Current collector and lithium ion battery
AssigneesTsinghua University, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsJia-Ping Wang, Kai-Li Jiang, Shou-Shan Fan
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Abstract
A current collector includes a support and at least one carbon nanotube layer. The support includes two surfaces. The at least one carbon nanotube layer is located on one of the two surfaces of the support. The at least one carbon nanotube layer includes a number of uniformly distributed carbon nanotubes. A lithium ion battery includes a cathode electrode and an anode electrode. At least one of the cathode electrode and the anode electrode includes the current collector.
Claims14
A lithium ion battery comprising:
- a cathode electrode comprising a cathode current collector and a cathode material layer located on the cathode current collector;
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- an anode electrode comprising an anode current collector and an anode material layer located on the anode current collector;
- wherein at least one of the cathode current collector and the anode current collector comprises:
- a support comprising two surfaces;
- at least one carbon nanotube layer located on one of the two surfaces of the support, the at least one carbon nanotube layer comprising a plurality of uniformly distributed carbon nanotubes;
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- a conducting tab being in direct contact with the at least one carbon nanotube layer;
- wherein the support is an electrically insulating support, the conducting tab is strip-shaped, and the plurality of uniformly distributed carbon nanotubes is parallel to the two surfaces of the support and substantially aligned along a same direction perpendicular to a lengthwise direction of the conducting tab.
A current collector comprising:
- a support comprising two surfaces;
- at least one carbon nanotube layer located on one of the two surfaces of the support, the at least one carbon nanotube layer comprising at least one carbon nanotube film, the at least one carbon nanotube film comprising a plurality of uniformly distributed carbon nanotubes;
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- a conducting tab being in direct contact with the at least one carbon nanotube layer;
- wherein the conducting tab has a strip shape, the plurality of uniformly distributed carbon nanotubes are parallel to the two surfaces of the support and substantially aligned along a same direction perpendicular to a length direction of the conducting tab.
A lithium ion battery comprising:
- a cathode electrode comprising a cathode current collector and a cathode material layer located on the cathode current collector;
- and
- an anode electrode comprising an anode current collector and an anode material layer located on the anode current collector;
- wherein at least one of the cathode current collector and the anode current collector comprises:
- a support comprising two surfaces;
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- at least one carbon nanotube layer located on one of the two surfaces of the support, the at least one carbon nanotube layer comprising a plurality of uniformly distributed carbon nanotubes,
- wherein the support is an electrically insulating support, the at least one carbon nanotube layer comprises a plurality of stacked carbon nanotube films, the plurality of uniformly distributed carbon nanotubes in each of the plurality of stacked carbon nanotube films are aligned along the same direction, and the plurality of uniformly distributed carbon nanotubes in at least two of the plurality of stacked carbon nanotube films are perpendicular to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.