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- the present invention relates to a positive electrode for a secondary battery.
- the present invention relates to a secondary battery including the positive electrode.
- Secondary batteries such as lithium ion secondary batteries have been applied to various fields, such as electric vehicles, from power sources of portable electronic devices such as notebook computers, mobile phones, digital cameras, and camcorders to the development of high-output and high-energy-density batteries.
- the electrode of the secondary battery is formed by coating the electrode slurry on the electrode current collector once, in this case, the binder included in the electrode slurry is not evenly dispersed in the coated electrode active material layer, but the surface of the electrode active material layer.
- An excitation phenomenon occurs in In this case, resistance of the battery is increased due to the binder, thereby deteriorating battery performance. This problem is more severe as the amount of loading of the electrode active material increases.
- the battery performance can be further improved by being unevenly located in a specific part of the electrode, such as the lower layer or the upper layer of the electrode, among the electrode materials, it was limited to exhibit such a performance improvement effect by the formation of a conventional single-layer electrode. .
- An object of the present invention is to provide a positive electrode for a secondary battery having a positive electrode active material layer having a uniform binder distribution in a thickness direction.
- another object of the present invention is to provide a positive electrode for a secondary battery having a multi-layered positive electrode active material layer in which an appropriate positive electrode material is disposed on each layer by varying the composition of the positive electrode material of the upper and lower layers of the positive electrode.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a battery including a sacrificial cathode material to compensate for irreversible capacity generated when a lithium composite oxide material having a high Ni content is used as a cathode active material and to reduce gas generation.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a positive electrode for a secondary battery in which the sacrificial positive electrode material is disposed on a lower layer of the positive electrode in order to prevent the sacrificial positive electrode material from being deteriorated by contact with air.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a battery in which SWCNTs are used as a conductive material in order to secure electrical conductivity of a silicon-based negative electrode.
- a first aspect of the present invention relates to a positive electrode for a secondary battery, wherein the positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer disposed on at least one surface of the positive electrode current collector, and the positive electrode active material layer is disposed on the surface of the current collector a lower layer and an upper layer disposed on the upper surface of the lower layer, wherein the upper layer includes a first positive electrode active material, a conductive material and a binder resin, and the lower layer includes a second positive electrode active material, a sacrificial positive electrode material, a conductive material and a binder resin.
- the first and second positive electrode active materials each independently include at least one selected from compounds represented by Formula 1 below.
- M includes at least one of Mn, Co, Al, Cu, Fe, Mg, B, and Ga, and x is 0 or more and 0.5 or less.
- the sacrificial cathode material in the lower layer includes at least one of Li 6 CoO 4 and a compound represented by the following [Formula 2].
- x is 0 or more and 1 or less.
- the sacrificial cathode material includes at least one selected from Li 6 CoO 4 , Li 6 Co 0.7 Zn 0.3 O 4 .
- the sacrificial cathode material is included in the range of 1 wt% to 20 wt% compared to 100 wt% of the lower layer.
- the sacrificial cathode material is included in an amount of 10 wt% or less relative to 100 wt% of the total cathode active material layer.
- x is 0 or more and 0.15 or less.
- M includes two or more of Co, Al, and Mn.
- the positive active material in [Formula 1] is LiNi 1-x (Co, Mn, Al) x O 2 , and the Al is It is included in an atomic ratio of 0.001 to 0.02 compared to Ni.
- a ninth aspect of the present invention is a lithium ion secondary battery, wherein the battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an insulating separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte,
- the positive electrode is according to any one of the first to eighth aspects,
- the negative electrode includes a silicon-based compound as an anode active material
- the conductive material includes a linear conductive material.
- the silicone-based compound includes one or more of the compounds represented by Formula 3 below.
- x is 0 or more and less than 2.
- x is 0.5 or more and 1.5 or less.
- a twelfth aspect of the present invention in any one of the ninth or eleventh aspect, wherein the linear conductive material includes at least one selected from SWCNTs, MWCNTs, and graphene.
- a thirteenth aspect of the present invention in any one of the ninth or twelfth aspect, wherein the linear conductive material includes SWCNTs.
- the present invention has the following effects.
- a double-layer coating method can be applied to make the binder distribution in the electrode active material layer thickness direction uniform, and the binder resin of the lower layer of the positive electrode active material layer can be maintained in the lower layer, so that the binding force There is an improvement effect.
- the sacrificial cathode material is added only to the lower layer, thereby improving the electrochemical properties of the battery.
- lithium cobalt oxide in which a part of cobalt in the positive electrode is substituted with Zn is used as a sacrificial positive electrode material to supplement the irreversible capacity of the battery, while the lithium cobalt oxide serves as a gas scavenger
- the lithium cobalt oxide serves as a gas scavenger
- the secondary battery according to the present invention includes a lithium composite oxide having a high nickel content as a positive electrode active material, and includes silicon oxide as an anode active material, so that a high-capacity battery can be manufactured.
- Example 1 shows the charging capacity for each parking of a battery according to Example 1;
- Figure 2 shows the discharge capacity for each parking of the battery according to Example 1.
- a first aspect of the present invention relates to a positive electrode for a secondary battery.
- the secondary battery is a device that converts chemical energy into electrical energy through an electrochemical reaction, and can be charged and discharged, and specific examples thereof include a lithium ion battery, a nickel-cadmium battery, and a nickel-hydrogen battery.
- the positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer formed on at least one surface of the current collector, and the positive electrode active material layer includes a positive electrode active material, a conductive material, and a binder resin.
