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Current collector for lithium ion battery

  • US 5,547,782 A
  • Filed: 03/13/1995
  • Issued: 08/20/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/02/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a lithium ion battery, having a positive electrode comprising a positive active material capable of reacting with lithium ions in discharging said battery and releasing lithium ions in charging said battery, said positive electrode having two opposing major faces, a negative electrode comprising a negative active material capable of releasing lithium ions in discharging said battery and intercalating lithium ions in charging said battery, said negative electrode having two opposing major faces, a non-aqueous electrolyte containing a lithium salt capable of ionic dissociation, a first current collector in contact with a distal major face of said positive electrode, a second current collector in contact with a distal major face of said negative electrode, and metallic electrical lead means in juxtaposed contact position with the external face of each of said current collectors, the improvement comprising that said first current collector in contact with said distal major face of said positive electrode is an electrically conductive, continuous and coherent polymer layer, said polymer layer consisting essentially of an electrically non-conductive, continuous and coherent polymer laminate having a thickness, and said continuous and coherent polymer laminate is having dispersed therein more than 35 vol. % electrically conductive particles selected from the group consisting of titanium nitride, zirconium nitride, fine carbon, carbon black and carbon fibres, said conductive particles having major and minor dimensions.

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