organic film. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The electrode according to claim 2, wherein the organic film comprises fluororesin. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electrode according to claim 1, wherein the friction layer in the stack comprises an inorganic film. ### Claim 5 A power storage device comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode; an electrolytic solution; and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the first electrode comprises a stack comprising a current collector, an active material layer, and a friction layer which is not the separator, wherein the stack includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion connected to the first portion and the second portion, wherein the stack is curved in the third portion so that the first portion faces the second portion, wherein the active material layer is in contact with a first surface of the current collector, and a second surface of the current collector is in contact with a first surface of the friction layer, wherein the friction layer is curved in the third portion so that a second surface of the friction layer included in the first portion is in contact with the second surface of the friction layer included in the second portion, wherein a coefficient of static friction between the second surface of the friction layer included in the first portion and the second surface of the friction layer included in the second portion is smaller than a coefficient of static friction between the second surface of the current collector included in the first portion and the second surface of the current collector included in the second portion, wherein the first electrode is configured to operate as one of a positive electrode and a negative electrode, and wherein the second electrode is configured to operate as the other of the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein the coefficient of static friction between the friction layer included in the first portion and the friction layer included in the second portion is less than or equal to 0.05. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The power storage device according to claim 5, wherein the second electrode comprises a second current collector, a second active material layer, and a second friction layer, and wherein the second active material layer is on a first side of the second current collector, and a second side of the second current collector is on a first side of the second friction layer. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The power storage device according to claim 6, wherein the second electrode includes a fourth portion and a fifth portion, wherein each of the fourth portion and the fifth portion includes the second current collector, the second active material layer, and the second friction layer, wherein the fourth portion and the fifth portion overlap with each other, and wherein a surface on a second side of the second friction layer included in the fourth portion and the surface on the second side of the second friction layer included in the fifth portion are in contact with each other. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The power storage device according to claim 7, wherein a coefficient of static friction between the surface on the second side of the second friction layer included in the fourth portion and the surface on the second side of the second friction layer included in the fifth portion is smaller than a coefficient of static friction between the second current collector included in the fourth portion and the second current collector included in the fifth portion. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The power storage device according to claim 6, wherein the second electrode includes a fourth portion and a fifth portion, wherein the fourth portion includes the second current collector and the second active material layer, wherein the fifth portion includes the second current collector, the second active material layer, and the second friction layer, wherein the fourth portion and the fifth portion overlap with each other, and wherein the second current collector in the fourth portion and the second friction layer in the fifth portion are in contact with each other. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The power storage device according to claim 9, wherein a coefficient of static friction between the second current collector included in the fourth portion and the second friction layer included in the fifth portion is smaller than a coefficient of static friction between the second current collector included in the fourth portion and the second current collector included in the fifth portion. ### Claim 11 (depends on 5) The power storage device according to claim 5, wherein the friction layer and the separator are in contact with each other, and wherein a coefficient of static friction between the friction layer and the separator is smaller than a coefficient of static friction between the current collector and the separator. ### Claim 12 (depends on 5) The power storage device according to claim 5, wherein the power storage device has an accordion fold structure. ### Claim 13 (depends on 5) The power storage device according to claim 5, wherein the power storage device has a wound structure. ### Claim 14 (depends on 5) The power storage device according to claim 5, further comprising a flexible exterior body, wherein the flexible exterior body encloses the first electrode, the second electrode, and the electrolytic solution. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The power storage device according to claim 14, wherein the flexible exterior body comprises a film. ### Claim 16 (depends on 5) The power storage device according to claim 5, wherein the power storage device has flexibility. ### Claim 17 (depends on 5) Electronic equipment comprising: the power storage device according to claim 5; and a housing having a curved portion. ### Claim 18 (depends on 5) Electronic equipment comprising: the power storage device according to claim 5; and a flexible housing.