- the positive active material layer has a multilayer structure including a lower layer and an upper layer.
- the lower layer is disposed on the surface of the current collector and means a layer in contact with the current collector.
- the upper layer is disposed on the surface of the lower layer and means a layer facing the separator when manufacturing a battery.
- one or more additional electrode active material layers may be further interposed between the upper and lower layers.
- the upper layer includes a positive electrode active material, a conductive material, and a binder resin.
- the lower layer includes a positive electrode active material, a sacrificial positive electrode material, a conductive material, and a binder resin.
- the upper layer preferably does not include a sacrificial cathode material. That is, in the positive electrode according to the present invention, the sacrificial positive electrode material is prepared not to be exposed through the surface layer portion of the positive electrode active material layer.
- the additional electrode active material layer may or may not include a sacrificial cathode material.
- the additional electrode active material layer does not include a sacrificial cathode material.
- the positive active material includes a high-Ni lithium composite oxide represented by Formula 1 below.
- M is at least one of Mn, Co, Al, Cu, Fe, Mg, B, and Ga.
- M may be two or more of Co, Al, and Mn.
- x may have a value of 0 or more and 0.5 or less, preferably 0 or more and 0.3 or less, and more preferably 0 or more and 0.15 or less.
- M may include one or more of Co, Mn, and Al.
- the positive active material may be LiNi 1-x (Co, Mn, Al)xO 2 In this case, Al may be included in an atomic ratio of 0.001 to 0.02 relative to Ni.
- the positive active material layer contains 90 wt% or more of the High-Ni lithium composite oxide of Formula 1 compared to 100 wt% of the positive active material.
- the upper and lower layers each independently contain 90 wt% or more of the High-Ni lithium composite oxide of Formula 1 compared to 100 wt% of the positive active material.
- the binder resin may include a PVdF-based polymer and/or an acrylic polymer.
- the PVdF-based polymer is a copolymer of vinylidene fluoride and a monomer copolymerizable with vinylidene fluoride; and mixtures thereof; may include one or more of
- as the monomer for example, a fluorinated monomer and/or a chlorine-based monomer may be used.
- Non-limiting examples of the fluorinated monomer include vinyl fluoride; trifluoroethylene (TrFE); chlorofluoroethylene (CTFE); 1,2-difluoroethylene; tetrafluoroethylene (TFE); hexafluoropropylene (HFP); perfluoro(alkylvinyl)ethers such as perfluoro(methylvinyl)ether (PMVE), perfluoro(ethylvinyl)ether (PEVE), and perfluoro(propylvinyl)ether (PPVE); perfluoro(1,3-dioxole); and perfluoro(2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxole) (PDD), and at least one of them may be included.
- PrFE trifluoroethylene
- CTFE chlorofluoroethylene
- TFE tetrafluoroethylene
- HFP hexafluoropropylene
- perfluoro(alkylvinyl)ethers such as
- the PVDF-based polymer is polyvinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene (PVDF-HFP), polyvinylidene fluoride-chlorofluoroethylene (PVDF-CTFE), polyvinylidene fluoride -Tetrafluoroethylene (PVdF-TFE), polyvinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene (PVdF-TrFE) may include one or more selected from, for example, PVDF-HFP, PVDF-CTFE, PVDF- It will include at least one selected from TFE. Preferably, it may include at least one selected from PVDF-HFP and PVDF-CTFE.
- the acrylic polymer may include, for example, a (meth)acrylic polymer.
- the (meth)acrylic polymer contains (meth)acrylic acid ester as a monomer, and these monomers are butyl (meth)acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl (meth)acrylate, ethyl (meth)acrylate, methyl (meth)acrylic Rate, n-propyl (meth) acrylate, isopropyl (meth) acrylate, t-butyl (meth) acrylate, pentyl (meth) acrylate, n-oxyl (meth) acrylate, isooctyl (meth) acrylic Monomers such as late, isononyl (meth) acrylate, lauryl (meth) acrylate, and tetradecyl (meth) acrylate may be exemplified and may include one or two or more of them.
- the conductive material is, for example, graphite, carbon black, carbon fiber or metal fiber, metal powder, conductive whisker, conductive metal oxide, activated carbon (activated carbon) and any one selected from the group consisting of polyphenylene derivatives or 2 of these It may be a mixture of more than one type of conductive material. More specifically, natural graphite, artificial graphite, super-p, acetylene black, ketjen black, channel black, furnace black, lamp black, summer black, denka black, aluminum powder, nickel powder, oxide It may be one selected from the group consisting of zinc, potassium titanate and titanium oxide, or a mixture of two or more of these conductive materials.
- the sacrificial cathode material serves to easily provide lithium that can be used for lithium required due to an irreversible electrochemical reaction in the anode during the initial charging reaction.
- Si material is applied to the negative electrode together with lithium composite metal oxide (Ni-rich positive electrode active material) having a high Ni content as a positive electrode active material for manufacturing a high-capacity secondary battery.
- the irreversible electrochemical reaction in the negative electrode For this reason, it is necessary to add a sacrificial cathode material in order to easily provide lithium in the cathode.
- a lithium composite oxide including cobalt may be included as the sacrificial positive electrode material.
- the lithium composite oxide containing cobalt may include at least one of Li 6 CoO 4 and a compound represented by the following [Formula 2].
- x may have a value of 0 or more and 1 or less. Preferably, x is greater than zero.
