JP5803713B2 - Power storage device and vehicle - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a chargeable / dischargeable power storage device and a vehicle.

  As is well known, rechargeable secondary batteries can be used repeatedly, and are therefore widely used in various devices and apparatuses. In the field of vehicles, the use of fossil fuels (reduction of carbon dioxide emissions) is required, so vehicles that use this type of secondary battery as a motor power source, so-called hybrid vehicles and EV vehicles (Electric Vehicle vehicles) ) And so on. In such a secondary battery, charging and discharging with a large current and an increase in battery capacity are required. For example, lithium ion secondary batteries are mass-produced as products.

  As shown in FIG. 11, in this type of secondary battery 81, a sheet-like positive electrode 82 and a negative electrode 83 are stacked and formed in a plurality of layers, and a separator 84 is interposed between the positive electrode 82 and the negative electrode 83. . Each of the positive and negative electrodes is an electrode layer in which an active material layer 86 is applied (sandwiched) on both sides of a metal foil 85. In each of the positive and negative electrodes, a portion of the edge of the foil 85, that is, an uncoated portion 87 is drawn out at the same polarity, and a terminal member 89 such as an electrode terminal or a lead is provided on a current collecting portion 88 formed by collecting them. It is attached by welding or the like (see Patent Document 1).

JP 2009-087728 A

  However, since the current collector 88 is a part formed by bundling the foil 85 in the thickness direction of the electrode, the foil 85 on the side closer to the bundling position is longer than the foil 85 on the side closer to the bundling position. It jumps out in the direction and causes the foil 85 not to be aligned in the current collector 88. Therefore, there is a problem that the difference in the protruding length occurs in the end face shift portion 90, which becomes a dead space 91 in component placement. Since such a dead space 91 becomes a useless space that does not function as an electrode, there is a concern that the energy density of the secondary battery will be adversely affected, and that downsizing of the device may be hindered.

  Further, since the foil 85 is a thin film, when the terminal member 89 is attached to the current collector 88, if the corner portion of the terminal member 89 is caught by the foil 85, the foil 85 is torn or bent. It was. Therefore, it is necessary to take measures against damage to the foil 85 when the terminal member 89 is attached to the current collector 88.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a power storage device that can eliminate a dead space in a direction intersecting with the stacking direction of the electrode body and can hardly cause damage to the base material when the terminal member is attached to the current collector. To provide a vehicle.

In order to solve the above problems, in claim 1, the active material is formed on an active material, a coating portion in which the active material is coated on a base material, and an end portion of the base material. A power storage device comprising a positive and negative electrode having an uncoated portion and a separator that insulates between the positive and negative electrodes, and an electrode body in which the coated portion and the separator are laminated in layers. A plurality of uncoated parts are bundled together and a converging part extending in a direction away from the electrode body, and an end of the converging part on the side away from the electrode body is uncoated. A current collecting group having a folded portion in which the portion is folded, a housing portion that forms a groove that houses the folded portion, and a curved portion that curves from the housing portion toward the electrode body side with the electrode body side convex. and a terminal member, the terminal member, the inner and at least the housing part Outside the serial bend and gist to be joined to the current collector group.

  According to the configuration of the present invention, the end face shift portion at the tip of the current collecting group is bent and accommodated in the storage portion of the terminal member, so that dead space due to the end face shift portion can be suppressed. Moreover, even if a terminal member contacts a base material, when a terminal member is attached to a current collection part, a base material will be protected if it contacts in a curved part. For this reason, it becomes possible to achieve both suppression of dead space in the direction intersecting with the stacking direction of the electrode bodies and prevention of damage to the base material when the terminal member is attached to the current collector.

  In a second aspect of the present invention, the gist of the invention according to the first aspect is that the terminal member is accommodated within a stacking thickness range in the stacking direction of the electrode bodies. According to this configuration, the bent terminal member does not have to jump out in the electrode stacking direction, so that no dead space occurs in the electrode stacking direction.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the invention described in the first or second aspect, the folded portion and the accommodating portion are formed by caulking. According to this configuration, the folded portion and the accommodating portion can be easily formed by caulking.
In Claim 4, in the invention according to any one of Claims 1 to 3, the plurality of uncoated parts are gathered and bundled at one position in the stacking direction of the electrode bodies. It is a summary.

A fifth aspect of the invention is a vehicle including the power storage device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the dead space of the direction which cross | intersects the lamination direction of an electrode body can be eliminated, and the damage of the base material at the time of attaching a terminal member to a current collection part can also be made hard to produce.

