Wound battery and method for making it
First Claim
1. A lithium battery comprising:
- a flexible multilayer strip defining orthogonal width and length dimensions, said strip being tightly wound around an axis oriented parallel to the width of said strip, said strip including;
a flexible plastic substrate defining first and second parallel surfaces;
a positive electrode conductive layer formed on said substrate first surface continuously extending along the length of said substrate;
a negative electrode conductive layer formed on said substrate second surface continuously extending along the length of said substrate;
a positive active material layer carried by and continuously extending along the length of said positive electrode layer, said positive active material layer including a lithium metal oxide;
a negative active material layer carried by and continuously extending along the length of said negative electrode layer; and
a separator layer formed on and continuously extending along the length of at least one of said active material layers for separating said positive and negative active material layers when said strip is tightly wound.
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Abstract
A lithium battery made with a bipolar polyimide membrane with metal layers on each side, including one embodiment where the polyimide has a gold layer on each side. Different formulations for the positive electrode active material are used. The positive electrode active materials are essentially three substances: first, a lithium compound selected from the group consisting of LiCoO2, LiNiO2, and LiMn2O4; second, a powder selected from the group consisting of AB (acetylene black powder) and graphite; and third, PVDF (polyvinyldifluoride). The negative electrode active material consists essentially of two substances: the first is graphite powder; the second is PVDF (polyvinyldifluoride). The positive electrode metals include gold and aluminum. The negative electrode materials include gold, copper, nickel, titanium and iron. A separator layer of polyethylene is used so the battery layers can be wound. Because of the strength of the polyimide, the battery can be tightly wound. The energy density of the battery is about 300 Watt-hours per cubic centimeter.
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1. A lithium battery comprising:
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a flexible multilayer strip defining orthogonal width and length dimensions, said strip being tightly wound around an axis oriented parallel to the width of said strip, said strip including;
a flexible plastic substrate defining first and second parallel surfaces;
a positive electrode conductive layer formed on said substrate first surface continuously extending along the length of said substrate;
a negative electrode conductive layer formed on said substrate second surface continuously extending along the length of said substrate;
a positive active material layer carried by and continuously extending along the length of said positive electrode layer, said positive active material layer including a lithium metal oxide;
a negative active material layer carried by and continuously extending along the length of said negative electrode layer; and
a separator layer formed on and continuously extending along the length of at least one of said active material layers for separating said positive and negative active material layers when said strip is tightly wound. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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