IP Library Granted Patent US 9,812,700
Granted Patent B2
US 9,812,700 · App. 14/354,237 · Granted Nov 7, 2017

Method for producing porous aluminum foil, porous aluminum foil, positive electrode current collector for electrical storage devices, electrode for electrical storage devices, and electrical storage device

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Patent No.
US 9,812,700
App. No.
14/354,237
Granted
Nov 7, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for producing a porous aluminum foil of the present invention is characterized in that a porous aluminum film is formed on a surface of a substrate by electrolysis using a plating solution containing at least (1) a dialkyl sulfone, (2) an aluminum halide, and (3) a nitrogen-containing compound, and having a water content of 100 to 2000 ppm, and then the film is separated from the substrate. The nitrogen-containing compound is preferably at least one selected from the group consisting of an ammonium halide, a hydrogen halide salt of a primary amine, a hydrogen halide salt of a secondary amine, a hydrogen halide salt of a tertiary amine, and a quaternary ammonium salt represented by the general formula: R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 N.X (R 1 to R 4 independently represent an alkyl group and are the same as or different from one another, and X represents a counteranion for the quaternary ammonium cation).

Claims (13)

1. A method for producing a porous aluminum foil, characterized in that

a porous aluminum film is formed on a surface of a substrate by electrolysis using a plating solution containing at least (1) a dialkyl sulfone, (2) an aluminum halide in an amount of 1.5 to 4.0 mol per 10 mol of the dialkyl sulfone, (3) a nitrogen-containing compound in an amount of 0.01 to 2.0 mol per 10 mol of the dialkyl sulfone, and (4) an added water content of 100 to 2000 ppm, and

the film is then separated from the substrate.

2. A production method according to claim 1 , characterized in that the nitrogen-containing compound is at least one selected from the group consisting of an ammonium halide, a hydrogen halide salt of a primary amine, a hydrogen halide salt of a secondary amine, a hydrogen halide salt of a tertiary amine, and a quaternary ammonium salt represented by the general formula: R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 N.X (R 1 to R 4 independently represent an alkyl group and are the same as or different from one another, and X represents a counteranion for the quaternary ammonium cation).

3. A production method according to claim 1 , characterized in that the porous aluminum foil obtained is subjected to a heat treatment.

4. A production method according to claim 3 , characterized in that the heat treatment is performed at 80 to 550° C.

5. A production method according to claim 1 , characterized in that the dialkyl sulfone is dimethyl sulfone.

6. A porous metal aluminum foil, characterized by

having a crystal orientation such that the ratio of the X-ray diffraction intensity of (111) plane to the X-ray diffraction intensities of other crystal planes is 2.5 or more with respect to a surface of the foil, and

having a porosity of 1 to 70% and a pore size of 1 μm to 500 μm, the pores being holes that pass through the porous metal aluminum foil from a front side to a back side thereof and the size and shape of the pores being varied.

7. A positive electrode current collector for electrical storage devices, characterized by comprising the porous metal aluminum foil of claim 6 .

8. An electrode for electrical storage devices, characterized by comprising an electrode active material supported on the porous metal aluminum foil of claim 6 .

9. An electrical storage device, characterized by comprising the electrode for electrical storage devices of claim 8 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 27, 2023
From: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
To: PROTERIAL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 066130/0563 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 9, 2014
From: OKAMOTO, ATSUSHI
To: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 032863/0516 →