The disassembled perspective view of the secondary battery of one Embodiment. The perspective view which shows the external appearance of a secondary battery. The disassembled perspective view which shows the component of an electrode body. (A) is a front view of a lead, (b) is a side view of a lead. Explanatory drawing which shows a mode that the uncoated part of foil is bundled on one side. Explanatory drawing which shows a mode that a plate-shaped lead is welded to a current collection part. Explanatory drawing which shows the state which bent the lead after welding. Explanatory drawing which shows the state which folded the lead | read | reed with the current collection part. The perspective view which shows the external appearance of the electrode body of another example. The partial expanded sectional view which shows the bending structure of the lead of another example. Sectional drawing showing the end surface gap part which arises in the conventional current collection part.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a power storage device and a vehicle embodying the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, for example, in a vehicle 1 (shown in FIG. 2) such as a hybrid vehicle or an EV vehicle, a secondary battery 2 is mounted as a power source of a motor used as a drive source of the vehicle 1. . For example, a metal case 3 is provided in the secondary battery 2, and an electrode body 5, which is a power generation element, is accommodated inside the case body 4. The upper opening 4 a of the case body 4 is closed by a metal plate-like case lid 6.

  On the upper surface of the secondary battery 2, a positive electrode terminal 7 that is a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal 8 that is a negative electrode terminal are provided. The positive electrode terminal 7 and the negative electrode terminal 8 are exposed to the outside of the case 3 through the opening 6 a (shown in FIG. 1) of the case lid 6. Ring-shaped insulating members 9 that insulate the positive terminal 7 and the negative terminal 8 from the case 3 are attached between the positive terminal 7 and the negative terminal 8 and the case lid 6.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the electrode body 5 includes a thin positive electrode sheet 10 serving as a positive electrode, a thin negative electrode sheet 11 serving as a negative electrode, and a separator 12 interposed between the positive electrode sheet 10 and the negative electrode sheet 11. And an assembly having a plurality of layers (layers). Thus, the electrode body 5 of the present embodiment has a laminated structure in which the sheet group of the positive electrode sheet 10, the negative electrode sheet 11, and the separator 12 is laminated in a certain direction (stacking direction: Y-axis direction in FIG. 1 and the like). Take. In addition, it is also possible to put electrolyte solution between each layer. The positive electrode sheet 10 and the negative electrode sheet 11 are actually made of very thin film members. Then, several tens of these are laminated, and the interval between the adjacent separators 12 is set to about 100 to 160 μm. The positive electrode sheet 10 corresponds to the positive electrode, and the negative electrode sheet 11 corresponds to the negative electrode.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a positive electrode active material layer 14 is applied to both surfaces of a metal sheet-like foil 13 on both surfaces of the positive electrode sheet 10, and this portion is formed as a coating portion 15. A part of the foil 13 is drawn out as a tab on a part of the periphery of the positive electrode sheet 10, and this part is formed as an uncoated part 16 where the positive electrode active material layer 14 is not applied. On both surfaces of the negative electrode sheet 11, a negative electrode active material layer 18 is applied on both surfaces of a metal sheet-like foil 17, and a coated portion 19 and an uncoated portion 20 are formed in the same manner as the positive electrode sheet 10. The foils 13 and 17 correspond to the base material.

  As shown in FIG. 1, each of the positive electrode sheet 10 and the negative electrode sheet 11 is formed by bundling uncoated parts 16 and 20 having the same polarity in the stacking direction Y (see FIG. 5), respectively. , 22 are formed. In this example, the positive electrode side is the positive electrode current collector 21, and the negative electrode side is the negative electrode current collector 22. The current collectors 21 and 22 are arranged at positions close to the ends on the same surface (the upper surface in this example) of the electrode body 5. Therefore, the electrode body 5 of this example has a shape in which a pair of the positive electrode current collector part 21 and the negative electrode current collector part 22 protrude in a tab shape from one side (upper side) of the electrode pair 23 which is the main body part of the electrode body 5. ing. The uncoated part 16 drawn out from the positive electrode current collector 21 corresponds to the current collector group.

