Negative electrode for lithium ion secondary battery and lithium ion secondary battery including the same

1. A negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery comprising a sheet-like current collector and an active material layer carried on the current collector,

wherein said current collector comprises a substrate and a surface portion that undergoes plastic deformation more easily than said substrate, said surface portion having protrusions and recesses arranged at equal distances thereon, and

said active material layer comprises a plurality of columnar particles containing silicon, said columnar particles being carried on said surface portion.

2. The negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery in accordance with claim 1 , wherein said surface portion has a hardness lower than that of said substrate.

3. The negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery in accordance with claim 2 ,

wherein said substrate and said surface portion contain copper, and

the concentration of copper contained in said surface portion is higher than the concentration of copper contained in said substrate.

4. The negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery in accordance with claim 3 , wherein said surface portion comprises a copper foil of high purity attached by pressure onto the surface of said substrate.

5. The negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery in accordance with claim 3 , wherein said surface portion is formed by plating the surface of said substrate with copper.

6. The negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery in accordance with claim 3 , wherein said surface portion is formed by vapor deposition of copper on the surface of said substrate.

7. The negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery in accordance with claim 1 , wherein said surface portion is porous.

8. The negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery in accordance with claim 7 , wherein said surface portion is formed by etching said substrate.

9. The negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery in accordance with claim 7 , wherein said surface portion is formed by electrodeposition of copper on the surface of said substrate.

10. The negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery in accordance with claim 7 ,

wherein said substrate and said surface portion contain copper, and

the concentration of copper contained in said surface portion is higher than the concentration of copper contained in said substrate.

11. The negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery in accordance with claim 1 , wherein said columnar particles each comprise a laminate of a plurality of sub-particle layers that is grown and inclined with respect to a normal line direction of the surface of said current collector.

12. The negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery in accordance with claim 11 , wherein the growth directions of said plurality of sub-particle layers included in said laminate are inclined alternately in a first direction and a second direction with respect to the normal line direction of the surface of said current collector.

13. A lithium ion secondary battery comprising: an electrode group including a positive electrode capable of absorbing and desorbing lithium ions, the negative electrode in accordance with claim 1 , and a separator disposed between said positive electrode and said negative electrode; an electrolyte having lithium ion conductivity; and a battery case that houses said electrode group and said electrolyte.

14. The negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery in accordance with claim 1 , wherein said protrusions and recesses are arranged only on said surface portion, and said substrate is smooth.

15. The negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery in accordance with claim 1 , wherein said substrate comprises a copper alloy foil, and said surface portion comprises a rolled copper foil.

16. The negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the distance between said protrusions adjacent to each other is 5 to 50 μm.

17. The negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the average height difference between said protrusions and said recesses is 1 to 15 μm.

18. The negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the average height difference between said protrusions and said recesses is 3 to 15 μm.

19. The negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the average height difference between said protrusions and said recesses is 3 to 10 μm.