IP Library Granted Patent US 11,462,767
Granted Patent B2
US 11,462,767 · App. 16/606,334 · Granted Oct 4, 2022

Electrochemical device electrode. method for producing electrochemical device electrode and electrochemical device

Inventors: Yusuke Sera (Tokyo, JP); Hideyuki Ogawa (Tokyo, JP); Hiroki Mikuni (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.
H01M10/0565H01M4/136H01M4/62H01M10/058H01M2300/0025
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Patent No.
US 11,462,767
App. No.
16/606,334
Granted
Oct 4, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is an electrochemical device electrode comprising an electrode current collector and an electrode mixture layer provided on at least one principal surface of the electrode current collector, wherein the electrode mixture layer comprises an electrode active material, a polymer having a structural unit represented by the following formula (1), at least one electrolyte salt selected from the group consisting of lithium salts, sodium salts, calcium salts, and magnesium salts, and a molten salt having a melting point of 250° C. or less: wherein X − represents a counter anion.

Claims (31)

1. An electrochemical device electrode comprising:

an electrode current collector; and

an electrode mixture layer provided on at least one principal surface of the electrode current collector, wherein

the electrode mixture layer comprises:

an electrode active material;

a polymer having a structural unit represented by the following formula (1):

wherein X − represents a counter anion;

at least one electrolyte salt selected from the group consisting of lithium salts, sodium salts, calcium salts, and magnesium salts; and

a molten salt having a melting point of 250° C. or less, the molten salt comprising 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide,

wherein

the electrochemical device electrode is a negative electrode,

the electrode current collector is a negative electrode current collector, the electrode mixture layer is a negative electrode mixture layer, and the electrode active material is a negative electrode active material.

2. The electrochemical device electrode according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one electrolyte salt comprises at least one anion selected from the group consisting of PF 6 − , BF 4 − , N(FSO 2 ) 2 − , N(CF 3 SO 2 ) 2 − , B(C 2 O 4 ) 2 − , and CLO 4 − .

3. The electrochemical device electrode according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one electrolyte salt comprises a lithium salt.

4. The electrochemical device electrode according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the molten salt is 10 to 80% by mass based on a total amount of the polymer, the at least one electrolyte salt, and the molten salt.

5. The electrochemical device electrode according to claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode active material comprises graphite.

6. The electrochemical device electrode according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one electrolyte salt comprises LiN(FSO 2 ) 2 .

7. An electrochemical device comprising the electrochemical device electrode according to claim 1 .

8. A method for producing an electrochemical device electrode, the method comprising:

providing an electrode precursor in which an electrode active material layer comprising an electrode active material is provided on at least one principal surface of an electrode current collector;

adding a slurry to the electrode active material layer of the electrode precursor, the slurry comprising:

a polymer having a structural unit represented by the following formula (1)

wherein X − represents a counter anion;

at least one electrolyte salt selected from the group consisting of lithium salts, sodium salts, calcium salts, and magnesium salts;

a molten salt having a melting point of 250° C. or less, the molten salt comprising 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide; and

a dispersion medium; and

removing a volatile component from the slurry added to the electrode active material layer to form an electrode mixture layer.

9. The method for producing an electrochemical device electrode according to claim 8 , wherein the at least one electrolyte salt comprises at least one anion selected from the group consisting of PF 6 − , BF 4 − , N(FSO 2 ) 2 − , N(CF 3 SO 2 ) 2 − , B(C 2 O 4 ) 2 − , and ClO 4 − .

10. The method for producing an electrochemical device electrode according to claim 8 , wherein a content of the molten salt is 10 to 80% by mass based on a total amount of the polymer, the at least one electrolyte salt, and the molten salt.

11. The method for producing an electrochemical device electrode according to claim 8 , wherein the dispersion medium comprises acetone.

12. The method for producing an electrochemical device electrode according to claim 8 , wherein a mass ratio of a content of the dispersion medium to a content of the polymer is 6 or less.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2023
From: SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.
To: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
Reel/Frame 062333/0826 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 8, 2022
From: HITACHI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
To: SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060614/0778 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2019
From: SERA, YUSUKE; OGAWA, HIDEYUKI; MIKUNI, HIROKI
To: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 050758/0339 →
Priority Claims (2)
WO PCT/JP2017/016079 · Apr 21, 2017 · international
WO PCT/JP2017/016084 · Apr 21, 2017 · international
Continuity (1)
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