CURRENT COLLECTOR FOR SILICON ANODE
Disclosed is a current collector for an anode, the current collector including: a substrate with a first face; and at least one interfacing layer with a thickness less than 10 micrometers, preferentially less than 6 micrometers, in contact with the first face of the substrate, the interfacing layer having a roughness the depth of which is included between 0.5 micrometers and 10 micrometers.
1 . A current collector for anode, the current collector including:
- a substrate with a first face, and
- at least one interfacing layer with a thickness less than 10 micrometers, in contact with the first face of the substrate, the interfacing layer having a roughness the depth of which is comprised between 0.5 micrometers and 10 micrometers.
2 . The current collector according to claim 1 , wherein the interfacing layer has a second face in contact with the first face of the substrate, the second face of the interfacing layer having a surface area and the first face of the substrate having a surface area, the ratio between the surface area of the second face of the interfacing layer and the surface area of the first face of the substrate being comprised between 0.1 and 1.
3 . The current collector according to claim 1 , wherein the interfacing layer is formed by coating a second composition, the second composition comprising a second binder material and a second conducting additive.
4 . The current collector according to claim 1 , wherein the interfacing layer consists of an array including a plurality of elements arranged on the first face of the substrate, each element being separated from another adjacent element by a distance Dadj comprised between 200 micrometers and 2500 micrometers, the distance Dadj between two adjacent elements being the smallest distance between a point of a first element and a point of a second element adjacent to the first element.
5 . The current collector according to claim 4 , wherein the interfacing layer is formed by coating a third composition, the third composition comprising a third conducting additive.
6 . The current collector according to claim 4 , wherein each element has a base, the base of each element being a polygon or a disk or an oval.
7 . The current collector according to claim 6 , wherein the base of the elements of the interfacing layer has a covering ratio of the first face of the substrate comprised between 0.1 and 0.9.
8 . The current collector according to claim 4 , wherein each element has a height less than or equal to 10 micrometers.
9 . The current collector according to claim 1 , wherein the interfacing layer has a covering ratio of the first face of the substrate strictly less than 1.
10 . The current collector according to claim 2 , further comprising at least one second interfacing layer, the second interfacing layer consisting of an array including a plurality of elements arranged on the first face of the substrate, each element being separated from another adjacent element by a distance Dadj comprised between 200 micrometers and 2500 micrometers, the distance Dadj between two adjacent elements being the smallest distance between a point of a first element and a point of a second element adjacent to the first element, the first interfacing layer and the second interfacing layer being overlaid on top of each other.
11 . An anode for electrochemical cell, the anode including:
- a current collector according to claim 1 , and
- an electrode produced according to a first composition, the first composition including an intercalation material, a first binder material and a first conducting additive, the intercalation material comprising silicon, the electrode having a face, the first face of the substrate and the face of the electrode being opposite and the interfacing layer being arranged between the substrate and the electrode and in contact with the first face of the substrate and the face of the electrode.
12 . The anode according to claim 11 , wherein the silicon concentration of the intercalation material is greater than or equal to 30% by weight.
13 . The anode according to claim 11 , wherein the intercalation material is silicon.
14 . An electrochemical cell comprising a collector according to claim 1 .
15 . An energy storage device including at least one cell according to claim 14 .
16 . A method for manufacturing a current collector for anode, the method including:
- a step of providing a substrate with a first face, and
- a step of depositing by coating, at least one interfacing layer on the first face of the substrate, the interfacing layer having a thickness less than 10 micrometers, the interfacing layer having a roughness the depth of which is comprised between 0.5 micrometers and 10 micrometers.
17 . A method for manufacturing an anode for an electrochemical cell, the method comprising:
- a step of implementing the steps of the method for manufacturing a current collector for anode according to claim 15 ,
- a step of preparing a first composition including an intercalation material, a first binder material and a first conducting additive, the intercalation material comprising silicon, and
- a step of depositing by coating the first composition on the interfacing layer in order to obtain an electrode with a face, the first face of the substrate and the face of the electrode being opposite, and the interfacing layer being in contact with the first face of the substrate and the face of the electrode.
18 . The current collector of claim 4 , wherein the third composition further comprises a third binder material.
19 . The current collector according to claim 6 , wherein the base of the elements of the interfacing layer has a covering ratio of the first face of the substrate comprised between 0.2 and 0.5.
20 . The anode according to claim 11 , wherein the silicon concentration of the intercalation material is greater than or equal to 60% by weight.