IP Library Granted Patent US 12676337
Granted Patent B2
US 12676337 · App. 18/841,176 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Anode for lithium secondary battery and method for manufacturing same

Inventors: Jong Su Yoon (Daejeon, KR); Taek Soo Lee (Daejeon, KR); Jin Ho Cho (Daejeon, KR); Shin Wook Jeon (Daejeon, KR); Young Gon Kim (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
H01M10/0525H01M4/0404H01M4/366H01M4/583H01M2004/021H01M2004/027
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Patent No.
US 12676337
App. No.
18/841,176
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein relates to a negative electrode for lithium secondary battery and a method for manufacturing the same. The negative electrode has a structure in which a first negative electrode active layer and a second negative electrode active layer are sequentially stacked on a negative electrode current collector. By controlling alignment (O.I) of the carbon-based active material to be lower in the second negative electrode active layer than in the first negative electrode active layer, and by preparing a low percentage of pores in the second negative electrode active layer, it is possible to have a flow path for the electrolyte to move inside the negative electrode active layer even after the rolling process of the negative electrode active layer. The negative electrode also has a high wetting ability to the electrolyte and high energy density.

Claims (58)

1 . A negative electrode for lithium secondary battery comprising:

a negative electrode current collector; a first negative electrode active layer provided on at least one surface of the negative electrode current collector, the first negative electrode active layer containing carbon-based active material; and a second negative electrode active layer provided on the first negative electrode active layer, the second negative electrode active layer containing carbon-based active material,

wherein

the second negative electrode active layer has an alignment, O.I 2nd , of the carbon-based active material represented by Equation 1 of 0.4 to 0.9, wherein

an alignment, O.I 1st , of the carbon-based active material contained in the first negative electrode active layer has a ratio of 105% to 150% with respect to the alignment, O.I 2nd , of the carbon-based active material contained in the second negative electrode active layer, and

porosity of the second negative electrode active layer is from 15% to 25%:

O

.

I

=

I

004

/

I

1

1

0

[

Equation

1

]

wherein,

I 004 represents an area of a peak representing the [0,0,4] crystal face in an X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurement of the first or the second negative electrode active layer,

I 110 represents an area of a peak representing the [1,1,0] crystal face in an X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurement of the first or the second negative electrode active layer,

the carbon-based active material in the first negative electrode active layer and the carbon-based active material in the second negative electrode active layer have an average particle diameter D50 of 1 μm to 3 μm, and

wherein the negative electrode is configured to satisfy the wetting ability to polycarbonate as represented by the following Equation 2:

1

WT

/

O

.

I

2

n

d

1

6

[

Equation

2

]

wherein,

WT represents a time in a unit of second it takes for 1 drop of polycarbonate containing 2-5 μl to impregnate an area of 1 cm 2 of the negative electrode.

2 . The negative electrode for lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein

a total thickness of the first and second negative electrode active layers is from 50 μm to 300 μm.

3 . The negative electrode for lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein

the second negative electrode active layer has a BET specific surface area of from 0.20 to 0.62 m 2 /g.

4 . The negative electrode for lithium secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein

the carbon-based active material includes at least one of natural graphite or synthetic graphite.