# US 2019/0245249 A1 · Electrode assembly and manufacturing method therefor

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- Number: US 2019/0245249 A1
- Document ID: US20190245249A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/318,402
- Filed: 2017-07-20
- Published: 2019-08-08
- Earliest claimed: 2016-07-26
- Assignees: NEC Corporation
- Applicants: NEC Corporation
- Inventors: Makihiro OTOHATA
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190245249A1

## CPC

- H01M 10/0585: of accumulators having only flat construction elements, i.e. flat positive electrodes, flat negative electrodes and flat separators
- H01M 4/04: Processes of manufacture in general
- H01M 4/366: {as layered products}
- H01M 4/628: {Inhibitors, e.g. gassing inhibitors, corrosion inhibitors}
- H01M 10/0525: Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
- H01M 10/4235: {Safety or regulating additives or arrangements in electrodes, separators or electrolyte (H01M10/4242 takes precedence)}
- H01M 50/178: for pouch or flexible bag cells
- H01M 50/55: on the same side of the cell
- H01M 50/553: Terminals adapted for prismatic, pouch or rectangular cells
- H01M 2004/021: {Physical characteristics, e.g. porosity, surface area}
- 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 purpose of the present invention is to provide an electrode assembly and a manufacturing method therefor that can favorably suppress a short circuit that is due to a burr created by punching. At least one of the cathode 11 and the anode 12 of the electrode assembly of the present invention has the maximum height of the burrs 11b and 12b at the portion where the outer peripheral edge of the cathode 11 and the outer peripheral edge of the anode 12 of the opposing cathode 11 and the anode 12 are close to each other, among the peripheral edge of the cathode 11 and the peripheral edge of the anode 12, the maximum height of burrs in the remaining portion other than the portion where they are close to each other is smaller.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electrode assembly for a battery, including:
at least one cathode including a cathode current collector and a cathode active material layer formed in a predetermined area on at least one side of the cathode current collector, having a burr formed by a punching process, and formed in a predetermined shape; and
at least one anode positioned facing the cathode, including an anode current collector and an anode active material layer formed in a predetermined area on at least one side of the anode current collector, having a burr formed by a punching process, and formed in a predetermined shape,
wherein
at least one of the cathode and the anode further includes an insulation layer that is formed covering the active material layer, and
for at least one of the cathode and the anode, the maximum height of the burr in a section where a peripheral edge of the cathode and a peripheral edge of the anode of the facing cathode and anode are adjacent is smaller than the maximum height of the burr in a remaining section of the peripheral edge of the cathode and the peripheral edge of the anode other than the adjacent section.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electrode assembly according to claim 1, the cathode and the anode are facingly positioned in such a manner to have the insulation layer of at least one of the cathode and the anode between the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The electrode assembly according to claim 1, wherein
in the cathode, the cathode current collector has an extended portion extending from an area where the cathode active material layer is formed, and,
in the anode, the anode current collector has an extended portion extending from an area where the anode active material layer is formed, and
an extended portion of the cathode and an extended portion of the anode are formed at positions where the extended portions do not overlap each other when viewed from a direction in which the cathode and the anode face.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The electrode assembly according to claim 3, wherein, when the electrode assembly is viewed from a direction in which the cathode and the anode face, the peripheral edge of the cathode and the peripheral edge of the anode are adjacent at a section where the peripheral edge of the cathode and the peripheral edge of the anode cross at the extended portion of the cathode or the extended portion of the anode.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

A battery including:
the electrode assembly according to claim 1;
an electrolyte;
a packaging body for sealing the electrode assembly and the electrolyte.

### Claim 6

A method of manufacturing an electrode assembly for a battery, including:
a process of preparing a cathode including a cathode current collector and a cathode active material layer formed in a predetermined area on at least one side of the cathode current collector; and
a process of preparing an anode including an anode current collector and an anode active material layer formed in a predetermined area on at least one side of the anode current collector,
wherein
at least one of the cathode and the anode further includes an insulation layer that is formed covering the active material layer, and further including:
a process of forming the cathode in a predetermined shape by punching;
a process of forming the anode in a predetermined shape by punching; and,
a process of performing a second punching on at least one of the cathode and the anode formed in a predetermined shape in a section where a peripheral edge of the cathode and a peripheral edge of the anode are adjacent when the cathode and the anode are facingly positioned in a method in which the height of a burr is suppressed as compared with the punching; and
a process of facingly positioning the cathode and the anode after the second punching.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The method of manufacturing an electrode assembly according to claim 6, wherein the process of facingly positioning the cathode and the anode includes facingly positioning the cathode and the anode in such a manner to have the insulation layer of at least one of the cathode and the anode between the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The method of manufacturing an electrode assembly according to claim 6, wherein
the process of forming the cathode in a predetermined shape includes forming the cathode by punching in such a manner that the cathode current collector has an extended portion extending from a region where the cathode active material layer is formed, and
the process of forming an anode in a predetermined shape includes forming the anode by punching at a position where the extended portion of the cathode does not be overlapped when viewed from a direction in which the cathode and the anode face in such a manner that the anode current collector includes an extended portion extending from a region where the anode active material layer is formed.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The method of manufacturing an electrode assembly according to claim 8, the process of facingly positioning the cathode and the anode includes facingly positioning the cathode and the anode in such a manner that the cathode and the anode are adjacent at a section where the peripheral edge of the cathode and the peripheral edge of the anode cross at the extended portion of the cathode or the extended portion of the anode.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The method of manufacturing an electrode assembly according to claim 9, wherein the second punching is performed on at least one of a section adjacent to a peripheral edge of the anode of the extended portion of the cathode and a section adjacent to a peripheral edge of the cathode of the extended portion of the anode.

### Claim 11 (depends on 6)

The method of manufacturing an electrode assembly according to claim 6, wherein the second punching process includes performing punching with a clearance between a die and a punch smaller than clearances between a die and a punch in punching for forming the cathode in a predetermined shape and punching for forming the anode in a predetermined shape.

### Claim 12 (depends on 6)

The method of manufacturing an electrode assembly according to claim 6, wherein the second punching includes punching by either a vertical punching method, a counter blanking method, or a flat pressing method.