IP Library Granted Patent US 9,991,549
Granted Patent B2
US 9,991,549 · App. 14/749,131 · Granted Jun 5, 2018

Anode for cable-type secondary battery and cable-type secondary battery comprising the same

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Patent No.
US 9,991,549
App. No.
14/749,131
Granted
Jun 5, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to an anode for a cable-type secondary battery, more specifically an anode for a cable-type secondary battery, comprising a spiral electrode consisting of at least two wire-type electrodes which are spirally twisted with each other, each of the wire-type electrodes comprising a wire-type current collector, an anode active material layer formed by coating on the outer surface of the wire-type current collector, and a polymer resin layer formed by coating on the outer surface of the anode active material layer; and a cable-type secondary battery comprising the anode. The anode for a cable-type secondary battery according to the present invention comprises a polymer resin layer formed by coating on the outer surface of an anode active material layer, thereby preventing the release of the anode active material layer from a wire-type current collector and eventually preventing the deterioration of battery performances.

Claims (20)

1. A cable-type secondary battery having a horizontal cross section of a predetermined shape and extending longitudinally, comprising:

an anode comprising at least two spiral anodes which extend parallel to each other in the longitudinal direction, each spiral anode consisting of at least two wire-type electrodes which are spirally twisted with each other, each of the wire-type electrodes comprising a wire-type current collector, an anode active material layer formed by coating on the outer surface of the wire-type current collector, and a polymer resin layer formed by coating on the outer surface of the anode active material layer,

wherein the polymer resin layer consists of a linear polymer selected from the group consisting of polyvinylidene chloride, polybutylacrylate, poly-p-phenylene terephthalamide, polyvinylpyrrolidone, poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate), polyarylate, cellulose acetate, cellulose acetate butyrate, cellulose acetate propionate, cyanoethylpullulan, cyanoethyl polyvinylalcohol, cyanoethylcellulose, cyanoethylsucrose, pullulan, styrene-butadiene rubber, carboxyl methyl cellulose and a mixture thereof, and

wherein the polymer resin layer coated on the outer surface of the anode active material layer prevents the release of the anode active layer from the wire-type current collector,

an electrolyte layer formed by filling to surround the anode, the electrolyte layer acting as an ion channel;

a cathode having a cathode active material layer surrounding the outer surface of the electrolyte layer and a cathode current collector surrounding the outer surface of the cathode active material layer; and

a protection coating surrounding the outer surface of the cathode,

wherein the electrolyte layer is a single undivided volume that fills a space between outer surfaces of the polymer resin layers of each of the wire-type electrodes and an inner surface of the cathode active material layer.

2. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the wire-type current collector is made of stainless steel, aluminum, nickel, titanium, sintered carbon, copper; stainless steel surface-treated with carbon, nickel, titanium or silver; an aluminum-cadmium alloy; non-conductive polymer surface-treated with a conductive material; or a conductive polymer.

3. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the anode active material layer comprises an anode active material, conductive particles and a polymer binder.

4. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 3 , wherein the anode active material is selected from the group consisting of natural graphite, artificial graphite, or carbonaceous material; lithium-titanium complex oxide (LTO), and metals (Me) including Si, Sn, Li, Zn, Mg, Cd, Ce, Ni and Fe; an alloy of the metals; an oxide (MeOx) of the metals; a complex of the metals and carbon; and a mixture thereof.

5. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 3 , wherein the conductive particles is selected from the group consisting of carbon black, acetylene black, Ketjen black, carbon fiber and a mixture thereof.

6. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 3 , wherein the polymer binder is selected from the group consisting of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), polyvinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoro propylene (PVDF-HFP), polyvinylidene fluoride-co-trichloro ethylene, polymethyl methacrylate, polyethylene imine, polyvinylidene chloride, polybutylacrylate, polyacrylonitrile, poly-p-phenylene terephthalamide, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyvinylacetate, polyimide, poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate), polyethylene oxide, polyarylate, cellulose acetate, cellulose acetate butyrate, cellulose acetate propionate, cyanoethylpullulan, cyanoethyl polyvinylalcohol, cyanoethylcellulose, cyanoethylsucrose, pullulan, styrene-butadiene rubber, carboxyl methyl cellulose and a mixture thereof.

7. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the anode active material layer has a thickness of 10 to 300 μm.

8. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer resin layer has a thickness of 10 nm to 100 μm.

9. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolyte layer comprises an electrolyte selected from a gel polymer electrolyte using PEO, PVdF, PMMA, PAN, or PVAc; and a solid electrolyte using PEO, polypropylene oxide (PPO), polyether imine (PEI), polyethylene sulphide (PES), or polyvinyl acetate (PVAc).

10. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolyte layer further comprises a lithium salt.

11. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 10 , wherein the lithium salt is selected from the group consisting of LiCl, LiBr, LiI, LiClO 4 , LiBF 4 , LiB 10 Cl 10 , LiPF 6 , LiCF 3 SO 3 , LiCF 3 CO 2 , LiAsF 6 , LiSbF 6 , LiAlCl 4 , CH 3 SO 3 Li, CF 3 SO 3 Li, (CF 3 SO 2 ) 2 NLi, lithium chloroborate, lower aliphatic lithium carbonate, lithium tetraphenylborate and a mixture thereof.

12. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the cathode active material layer comprises an active material selected from the group consisting of LiCoO 2 , LiNiO 2 , LiMn 2 O 4 , LiCoPO 4 , LiFePO 4 , LiNiMnCoO 2 , LiNi 1-x-y-z Co x M1 y M2 z O 2 (wherein M 1 and M 2 are each independently selected from the group consisting of Al, Ni, Co, Fe, Mn, V, Cr, Ti, W, Ta, Mg and Mo, and x, y and z are each independently an atomic fraction of oxide-forming elements, in which 0≤x<0.5, 0≤y<0.5, 0≤z<0.5, and x+y+z≤1), and a mixture thereof.

13. The cable-type secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the cathode current collector is made of stainless steel, aluminum, nickel, titanium, sintered carbon, or copper; stainless steel treated with carbon, nickel, titanium or silver on the surface thereof; an aluminum-cadmium alloy; a non-conductive polymer treated with a conductive material on the surface thereof; a conductive polymer; a metal paste comprising metal powders of Ni, Al, Au, Ag, Al, Pd/Ag, Cr, Ta, Cu, Ba or ITO; or a carbon paste comprising carbon powders of graphite, carbon black or carbon nanotube.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2021
From: LG CHEM, LTD.
To: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058295/0068 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2015
From: KWON, YO-HAN; OH, BYUNG-HUN; KIM, JE-YOUNG; WOO, SANG-WOOK
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035905/0028 →