  As shown in FIG. 6, an end face misalignment portion (the positive electrode side is Ka) in which the protruding length of the foil 13 is sequentially reduced occurs in the uncoated portion 16 of the positive electrode current collector portion 21. This is because the length of each foil 13 of the uncoated portion 16 is originally the same, but the tip position is different due to the difference in the arrangement path caused by bundling. Since the uncoated portion 16 does not line up with the same length, the end face shift portion Ka becomes a portion where resistance welding cannot be performed. Further, the end face deviation portion Ka also becomes a dead space (the positive electrode side is S1) in the height direction of the electrode body 5 (Z-axis direction in FIG. 1 and the like). Although not shown, the negative electrode current collector 22 also has an end face misalignment Kb at the tip of the uncoated part 20 as well as the positive electrode current collector 21, and this occurs as a dead space S2.

  As shown in FIG. 1, metal leads 25 and 26 having L-shaped cross sections are attached and fixed to the current collectors 21 and 22. In this example, the positive electrode side is the positive electrode lead 25 and the negative electrode side is the negative electrode lead 26. The leads 25 and 26 of this example can be bent in order to eliminate the dead spaces S1 and S2, and are housed in a state where the current collecting portions 21 and 22 are bent inside by being bent. The positive electrode lead 25 and the negative electrode lead 26 constitute a terminal member.

  FIG. 4A shows a front view of the leads 25 and 26, and FIG. 4B shows a side view thereof. As shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the positive electrode lead 25 has a protective portion 27 that protects the foil 13 from damage, a current collector mounting portion 28 that is a mounting location of the positive electrode current collecting portion 21, A bent portion 29 that can be bent in a direction facing the current collector mounting portion 28 and an electrode terminal mounting portion 30 that is an electrode terminal mounting portion are provided. These are integrally formed in the positive electrode lead 25.

  The protection part 27 is formed in an R shape by curving the end part of the positive electrode lead 25. The protective part 27 is for preventing the foil 13 from being damaged even if it contacts the foil 13 when the positive electrode lead 25 is attached to the positive electrode current collecting part 21, and is a positive electrode in which the uncoated parts 16 are bundled. The current collector 21 is supported at the base portion. When attaching the positive electrode lead 25 to the positive electrode current collector 21, the group of uncoated parts 16... Can be guided closer to the end by the R surface of the protective part 27. The protection part 27 corresponds to a bending part.

  The current collector mounting portion 28 has a plate shape and is arranged in parallel with the upper surface of the electrode pair 23. A positive electrode current collector 21 is fixed to the current collector mounting portion 28 by resistance welding or the like. In the group of uncoated portions 16..., The resistance welded portion becomes a welded portion 32 and is firmly fixed to the positive electrode lead 25. As shown in FIG. 4, a welding spot 31 for resistance welding may be formed on the current collector mounting portion 28. As shown in FIG. 6, the positive electrode lead 25 is welded to the positive electrode current collector 21 by pressing the welding electrodes 34 and 35 from both sides.

  When the bent portion 29 is bent about 180 degrees inward (first-stage bending shown in FIG. 7), the end-face misalignment portion Ka is folded back to the base side of the positive electrode current collector 21, thereby eliminating the dead space S1. It is a member. Further, if the bent portion 29 is caulked, the contact area between the positive electrode current collector 21 and the positive electrode lead 25 increases.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the positive electrode current collector 21 has a converging part 36 in which uncoated parts 16 are bundled and extended in a direction away from and separated from the electrode body 5 (electrode pair 23), and a converging part. On the side away from the electrode body 5 of 36, a folded portion 37 is formed by folding the uncoated portion 16. The convergence portion 36 refers to a place where the folded uncoated portions 16 are in contact with each other. The folded portion 37 refers to a folded portion of the positive current collector 21 at the tip of the positive current collector 21.

  Further, the positive electrode lead 25 is provided with a housing portion 38 that forms a groove for housing the folded portion 37. Therefore, the positive electrode lead 25 has the protection part 27 on the electrode body 5 side from the accommodation part 38 in the shape of FIG. 7, and the accommodation part 38 on the opposite side. The positive electrode lead 25 is joined (abutted) to the positive electrode current collector 21 at least in the protection part 27 and the housing part 38.

  The positive lead 25 is formed of a substantially flat plate material as shown in FIG. 6, and the bent portion 29 is bent between the root 39 and the bent portion 29 (first stage bending) as shown in FIG. As shown in Fig. 8, the base 33 of the positive current collector 21 is further folded back (left-hand side of FIG. 8) (second-stage bending) to be attached to the positive current collector 21. As shown in FIG. 8, the positive electrode lead 25 is formed to a length that allows the member group of the current collector mounting portion 28 and the bent portion 29 to fall within the thickness range W in the stacking direction Y (within the stack thickness range) after rotation. ing.