- the sacrificial cathode material is, for example, Li 6 CoO 4 , It may include at least one selected from Li 6 Co 0.7 Zn 0.3 O 4 .
- the sacrificial cathode material easily reacts with moisture or carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to generate by-products such as Li 6 C, CoO, LiOH, Co(OH) 2 , and Li 2 CO 3 . 5 and 6, when Li 6 CoO 4 is left in the air, it shows that various by-products are formed for 1 hour to 7 days.
- the unit is %, and the weight ratio of each component to the total amount of by-products generated in each measurement cycle is expressed as a percentage.
- 6 shows the FT-IR measurement result of the produced by-product.
- bar (1) represents Li 6 CoO 4
- bar (2) represents Li 2 CO 3
- bar (3) represents Co(OH) 2
- bar (4) represents CoO.
- the detection results for each component in a specific WL are confirmed. Accordingly, in the present invention, in order to prevent the sacrificial cathode material from coming into contact with the atmosphere, it was not included in the upper layer (or uppermost layer) of the electrode active material layer, and was arranged to be ubiquitous in the lower layer (or lowermost layer) of the electrode active material layer.
- the sacrificial cathode material may be included in an amount of about 1 wt% to 20 wt% compared to 100 wt% of the lower layer.
- the sacrificial cathode material may be included in an amount of 10 wt% or less based on 100 wt% of the total cathode active material layer.
- the sacrificial cathode material Li 6 CoO 4 The particle diameter D50 may be greater than the particle diameter D50 of the positive electrode active material particles, and as a specific example, the particle diameter D50 of the sacrificial positive electrode material may be in the range of 10 ⁇ m to 25 ⁇ m.
- the sacrificial cathode material may serve as a sacrificial cathode material supplementing irreversible capacity in the secondary battery of the present invention and simultaneously serve as a gas scavenger for reducing gas generation during battery driving. Accordingly, the secondary battery of the present invention can serve to reduce the amount of gas generated while preventing capacity degradation by including the sacrificial cathode material.
- the content of the cathode active material and the binder resin in the lower layer and the upper layer of the cathode active material layer may be independently included in a weight ratio of 80:20 to 99:1.
- the conductive material in the case of the lower layer, may be included in an amount of 0.4wt% to 1.5wt% compared to 100wt% of the lower layer, and in the case of the upper layer, it may be included in a content of 0.4wt% to 1.0wt% compared to 100wt% of the upper layer. .
- LiCoO 4 included as the sacrificial cathode material since LiCoO 4 included as the sacrificial cathode material has a larger particle size and lower conductivity than the cathode active material, it is necessary to increase the content of the conductive material in the lower layer compared to the upper layer.
- the thickness of the lower layer relative to 100% of the total thickness of the positive active material layer may be 40% to 60%.
- the current collector is not particularly limited as long as it has high conductivity without causing a chemical change in the battery, and for example, stainless steel, copper, aluminum, nickel, titanium, calcined carbon, or aluminum or stainless steel.
- the surface treated with carbon, nickel, titanium, silver, etc. may be used.
- the positive electrode according to the present invention may be manufactured by, for example, forming a lower layer on one surface of a current collector and forming an upper layer on the surface of the lower layer.
- the method of manufacturing the positive electrode is not particularly limited to any one method as long as the positive electrode having the above structure can be prepared.
- an appropriate solvent is prepared, and a binder resin, a conductive material, a positive electrode active material, and a sacrificial positive electrode material are added thereto to prepare a slurry for the lower layer.
- the input order of the materials may be appropriately determined in consideration of dispersibility.
- the lower layer slurry is applied to the surface of the current collector and dried.
- the lower layer may be selectively formed on both sides or only one side of the current collector.
- an upper layer is formed on the surface of the lower layer prepared as described above.
- a solvent is prepared, and a binder resin, a conductive material, a positive electrode active material, and a sacrificial positive electrode material are added thereto to prepare a slurry for the lower layer.
- the input order of the materials may be appropriately determined in consideration of dispersibility. Then, the prepared upper layer slurry is applied to the lower layer surface and dried.
- Non-limiting examples of the solvent include water, acetone, tetrahydrofuran, methylene chloride, chloroform, dimethylformamide, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, NMP) and cyclohexane (cyclohexane) may be mentioned one or a mixture of two or more selected from the group consisting of.
- the lower layer slurry is applied to the surface of the current collector.
- the coating method may use a conventional coating method known in the art, for example, dip (dip) coating, die (die) coating, roll (roll) coating, comma (comma) coating, Meyer bar, die coating, Various methods such as reverse roll coating, gravure coating, or a mixture thereof may be used.
- a conventional drying method such as natural drying or air drying may be applied without particular limitation.
- the upper layer slurry may be applied before drying, and the upper layer and the lower layer may be simultaneously subjected to a drying process.
- the present invention provides a secondary battery including the positive electrode.
- the secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte, and the positive electrode has the structural characteristics according to the present invention.
- a second aspect of the present invention relates to an electrochemical device including the positive electrode and a secondary battery including the electrochemical device.
- the secondary battery is a device that converts chemical energy into electrical energy through an electrochemical reaction, and can be charged and discharged, and specific examples thereof include a lithium ion battery, a nickel-cadmium battery, and a nickel-hydrogen battery.
- the secondary battery may be preferably a lithium ion secondary battery. Accordingly, in the present specification, a lithium ion secondary battery will be described as an example.
