Current collector, associated set and storing device
A current collector of an electrochemical actuator is proposed, the current collector being coated with an interfacing layer, the interfacing layer being formed by coating on the current collector with a composition, the composition being formed by particles, at least 50% of the particles having a mean diameter by volume of less than or equal to 10 micrometers.
1. A current collector of a device for storing electrical energy, the current collector being coated with an interfacing layer, the interfacing layer being formed by coating on the current collector with a composition,
the composition comprising a conductive additive, a solvent and a binder material,
the composition being a composition comprising particles, the particles being obtained by carrying out a mixing technique and a grinding technique, the mixing technique consists of pre-dispersing the conductive additive in the solvent and the binder material, the conductive additive forming agglomerates before the grinding technique with a diameter greater than 50 μm, the grinding technique consisting in breaking the agglomerates, at least 50% of the particles having a mean diameter by volume of less than or equal to 10 micrometers,
the mean diameter by volume being measured on the particles of the composition by static light using a granulometer and by processing the data obtained by the granulometer to calculate the particle size distribution on the basis of a spherical model of equivalent volume.
2. The current collector according to claim 1 , wherein the interfacing layer is a layer acting as a physical barrier to prevent ions responsible for corrosion from accessing the current collector.
3. The current collector according to claim 1 , wherein the interfacing layer is a layer preventing oxidation of the current collector even when an operating potential of the device for storing electrical energy is superior or equal to an oxidation potential of a material of the current collector.
4. The current collector according to claim 1 , wherein the current collector is adapted for a device for storing electrical energy comprising an electrolyte comprising ionic salts chosen from among lithium bis(trifluoromethane sulfonyl)imide salt (LiTFSI), lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (LiFSI) salt, lithium trifluoromethane-sulfonate salt (LiTF), lithium tetrafluoroborate (LiBF4), lithium bis(oxalato)borate (LiBOB), lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate (LiDFOB) and a mixture thereof.
5. The current collector according to claim 4 , wherein at least one of the ionic salts is lithium bis(trifluoromethane sulfonyl)imide salt (LiTFSI).
6. The current collector according to claim 1 , wherein at least 90% of the particles have a mean diameter by volume of less than or equal to 15 micrometers.
7. The current collector according to claim 1 , wherein at least 99% of the particles have a diameter of less than or equal to 10 micrometers.
8. The current collector according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive additive comprises at least one element chosen from the list made up of:
carbon,
carbon black,
graphite,
graphene,
a carbon nanotube,
an activated carbon fiber, and
a nonactivated carbon nanofiber.
9. The current collector according to claim 1 , wherein the interfacing layer has a thickness greater than or equal to 1 micrometer.
10. The current collector according to claim 1 , wherein the interfacing layer has a thickness less than or equal to 4 micrometers.
11. The current collector according to claim 1 , wherein the interfacing layer has a thickness less than or equal to 2 micrometers.
12. An assembly forming an anode or a cathode, including:
an electrode, and
a current collector according to claim 1 .
13. An electrical energy storage device, electrochemical accumulator or supercapacitor, including an assembly according to claim 12 .