IP Library Granted Patent US 12706299
Granted Patent B2
US 12706299 · App. 17/914,051 · Granted Aug 11, 2026

Secondary battery

Inventors: Young Jae Kim (Daejeon, KR); Jung Woo Yoo (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
H01M4/134H01M4/133H01M4/366H01M4/386H01M4/621H01M2004/027H01M2004/028
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Patent No.
US 12706299
App. No.
17/914,051
Granted
Aug 11, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a secondary battery which includes: one or more positive electrodes including a positive electrode active material layer; a plurality of negative electrodes including a first negative electrode including a silicon-based active material and a second negative electrode including a carbon-based active material; a separator; and an electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode and the negative electrode are alternately stacked with the separators interposed therebetween, and the ratio of weight of the silicon-based active material included in the first negative electrode and weight of the carbon-based active material included in the second negative electrode is in the range of 40:60 to 90:10.

Claims (303)

1 . A secondary battery comprising:

one or more positive electrodes including a positive electrode active material layer;

a plurality of negative electrodes including:

a first negative electrode including a silicon-based active material, and

a second negative electrode including a carbon-based active material,

wherein the first negative electrode does not include the carbon-based active material,

wherein the second negative electrode does not include the silicon-based active material;

separators; and

an electrolyte,

wherein one or more positive electrodes and the first or second negative electrode are alternately stacked with the separators interposed therebetween, and

a weight ratio of a total weight of the silicon-based active material of the first negative electrode to a total weight of the carbon-based active material of the second negative electrode in the plurality of negative electrodes is in a range of 49.2:50.8 to 90:10.

2 . The secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the first negative electrode includes

a first negative electrode current collector, and

a first negative electrode active material layer disposed on one or more surfaces of the first negative electrode current collector, and the first negative electrode active material layer includes the silicon-based active material.

3 . The secondary battery of claim 2 , wherein the first negative electrode active material layer further includes:

a first negative electrode binder, and

a first negative electrode conductive material, and

the first negative electrode active material layer includes:

60 wt % to 90 wt % of the silicon-based active material,

5 wt % to 30 wt % of the first negative electrode binder, and

5 wt % to 20 wt % of the first negative electrode conductive material.

4 . The secondary battery of claim 3 , wherein the first negative electrode binder includes at least one selected from the group consisting of styrene-butadiene rubber, acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber, acrylic rubber, butyl rubber, fluororubber, polyvinyl alcohol, carboxymethyl cellulose, starch, hydroxypropyl cellulose, polyvinyl alcohol, polyacrylic acid, polyethylene glycol, polyacrylonitrile, and polyacrylamide.

5 . The secondary battery of claim 2 , wherein a N 1 /P ratio calculated by Mathematical Equation a is in a range of 2.2 to 3.0:

N

1

/

P

ratio

=

{

(

Discharge

capacity

per

unit

area

of

one

first

negative

electrode

active

material

layer

in

the

first

negative

electrode

)

/

(

Discharge

capacity

per

unit

area

of

one

positive

electrode

active

material

layer

in

the

positive

electrode

)

}

.

[

Mathematical

Equation

a

]

6 . The secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the silicon-based active material includes a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1:

SiO x ,  [Chemical Formula 1]

wherein, in Chemical Formula 1, 0≤x<2.

7 . The secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the silicon-based active material includes Si.

8 . The secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein an average particle diameter (D 50 ) of the silicon-based active material is in a range of 1 μm to 10 μm.

9 . The secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the second negative electrode includes

a second negative electrode current collector and

a second negative electrode active material layer disposed on one or more surfaces of the second negative electrode current collector, and the second negative electrode active material layer includes the carbon-based active material.

10 . The secondary battery of claim 9 , wherein

the second negative electrode active material layer further includes:

a second negative electrode binder, and

a second negative electrode conductive material, and

the second negative electrode active material layer includes:

90 wt % to 99 wt % of the carbon-based active material,

0.5 wt % to 10 wt % of the second negative electrode binder, and

0.5 wt % to 5 wt % of the second negative electrode conductive material.

11 . The secondary battery of claim 10 , wherein the second negative electrode binder includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a polyvinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene copolymer, polyvinylidene fluoride, polyacrylonitrile, poly(methyl methacrylate), polyvinyl alcohol, carboxymethyl cellulose, starch, hydroxypropyl cellulose, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polytetrafluoroethylene, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyacrylic acid, ethylene-propylene-diene monomer rubber, styrene-butadiene rubber, and fluororubber.

12 . The secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the carbon-based active material includes at least one selected from the group consisting of artificial graphite, natural graphite, hard carbon, soft carbon, carbon black, graphene, and fibrous carbon.

13 . The secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein an average particle diameter (D 50 ) of the carbon-based active material is in a range of 10 μm to 30 μm.

14 . The secondary battery of claim 9 , wherein a N 2 /P ratio calculated by Mathematical Equation b is in a range of 1.0 to 1.3:

N

2

/

P

ratio

=

{

(

Discharge

capacity

per

unit

area

of

one

second

negative

electrode

active

material

layer

in

the

second

negative

electrode

)

/

(

Discharge

capacity

per

unit

area

of

one

positive

electrode

active

material

layer

in

the

positive

electrode

)

}

[

Mathematical

Equation

b

]

15 . The secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein a N all /P all ratio calculated by Mathematical Equation c is in a range of 2 to 3:

N

all

/

P

all

ratio

=

{

(

Sum

of

discharge

capacity

per

unit

area

of

the

negative

electrodes

present

in

the

secondary

battery

)

/

(

Sum

of

discharge

capacity

per

unit

area

of

the

positive

electrode

present

in

the

secondary

battery

)

}

[

Mathematical

Equation

c

]