IP Library Granted Patent US 11,629,422
Granted Patent B2
US 11,629,422 · App. 17/228,769 · Granted Apr 18, 2023

Electrolytic copper foil for secondary battery, having enhanced flexural resistance, and method for producing same

Inventors: Sun Hyoung Lee (Iksan, KR); Tae Jin Jo (Iksan, KR); Seul-Ki Park (Iksan, KR); Ki Deok Song (Iksan, KR)
Assignee: ILJIN MATERIALS CO., LTD.
C25D3/38C25D1/04H01M4/0452H01M4/134H01M4/1395H01M4/38
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Patent No.
US 11,629,422
App. No.
17/228,769
Granted
Apr 18, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to an electrolytic copper foil for a secondary battery, having excellent flexural resistance, and a method for producing the electrolytic copper foil. The electrolytic copper foil for a secondary battery has excellent flexural resistance even without the use of many additives in a copper electrolyte when producing a copper foil. The electrolytic copper foil for a secondary battery according to the present invention is an electrolytic copper foil for a secondary battery, which is produced from a plating solution, containing total organic carbon (TOC), cobalt and arsenic, by using a drum and is coated with a negative electrode active material, wherein the ratio between the TOC, cobalt and arsenic contained in the electrolytic copper foil follows the following formula 1: TOC/(cobalt+arsenic)=1.30-1.55.  [Formula 1]

Claims (14)

1. A method for producing an electrolytic copper foil for a secondary battery, the method comprising:

(1) preparing a plating solution containing copper, total organic carbon (TOC), metal additives that contain cobalt and arsenic; and

(2) performing electrolytic-plating of the plating solution using a drum at a temperature of 30° C. to 70° C. by applying a current at a current density 30 ASD to 150 ASD to the drum, thereby to form an electrolytic copper foil,

wherein a ratio of the TOC to the cobalt and the arsenic contained in the electrolytic copper foil satisfies a following Equation 1:

TOC content/(cobalt content+arsenic content)=1.30 to 1.55.  [Equation 1]

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of a tensile strength and an elongation at −30° C. of the electrolytic copper foil is maintained to be greater than or equal to 80% of each of a tensile strength and an elongation at a room temperature of the electrolytic copper foil.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a concentration of the TOC contained in the plating solution is 100 ppm or greater.

4. The method foil of claim 1 , wherein the electrolytic copper foil formed by the electrolytic-plating in (2) has one face in direct contact with the drum and the other face opposite to said one face, wherein a Rz roughness of each of said one and other faces is smaller than or equal to 2.0 μm.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a tensile strength of the electrolytic copper foil is in a range of 30 kgf/mm 2 to 51 kgf/mm 2 .

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein an elongation of the electrolytic copper foil is in a range of 2% to 15%.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the electrolytic copper foil is in a range of 4 μm to 10 μm.

8. A method for producing a secondary battery comprising:

producing the electrolytic copper foil according to the method of claim 1 ; and

coating a negative electrode active material with the electrolytic copper foil.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 31, 2023
From: ILJIN COPPER FOIL CO., LTD.
To: LOTTE ENERGY MATERIALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064786/0928 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2021
From: LEE, SUN HYOUNG; JO, TAE JIN; PARK, SEUL-KI; SONG, KI DEOK
To: ILJIN MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055898/0879 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0150362 · Nov 11, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 16343553
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