  Further, the set of the positive electrode current collector 21 and the positive electrode lead 25 and the set of the negative electrode current collector 22 and the negative electrode lead 26 are symmetrical in the length direction of the electrode body 5 (X-axis direction in FIG. 1 and the like). Is arranged. Since the negative electrode lead 26 has basically the same shape and mounting structure as the positive electrode lead 25, the description of the shape and mounting structure of the negative electrode lead 26 is omitted with the description of the positive electrode lead 25.

According to the configuration of the present embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.
(1) The plate-like leads 25 and 26 are welded to the current collectors 21 and 22, the leads 25 and 26 are bent together with the end face shift parts Ka and Kb by the first stage bending, and the end face shift parts Ka and Kb are lead. They are housed inside 25 and 26 (state shown in FIG. 7). Therefore, the dead spaces S1 and S2 in the height direction Z of the electrode body 5 can be eliminated.

  (2) Since the ends of the leads 25 and 26 are R-shaped (protecting portion 27), the leads 25 and 26 are in contact with the foils 13 and 17 when the leads 25 and 26 are attached to the current collecting portions 21 and 22. Even in this case, the foils 13 and 17 are protected from damage by this R shape. For this reason, it is possible to achieve both suppression of dead spaces S1 and S2 in the height direction Z of the electrode body 5 and prevention of damage to the foils 13 and 17 when the leads 25 and 26 are attached to the current collectors 21 and 22. it can.

  (3) After the first stage bending, the leads 25 and 26 and the current collecting parts 21 and 22 are bent together with the current collecting parts 21 and 22 by the second stage bending at the root part 33. The electrode body 5 is accommodated on the upper surface. For this reason, the dead spaces S1 and S2 can be further reduced.

  (4) As shown in FIG. 8, the components of the leads 25 and 26 and the current collectors 21 and 22 bent by the second stage bending are arranged in the thickness range W of the electrode body 5 in the stacking direction Y. The For this reason, since the bent leads 25 and 26 do not have to jump out of the electrode body 5 in the stacking direction Y, no dead space is generated in the stacking direction Y.

  (5) Since the protective portion 27 has an R shape, the protective portion 27 can be provided simply by bending the ends of the leads 25 and 26. Therefore, the protection part 27 can be formed easily.

  (6) When the uncoated portions 16 and 20 are bundled, they are gathered and arranged at a position near the end in the stacking direction Y. For this reason, since the width of the leads 25 and 26 in the stacking direction Y can be increased, the electrode body 5 in which the area of the terminal contact portion is proportional to the magnitude of the current contributes to charging and discharging of a large current.

  (7) After preparing the plate-like leads 25 and 26 and welding the leads 25 and 26 to the current collectors 21 and 22, the leads 25 and 26 and the current collectors 21 and 22 are bent, whereby the leads 25 and 26 Are attached to the current collectors 21 and 22. Therefore, the leads 25 and 26 can be attached to the current collectors 21 and 22 by a simple manufacturing process of welding and bending the plate-like leads 25 and 26 to the current collectors 21 and 22.

  (8) As shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 7, when the bent leads 25 and 26 are caulked further inward, the welded portion 32 can be strongly pressed by the bent portion 29, so that the welded portion 32 can be protected. Further, when crimped, the contact area between the leads 25 and 26 and the current collectors 21 and 22 increases, which leads to resistance reduction and the like.

  (9) Since the positive electrode current collector 21 is formed by bundling the uncoated portion 16 at one location in the positive electrode, and the positive electrode lead 25 is resistance welded to this location, the positive electrode lead 25 and the positive electrode current collector 21 are It can be welded by pressing strongly with the welding electrodes 34 and 35. Therefore, since it is possible to perform welding with a sufficient load, the positive electrode lead 25 can be firmly fixed to the positive electrode current collector 21. This is also true on the negative electrode side.

Note that the embodiment is not limited to the configuration described so far, and may be modified as follows.
As shown in FIG. 9, the set of the positive electrode current collector 21 and the positive electrode lead 25 and the set of the negative electrode current collector 22 and the negative electrode lead 26 may be arranged rotationally symmetrically.

  In the second stage of bending, as shown in FIG. 10, the leads 25 and 26 and the current collectors 21 and 22 may be housed inside by bending the leads 25 and 26 themselves. That is, the bending position can be appropriately changed during the second stage bending.

