Negative electrode for lithium ion secondary battery comprising negative electrode active material containing two carbons and method for manufacturing lithium ion secondary battery comprising same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10211451-B2
Application number	US-201414759677-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 10, 2014
Priority date	Jan 11, 2013
Publication date	Feb 19, 2019
Grant date	Feb 19, 2019

Abstract

The present invention relates to a negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery, the negative electrode containing a negative electrode active material containing a first carbon and a second carbon, in which the first carbon is spherical graphite, the second carbon is massive graphite, and the sulfur concentration in the first carbon (Sx) and the sulfur concentration in the second carbon (Sy) are each independently 0 ppm or more and 300 ppm or less.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery, comprising a negative electrode active material containing a first carbon and a second carbon, wherein
the first carbon is uncoated spherical natural graphite having a ratio of (length of minor axis)/(length of major axis) of larger than 0.2, wherein the minor axis is a direction in which the length is shortest and the major axis is a direction in which the length is longest, and having a structure in which flake-like graphite is folded into a spherical form,
the second carbon is massive non-graphitizable carbon and/or massive artificial graphite, the massive non-graphitizable carbon and/or massive artificial graphite having a ratio of (length of minor axis)/(length of major axis) of larger than 0.2, wherein the minor axis is a direction in which the length is shortest and the major axis is a direction in which the length is longest, and in which schistosity is not observed, and
a sulfur concentration in the first carbon (Sx) and a sulfur concentration in the second carbon (Sy) are each independently 0 ppm or more and 300 ppm or less.

2. The negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , further comprising an electrical conduction aid and a binder, wherein
the electrical conduction aid is plate-like graphite,
GM(sf) is 0.1 to 1.1, wherein GM(sf) is a ratio (carboxyl group/phenol-type hydroxyl group) between carboxyl group and phenol-type hydroxyl group that are surface functional groups of the first carbon, and
GV(sf) is 0.1 to 1.1, wherein GV(sf) is a ratio (carboxyl group/phenol-type hydroxyl group) between carboxyl group and phenol-type hydroxyl group that are surface functional groups of the second carbon.

3. The negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein
a sulfur concentration in the electrical conduction aid (Sz) is 0 ppm or more and 300 ppm or less and
GA(sf) is 0.1 to 1.1, wherein GA(sf) is a ratio (carboxyl group/phenol-type hydroxyl group) between carboxyl group and phenol-type hydroxyl group that are surface functional groups of the electrical conduction aid.

4. The negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein
a thickness of the electrical conduction aid is 0.01 μm or more and 0.5 μm or less.

5. The negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein
a sulfur concentration is 100 ppm or less in either the first carbon or the second carbon which has larger mass amount in the negative electrode active material.

6. The negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein
the sulfur concentration in the first carbon (Sx) is 100 ppm or less.

7. The negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein
the sulfur concentration in the second carbon (Sy) is 100 ppm or less.

8. A lithium ion secondary battery comprising:
the negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 ;
a non-aqueous electrolytic solution containing an additive; and
a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material capable of absorbing and desorbing lithium.

9. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 8 , wherein
the non-aqueous electrolytic solution contains a cyclic sulfonic acid ester having two sulfonyl groups as an additive.

10. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 8 , wherein the non-aqueous electrolytic solution contains a cyclic sulfonic acid ester represented by general formula (1) below having two sulfonyl groups as an additive,

wherein Q represents an oxygen atom, methylene group, or a single bond, A represents substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, carbonyl group, sulfinyl group, substituted or unsubstituted fluoroalkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or divalent group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms in which alkylene units or fluoroalkylene units are bonded via an ether bond, and B represents substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group, substituted or unsubstituted fluoroalkylene group, or an oxygen atom.

11. The lithium ion battery according to claim 8 , wherein
a ratio between an average particle size of the first carbon D 50m and an average particle size of the second carbon D 50v , D 50m /D 50v , is 1 or more and 8 or less.

12. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 8 , wherein
a ratio between an average particle size of the first carbon D 50m and an average particle size of the plate-like graphite that is the electrical conduction aid D 50a , D 50m /D 50a , is 1 or more and 11 or less.

13. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 8 , wherein
the second carbon content is 5 mass % or more and 30 mass % or less based on the total weight of a negative electrode active material, an electrical conduction aid, and a binder contained in the negative electrode.

14. A method for manufacturing a lithium ion secondary battery including the negative electrode of claim 1 , an electrolytic solution, and an outer casing, the method comprising:
a step of manufacturing the negative electrode using a negative electrode mixture obtained by mixing a negative electrode active material containing a first carbon and a second carbon;
a step of fabricating an electrode element in such a manner that a positive electrode and the negative electrode are disposed to face each other; and
a step of enclosing the electrode element and an electrolytic solution into the outer casing, wherein
the second carbon is massive non-graphitizable carbon and/or massive artificial graphite as defined in claim 1 , and
a sulfur concentration in the first carbon (Sx) and a sulfur concentration in the second carbon (Sy) are each independently 0 ppm or more and 300 ppm or less.

15. The negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein
the first carbon content in the negative electrode is 50 mass % or more.

16. The negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein
the second carbon is massive non-graphitizable carbon.

17. The negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein
a ratio between an average particle size of the first carbon D 50m and an average particle size of the second carbon D 50v , D 5Om /D 5Ov , is 1 or more and 8 or less.

18. The negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein
the second carbon content is 5 mass % or more and 30 mass % or less based on the total weight of a negative electrode active material, an electrical conduction aid, and a binder contained in the negative electrode.

19. The negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 18 , wherein
the first carbon content in the negative electrode is 50 mass % or more based on the total weight of a negative electrode active material, an electrical conduction aid, and a binder contained in the negative electrode.

Assignees

• Nec Corp

Inventors

• Azami Takeshi
• Ishikawa Hitoshi

Classifications

• H01M4/136

  Electrodes based on inorganic compounds other than oxides or hydroxides, e.g. sulfides, selenides, tellurides, halogenides or LiCoFy · CPC title

• H01M2004/027

  Negative electrodes · CPC title

• H01M4/133

  Electrodes based on carbonaceous material, e.g. graphite-intercalation compounds or CFx · CPC title

• H01M10/0567

  characterised by the additives · CPC title

• H01M4/587

  for inserting or intercalating light metals · CPC title