Conductive material dispersion, method for producing the same, and composition for secondary battery electrode, electrode film, secondary battery, and vehicle using conductive material dispersion
View Patent ↗Provided is a conductive material dispersion including: a conductive material containing at least one kind selected from the group consisting of a carbon nanotube and carbon black; carboxymethyl cellulose or its salt; and water. The carboxymethyl cellulose or its salt has a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 to 150,000 and an etherification degree of 0.5 to 0.9. A product of the complex elastic modulus (Pa) and the phase angle (°) of the conductive material dispersion is 100 or more and 1,500 or less.
1. A conductive material dispersion comprising:
a carbon nanotube;
carboxymethyl cellulose or its salt; and
water, wherein
a specific surface area of the carbon nanotube is 490 m 2 /g or more,
the carboxymethyl cellulose or its salt has a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 to 100,000 and an etherification degree of 0.5 to 0.9,
a median diameter of particles in the conductive material dispersion is 0.5 μm or more and 2.0 μm or less, and
a product of a complex elastic modulus (Pa) and a phase angle) (°) of the conductive material dispersion is 100 or more and 1,500 or less.
2. A conductive material dispersion comprising:
a carbon nanotube;
carboxymethyl cellulose or its salt; and
water, wherein
the carboxymethyl cellulose or its salt has a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 to 100,000 and an etherification degree of 0.5 to 0.9,
a median diameter of particles in the conductive material dispersion is 0.5 μm or more and 2.0 μm or less,
a product of a complex elastic modulus (Pa) and a phase angle (°) of the conductive material dispersion is 100 or more and 1,500 or less, and
an amount of an acidic group of the carbon nanotube is 40 to 500 μmol/g.
3. The conductive material dispersion according to claim 2 , wherein
the carbon nanotube includes a first carbon nanotube having an average outer diameter of 0.5 nm or more and less than 5 nm and a second carbon nanotube having an average outer diameter of 5 nm or more and 20 nm or less, and
a mass ratio of the first carbon nanotube to the second carbon nanotube is 1:10 to 1:100.
4. The conductive material dispersion according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a polyacrylic acid.
5. A method for producing the conductive material dispersion according to claim 2 in which steps of (1) and (2) below are performed in this order, the method comprising:
(1) a step of performing dispersing at a pressure of 60 to 120 MPa by using a high-pressure homogenizer and setting a median diameter to 4.0 μm or less; and
(2) a step of performing dispersing until a phase angle becomes 40 degrees or more by using a bead mill.
6. A composition for a secondary battery electrode comprising:
the conductive material dispersion according to claim 2 .
7. An electrode film comprising:
a coating film of the composition for a secondary battery electrode according to claim 6 .
8. A secondary battery comprising:
the electrode film according to claim 7 .
9. A vehicle comprising:
the secondary battery according to claim 8 .
10. A conductive material dispersion comprising:
a carbon nanotube;
carboxymethyl cellulose or its salt; and
water, wherein
the carboxymethyl cellulose or its salt has a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 to 100,000 and an etherification degree of 0.5 to 0.9,
an amount of an acidic group of the carbon nanotube is 0.1 to 0.8 μmol/m 2 , and
a product of a complex elastic modulus (Pa) and a phase angle) (°) of the conductive material dispersion is 100 or more and 1,500 or less.
11. The conductive material dispersion according to claim 10 , wherein the complex elastic modulus is 50 Pa or less and the phase angle is 15 degrees or more.
12. The conductive material dispersion according to claim 10 , wherein the conductive material dispersion has a TI value of 2.0 to 5.0.
13. The conductive material dispersion according to claim 10 , wherein a gloss of a coating film of the conductive material dispersion, measured at 60 degrees relative to an angle of incidence, is 5 to 120.
14. The conductive material dispersion according to claim 10 , wherein the conductive material dispersion has a pH of 7.0 to 10.5.
15. A composition for a secondary battery electrode comprising:
the conductive material dispersion according to claim 10 .
16. An electrode film comprising:
a coating film of the composition for a secondary battery electrode according to claim 15 .
17. A secondary battery comprising:
the electrode film according to claim 16 .
18. A vehicle comprising:
the secondary battery according to claim 17 .
19. The conductive material dispersion according to claim 10 , wherein an amount of the carboxymethyl cellulose or its salt is from 10 to 100 mass % based on a mass of the conductive material.