- the lithium ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. Next, the lithium ion secondary battery will be described in detail for each component.
- the negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer including a negative electrode active material, a conductive material, and a binder resin on at least one surface of the current collector.
- the negative electrode current collector and an anode active material layer positioned on at least one surface of the anode current collector.
- the negative active material layer may include graphite and a silicon-based compound as an anode active material, and in this case, the graphite and the silicon-based compound may be included in a weight ratio of 70:30 to 99:1.
- the silicon-based compound may include silicon and/or silicon oxide.
- the silicon oxide may include at least one compound represented by Formula 1 below.
- x 0 ⁇ x ⁇ 2.
- x in terms of structural stability of the electrode active material, x may be 0.5 ⁇ x ⁇ 1.5.
- the silicon-based compound may further include a carbon coating layer covering all or at least part of the active material particle surface.
- the carbon coating layer may function as a protective layer that suppresses volume expansion of particles of the anode active material including the silicon-based compound and prevents side reactions with the electrolyte.
- the carbon coating layer may be included in the silicone-based compound in an amount of 0.1 wt% to 10 wt%, preferably 3 wt% to 7 wt%, and when the carbon coating layer is in the above range, volume expansion of the negative active material particles including the silicon-based compound in the carbon coating layer It is preferable in terms of being able to prevent side reactions with the electrolyte while controlling to an excellent level.
- the negative active material particles including the silicon-based compound may have a particle diameter (D 50 ) of 3 ⁇ m to 10 ⁇ m, preferably 3 ⁇ m to 10 ⁇ m.
- D 50 particle diameter
- the specific surface area is high and the reaction area with the electrolyte increases, so the frequency of side reactions with the electrolyte during charging and discharging may increase, and thus the battery life may be reduced.
- it exceeds 10 ⁇ m the volume change due to the volume expansion/contraction of the active material particles during charging and discharging is large, so that the active material particles are broken or cracks may occur.
- the graphite may include at least one selected from artificial graphite and natural graphite.
- natural graphite unprocessed natural graphite or spheroidized natural graphite such as flaky graphite, impression graphite, and earth graphite may be used. Flake graphite and impression graphite show almost complete crystals, while earthy graphite is less crystalline.
- flaky graphite and impression graphite with high crystallinity can be used.
- the flaky graphite may be spheroidized and used.
- the particle size may be 5 to 30 ⁇ m, preferably 10 to 25 ⁇ m.
- the artificial graphite may be generally manufactured by a graphitization method of sintering raw materials such as coal tar, coal tar pitch, and petroleum heavy products at 2,500° C. or higher, and after such graphitization, pulverization and secondary particles Particles such as formation are also used as a negative electrode active material through adjustment.
- artificial graphite has crystals randomly distributed within the particles, and has a lower sphericity and a rather sharp shape compared to natural graphite.
- the artificial graphite may be in powder form, flake form, block acid form, plate form, or rod form, but it is preferable that the orientation degree of crystal grains has isotropy so that the movement distance of lithium ions is shortened in order to improve output characteristics. Considering this aspect, it may be flaky and/or plate-shaped.
- Artificial graphite used in an embodiment of the present invention includes commercially widely used MCMB (mesophase carbon microbeads), MPCF (mesophase pitch-based carbon fiber), artificial graphite graphitized in block form, and artificial graphite graphitized in powder form. graphite, etc.
- the artificial graphite may have a particle diameter of 5 to 30 ⁇ m, preferably 10 to 25 ⁇ m.
- the specific surface area of the artificial graphite may be measured by a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) method.
- BET Brunauer-Emmett-Teller
- a porosimetry analyzer Bell Japan Inc, Belsorp-II mini
- it can be measured by the BET 6-point method by the nitrogen gas adsorption flow method. This is also followed for the measurement of the specific surface area of natural graphite described below.
- the tap density of the artificial graphite may be 0.7 g/cc to 1.1 g/cc, and specifically 0.8 g/cc to 1.05 g/cc. Out of the above range, when the tap density is less than 0.7 g/cc, the contact area between the particles is not sufficient, so that the adhesive strength property is lowered and the capacity per volume is lowered, and when the tap density exceeds 1.1 g/cc, the tortuosity of the electrode is lower And electrolyte wet-ability is lowered, and there is a problem in that output characteristics during charging and discharging are lowered, which is not preferable.
- the tap density is obtained by adding 50 g of the precursor to a 100 cc tapping cylinder using a SEISHIN (KYT-4000) measuring device using a JV-1000 measuring device of COPLEY, and then tapping 3,000 times. This is also followed for the measurement of tap density of natural graphite, which will be described below.
- the artificial graphite may have an average particle diameter (D50) of 8 ⁇ m to 30 ⁇ m, specifically 12 ⁇ m to 25 ⁇ m.
- D50 average particle diameter
- the initial efficiency of the secondary battery may decrease due to an increase in specific surface area, thereby reducing battery performance, and if the average particle diameter (D50) exceeds 30 ⁇ m, adhesive force This drop, and the packing density is low, so the capacity may be lowered.
- the average particle diameter of the artificial graphite may be measured using, for example, a laser diffraction method.
- the laser diffraction method can measure a particle diameter of several mm from a submicron region, and high reproducibility and high resolution results can be obtained.
- the average particle diameter (D50) of the artificial graphite may be defined as a particle diameter based on 50% of the particle size distribution.
