Stacking-typed secondary battery providing two or more operation voltages

• US 8,119,274 B2
• Filed: 06/05/2007
• Issued: 02/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Energy Solution Limited (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Chem Limited (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Park, Hey Woong, Hong, Seungtaek, Hwang, Ra Young, Yu, Jisang, Namgoong, John E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Cantelmo, Gregg
• Application Number:
  US12/308,318
• Publication Number:
  US 20100190081A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,722 Days
• Field of Search: 429/152, 429/153
• US Class Current: 429/152
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/0413 Large-sized flat cells or batteries for motive or stationary systems with plate-like electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/0418 with bipolar electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/51 Connection only in series
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 70/50 Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product

Abstract

Provided is a stacked-type secondary battery comprising a battery cell formed by stacking a plurality of full cells having a structure of cathode/separator/anode or bicells having a structure of cathode(anode)/separator/anode(cathode)/separator/cathode(anode), as a unit electrode assembly, wherein a cathode active material and/or an anode active material in two or more unit electrode assemblies are configured to have a different composition to induce a voltage difference and separate electrode terminals are installed in a battery case according to the voltage difference to thereby simultaneously provide two or more voltages by a single battery.

Claims

1. A lithium secondary battery comprising a battery cell formed by stacking:

1) a plurality of full cells having a structure of cathode/separator/anode, or

     2) a plurality of bicells having a structure of cathode/separator/anode/separator/cathode or anode/separator/cathode/separator/anode, as unit electrode assemblies;

wherein (i) a cathode active material or (ii) an anode active material or (iii) a cathode active material, and an anode active material in two or more of the unit electrode assemblies are configured to have a different composition to induce a voltage difference and separate electrode terminals are installed in a battery case according to the voltage difference to thereby simultaneously provide two or more voltages by a single battery.

2. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein the battery cell comprises two full cells each having a different composition of an active material.

3. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein the battery cell comprises a combination of two bicells each having a different composition of an active material.

4. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein the voltage difference is set within the range of 3.35 to 3.95 V.

5. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein the cathode active materials is selected from active materials having a potential difference of 3.4 to 4.0 V relative to lithium.

6. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein the anode active material is selected from active materials having a potential difference of 0 to 1.6 V relative to lithium.

7. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein the battery cell comprises first and second unit electrode assemblies, wherein cathode and anode terminals of the first unit electrode assembly are installed on a top of the battery case, and cathode and anode terminals of the second unit electrode assembly are installed on a bottom of the battery case, wherein the top and the bottom are opposite ends of the battery case.

8. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 7, wherein the battery cell further comprises third and fourth unit electrode assemblies,

wherein cathode and anode terminals of the third and the fourth unit electrode assemblies are additionally installed on respective lateral sides of the battery case.

9. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein the battery cell comprises first and second unit electrode assemblies, respective cathode terminals of the first and second unit electrode assemblies are installed in a spaced state from one another on a top of the battery case, and respective anode terminals of the first and second unit electrode assemblies are installed in a spaced state from one another on a bottom of the battery case, wherein the top and the bottom are opposite ends of the battery case.