IP Library Granted Patent US 12,401,025
Granted Patent B2
US 12,401,025 · App. 17/501,082 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Anode for secondary battery, secondary battery including the same

Inventors: Ji Hee Bae (Daejeon, KR); Jae Ram Kim (Daejeon, KR); Jung Hwan Kim (Daejeon, KR); Jae Yun Min (Daejeon, KR); Sang Won Bae (Daejeon, KR); Myung Ro Lee (Daejeon, KR); Yong Seok Lee (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: SK On Co., Ltd.
H01M4/386H01M4/366H01M4/583
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Patent No.
US 12,401,025
App. No.
17/501,082
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides an anode for a secondary battery, which includes an anode current collector and an anode active material layer which is formed on the anode current collector, and includes a silicon-based active material and a conductive material including single-walled carbon nanotubes. The single-walled carbon nanotube has a Raman R value (a D band peak intensity (Id)/a G band peak intensity (Ig)) of 0.01 to 0.1.

Claims (20)

1. An anode for a secondary battery comprising:

an anode current collector; and

an anode active material layer which is formed on the anode current collector,

wherein the anode active material layer comprises a first anode active material layer which is formed on the anode current collector and includes a first silicon-based active material and single-walled carbon nanotubes; and

a second anode active material layer which is formed on the first anode active material layer and includes a second silicon-based active material and carbon nanotubes,

wherein a content of the first silicon-based active material based on a total weight of the first anode active material layer is larger than a content of the second silicon-based active material based on a total weight of the second anode active material layer,

wherein the single-walled carbon nanotubes have a Raman R value of 0.01 to 0.1, wherein the Raman R value is a ratio of a D band peak intensity (Id) to a G band peak intensity (Ig),

wherein a content of the single-walled carbon nanotubes in the first anode active material layer is 0.02 to 0.2% by weight based on the total weight of the first anode active material layer,

wherein a content of the carbon nanotubes in the second anode active material layer based on the total weight of the second anode active material layer is equal to or larger than the content of the single-walled carbon nanotubes in the first anode active material layer based on the total weight of the first anode active material layer,

wherein the carbon nanotubes of the first anode active material layer are only single-walled carbon nanotubes, and

wherein the carbon nanotubes of the second anode active material layer are only multi-walled carbon nanotubes.

2. The anode for the secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a total content of the first silicon-based active material and the second silicon-based active material is 5% by weight or more based on a total weight of the anode active material layer.

3. The anode for secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein each of the single-walled carbon nanotubes has a length of 5 μm or more.

4. The anode for the secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein each of the single-walled carbon nanotubes has a diameter of 1.2 to 2 nm.

5. The anode for the secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the content of the first silicon-based active material is 5% by weight or more based on the total weight of the first anode active material layer, and the content of the second silicon-based active material is less than 5% by weight based on the total weight of the second anode active material layer.

6. The anode for the secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the multi-walled carbon nanotubes is 0.2 to 0.5% by weight based on the total weight of the second anode active material layer.

7. A secondary battery comprising:

the anode according to claim 1 ;

a cathode; and

a separation membrane disposed between the anode and the cathode.

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 14, 2021
From: BAE, JI HEE; KIM, JAE RAM; KIM, JUNG HWAN; MIN, JAE YUN; BAE, SANG WON; LEE, MYUNG RO; LEE, YONG SEOK
To: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057791/0193 →