Solid-State Battery Lead-Out Structure for Bonding Reliability

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing batteries face challenges in maintaining high reliability due to disruptions in the bonding between the current collector layer and the lead-out conductor member caused by expansion and contraction during charging and discharging.

Innovation Solution

The battery design includes a conductor layer made of a material different from the current collector layer, positioned on the same plane and electrically connected to it, which is connected to a lead-out conductor member, enhancing electrical connection reliability and absorbing deformation, while also using insulating layers to cover side surfaces of the battery.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a current collector layer is directly connected to a lead-out conductor member, then the structure is simple, but the bonding is disrupted by expansion and contraction during charging and discharging

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebonding reliabilityVSAvoidstructure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

A conductor layer is introduced as an intermediary between the current collector layer and the lead-out conductor member. This intermediate layer absorbs the stress from expansion and contraction during charging and discharging, preventing bonding disruption while maintaining electrical conductivity. The conductor layer acts as a buffer that mediates the mechanical stress between the rigid current collector and the lead-out conductor.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The battery structure uses composite material layers including the current collector layer, conductor layer, and lead-out conductor member. Each layer has specific material properties that work together: the current collector layer provides structural support, the conductor layer provides electrical conductivity and stress absorption, and the lead-out conductor member provides external electrical connection. This composite structure resolves the contradiction between simplicity and reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Quantity of substance

If the battery size is reduced, then the energy density increases, but the bonding disruption between current collector and lead-out conductor becomes more severe

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveenergy densityVSAvoidbonding reliability
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The conductor layer serves as a stress-absorbing intermediary that becomes increasingly important in smaller battery designs. In compact batteries, the mechanical stress concentration is higher, and the conductor layer's ability to accommodate expansion and contraction prevents bonding failure while maintaining the reduced size and high energy density.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The conductor layer changes its physical parameters (such as thickness and material composition) to optimize both stress absorption and electrical conductivity. By adjusting these parameters, the design achieves high energy density through size reduction while maintaining bonding reliability through appropriate conductor layer specifications.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS20250286241A1battery
Publication Date: 2025.09.11 PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO LTD
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AI summary

A battery according to the present disclosure includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer that is disposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. The first electrode layer includes a first active material layer, and a first current collector layer and a first conductor layer that are disposed on a first main surface of the first active material layer. The first conductor layer is made of a material different from a material of the first current collector layer, is positioned adjacent to a first side surface of the battery, and is electrically connected to the first current collector layer. The battery further includes a first lead-out conductor member that is electrically connected to the first conductor layer.