Electrolytic copper foil, current collector comprising the same, electrode comprising the same, secondary battery comprising the same, and method for manufacturing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10480090-B2
Application number	US-201615307069-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 28, 2016
Priority date	Jun 24, 2015
Publication date	Nov 19, 2019
Grant date	Nov 19, 2019

Abstract

An electrolytic copper foil, a current collector including the same, an electrode including the same, a secondary battery including the same and a method for manufacturing the same which can secure secondary batteries with high capacity maintenance. The electrolytic copper foil includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, wherein each of the first and second surfaces has a peak count roughness Rpc of 10 to 100.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electrolytic copper foil for a secondary battery, the electrolytic copper foil comprising:
a first surface; and
a second surface opposite to the first surface,
wherein each of the first and second surfaces has a peak count roughness Rpc of 10 to 100,
wherein the peak count roughness Rpc of each of the first and second surfaces is an average of peak count roughness Rpc values measured at randomly-selected three points,
the peak count roughness Rpc of each point is the number of effective peaks which rise above an upper criteria line of 0.5 μm per unit sampling length of 4 mm in a surface roughness profile obtained according to steel-iron test schedule (SEP 1940), and
there is at least one valley deeper than a lower criteria line of −0.5 μm between adjacent ones of the effective peaks.

2. The electrolytic copper foil according to claim 1 , wherein a difference in peak count roughness Rpc between the first and second surfaces is 60 or less.

3. The electrolytic copper foil according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first and second surfaces has a ten-point mean roughness R zJIS of 2 μm or less.

4. The electrolytic copper foil according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolytic copper foil has a thickness of 3 to 20 μm and tensile strength of 30 to 60 kgf/mm 2 .

5. A current collector for a secondary battery, the current collector comprising:
the electrolytic copper foil according to claim 1 ; and
a protective layer disposed on the electrolytic copper foil,
wherein the protective layer comprises at least one of chromate, benzotriazole and a silane compound.

6. The current collector according to claim 5 , wherein the protective layer is formed on the first and second surfaces of the electrolytic copper foil.

7. An electrode for a secondary battery, the electrode comprising:
a current collector comprising the electrolytic copper foil according to claim 1 ; and
an active material layer disposed on the current collector;
wherein the active material layer comprises at least one active material selected from the group consisting of: carbon; a metal (Me) of Si, Ge, Sn, Li, Zn, Mg, Cd, Ce, Ni or Fe; an alloy containing the metal; an oxide of the metal (MeO x ); and a chemical compound of the metal and carbon.

8. The electrode according to claim 7 , wherein the active material layer comprises Si.

9. The electrode according to claim 7 , wherein the current collector further comprises a protective layer comprising at least one of chromate, benzotriazole and a silane compound, and
wherein the protective layer is interposed between the electrolytic copper foil and the active material layer.

10. A secondary battery comprising:
a cathode;
an anode;
an electrolyte for providing an environment enabling lithium ions to move between the cathode and the anode; and
a separator for electrically insulating the cathode from the anode,
wherein the anode comprises:
a current collector comprising the electrolytic copper foil according to claim 1 ; and
an active material layer disposed on the current collector.

11. The secondary battery according to claim 10 , further comprising a protective layer comprising at least one of chromate, benzotriazole and a silane compound,
wherein the protective layer is interposed between the electrolytic copper foil and the active material layer.

Assignees

• Ls Mtron Ltd
• Kcf Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Dae Young
• Kim Seung Min

Classifications

• H01M4/66

  Selection of materials · CPC title

• H01M4/1395 Primary

  of electrodes based on metals, Si or alloys · CPC title

• H01M4/134

  Electrodes based on metals, Si or alloys · CPC title

• C25D1/04 Primary

  Wires; Strips; Foils · CPC title

• H01M10/0525

  Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries · CPC title