- the method for measuring the average particle diameter (D50) of the artificial graphite is, for example, after the artificial graphite is dispersed in an ethanol/water solution, and then introduced into a commercially available laser diffraction particle size measuring device (eg, Microtrac MT 3000) to approximately 28 kHz After irradiating the ultrasonic wave with an output of 60 W, the average particle diameter (D50) at 50% of the particle size distribution in the measuring device can be calculated.
- the particle size is measured according to the above description.
- the conductive material is, for example, graphite, carbon black, carbon nanotubes, carbon fibers or metal fibers, metal powder, conductive whiskers, conductive metal oxides, activated carbon and It may be any one selected from the group consisting of polyphenylene derivatives or a mixture of two or more conductive materials among them. More specifically, natural graphite, artificial graphite, super-p, acetylene black, ketjen black, channel black, furnace black, lamp black, summer black, denka black, aluminum powder, nickel powder, oxide It may be one selected from the group consisting of zinc, potassium titanate and titanium oxide, or a mixture of two or more of these conductive materials.
- the conductive material for the negative electrode is carbon nanotubes, more preferably single wall type carbon nanotubes, multi wall type carbon nanotubes, and It is preferable to include at least one linear conductive material such as graphene that makes a line contact or a surface contact.
- a silicon-based compound is used as an anode active material, the capacity of the electrode can be increased, but the volume change due to charging and discharging is large, so the consumption of Li is large.
- the electrochemical efficiency is lower than that of the cathode material. Accordingly, by including a linear conductive material such as SW.CNT, the contact between particles of materials such as Si, which is easily isolated, can be increased, thereby improving the lifespan characteristics.
- the linear conductive material may have a length of 0.5 ⁇ m to 100 ⁇ m.
- the SWCNTs may have an average length of 2 ⁇ m to 100 ⁇ m
- the MWCNTs may have an average length of 0.5 ⁇ m to 30 ⁇ m.
- the linear conductive material may have a cross-sectional diameter of 1 nm to 70 nm.
- the current collector is not particularly limited as long as it has high conductivity without causing chemical change in the battery, and for example, stainless steel, copper, aluminum, nickel, titanium, fired carbon, copper, aluminum or stainless steel. A steel surface treated with carbon, nickel, titanium, silver, etc. may be used.
- the thickness of the current collector is not particularly limited, but may have a commonly applied thickness of 3 to 500 ⁇ m.
- binder resin a polymer commonly used for electrodes in the art may be used.
- binder resins include polyvinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene, polyvinylidene fluoride-cotrichlorethylene, polymethyl methacrylate ( polymethylmethacrylate, polyethylhexyl acrylate, polybutylacrylate, polyacrylonitrile, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyvinylacetate, ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer (polyethylene-co-vinyl acetate), polyethylene oxide, polyarylate, cellulose acetate, cellulose acetate butyrate, cellulose acetate propionate, Cyanoethylpullulan, cyanoethylpolyvinylalcohol, cyanoethylcellulose, cyanoethylsucrose, pullulan and carboxyl methyl cellulose cellulose) and the like, but is not limited thereto
- the separator is not particularly limited as long as it is used as a separator for a secondary battery.
- the separator may be used without limitation as long as it has electrical insulating properties and can provide an ion conduction path as a separator for an electrochemical device in the art.
- a porous sheet including a polymer material such as a polymer film or a non-woven fabric may be used as the separator.
- the separator may further have a heat-resistant coating layer comprising inorganic particles and the like formed on the surface of the porous sheet.
- a method of manufacturing the electrode assembly is not limited to a specific method.
- the electrode assembly is prepared by stacking in the order of the positive electrode/separator/negative electrode, the electrode assembly is loaded in an appropriate case, and an electrolyte solution is injected to manufacture a battery.
- the electrolyte solution is a salt having the same structure as A + B - ,
- a + is Li + , Na + , K + contains alkali metal cations such as ions or a combination thereof
- B - is PF 6 - , BF 4 - , Cl - , Br - , I - , ClO 4 - , AsF 6 - , CH 3 CO 2 - , CF 3 SO 3 - , N(CF 3 SO 2 ) 2 - , C(CF 2 SO 2 ) 3 -
- the present invention provides a battery module including a battery including the electrode assembly as a unit cell, a battery pack including the battery module, and a device including the battery pack as a power source.
- the device include, but are not limited to, a power tool that is powered by an omniscient motor; electric vehicles, including electric vehicles (EVs), hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and the like; electric two-wheeled vehicles including electric bicycles (E-bikes) and electric scooters (E-scooter); electric golf carts; and a power storage system, but is not limited thereto.
- Positive electrode active material LiNi 0.89 Co 0.07 Mn 0.04 Al 0.01 O 2 , A binder (PVDF), a conductive material (Bundle carbon CNT), and a sacrificial cathode material (Li 6 CoO 2 ) were added to NMP in a weight ratio of 96.65:1.34:0.84:1.17 to form a slurry for the lower positive electrode active material layer (solid content 70wt) %) was prepared. This was applied to an aluminum thin film (thickness of about 10 ⁇ m) and dried at 60° C. for 6 hours to form an electrode active material lower layer.
- the cathode active material LiNi 0.89 Co 0.01 Mn 0.1 O 2 , A binder (PVDF) and a conductive material (B. CNT) were added to NMP in a weight ratio of 98.74:0.66:0.6 to prepare a slurry for forming an upper positive electrode active material layer (solid content 70wt%). This was applied to the surface of the lower layer and dried at 60° C. for 6 hours to form an upper layer of the electrode active material layer.
