BINDER FOR SECONDARY BATTERY HAVING IMPROVED PROPERTIES AND NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME
The present disclosure relates to a binder for a secondary battery having improved properties and a negative electrode for a secondary battery including the same, and through controlling a weight ratio of styrene-butadiene-based rubber and acryl-based rubber included in the binder for a secondary battery, a negative electrode for a secondary battery having reduced electrode resistance while improving electrode adhesive strength is provided by including the binder having an optimal composition exhibiting most excellent battery properties in identical content.
1 . A negative electrode for a secondary battery comprising:
a negative electrode active material;
a conductor;
a binder; and
a viscosity agent,
wherein the binder includes styrene-butadiene-based rubber and acryl-based rubber in a weight ratio of 6:4 to 8:2.
2 . The negative electrode for a secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the styrene-butadiene-based rubber includes a styrene-based monomer and a butadiene-based monomer in a weight ratio of 1:1 to 1.5:1.
3 . The negative electrode for a secondary battery of claim 2 , wherein the styrene-based monomer includes one or more selected from the group consisting of styrene, a-methylstyrene, 4-methylstyrene, 4-bromostyrene, 4-chlorostyrene and vinyl toluene.
4 . The negative electrode for a secondary battery of claim 2 , wherein the butadiene-based monomer includes one or more selected from the group consisting of 1,3-butadiene, isoprene, 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene, 2-ethyl-1,3-butadiene, 1,3-pentadiene and chloroprene.
5 . The negative electrode for a secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the acryl-based rubber includes an acrylate-based monomer and an acrylonitrile-based monomer.
6 . The negative electrode for a secondary battery of claim 5 , wherein the acrylate-based monomer includes one or more selected from the group consisting of methacrylic acid esters, acrylic acid esters, unsaturated carboxylic acids, acid anhydrides, and esters
7 . The negative electrode for a secondary battery of claim 5 , wherein the acrylonitrile-based monomer includes one or more selected from the group consisting of acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, ethacrylonitrile, phenylacrylonitrile and α-chloroacrylonitrile.
8 . The negative electrode for a secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the binder is included in 1.0% by weight to 2.5% by weight with respect to a total weight of the negative electrode active material, the conductor, the viscosity agent and the binder.
9 . The negative electrode for a secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the binder has a particle diameter (D 50 ) of 150 nm to 400 nm.
10 . The negative electrode for a secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the binder has a glass transition temperature (T g ) of 0° C. to 15° C.
11 . The negative electrode for a secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the viscosity agent is one or more selected from the group consisting of carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), methyl cellulose (MC), hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC), methyl hydroxypropyl cellulose (MHPC), ethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose (EHEC), methyl ethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose (MEHEC) and cellulose gum.
12 . The negative electrode for a secondary battery of claim 11 , wherein the carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) has a molecular weight of 1,000,000 to 4,000,000.
13 . The negative electrode for a secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode active material has a loading amount of 250 mg/25 cm 2 to 400 mg/25 cm 2 .
14 . The negative electrode for a secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode for a secondary battery has porosity of 22% to 40%.
15 . The negative electrode for a secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode for a secondary battery has electrode adhesive strength of 20 gf/15 mm or greater.
16 . A lithium secondary battery comprising:
a positive electrode;
a negative electrode;
a liquid electrolyte; and
a separator, wherein the negative electrode is the negative electrode for a secondary battery of claim 1 .
17 . A battery module comprising the lithium secondary battery of claim 16 as a unit cell.
18 . A battery pack comprising the battery module of claim 17 .
19 . The battery pack of claim 18 , which is used as a power supply of one or more types of medium to large sized devices selected from the group consisting of power tools, electric vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and systems for power storage.