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CA2482864A1
CA2482864A1 CA002482864A CA2482864A CA2482864A1 CA 2482864 A1 CA2482864 A1 CA 2482864A1 CA 002482864 A CA002482864 A CA 002482864A CA 2482864 A CA2482864 A CA 2482864A CA 2482864 A1 CA2482864 A1 CA 2482864A1
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Jacques Beauchamp
Felix Carrier
Nicolas Cyr
Richard Laliberte
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01MPROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M10/00Secondary cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M10/05Accumulators with non-aqueous electrolyte
    • H01M10/058Construction or manufacture
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01MPROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M50/00Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the non-active parts of electrochemical cells other than fuel cells, e.g. hybrid cells
    • H01M50/50Current conducting connections for cells or batteries
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01MPROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M50/00Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the non-active parts of electrochemical cells other than fuel cells, e.g. hybrid cells
    • H01M50/50Current conducting connections for cells or batteries
    • H01M50/543Terminals
    • H01M50/547Terminals characterised by the disposition of the terminals on the cells
    • H01M50/548Terminals characterised by the disposition of the terminals on the cells on opposite sides of the cell
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01MPROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M50/00Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the non-active parts of electrochemical cells other than fuel cells, e.g. hybrid cells
    • H01M50/50Current conducting connections for cells or batteries
    • H01M50/543Terminals
    • H01M50/552Terminals characterised by their shape
    • H01M50/553Terminals adapted for prismatic, pouch or rectangular cells
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01MPROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M50/00Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the non-active parts of electrochemical cells other than fuel cells, e.g. hybrid cells
    • H01M50/50Current conducting connections for cells or batteries
    • H01M50/543Terminals
    • H01M50/562Terminals characterised by the material
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02EREDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E60/00Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
    • Y02E60/10Energy storage using batteries
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02PCLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
    • Y02P70/00Climate change mitigation technologies in the production process for final industrial or consumer products
    • Y02P70/50Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product

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Abstract

The invention provides an EC bundle having a plurality of cells. In turn, ea ch cell respectively comprises: a pair of sheet-like electrodes; electrolyte interposed between the electrodes; and a sheet-like current collecting element. The sheet-like current collecting element, which includes a pair of generally opposite main faces, projects from at least one of the sheet-like electrodes and is electrically connected thereto. Moreover, the plurality of cells are arranged into a stack such that their respective sheet-like curren t collecting elements are in a side-by-side relationship with their main faces generally facing one another. The EC bundle further comprises a current collecting terminal featuring apart relationship which define a recess which receives the sheet-like current collecting elements and which establishes an electrical connection with them. The arms of the current collecting terminal overlap at least a portion of a main face of one of the sheet-like current collecting elements.

Claims (25)