- the thickness ratio of the upper electrode active material layer and the lower electrode active material layer was 5:5, and the total electrode active material layer had a thickness of 150 ⁇ m.
- a porous film (10 ⁇ m) made of polyethylene was prepared as a separator, and the positive electrode/separator/lithium metal was sequentially charged into a coin cell and an electrolyte was injected to prepare a battery.
- the electrolyte was mixed with ethylene carbonate and propylene carbonate in a mass ratio of ethyl propionate and propyl propionate in a mass ratio of 2:1:2.5:4.5, and LiPF 6 was added at a concentration of 1.4M.
- a cathode active material LiNi 0.89 Co 0.07 Mn 0.04 Al 0.01 O 2
- a binder PVDF
- a conductive material acetylene black
- a sacrificial cathode material Li 6 CoO 2
- a slurry for forming the positive electrode active material layer solid content 70wt%) was prepared. This was coated on an aluminum thin film (thickness of about 10 ⁇ m) and dried at 60° C. for 6 hours to prepare a positive electrode.
- Example 2 a negative electrode was prepared in the same manner as in Example, and a battery was manufactured using the negative electrode and positive electrode in the same manner as in Example 1.
- Example 1 and Comparative Example 1 were maintained for 4 weeks in an environment of 10% relative humidity, respectively, and charge/discharge characteristics and capacity retention rate were evaluated every week.
- the charging was carried out in a CC/CV method at 0.2C until it became 4.25V, the cut-off was 50mA, and the charge was discharged to 2.5V at 0.2C, and charging and discharging were repeated under the above conditions. This experiment was performed at room temperature (25°C).
- 1 and 2 are graphs showing the charging and discharging capacities of Example 1, respectively, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are respectively showing the charging and discharging capacities of the batteries of Comparative Example 1 immediately after each battery production and 1 week to 4 weeks was measured while holding it.
- [Table 1] below shows the degree of change in the moisture content and Li 2 CO 3 content in the positive electrode active material layer while maintaining the positive electrode obtained in each Example 1 and Comparative Example 1 under the condition of 10% relative humidity for 4 weeks. did it According to this, it was confirmed that the positive electrode prepared in Example 1 was smaller than the positive electrode prepared in Comparative Example 1 by increasing the moisture content and Li 2 CO 3 content or the amount of increase over time.
- Example 1 Comparative Example 1 moisture Li 2 CO 3 content moisture Li 2 CO 3 content ppm ppm % ppm ppm % O day 100.3 0.22 100 98.7 0.23 100 2 weeks 251.1 0.45 205 298.0 0.51 222 4 weeks 310.2 0.49 223 388.4 0.64 278
- Cathode active material LiNi 0.89 Co 0.01 Mn 0.1 O 2 , Binder (PVDF), conductive material (acetylene black), and sacrificial cathode material (Li 6 CoO 2 ) were added to NMP in a weight ratio of 97.00:1.12:0.60:1.28 to form a cathode active material layer slurry (solid content 70wt%) was prepared. This was applied to an aluminum thin film (thickness of about 10 ⁇ m) and dried at 60° C. for 6 hours to prepare a lower layer of the cathode active material layer.
- the cathode active material LiNi 0.89 Co 0.01 Mn 0.1 O 2 , A binder (PVDF) and a conductive material (acetylene black) were added to NMP in a weight ratio of 98.74:0.66:0.6 to prepare a slurry for forming an upper positive electrode active material layer (solid content 70wt%). This was applied to the surface of the lower layer and dried at 60° C. for 6 hours to form an upper layer of the positive electrode active material layer.
- Anode active material, binder (PVDF), conductive material (single wall CNT, LG Chem) and thickener (carboxymethyl cellulose, CMC) in a weight ratio of 97.78:1.15:0.12:0.95 were added to NMP in a ratio of 0.95 to form a slurry for anode active material layer (solid content 45wt%) was prepared.
- the negative active material is a mixture of artificial graphite (D50 of about 15 ⁇ m, specific surface area of about 0.9 m 2 /g) and Si (D50 of 6 ⁇ m, specific surface area of about 6 m 2 /g) in a weight ratio of 90:10. This was coated on a copper thin film (thickness of about 10 ⁇ m) and dried at 60° C. for 6 hours to prepare a negative electrode.
- a porous film (10 ⁇ m) made of polyethylene was prepared as a separator, and the positive electrode/separator/negative electrode was sequentially stacked, and a lamination process was performed under pressure at 80° C. to obtain an electrode assembly.
- the electrode assembly was placed in a cylindrical metal can of 18650 size (0.2C capacity 3.0Ah standard) and electrolyte was injected to prepare a battery.
- the electrolyte was mixed with ethylene carbonate and propylene carbonate in a mass ratio of ethyl propionate and propyl propionate in a mass ratio of 2:1:2.5:4.5, and LiPF 6 was added at a concentration of 1.4M.
- a battery was manufactured in the same manner as in Example 2-1, except that Li 6 Co 0.7 Zn 0.3 O 4 was used instead of Li 6 CoO 2 as a sacrificial cathode material under the positive electrode active material.
- Positive active material LiNi 0.89 Co 0.01 Mn 0.1 O 2
- binder PVDF
- conductive material acetylene black
- sacrificial positive electrode material Li 2 NiO 2
- the cathode active material LiNi 0.89 Co 0.01 Mn 0.1 O 2 , A binder (PVDF) and a conductive material (acetylene black) were added to NMP in a weight ratio of 98.74:0.66:0.6 to prepare a slurry for forming an upper positive electrode active material layer (solid content 70wt%). This was applied to the surface of the lower layer and dried at 60° C. for 6 hours to form an upper layer of the positive electrode active material layer.
