IP Library Granted Patent US 8,029,932
Granted Patent B2
US 8,029,932 · App. 11/280,703 · Granted Oct 4, 2011

Anode and battery

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Patent No.
US 8,029,932
App. No.
11/280,703
Granted
Oct 4, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An anode capable of improving cycle characteristics and a battery using it are provided. An anode active material layer containing Si is provided on an anode current collector. The anode current collector is roughened by providing a projection on a base material with a ten point height of roughness profile Rz 1 of 2.0 μm or less. A value of a difference, Rz 2 −Rz 1 obtained by subtracting the ten point height of roughness profile Rz 1 of the base material from a ten point height of roughness profile Rz 2 of the anode current collector is from 0.2 μm to 5.1 μm. Thereby, even when the anode active material is expanded and shrunk due to charge and discharge, breakage of the anode current collector, fall off of the anode active material layer and the like can be prevented.

Claims (35)

1. An anode comprising an anode active material layer containing silicon that is provided on an anode current collector,

wherein the anode current collector has a base material and a projection formed on the base material,

the base material of the anode current collector having a ten point height of roughness profile, Rz 1 , on a face on which the anode active material layer is provided,

the anode current collector having a ten point height of roughness profile, Rz 2 , on a face on which the anode active material layer is provided, and

wherein

Rz 1 is about 0.8 μm or less,

Rz 2 is from about 0.7 μm to about 5.6 μm, and

a difference obtained by subtracting Rz 1 from Rz 2 ranges from 0.2 μm to 5.1 μm.

2. An anode according to claim 1 , wherein the ten point height of roughness profile Rz 2 of the anode current collector ranges from 1.3 μm to 3.5 μm.

3. An anode according to claim 1 , wherein the difference obtained by subtracting Rz 1 from Rz 2 is from about 0.6 μm to about 2.6 μm.

4. An anode according to claim 1 , wherein the anode active material layer is alloyed with the anode current collector at least in part of an interface with the anode current collector.

5. An anode according to claim 1 , wherein:

the base material contains a metal element not forming an intermetallic compound with lithium and the projection contains an element capable of being alloyed with silicon, and

the element of the projection is different from the metal element of the base material.

6. An anode according to claim 1 , wherein the base material has a thickness of 15 μm to 18 μm.

7. A battery comprising:

a cathode;

an anode; and

an electrolyte,

wherein in the anode, an anode active material layer containing silicon is provided on an anode current collector,

the anode current collector has a base material and a projection formed on the base material,

the base material of the anode current collector having a ten point height of roughness profile, Rz 1 , on a face on which the anode active material layer is provided,

the anode current collector having a ten point height of roughness profile, Rz 2 , on a face on which the anode active material layer is provided, and

wherein

Rz 1 is about 0.8 μm or less,

Rz 2 is from about 0.7 μm to about 5.6 μm, and

a difference obtained by subtracting Rz 1 from Rz 2 ranges from 0.2 μm to 5.1 μm.

8. A battery according to claim 7 , wherein the ten point height of roughness profile Rz 2 of the anode current collector ranges from 1.3 μm to 3.5 μm.

9. A battery according to claim 7 , wherein the difference obtained by subtracting Rz 1 from Rz 2 is from about 0.6 μm to about 2.6 μm.

10. A battery according to claim 7 , wherein in the cathode, a cathode active material includes a lithium-containing metal complex oxide.

11. A battery according to claim 7 , wherein the anode active material layer is alloyed with the anode current collector at least in part of an interface with the anode current collector.

12. A battery according to claim 7 , wherein:

the base material contains a metal element not forming an intermetallic compound with lithium and the projection contains an element capable of being alloyed with silicon, and

the element of the projection is different from the metal element of the base material.

13. A battery according to claim 7 , wherein the base material has a thickness of 15 μm to 18 μm.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2018
From: TOHOKU MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD
To: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045103/0835 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2018
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: TOHOKU MURATA MANUFACTURING CO.,LTD
Reel/Frame 045104/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2006
From: KONISHIIKE, ISAMU; KAWASE, KENICHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 017219/0221 →