The present application relates to the technical field of
lithium battery
current collector, in particular to a novel extremely thin
copper foil and a preparation method thereof, which adopts a mixed
copper foil layer, realizes atomic level deposition through pulse
electron beam
sputtering, can quickly diffuse to form a dense film, and can control the
molar ratio of amorphous
copper and nanocrystalline copper of the mixed
copper foil layer to be 6-6.5:3.5-4, and the thickness of the mixed
copper foil layer is 1.8-2.5 μm. The amorphous copper has high strength due to no
grain boundary defects, the nanocrystalline copper improves the strength through
grain boundary strengthening effect and meanwhile retains certain
ductility, realizes the balance of strength and
plasticity, makes the elongation rate reach 8%-12% and the tensile strength reach 290-320 MPa, is superior to the traditional 6 μm
copper foil, the thickness is reduced by 60%-70%, the copper consumption is significantly reduced, the copper material cost is reduced, the battery volume
energy density can be increased by about 3%-5% per 1 μm reduction of the copper foil thickness. The thickness of 1.8-2.5 μm can make the
energy density increase by 12%-18%, and meet the high endurance requirement.