Electrical storage device electrode binder composition, electrical storage device electrode slurry, electrical storage device electrode, and electrical storage device
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.
1. An electrical storage device electrode 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 comprise (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,
wherein the carboxylic acid or a salt thereof (B) is selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, crotonic acid, maleic acid, fumaric acid, itaconic acid, malonic acid, citric acid, acetic acid, and salts thereof, and
wherein the electrical storage device electrode binder composition is free of a fluoropolymer.
2. The electrical storage device electrode binder composition according to claim 1 , 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.
3. The electrical storage device electrode binder composition according to claim 1 , wherein the diene polymer particles have a number average particle size of 50 to 400 nm.
4. An electrical storage device electrode slurry comprising the electrical storage device electrode binder composition according to claim 1 , and an electrode active material.
5. 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 4 to a surface of the collector, and drying the slurry.
6. An electrical storage device comprising the electrical storage device electrode according to claim 5 .
7. The electrical storage device electrode binder composition according to claim 1 , wherein the carboxylic acid or a salt thereof (B) is selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, and salts thereof.
8. The electrical storage device electrode binder composition according to claim 1 , wherein the conjugated diene compound comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of 1,3-butadiene, 2-methyl-1,3-butadiene, 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene, 2-chloro-1,3-butadiene.
9. The electrical storage device electrode binder composition according to claim 1 , wherein the conjugated diene compound is 1,3-butadiene.
10. The electrical storage device electrode binder composition according to claim 1 , wherein the aromatic vinyl compound comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of styrene, alpha-methylstyrene, p-methylstyrene, vinyltoluene, chlorostyrene, divinylbenzene.
11. The electrical storage device electrode binder composition according to claim 1 , wherein the aromatic vinyl compound is styrene.
12. The electrical storage device electrode binder composition according to claim 1 , wherein the (meth)acrylate compound comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of methyl (meth)acrylate, ethyl (meth)acrylate, n-propyl (meth)acrylate, i-propyl (meth)acrylate, n-butyl (meth)acrylate, butyl (meth)acrylate, n-amyl (meth)acrylate, i-amyl (meth)acrylate, hexyl (meth)acrylate, cyclohexyl (meth)acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl (meth)acrylate, n-octyl (meth)acrylate, nonyl (meth)acrylate, decyl (meth)acrylate, hydroxymethyl (meth)acrylate, hydroxyethyl (meth)acrylate, ethylene glycol (meth)acrylate, ethylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, propylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, tri(meth)acrylate, pentaerythritol tetra(meth)acrylate, dipentaerythritol hexa(meth)acrylate, allyl (meth)acrylate, and ethylene di(meth)acrylate.
13. The electrical storage device electrode binder composition according to claim 1 , wherein the (meth)acrylate compound comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of methyl (meth)acrylate, ethyl (meth)acrylate, and 2-ethylhexyl (meth)acrylate.
14. The electrical storage device electrode binder composition according to claim 1 , wherein the (meth)acrylate compound is methyl (meth)acrylate.
15. The electrical storage device electrode binder composition according to claim 1 , which has a concentration of the carboxylic acid or a salt thereof (B) of 50 to 900 ppm.
16. The electrical storage device electrode binder composition according to claim 1 , which has a concentration of the carboxylic acid or a salt thereof (B) of 100 to 800 ppm.
17. The electrical storage device electrode binder composition according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid medium (C) is an aqueous medium.
18. The electrical storage device electrode binder composition according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid medium (C) comprises at least one component selected from the group consisting of amide compounds, hydrocarbons, alcohols, ketones, esters, amine compounds, lactones, sulfoxides, and sulfone compounds.
19. The electrical storage device electrode binder composition according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid medium (C) has a water content of at least 90 mass %.
20. The electrical storage device electrode binder composition according to claim 1 , wherein the carboxylic acid or a salt thereof (B) comprises at least one of acrylic acid, itaconic acid and salts thereof.