The invention discloses a tab material of a flexible-packaging
lithium battery as well as an
electroplating method and an application method thereof, wherein the tab material and the application method thereof are suitable for preparing an
anode tab and a
cathode tab of the flexible-packaging
lithium battery and
welding a circuit board. For the tab material, an SUS430 stainless steel band, a
copper band, an aluminum band, a
nickel band and other conduction materials as the substrate, a
nickel-plated layer is firstly plated at one side end of the substrate, and then a
tin-plated layer is plated on the
nickel-plate layer (the
tin-plated layer is directly plated on the nickel band), so as to obtain the tab material with lower production cost, good
weldability and appropriate
thermal conductivity. For the application method, at the position of the tab material double
layers of nickel and
tin,
laser heating is carried out on one side of the position without being plated, and the tab material is heated to the tin
melting point instantly, so that the tab material is welded on a
metal material to be welded. With the adoption of the invention, the
anode tab and the
cathode tab are simultaneously welded, and less heat can be generated in the
welding process, thereby ensuring the
weldability with high strength and protecting the battery.