Anode active material for secondary battery
View Patent ↗Disclosed is an anode active material including: a crystalline phase comprising Si and a Si-metal alloy; and an amorphous phase comprising Si and a Si-metal alloy, wherein the metal of the Si-metal alloy of the crystalline phase is the same as or different from the metal of the Si-metal alloy of the amorphous phase.
1. An anode active material comprising:
a crystalline phase comprising Si and a Si-metal alloy; and
an amorphous phase comprising Si and a Si-metal alloy,
wherein the amorphous phase is included in an amount more than 30 wt %, and
the metal of the Si-metal alloy of the crystalline phase is the same as or different from the metal of the Si-metal alloy of the amorphous phase.
2. The anode active material according to claim 1 , wherein the metal of the Si-metal alloy is one or more element selected from a group consisting of Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Ba, Lu, Hf, Ta and lanthanides.
3. The anode active material according to claim 1 , wherein, in the Si-metal alloy of the crystalline phase and the Si-metal alloy of the amorphous phase, the metals of the alloys are the same.
4. The anode active material according to claim 1 , wherein, in the Si-metal alloy of the crystalline phase and the Si-metal alloy of the amorphous phase, the metal comprises one metal species.
5. The anode active material according to claim 1 , wherein, in the Si-metal alloy of the crystalline phase and the Si-metal alloy of the amorphous phase, the metal comprises two metal species.
6. The anode active material according to claim 4 , wherein the metal is a metal selected from a group consisting of Co, Ni, Mn and Ti.
7. The anode active material according to claim 5 , wherein the two metals comprise a metal selected from a group consisting of Ti and Zr and a metal selected from a group consisting of Co, Ni and Fe.
8. The anode active material according to claim 1 , wherein, in the Si-metal alloy of the crystalline phase and the Si-metal alloy of the amorphous phase, the metal comprises one or more metal selected from rare earth elements and a metal selected from Co, Ni and Fe.
9. An electrode comprising the anode active material according to claim 1 .
10. An electrode comprising the anode active material according to claim 1 and a carbonaceous anode active material.
11. A lithium secondary battery comprising the electrode according to claim 9 .
12. A lithium secondary battery comprising the electrode according to claim 10 .