Electrode with improved adhesion property for lithium secondary battery, and manufacturing method thereof
The present invention relates to a secondary battery electrode including: a collector positioned between an external wire and an electrode active material to transfer electrons; and an electrode mixture layer coated on the collector, wherein the electrode mixture layer includes a cross-linked polymer, an electrode active material, and a binder, and the cross-linked polymer is formed by a cross-linked bond between a first polymerization unit and a second polymerization unit to have an interpenetrating polymer network (IPN), and a manufacturing method thereof.
1. A secondary battery electrode comprising:
a current collector; and
an electrode mixture layer coated on the current collector,
wherein the electrode mixture layer includes an interpenetrating polymer network (IPN), an electrode active material, and a binder,
wherein the interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) having a first polymerization unit and a second polymerization unit, wherein a cross-linked bond exists between the first polymerization unit and the second polymerization unit, and
wherein the first polymerization unit is an acryl urethane-based oligomer, and the second polymerization unit is a vinyl ether urethane-based oligomer.
2. The secondary battery electrode of claim 1 , wherein the acryl urethane-based oligomer are a bisphenol A-based acryl urethane, or a 6F bisphenol A-based acryl urethane.
3. The secondary battery electrode of claim 1 , wherein a weight average molecular weight of the acryl urethane-based oligomer is in a range of 100 to 500,000.
4. The secondary battery electrode of claim 1 , wherein the vinyl ether urethane-based oligomer is a siloxane-based vinyl ether urethane.
5. The secondary battery electrode of claim 4 , wherein the siloxane-based vinyl ether urethane is a polydimethylsiloxane-based vinyl ether urethane.
6. The secondary battery electrode of claim 1 , wherein a weight average molecular weight of the vinyl ether urethane-based oligomer or is in a range of 100 to 500,000.
7. The secondary battery electrode of claim 1 , wherein the first polymerization unit and second polymerization unit are subjected to a cross-linking reaction at a weight ratio of 5:95 to 95:5 to form the cross-linked bond.
8. The secondary battery electrode of claim 1 , wherein the IPN is contained in an amount of 0.1% by weight to 30% by weight based on a total weight of the electrode mixture layer.
9. A lithium secondary battery comprising a secondary battery electrode of claim 1 .
10. A battery module comprising a lithium secondary battery of claim 9 as a unit battery.