- Anode active material, binder (PVDF), conductive material (Multi wall CNT, LG Chem) and thickener (carboxymethyl cellulose, CMC) are added to NMP in a weight ratio of 97.4:1.15:0.5:0.95 to form a slurry for the anode active material layer (solid content 45wt%) was prepared.
- the negative active material is a mixture of artificial graphite (D50 of about 15 ⁇ m, specific surface area of about 0.9 m 2 /g) and Si (D50 of 6 ⁇ m, specific surface area of about 6 m 2 /g) in a weight ratio of 90:10. This was coated on a copper thin film (thickness of about 10 ⁇ m) and dried at 60° C. for 6 hours to prepare a negative electrode.
- a battery was manufactured in the same manner as in Example 2-1.
- a positive electrode was prepared in the same manner as in Comparative Example 2.
- Anode active material, binder (PVDF), conductive material (single wall CNT, LG Chem) and thickener (carboxymethyl cellulose, CMC) in a weight ratio of 97.78:1.15:0.12:0.95 were added to NMP in a ratio of 0.95 to form a slurry for anode active material layer (solid content 45wt%) was prepared.
- the negative active material is a mixture of artificial graphite (D50 about 15 ⁇ m ⁇ 16 ⁇ m, specific surface area about 0.9m 2 /g) and Si (D50 6 ⁇ m, specific surface area about 6m 2 /g) in a weight ratio of 90:10 will be. This was coated on a copper thin film (thickness of about 10 ⁇ m) and dried at 60° C. for 6 hours to prepare a negative electrode.
- a battery was manufactured in the same manner as in Example 1.
- Slurry for forming the positive electrode active material layer ( Solid content 70wt%) was prepared. This was applied to an aluminum thin film (thickness of about 10 ⁇ m) and dried at 60° C. for 6 hours to prepare a lower layer of the cathode active material layer. Next, the cathode active material, A binder (PVDF) and a conductive material (acetylene black) were added to NMP in a weight ratio of 98.74:0.66:0.6 to prepare a slurry for forming an upper positive electrode active material layer (solid content 70wt%). This was applied to the surface of the lower layer and dried at 60° C. for 6 hours to form an upper layer of the positive electrode active material layer.
- PVDF polyvinylene black
- the positive active material is a mixture of LiNi 0.89 Co 0.01 Mn 0.1 O 2 and Li 2 NiO 2 in a weight ratio of about 95:5.
- Anode active material, binder (PVDF) conductive material (single wall CNT, LG Chem) and thickener (carboxymethyl cellulose, CMC) in a weight ratio of 97.78:1.15:0.12:0.95 were added to NMP at a ratio of 97.78:1.15:0.12:0.95 to form a slurry for anode active material layer ( Solid content 70wt%) was prepared. This was coated on a copper thin film (thickness of about 10 ⁇ m) and dried at 60° C. for 6 hours to prepare a negative electrode.
- the negative active material is a mixture of artificial graphite (D50 15-16 ⁇ m, specific surface area of about 0.9 m 2 /g) and Si (D50 6 ⁇ m) in a weight ratio of 84:16.
- a porous film (10 ⁇ m) made of polyethylene was prepared as a separator, and the positive electrode/separator/negative electrode was sequentially stacked, and a lamination process was performed under pressure at 80° C. to obtain an electrode assembly.
- the electrode assembly was placed in a 21700-sized cylindrical metal can (0.2C capacity 5.0Ah standard) and electrolyte was injected to prepare a battery.
- the electrolyte was mixed with ethylene carbonate and propylene carbonate in a mass ratio of ethyl propionate and propyl propionate in a mass ratio of 2:1:2.5:4.5, and LiPF 6 was added at a concentration of 1.4M.
- a binder polyvinylidene fluoride, PVDF
- a conductive material acetylene black
- NMP polyvinylidene fluoride
- acetylene black a conductive material
- the positive active material is a mixture of LiNi 0.89 Co 0.01 Mn 0.1 O 2 and Li 2 NiO 2 in a weight ratio of about 95:5.
- the cathode active material LiNi 0.89 Co 0.01 Mn 0.1 O 2
- a binder PVDF
- a conductive material acetylene black
- Anode active material, binder (PVDF) conductive material (single wall CNT, LG Chem) and thickener (carboxymethyl cellulose, CMC) in a weight ratio of 97.78:1.15:0.12:0.95 were added to NMP at a ratio of 97.78:1.15:0.12:0.95 to form a slurry for anode active material layer ( Solid content 70wt%) was prepared. This was coated on a copper thin film (thickness of about 10 ⁇ m) and dried at 60° C. for 6 hours to prepare a negative electrode.
- the negative active material is a mixture of artificial graphite (D50 15-16 ⁇ m, specific surface area of about 0.9 m 2 /g) and Si (D50 6 ⁇ m) in a weight ratio of 90:10.
- a battery was manufactured in the same manner as in Example 2.
- a binder polyvinylidene fluoride, PVDF
- a conductive material acetylene black
- NMP polyvinylidene fluoride
- acetylene black a conductive material
- the positive active material is a mixture of LiNi 0.89 Co 0.01 Mn 0.1 O 2 and Li 2 NiO 2 in a weight ratio of about 95:5.