1. An electrochemical (EC) bundle, comprising:
- a plurality of cells, each cell comprising:
a) a pair of sheet-like electrodes;
b) electrolyte between said electrodes;
c) a sheet-like current collecting element projecting from at least one of said sheet-like electrodes and electrically connected to said at least one of said sheet-like electrodes, said current collecting element having a pair of generally opposite main faxes;
- said plurality of cells being arranged into a stack such that the sheet-like current collecting elements of the respective cells are side-by-side with the main faces of the respective sheet-like current collecting elements facing one another;
- a current collecting terminal having a pair of arms in a spaced apart relationship defining therebetween a recess which receives the sheet-like current collecting elements;
- each of said arms overlapping at least a portion of a main face of one of said sheet-like current collecting element; and - said current collecting elements being electrically connected to said current collecting terminal.
2. An EC bundle as defined in claim l, wherein said sheet-like current collecting elements are electrically connected to one another via their main faces.
3. An EC bundle as defined in claim 2, wherein the main faces of said sheet-like current collecting elements are in physical contact with one another in said recess.
4. An EC bundle as defined in claim 3 wherein the sheet-like current collecting element projecting from the at least one of the sheet-like electrodes of each cell overlaps the at least one of the sheet-like electrodes.
5. An EC bundle as defined in claim 4, wherein said arms diverge from one another.
6. An EC bundle as defined in claim 4, wherein said current collecting terminal is made of ductile metallic material mechanically crimped on said sheet-like collecting elements.
7. An EC bundle as defined in claim 4, wherein said current collecting terminal is welded to said sheet-like collecting elements.
8. An EC bundle as defined in claim 4, wherein said arms are of unequal length, one of said arms being longer than the other of said arms.
9. An EC bundle as defined in claim 4, wherein the at least one sheet-like electrode is either one of an anode and a cathode.
10. An EC bundle as defined in claim 6, wherein said metallic material is selected in the group consisting of copper, brass, gold, silver, aluminum,, and alloys thereof .
11. An energy storage device comprising at least a pair of EC bundles as defined in claim 8, said pair of EC bundles being arranged side-by-side such that the arm longer than the other of said arms of each EC bundle face one another and are in electrical contact with one another.
12. An EC bundle as defined in claim 1, wherein said pair of sheet-like electrodes include an anode and a cathode, said sheet-like current collecting element projecting from said cathode and being electrically connected to said cathode.
13. An EC bundle as defined in claim 12, wherein said cathode comprises an electrochemically active material selected from the group consisting of : LixVyOz ; LiCoO2 ;
LixMnyOz ; LiNiO2 ; LiFePO4 ; VxOy ; MnyOz ; Fe (PO4) 3 and LixTiyOz.
14. An EC bundle as defined in claim 13, wherein said anode includes a lithium or lithium alloy metallic sheet acting both as a cation source and as a current collecting element.
15. An EC bundle as defined in claim 12, wherein said current collecting element includes aluminum and a protective layer having an electronic conductive element.
16. An EC bundle as defined in claim 15, wherein said electrolyte is solid.
17. A method for fabricating an EC bundle, said method comprising:
- providing a plurality of cells, each cell comprising:
a) a pair of sheet-like electrodes;
b) an electrolyte interposed between said electrodes;
c) a sheet-like current collecting element projecting from at least one of said sheet-like electrodes, said current collecting element having a pair of generally opposite main faces;
- arranging the plurality of cells into a stack such that the sheet-like current collecting elements of the respective cells are side-by-side with the main faces of the respective sheet-like current collecting elements facing one another;
- applying a current collecting terminal on the sheet-like current collecting elements, said current collecting terminal having a pair of arms in a spaced apart relationship defining therebetween a recess which receives the sheet-like current collecting elements;
- each of said arms overlapping at least a portion of a main face of one of said sheet-like current collecting element; and - said current collecting elements being electrically connected to said current collecting terminal.
18. A method for fabricating an EC bundle as defined in claim 17, wherein said sheet-like current collecting elements are electrically connected to one another via their main faces.
19. A method for fabricating an EC bundle as defined in claim 18, wherein the main faces of said sheet-like current collecting elements are in physical contact with one another in said recess.
20. A method for fabricating an EC bundle as defined in claim 17, wherein said current collecting terminal is made of ductile metallic material and is mechanically crimped on said sheet-like current collecting elements.
21. A method for fabricating an EC bundle as defined in claim 20, wherein said current collecting terminal assumes a bent shape.
22. A method for fabricating an EC bundle as defined in claim 20, wherein said metallic material is selected from the group consisting of copper, brass, gold, silver, aluminum, and alloys thereof.
23. A method for fabricating an EC bundle as defined in claim 20, wherein said arms are of unequal length, one of said arms being longer than the other of said arms.
24. An energy storage device as defined in claim 11 wherein the arm longer than the other of said arms of each said current collecting terminal is folded.
25. An energy storage device as defined in claim 24 wherein the folded arm of each said current collecting terminals are arranged side by side and are in electrical contact with an adjacent folded arm of an adjacent current collecting terminal such that a stack of EC
bundles is connected in series through the folded arms of said current collecting terminal.
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Cited By (1)

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WO2007068120A1 (en) * 2005-12-14 2007-06-21 Avestor Limited Partnership Electrochemical battery and method for making same

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WO2007068120A1 (en) * 2005-12-14 2007-06-21 Avestor Limited Partnership Electrochemical battery and method for making same
EP1961058A4 (en) * 2005-12-14 2010-07-07 Avestor Ltd Partnership ELECTROCHEMICAL BATTERY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR
US8142523B2 (en) 2005-12-14 2012-03-27 Bathium Canada Inc. Electrochemical battery and method for making same

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