Negative electrode, secondary battery and device comprising same
View Patent ↗The present application discloses a negative electrode, a secondary battery and a device comprising the same. The negative electrode includes: a current collector; a first active material layer close to the current collector, the first active material layer including a first active material; and a second active material layer disposed on a surface of the first active material layer away from the current collector, the second active material layer including a second active material; wherein the first active material and the second active material are independently oval-like particles with through holes and/or blind holes, and the first active material has an average pore size greater than that of the second active material.
1. A negative electrode, comprising:
a negative electrode current collector;
a first active material layer disposed on the negative electrode current collector, the first active material layer comprising a first active material; and
a second active material layer disposed on a surface of the first active material layer away from the negative electrode current collector, the second active material layer comprising a second active material;
wherein the first active material and the second active material are independently oval-like particles with through holes and/or blind holes;
wherein the first active material has an average pore size from 70 to 140 nm, and the second active material has an average pore size from 10 to 30 nm;
wherein the first active material has an apparent density from 0.5 to 1.2 g/cm 3 , and the second active material has an apparent density from 1.5 to 2.0 g/cm 3 ;
wherein an average short diameter to long diameter ratio of the particles of the first active material is 0.75, and an average short diameter to long diameter ratio of the particles of the second active material is 0.6; and
wherein the second active material and the first active material independently comprise one or more of soft carbon, hard carbon, artificial graphite, natural graphite, silicon, silicon oxides, silicon-carbon composites, lithium titanate, and metals capable of forming alloys with lithium.
2. The negative electrode according to claim 1 , wherein the first active material has a porosity greater than that of the second active material.
3. The negative electrode according to claim 1 , wherein
the first active material has a particle size Dv50 from 8 to 18 μm; and/or
the second active material has a particle size Dv50 from 5 to 15 μm.
4. The negative electrode according to claim 1 , wherein
the first active material has a specific surface area from 6.9 to 9.6 m 2 /g; and/or
the second active material has a specific surface area from 1.3 to 3.1 m 2 /g.
5. The negative electrode according to claim 1 , wherein
the first active material layer has an areal density from 20 to 100 g/m 2 ; and/or
the second active material layer has an areal density from 20 to 100 g/m 2 .
6. The negative electrode according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of the areal density of the first active material layer to the areal density of the second active material layer is from 0.3 to 3.
7. The negative electrode according to claim 1 , wherein the second active material and the first active material are both artificial graphite.
8. A secondary battery, comprising the negative electrode according to claim 1 .
9. The secondary battery according to claim 8 , wherein the secondary battery is a lithium-ion secondary battery.
10. A device, comprising the secondary battery according to claim 8 .