# US 2025/0096331 A1 · Battery and electric apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0096331 A1 - Document ID: US20250096331A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/967,587 - Filed: 2024-12-03 - Published: 2025-03-20 - Earliest claimed: 2022-11-11 - Assignees: Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Limited - Applicants: Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Limited - Inventors: Haizu Jin; Ning Chen; Dongyang Shi; Ruijing Lv; Zhi Liu; Yuzhen Wang; Baiqing Li - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250096331A1 ## CPC - H01M 10/42: Methods or arrangements for servicing or maintenance of secondary cells or secondary half-cells (H01M10/60 takes precedence) - H01M 4/364: {as mixtures} - H01M 4/386: {Silicon or alloys based on silicon} - H01M 4/483: {for non-aqueous cells (H01M4/485 takes precedence)} - H01M 4/525: of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy - H01M 4/587: for inserting or intercalating light metals - H01M 10/052: Li-accumulators - H01M 2004/021: {Physical characteristics, e.g. porosity, surface area} - H01M 2004/027: {Negative electrodes} - H01M 2004/028: {Positive electrodes} - H01M 2010/4292: {Aspects relating to capacity ratio of electrodes/electrolyte or anode/cathode} - Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries - 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 ## Abstract This application relates to a battery and an electric apparatus. A ratio of a capacity per unit area of a negative electrode of the battery to a capacity per unit area of a positive electrode of the battery is referred to as an NP ratio. The NP ratio of the battery is greater than or equal to 1.105, allowing the negative electrode potential corresponding to an upper limit of SOC of the battery to be higher than potential for crystalline phase formation, without BMS control or forced charging/discharging. This can alleviate or avoid battery memory effects, enabling maximum utilization of the capacity of the battery and improving energy efficiency of the battery. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A battery, characterized in that a ratio of a capacity per unit area of a negative electrode to a capacity per unit area of a positive electrode is an NP ratio, wherein the NP ratio of the battery is greater than or equal to 1.105. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The battery according to claim 1, characterized in that the NP ratio of the battery is greater than or equal to 1.105 and less than or equal to 1.2. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The battery according to claim 2, characterized in that a weight percentage of silicon material in negative electrode active substance of the battery is 3% to 50%; optionally, the weight percentage of silicon material in the negative electrode active substance of the battery is 3% to 25%. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The battery according to claim 1, characterized in that a coating weight per unit area of the positive electrode ranges from 6.5 mg/cm2 to 29 mg/cm2; optionally, the coating weight per unit area of the positive electrode ranges from 9 mg/cm2 to 21 mg/cm2; and/or the coating weight per unit area of the negative electrode ranges from 3.9 mg/cm2 to 16 mg/cm2; optionally, the coating weight per unit area of the negative electrode ranges from 3.9 mg/cm2 to 13 mg/cm2. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The battery according to claim 1, characterized in that a capacity per gram of the positive electrode active substance ranges from 130 mAh/g to 230 mAh/g; optionally, the capacity per gram of the positive electrode active substance ranges from 150 mAh/g to 218 mAh/g; and/or a capacity per gram of the negative electrode active substance ranges from 340 mAh/g to 800 mAh/g; optionally, the capacity per gram of the negative electrode active substance ranges from 360 mAh/g to 700 mAh/g. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The battery according to claim 5, characterized in that the positive electrode active substance is capable of deintercalating and intercalating lithium ions; optionally, the positive electrode active substance comprises: one or more of lithium cobalt oxide, lithium nickel oxide, lithium manganese oxide, lithium nickel manganese oxide, lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide, and lithium nickel cobalt aluminum oxide; and a compound derived from transition metal or non-transition metal; further optionally, the positive electrode active substance comprises a nickel cobalt manganese ternary material. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The battery according to claim 5, characterized in that the negative electrode active substance comprises a silicon material and a carbon material; wherein the silicon material comprises elemental silicon and/or a silicon-containing compound; and/or the carbon material comprises at least one of natural graphite, synthetic graphite, mesocarbon microbeads, hard carbon, and soft carbon. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The battery according to claim 7, characterized in that the silicon-containing compound is at least one of SiOx and silicon carbon, wherein 0≤x<2; and/or the carbon material comprises natural graphite and synthetic graphite. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The battery according to claim 5, characterized in that a proportion of the positive electrode active substance in the positive electrode material layer ranges from 90% to 99%; optionally, the proportion of the positive electrode active substance in the positive electrode material layer ranges from 95% to 98%; and/or a proportion of the negative electrode active substance in the negative electrode material layer ranges from 90% to 99%; optionally, the proportion of the negative electrode active substance in the negative electrode material layer ranges from 92% to 97%. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) An electric apparatus, characterized by comprising the battery according to claim 1.