IP Library Patent Application 13599288
Patent Application
App. No. 13/599,288

ELECTRICAL STORAGE DEVICE ELECTRODE BINDER COMPOSITION, ELECTRICAL STORAGE DEVICE ELECTRODE SLURRY, ELECTRICAL STORAGE DEVICE ELECTRODE, AND ELECTRICAL STORAGE DEVICE

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Abstract

An electrode binder composition that is used to produce an electrode used for an electrical storage device, includes (A) a polymer, (B) a carboxylic acid or a salt thereof, and (C) a liquid medium, and has a concentration of the carboxylic acid or a salt thereof (B) of 20 to 1000 ppm.

Claims (14)

1 . An electrical storage device electrode binder composition that is used to produce an electrode used for an electrical storage device, the binder composition comprising (A) a polymer, (B) a carboxylic acid or a salt thereof, and (C) a liquid medium, the polymer (A) being polymer alloy particles formed of an interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) that includes (Aa) a polymer that includes a repeating unit derived from at least one compound selected from a group consisting of vinylidene fluoride, tetrafluoroethylene, and hexafluoropropylene, and (Ab) a polymer that includes a repeating unit derived from an unsaturated carboxylic acid ester, the polymer (Aa) and the polymer (Ab) not being covalently bonded, and the binder composition having a concentration of the carboxylic acid or a salt thereof (B) of 20 to 1000 ppm.

2 . The electrical storage device electrode binder composition according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer alloy particles have only one endothermic peak within a temperature range of −50 to +250° C. when subjected to differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) in accordance with JIS K 7121.

3 . The electrical storage device electrode binder composition according to claim 2 , wherein the polymer alloy particles have the only one endothermic peak within a temperature range of −30 to +30° C.

4 . The electrical storage device electrode binder composition according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer alloy particles include the polymer (Aa) in an amount of 1 to 60 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the polymer alloy particles.

5 . The electrical storage device electrode binder composition according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer alloy particles have a number average particle size of 50 to 400 nm.

6 . An electrical storage device electrode binder composition that is used to produce an electrode used for an electrical storage device, the binder composition comprising (A) a polymer, (B) a carboxylic acid or a salt thereof, and (C) a liquid medium, the polymer (A) being diene polymer particles that include (a) a repeating unit derived from a conjugated diene compound, (b) a repeating unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound, (c) a repeating unit derived from a (meth)acrylate compound, and (d) a repeating unit derived from an unsaturated carboxylic acid, and the binder composition having a concentration of the carboxylic acid or a salt thereof (B) of 20 to 1000 ppm.

7 . The electrical storage device electrode binder composition according to claim 6 , wherein the diene polymer particles have only one endothermic peak within a temperature range of −50 to +5° C. when subjected differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) in accordance with JIS K 7121.

8 . The electrical storage device electrode binder composition according to claim 6 , wherein the diene polymer particles have a number average particle size of 50 to 400 nm.

9 . An electrical storage device electrode slurry comprising the electrical storage device electrode binder composition according to claim 1 , and an electrode active material.

10 . An electrical storage device electrode slurry comprising the electrical storage device electrode binder composition according to claim 6 , and an electrode active material.

11 . An electrical storage device electrode comprising a collector, and a layer that is formed by applying the electrical storage device electrode slurry according to claim 9 to a surface of the collector, and drying the slurry.

12 . An electrical storage device electrode comprising a collector, and a layer that is formed by applying the electrical storage device electrode slurry according to claim 10 to a surface of the collector, and drying the slurry.

13 . An electrical storage device comprising the electrical storage device electrode according to claim 11 .

14 . An electrical storage device comprising the electrical storage device electrode according to claim 12 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2012
From: KITAGUCHI, HIRONORI; OTSUKA, YOSHIHARU; FUJIHARA, NOBUYUKI; HONDA, TATSUAKI
To: JSR CORPORATION
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