IP Library Granted Patent US 8,557,437
Granted Patent B2
US 8,557,437 · App. 12/727,438 · Granted Oct 15, 2013

Electrode comprising protective layer for lithium ion secondary battery and lithium ion secondary battery

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Patent No.
US 8,557,437
App. No.
12/727,438
Granted
Oct 15, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery having a collector, an active-material layer formed on the collector and a protecting layer formed on the active-material layer, in which the protecting layer contains an organic particle formed of poly(methyl methacrylate) having a crosslinked structure, and the organic particle has an average particle size (D50) of 0.5 to 4.0 μm.

Claims (18)

1. An electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery comprising:

a collector,

an active-material layer formed on the collector, and

a protecting layer formed on the active-material layer,

wherein:

the protecting layer contains a low-melting point organic particle having a melting temperature of 100 to 200° C. and an average particle size (D50) of 0.10 to 4.0 μm, and a high-melting point organic particle having a melting temperature of 300° C. or more and an average particle size (D50) of 0.30 to 6.0 μm,

a ratio of the average particle size (D50) of the low-melting point organic particle to the average particle size (D50) of the high-melting point organic particle is 1:1.5 to 1:8, and

a ratio of a content of the low-melting point organic particle relative to a content of the high-melting point organic particle in the protecting layer is 1:1 to 1:4, in terms of mass.

2. The electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the low-melting point organic particle is a particle formed of at least one material selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene and poly(methyl methacrylate).

3. The electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the high-melting point organic particle is a particle formed of at least one material selected from the group consisting of polyimide and polytetrafluoroethylene.

4. A lithium ion secondary battery comprising a positive electrode and a negative electrode, wherein:

at least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode is an electrode having a collector, an active-material layer formed on the collector, and a protecting layer formed on the active-material layer,

the protecting layer contains a low-melting point organic particle having a melting temperature of 100 to 200° C. and an average particle size (D50) of 0.10 to 4.0 μm, and a high-melting point organic particle having a melting temperature of 300° C. or more and an average particle size (D50) of 0.30 to 6.0 μm,

a ratio of the average particle size (D50) of the low-melting point organic particle to the average particle size (D50) of the high-melting point organic particle is 1:1.5 to 1:8, and

a ratio of a content of the low-melting point organic particle relative to a content of the high-melting point organic particle in the protecting layer is 1:1 to 1:4, in terms of mass.

5. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 4 , wherein the low-melting point organic particle is a particle formed of at least one material selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene and poly(methyl methacrylate).

6. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 4 , wherein the high-melting point organic particle is a particle formed of at least one material selected from the group consisting of polyimide and polytetrafluoroethylene.

7. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 4 , wherein at least the negative electrode is an electrode having the collector, the active-material layer and the protecting layer.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 12, 2013
From: TDK CORPORATION
To: TDK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030651/0687 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2010
From: HINOKI, KIYONORI; EMOTO, KAZUTOSHI; NISHIMURA, HARUKA; SAEGUSA, MASAHIRO
To: TDK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024204/0818 →