IP Library Granted Patent US 12,100,839
Granted Patent B2
US 12,100,839 · App. 17/486,032 · Granted Sep 24, 2024

Electrode for secondary battery having improved fast charging performance, method of manufacturing the same, and secondary battery including the same

Inventors: Dong Hoon Lee (Daejeon, KR); Jae Youn Kim (Daejeon, KR); Jung Min Yang (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: SK On Co., Ltd.
H01M4/621H01M4/0404H01M4/131H01M4/139H01M10/0525H01M10/48
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Patent No.
US 12,100,839
App. No.
17/486,032
Granted
Sep 24, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrode for a secondary battery, the electrode including a current collector and an electrode active material layer disposed on at least one surface of the current collector. The electrode satisfies t 2 ≤t 1 ≥8×t 2 , where t 1 is a thickness of the electrode active material layer excluding the current collector on the side close to the current collector based on a separated position within the electrode active material layer when a 90° bending adhesive strength of the electrode is measured, and t 2 is a particle size (D50) of an electrode active material included in the electrode active material layer.

Claims (23)

1. An electrode for a secondary battery comprising:

a current collector; and

an electrode active material layer disposed on at least one surface of the current collector,

wherein the electrode satisfies the following Relation 1:

t 2 ≤t 1 ≤8× t 2   [Relation 1]

wherein t 1 is a thickness of the electrode active material layer excluding the current collector on the side close to the current collector based on a separated position within the electrode active material layer when a 90° bending adhesive strength of the electrode is measured, and t 2 is a particle size (D50) of an electrode active material included in the electrode active material layer.

2. The electrode for a secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the electrode further satisfies the following Relation 2:

1.5× t 2 ≤t 1 ≤5× t 2   [Relation 2]

wherein t 1 is a thickness of the electrode active material layer excluding the current collector on the side close to the current collector based on a separated position within the electrode active material layer when the 90° bending adhesive strength of the electrode is measured, and t 2 is a particle size (D50) of an electrode active material included in the electrode active material layer.

3. The electrode for a secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the electrode active material layer further comprises a styrene butadiene rubber (SBR)-based binder.

4. The electrode for a secondary battery of claim 3 , wherein the electrode active material layer comprises 0.1 to 2 wt % of the binder with respect to a total weight.

5. The electrode for a secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the electrode further satisfies the following Relation 3:

0.25≤ b 2 /b 1 <0.7  [Relation 3]

wherein b 1 is a weight of the binder in the entire electrode active material layer, and b 2 is a weight of the binder in a 15% area from the current collector based on the total thickness of the electrode active material layer, when a binder distribution is measured in the thickness direction of the electrode active material layer.

6. The electrode for a secondary battery of claim 5 , wherein the electrode further satisfies the following Relation 4:

0.3≤ b 2 /b 1 <0.5  [Relation 4]

wherein b 1 is a weight of the binder in the entire electrode active material layer, and b 2 is a weight of the binder in a 15% area from the current collector based on the total thickness of the electrode active material layer, when the binder distribution is measured in the thickness direction of the electrode active material layer.

7. The electrode for a secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the electrode has a continuous binder concentration in the thickness direction of the electrode.

8. The electrode for a secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the electrode further satisfies the following Relation 5:

−30%≤( C−D )/ D≤+ 30%  [Relation 5]

wherein C is an interfacial adhesive strength between the current collector and the electrode active material layer, measured at an arbitrary position selected in the width direction of the electrode active material layer, and D is an average value of the interfacial adhesive strength between the current collector and the electrode active material layer.

9. The electrode for a secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the electrode is a negative electrode.

10. A secondary battery comprising the electrode of claim 1 ; a separator; and an electrolyte solution.

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 Dec 6, 2021
From: LEE, DONG HOON; KIM, JAE YOUN; YANG, JUNG MIN
To: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 058305/0009 →