Negative electrode for secondary battery, and method for producing same
A negative electrode for a secondary battery, and a method for manufacturing the same, and more particularly, to a negative electrode for a secondary battery used for a negative electrode of a secondary battery, and a method for manufacturing the same. A negative electrode for a secondary battery may include a carbon-based active material; a conductive material; a silicon-based active material-polymer binder combination including a silicon-based active material, and a polymer binder for suppressing the expansion of the silicon-based active material bonded to a particle surface of the silicon-based active material; a thickener; and a water-based binder.
1. A method for manufacturing a negative electrode for a secondary battery, comprising:
preparing a carbon-based active material;
preparing a pre-dispersion slurry by mixing a silicon-based active material, a conductive material, and a hydrophilic polymer binder having a plurality of hydroxy groups in a dispersion medium,
wherein, in the pre-dispersion slurry, the hydrophilic polymer binder having the plurality of hydroxy groups is selectively adsorbed to a hydrophilic particle surface of the silicon-based active material;
mixing the carbon-based active material with the pre-dispersion slurry;
mixing a thickener with the mixture in which the carbon-based active material is mixed with the pre-dispersion slurry;
preparing a negative electrode slurry by mixing a water-based binder with the mixture in which the carbon-based active material and thickener are mixed with the pre-dispersion slurry;
applying the prepared negative electrode slurry on a current collector; and
forming a negative electrode by removing moisture from the negative electrode slurry,
wherein the negative electrode slurry is controlled to have a solid content of 40 to 50 wt % based on a total weight of the negative electrode slurry by controlling an amount of the thickener to be mixed the mixture in which the carbon-based active material is mixed with the pre-dispersion slurry, and
wherein the solid content of the pre-dispersion slurry is controlled such that the pre-dispersion slurry has a viscosity of 3000 to 10000 cp.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the pre-dispersion slurry is formed by dispersing the silicon-based active material-polymer binder combination in which the silicon-based active material and the polymer binder are bonded, and the conductive material.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the hydrophilic polymer binder having the plurality of hydroxy groups is selectively adsorbed to the hydrophilic particle surface of the silicon-based active material and suppresses volume expansion of the silicon-based active material.