- the cathode active material LiNi 0.89 Co 0.01 Mn 0.1 O 2
- a binder polyvinylidene fluoride, PVDF
- a conductive material acetylene black
- Anode active material, binder (PVDF) conductive material (Multi wall CNT, LG Chemical) and thickener (carboxymethyl cellulose, CMC) in a weight ratio of 97.78:1.15:0.12:0.95 were added to NMP in a ratio of 97.78:1.15:0.12:0.95 to form a slurry for anode active material layer ( Solid content 70wt%) was prepared. This was coated on a copper thin film (thickness of about 10 ⁇ m) and dried at 60° C. for 6 hours to prepare a negative electrode.
- the negative active material is a mixture of artificial graphite (D50 15-16 ⁇ m, specific surface area of about 0.9 m 2 /g) and Si (D50 6 ⁇ m) in a weight ratio of 90:10.
- a battery was manufactured in the same manner as in Example 2.
- the batteries of Examples 2-1, 2-2, Comparative Example 2, and Comparative Example 3 were charged and discharged, and the capacity retention rate was evaluated.
- the charging was carried out in a CC/CV method until it became 4.2V at 3A, the cut-off was set at 50mA, and the charge was discharged to 2.5V at 10A, and charging and discharging were repeated under the above conditions.
- This experiment was performed at room temperature (25°C). The results are shown in FIG. 7 below. In the case of the battery of Example 2-1 (blue), it was confirmed that the capacity retention rate was superior to that of the batteries of Comparative Examples 2 (red) to 3 (black). Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 8 , it was confirmed that the capacity retention rate of Example 2-2 (green) was at the same level as that of Example 2-1 (blue).
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| 실시예 1 | 비교예 1 | |||||
| 수분 | Li2CO3 함량 | 수분 | Li2CO3 함량 | |||
| ppm | ppm | % | ppm | ppm | % | |
| O day | 100.3 | 0.22 | 100 | 98.7 | 0.23 | 100 |
| 2 week | 251.1 | 0.45 | 205 | 298.0 | 0.51 | 222 |
| 4 week | 310.2 | 0.49 | 223 | 388.4 | 0.64 | 278 |
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- 양극 집전체 및 상기 양극 집전체의 적어도 일측 표면에 배치된 양극 활물질층을 포함하며,상기 양극 활물질층은 집전체의 표면에 배치된 하층 및 상기 하층의 상면에 배치된 상층을 포함하고,상기 상층은 제1 양극 활물질, 도전재 및 바인더 수지를 포함하고,상기 하층은 제2 양극 활물질, 희생 양극재, 도전재 및 바인더 수지를 포함하며,상기 제1 및 제2 양극 활물질은 각각 독립적으로 아래 화학식 1로 표시되는 화합물 중 선택된 적어도 1종을 포함하는 것인 이차 전지용 양극;[화학식 1]LiNi1-xMxO2상기 화학식 1에서 M은 Mn, Co, Al, Cu, Fe, Mg, B 및 Ga 중 하나 이상을 포함하며, x는 0 이상 0.5이하인 것이다.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 하층에서 상기 희생 양극재는 Li6CoO4 및 아래 [화학식 2]로 표시되는 화합물 중 1종 이상을 포함하는 것인 이차 전지용 양극:[화학식 2]Li6Co1-xZnxO4상기 [화학식 2]에서 x는 0 이상 1 이하인 것이다.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 희생 양극재는 Li6CoO4, Li6Co0.7Zn0.3O4 중 선택된 1종 이상을 포함하는 것인 이차 전지용 양극.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 희생 양극재는 상기 하층 100wt% 대비 1wt% 내지 20wt%의 범위로 포함되는 것인 이차 전지용 양극.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 희생 양극재는 전체 양극 활물질층 100wt% 대비 10wt% 이하의 양으로 포함되는 것인 이차 전지용 양극.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 화학식 1에서 상기 X는 0 이상 0.15 이하인 것인 이차 전지용 양극.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 화학식 1에서 상기 M은 Co, Al, 및 Mn 중 둘 이상을 포함하는 것인 이차 전지용 양극.
- 제1항에 있어서,상기 [화학식 1]에서 상기 양극 활물질은 LiNi1-x(Co, Mn, Al)xO2이며, 상기 Al은 Ni 대비 0.001 내지 0.02의 원자비율로 포함되는 것인 이차 전지용 양극.
- 리튬이온 이차 전지이며,상기 전지는 양극, 음극, 상기 양극과 음극 사이에 개재되는 절연성 분리막 및 전해액을 포함하며,상기 양극은 제1항에 따른 것이며,상기 음극은 음극 활물질로 실리콘계 화합물을 포함하고,상기 도전재는 선형 도전재를 포함하는 것인 이차 전지.
- 제9항에 있어서,상기 실리콘계 화합물은 아래 화학식 3으로 표시되는 화합물 중 1종 이상을 포함하는 것인 이차 전지:[화학식 3]SiOx상기에서 x는 0 이상 2 미만인 것이다.
- 제10항에 있어서,상기 x는 0.5 이상 1.5 이하인 것인 이차 전지.
- 제9항에 있어서,상기 선형 도전재는 SWCNT, MWCNT 및 그래핀 중 선택된 1종 이상을 포함하는 것인 이차 전지.
- 제9항에 있어서,상기 선형 도전재는 SWCNT를 포함하는 것인 이차 전지.
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