IP Library Granted Patent US 11,843,117
Granted Patent B2
US 11,843,117 · App. 17/570,204 · Granted Dec 12, 2023

Anode for secondary battery, having optimized binder distribution, and secondary battery comprising same

Inventors: Byoung-Wook Jo (Daejeon, KR); Hyun-Joong Jang (Daejeon, KR); Min-Hwan Kim (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.
H01M4/622C08L9/06H01M4/483H01M4/587H01M4/625H01M10/0525H01M2004/027
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Patent No.
US 11,843,117
App. No.
17/570,204
Granted
Dec 12, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An anode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: an anode current collector; and an anode mixture layer formed on the anode current collector, containing an anode active material, a conductor, a rubber-based binder, and a water-soluble polymer-based binder. The anode mixture layer comprises, relative to a total weight thereof, 1.0-2.5 wt % of the rubber-based binder and 0.5-1.5 wt % of the water-soluble polymer based binder. When the anode mixture layer is divided into ten equal parts in the thickness direction based on the current collector, a ratio (CA/CB) at an interval of 0 to 3 of a content ratio (CA) of the rubber-based binder to a total content of the rubber-based binder to a content ratio (CB) of the water-soluble polymer-based binder to a total content of the water-soluble polymer-based binder is larger than 1.0, and a ratio (CA/CB) at an interval of 7 to 10 is smaller than 1.0.

Claims (24)

1. An anode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, the anode comprising:

an anode current collector; and

an anode mixture layer formed on the anode current collector, the anode mixture layer comprising an anode active material, a conductive material, a rubber-based binder and a water-soluble polymer-based binder,

wherein when the anode mixture layer is divided into 10 equal intervals in a thickness direction starting from the surface of the anode current collector, the 10 intervals defined by 11 interval parts 0 to 10 with interval part 0 denoting the surface of the current collector, interval part 1 denoting the end of the first interval, interval part 2 denoting the end of the second interval, interval part 3 denoting the end of the third interval and so on and so forth till interval part 10 denoting the end of the tenth interval,

C A,7-10 is a content ratio of the total amount of rubber-based binder in the intervals 8, 9, and 10 formed between interval parts 7 and 10 to a total amount of the rubber-based binder in all of intervals 1 to 10 formed between interval parts 0 to 10,

C B,7-10 is a content ratio of the total amount of water-soluble polymer-based binder in the intervals 8, 9, and 10 formed between interval parts 7 and 10 to a total amount of the water-soluble polymer-based binder in all of intervals 1 to 10 formed between interval parts 0 to 10,

the C A,7-10 /C B,7-10 is 0.50 to 0.98, and the C A, 7-10 is 18 to 30%.

2. The anode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the C A,7-10 /C B,7-10 is 0.52 to 0.97.

3. The anode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the C A,7-10 /C B,7-10 is 0.72 to 0.9, and the C A,7-10 is 24 to 28%.

4. The anode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of claim 3 , wherein the anode is prepared by applying a first anode slurry, applying a second anode slurry, and then drying simultaneously.

5. The anode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the C A,7-10 /C B,7-10 is 0.53 to 0.97, and the C A,7-10 is 18 to 30%.

6. The anode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of claim 5 , wherein the anode is prepared by coating and drying a first anode slurry, and then coating and drying a second anode slurry.

7. The anode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the C B,7-10 is 31 to 33%.

8. The anode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein a content of the rubber-based binder is smaller in the intervals 8, 9, and 10 than in the intervals 1, 2, and 3.

9. The anode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the content of the rubber-based binder in each of intervals 8, 9, and 10 relative to the respective weight of the anode mixture layer in each of interval 8, 9 and 10 is smaller than the content of the rubber-based binder in all of intervals 1 to 10 relative to the weight of the anode mixture layer in all of intervals 1 to 10.

10. The anode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein C A,5-7 is a content ratio of the total amount of rubber-based binder in the intervals 6 and 7 formed between interval parts 5 and 7 to a total amount of the rubber-based binder in all of intervals 1 to 10 formed between interval parts 0 to 10,

C B,5-7 is a content ratio of the total amount of water-soluble polymer-based binder in the intervals 6, and 7 formed between interval parts 5 and 7 to a total amount of the water-soluble polymer-based binder in all of intervals 1 to 10 formed between interval parts 0 to 10, and

wherein the anode mixture layer has a ratio C A,5-7 /C B,5-7 less than 1.0.

11. The anode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the anode mixture layer comprises 1.0 wt % to 2.5 wt % of the rubber-based binder and 0.5 wt % to 1.5 wt % of the water-soluble polymer-based binder, based on a total weight of the anode mixture layer.

12. The anode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the rubber-based binder is at least one selected from the group consisting of a styrene butadiene rubber (SBR), a fluorine-based rubber, an ethylene propylene rubber, a butyl acrylate rubber, a butadiene rubber, an isoprene rubber, an acrylonitrile rubber, an acrylic-based rubber and a silane-based rubber.

13. The anode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the water-soluble polymer-based binder is at least one selected from the group consisting of carboxymethylcellulose, cellulose, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyvinyl alcohol, polyacrylate and derivatives thereof.

14. The anode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the anode active material is at least one selected from the group consisting of natural graphite or artificial graphite, soft carbon, hard carbon and a silicon oxide.

15. The anode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of claim 1 , wherein the conductive material is at least one selected from the group consisting of acetylene carbon black, Ketjenblack, carbon nanotubes, graphene and graphite.

16. A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising the anode of claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 7, 2022
From: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.
To: SK ON CO., LTD.
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