Negative electrode current collector for lithium metal battery, secondary battery including the same, and method for manufacturing negative electrode current collector for lithium metal battery
A negative electrode current collector for a lithium metal battery, including copper and having a sum of S(110) and S(100) of 50% or more, wherein the S(110) is a ratio of a region occupied by a (110) surface of copper based on an entire region occupied by copper at a surface of the negative electrode current collector, and the S(100) is a ratio of a region occupied by a (100) surface of copper based on an entire region occupied by copper at a surface of the negative electrode current collector.
1. A negative electrode comprising:
a negative electrode current collector including a base and copper coated on the base,
wherein a thickness of the copper is from 10 nm to 500 nm,
wherein the negative electrode current collector is heat treated to remove a copper oxide layer on the surface of the negative electrode current collector; and
a lithium metal disposed on the negative electrode current collector;
wherein in said negative electrode current collector,
a sum of S(110) and S(100) is 50% or more,
wherein the S(110) is a ratio of a region occupied by a (110) surface of the copper based on an entire region occupied by the copper at a surface of the negative electrode current collector, and
the S(100) is a ratio of a region occupied by a (100) surface of the copper based on an entire region occupied by the copper at a surface of the negative electrode current collector.
2. The negative electrode according to claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode current collector is made up of copper.
3. The negative electrode according to claim 1 , wherein the base comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of silicon, silicon oxide, gold, stainless steel, aluminum, nickel, titanium and silver.
4. The negative electrode according to claim 1 , wherein the ratio of the S(100) to the S(110) is 100:0 to 5:1.
5. The negative electrode according to claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode is made up of the negative electrode current collector.
6. A lithium metal battery, comprising:
the negative electrode of claim 1 ;
a positive electrode;
a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and
an electrolyte.