IP Library Granted Patent US 11,876,215
Granted Patent B2
US 11,876,215 · App. 17/044,408 · Granted Jan 16, 2024

Method for manufacturing anode, and secondary battery with improved rapid charging performance, having anode according thereto

Inventors: Dong-Hoon Lee (Daejeon, KR); Hwan-Ho Jang (Daejeon, KR); Hyo-Sung Lim (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.
H01M4/364H01M4/0435H01M4/131H01M4/133H01M4/134H01M4/366H01M4/621H01M4/661H01M10/0525H01M50/46
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Patent No.
US 11,876,215
App. No.
17/044,408
Granted
Jan 16, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a secondary battery comprising a cathode, an anode and a separator interposed between the cathode and the anode, wherein the anode comprises an anode current collector and an anode mixture layer formed on at least one surface of the anode current collector, the anode mixture layer comprises an anode active material, a binder, and a conductive material, a loading amount of the anode mixture layer is 5 mg/cm 2 to 15 mg/cm 2 and value R of the anode mixture layer is 3,000 or less, wherein R means (permeability of the anode mixture layer)×(current density of a battery) 2 . According to the present invention, an overvoltage phenomenon of an anode surface and the deposition of lithium metal caused thereby can be prevented so that charging can be performed with a higher current, and thus rapid charging performance is improved, and lifespan is excellent even in the same current.

Claims (19)

1. A secondary battery, comprising a cathode, an anode and a separator interposed therebetween,

wherein the anode comprises an anode current collector; and an anode mixture layer formed on at least one surface of the anode current collector,

wherein the anode mixture layer comprises an anode active material, a binder and a conductive material;

a loading amount of the anode mixture layer is 5 mg/cm 2 to 15 mg/cm 2 ; and

an R value of the anode mixture layer is 3,000 or less, where R is (permeability of the anode mixture layer)×(current density of the battery) 2 .

2. The secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the R value of the anode mixture layer is 2,000 or less.

3. The secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the anode active material is artificial graphite.

4. The secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the anode active material includes artificial graphite as a first active material, and one or more selected from natural graphite, soft carbon, hard carbon, Si, Sn, Al, Ge, Pb, Ed, an Sb—Si—Z alloy, an Sn—Z alloy, a lithium titan oxide, a vanadium oxide and a lithium vanadium oxide, as a second anode active material,

wherein the first anode active material is included in an amount of 50 wt % or more,

where Z is any one selected from Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ra, Sc, Y, Ti, Zr, Hf, Rf, V, Nb, Ta, Pb, Cr, Mo, W, Sg, Tc, Re, Ph, Fe, Pb, Ru, Os, Hs, Rh, Ir, Pd, Pt, Cu, Ag, Au, Zn, Cd, B, Al, Ga, Sn, In, Ti, Ge, P, As, Sb, Hi, S, Se, Te and Po.

5. The secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein a glass transition temperature of the binder is −15° C. to 0° C.

6. The secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein density of the anode is 1.65 g/cc or less.

7. The secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein a loading, amount of the anode mixture layer is 8 mg/cm 2 to 15 mg/cm 2 .

8. The secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the conductive material includes one or more selected from carbon black, acetylene black, furnace black, Ketjenblack, artificial graphite, natural graphite, silver, aluminum and copper.

9. A method for manufacturing an anode, comprising:

applying an anode slurry comprises an anode active material, a binder and a conductive material onto an anode current collector and drying the same to form an anode mixture layer; and

first rolling and second rolling the anode current collector formed with the anode mixture layer,

wherein a ratio of a thickness of the anode mixture layer reduced by the first rolling to a thickness of the anode mixture layer reduced by the second rolling is 70:30 to 35:65.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein a temperature of a rolling roll of the first and second rolling is 40° C. or less.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 7, 2022
From: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.
To: SK ON CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062034/0198 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 1, 2020
From: LEE, DONG-HOON; JANG, HWAN-HO; LIM, HYO-SUNG
To: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053944/0370 →