Binder for lithium cell, composition for producing electrode, and electrode

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10044040-B2
Application number	US-201314438481-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 25, 2013
Priority date	Oct 26, 2012
Publication date	Aug 7, 2018
Grant date	Aug 7, 2018

Abstract

The present invention relates to “a binder for a lithium cell, the binder comprising polyacrylic acid cross-liked by a cross-linking agent selected from the compounds described in the general formulae [1] to [13] and the polymer described in the general formula [14] (provided that the one which includes a functional group-containing vinylidene fluoride-based polymer is excluded)”; a “composition for producing an electrode of a lithium cell, the composition comprising 1) an active material containing silicon, 2) a conductive assistant and 3) a cross-linked-type polyacrylic acid (provided that the one containing a functional group-containing vinylidene fluoride-based polymer is excluded)”; and an “electrode for a lithium cell, the electrode comprising 1) an active material containing silicon, 2) a conductive assistant, 3) a cross-linked-type polyacrylic acid, and 4) a current collector (provided that the one containing a functional group-containing vinylidene fluoride-based polymer is excluded)”.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A binder for a lithium cell comprising polyacrylic acid cross-linked by a cross-linking agent selected from the compounds described in the following general formulae [1], [2] and [4] to [13] and the polymer described in the following general formula [14], provided that the one which includes a functional group-containing vinylidene fluoride-based polymer is excluded;

wherein k represents an integer of 1 to 6,

wherein R 25 and R 26 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R 20 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a group represented by the following general formula [2-1],
R 17 —O r   [2-1]

wherein R 17 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, r represents an integer of 1 to 6,
or the group represented by the following general formula [2-2]
R 18 —O t R 19 —  [2-2]

wherein R 18 and R 19 each independently represent an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, t represents an integer of 1 to 12,

wherein R 7 to R 10 each independently represent an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, 1 represents an integer of 1 to 6, m represents an integer of 0 to 6, v1 and v2 each independently represent an integer of 0 or 1,

wherein R 31 to R 38 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a vinyl group or a vinylketone group, and at least two or more groups thereof are a vinyl group or a vinylketone group,

wherein R 12 to R 14 each independently represent an alkylene group having carbon 1 to 6 atoms,

wherein Ar 1 represents an aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, R 15 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, q represents an integer of 2 to 4,

wherein Ar 2 and Ar 3 each independently represent an arylene group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, R 16 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms,

wherein Ar 4 represents an arylene group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms,

wherein, R 11 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms,

wherein R 21 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms which has or does not have a substituent, an arylene group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms which has or does not have a substituent, or a group represented by the following general formula [12-A]

wherein R 35 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R 36 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, Ar 5 represents an arylene group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms which may have b pieces of R 35 as substituents, b represents an integer of 0 to 4,
or the group represented by the following general formula [12-B]

wherein R 37 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R 35 , R 36 , Ar 5 and b are the same as described above,

wherein R 22 each independently represents an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms which has or does not have a substituent, an aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms which has or does not have a substituent, or the group represented by the following general formula [13-A]

wherein R 40 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R 41 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, Ar 6 represents an arylene group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms which have c pieces of R 40 as substituents, c represents an integer of 0 to 5,

wherein R 23 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms which has or does not have a substituent, an arylene group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms which has or does not have a substituent, or a group represented by the following general formula [14-A] or [14-B]

wherein R 30 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R 31 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, Ar 7 represents an arylene group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms which may have a pieces of R 30 as substituents, a represents an integer of 0 to 4,
or the group following general formula [14-C]

wherein R 32 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R 30 , R 31 , Ar 7 , and a are the same as described above,
and s represents an integer of 10 to 10000.

2. The binder according to claim 1 , wherein the cross-linked polyacrylic acid is the neutralized one.

3. The binder according to claim 1 , wherein the cross-linked polyacrylic acid is the neutralized one with sodium hydroxide.

4. The binder according to claim 1 , wherein a cross-linking agent is a compound represented by the general formula [2], the general formula [4], the general formula [9], the formulae [10-1] to [10-4], or the general formula [11], or a polymer described in the general formula [14].

5. The binder according to claim 1 , wherein a cross-linking agent is a compound described in the general formula [2], the general formula [4], or the formulae [10-1] to [10-4].

6. The binder according to claim 1 , wherein viscosity of the cross-linked polyacrylic acid is 30 to 10000 mPa·S under 60 rpm of a rotational viscometer, or 10000 to 450000 mPa·S under 0.6 rpm of a rotational viscometer, provided that as viscosity measured in a dispersed solution of the cross-linked polyacrylic acid in water in a concentration of 1% by weight.

7. A composition for producing an electrode of a lithium cell comprising 1) an active material containing silicon, 2) a conductive assistant, and 3) a cross-linked-type polyacrylic acid, provided that the one containing a functional group-containing vinylidene fluoride-based polymer is excluded, wherein the cross-linked-type polyacrylic acid is the polyacrylic acid cross-liked by a cross-linking agent selected from the compounds described in the following general formulae [1], [2] and [4] to [13] and the polymer represented by the general formula [14]:

Assignees

• Wako Pure Chem Ind Ltd
• Univ Tokyo Science Found

Inventors

• Komaba Shinichi
• Yabuuchi Naoaki
• HAN Zhen-Ji
• Sasaki Takeo
• Hashimoto Shota
• Okamoto Kuniaki
• Maesawa Tsuneaki

Classifications

• H01M4/622 Primary

  being polymers · CPC title

• C08L63/00

  Compositions of epoxy resins; Compositions of derivatives of epoxy resins · CPC title

• H01M10/052

  Li-accumulators · CPC title

• C08G59/40 Primary

  characterised by the curing agents used · CPC title

• H01M2004/027

  Negative electrodes · CPC title