-The positive electrode current collection part 21 is not limited to one, For example, multiple may be sufficient and these may be electrically connected by one or several lead | read | reeds. The same can be said for the negative electrode current collector 22.
The electrode terminals (the positive terminal 7 and the negative terminal 8) are not limited to being attached to the upper surface of the electrode terminal attachment portion 30 of the leads 25 and 26, and may be attached to the lower surface.

The positive electrode terminal 7 and the negative electrode terminal 8 are not limited to being arranged on the same side of the electrode pair 23, and may be arranged on different sides.
-A welding location may be any location as long as the uncoated portions 16 and 20 are bundled.

-Various types of welding such as spot welding, butt welding, and projection welding can be used for resistance welding. Further, the welding is not limited to resistance welding, and other methods can be adopted.
The joining of the leads 25 and 26 and the current collectors 21 and 22 is not limited to welding, and other methods such as adhesion and welding can be employed.

The leads 25 and 26 are not limited to the shapes described in the embodiment, and can be changed to other shapes.
The current collectors 21 and 22 are not limited to being gathered at positions closer to the ends in the stacking direction Y, and may be arranged at the center position in the stacking direction Y, for example.

The bent shape of the leads 25 and 26 is not limited to the shape described in the embodiment, and can be appropriately changed to other shapes.
The arrangement position of the current collectors 21 and 22 is not limited to the upper surface of the electrode pair 23 but can be changed to a side surface or a lower surface.

-A positive electrode and a negative electrode are not limited to a sheet-like member, For example, you may use the plate-shaped member with predetermined amount thickness.
-The raw material of the positive electrode sheet 10, the negative electrode sheet 11, and the separator 12 can be changed suitably.

-The protection part 27 is not limited to R shape, For example, you may change into other shapes, such as a spherical shape.
-Since the protection part 27 should just be a member which protects the foils 13 and 17 from damage, the formation position and shape can be suitably changed according to the objective.

The terminal member is not limited to the leads 25 and 26, and may be an electrode terminal itself.
-The electrode body 5 is not limited to a laminated structure, It is good also as a winding structure which winds a sheet-like electrode pair in many layers, and has a positive / negative electrode layer.

-Both the first stage bending and the second stage bending are not necessary, and at least the first stage bending may be performed.
The power storage device is not limited to a secondary battery, and may be an electric double layer capacitor using a nonaqueous electrolyte capacitor (nonaqueous electrolyte capacitor), for example.

  The electrode body 5 is not limited to being mounted on the vehicle 1 and can be mounted on other devices and apparatuses.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Vehicle, 2 ... Secondary battery (battery), 5 ... Electrode body, 10 ... Positive electrode sheet as a positive electrode, 11 ... Negative electrode sheet as a negative electrode, 12 ... Separator, 13, 17 ... Foil as a base material, 14 ... Positive electrode active material layer, 15, 19 ... coated portion, 16, 20 ... uncoated portion, 18 ... negative electrode active material layer, 21 ... positive electrode current collector, 22 ... negative electrode current collector, 23 ... electrode pair, 24 ... Positive electrode lead constituting the terminal member, 25... Negative electrode lead constituting the terminal member, 27... Protecting portion as a curved portion, 29 .. bent portion, 32 .. weld portion, 36 .. converging portion, 37. Part, 51 ... power storage device, 52, 53 ... electrode, 54 ... separator, 55 ... electrolyte, Ka, Kb ... end face misalignment, Y ... stacking direction, W ... thickness range in stacking direction.

Claims (5)

A positive and negative electrode having an active material, a coated portion where the active material is coated on a base material, and an uncoated portion which is formed at an end portion of the base material and where the active material is not coated; ,
A separator that insulates between the positive and negative electrodes,
A power storage device comprising an electrode body in which the coating part and the separator are laminated in layers,
A converging portion in which a plurality of the uncoated portions are bundled and extended in a direction away from the electrode body, and the uncoated portion is folded back at an end portion of the converging portion on the side away from the electrode body. A current collecting group having a folded portion;
A terminal member having a housing portion that forms a groove that houses the folded portion, and a curved portion that curves from the housing portion toward the electrode body side with the electrode body side convex.
The power storage device, wherein the terminal member is joined to the current collecting group at least inside the housing portion and outside the bending portion. The power storage device according to claim 1, wherein the terminal member is housed in a stacking thickness range in the stacking direction of the electrode bodies. The power storage device according to claim 1, wherein the folded portion and the housing portion are formed by caulking.   The power storage device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of uncoated portions are bundled together at a position on one side in the stacking direction of the electrode bodies. . A vehicle comprising the power storage device according to claim 1 .