Negative electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including the same
A negative electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries includes a negative electrode core member and a negative electrode mixture layer attached to the negative electrode core member, wherein the negative electrode mixture layer contains negative electrode active material particles with a graphite structure and a binder, the mixture density of the negative electrode mixture layer is 1.5 g/cm 3 to 1.8 g/cm 3 , the ratio I (002) /I (110) of the diffraction intensity I (002) of the (002) plane to the diffraction intensity I (110) of the (110) plane satisfies 60≦I (002) /I (110) ≦120 as determined by measuring the negative electrode mixture layer by an X-ray diffraction method, the amount of particles with a size of 1 μm to 10 μm in the particle size distribution of a crushed product of the negative electrode mixture layer is 12% to 25% by volume.
1. A negative electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, comprising a negative electrode core member and a negative electrode mixture layer attached to the negative electrode core member,
wherein the negative electrode mixture layer contains negative electrode active material particles with a graphite structure and a binder, the mixture density of the negative electrode mixture layer is 1.5 g/cm 3 to 1.8 g/cm 3 , the ratio I(002)/I(110) of the diffraction intensity I(002) of the (002) plane to the diffraction intensity I(110) of the (110) plane satisfies 60≦I(002)/I(110)≦120 as determined by measuring the negative electrode mixture layer by an X-ray diffraction method, the amount of particles with a size of 1 μm to 10 μm in the particle size distribution of the negative active material particles is 12% to 25% by volume.
2. The negative electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries according to claim 1 , wherein the binding strength between the negative electrode active material particles is 3 kgf/cm 2 or more.
3. The negative electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries according to claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode mixture layer has a sheet resistance of 2.5 Ω/sq or less in a discharged state as determined by a four-probe method.
4. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising the negative electrode according to claim 1 and a nonaqueous electrolyte.
5. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 4 , wherein the nonaqueous electrolyte contains a nonaqueous solvent and a lithium salt dissolved in the nonaqueous solvent and the nonaqueous solvent contains 5% to 50% by volume of a fluorobenzene compound.