Anode for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11929491-B2
Application number	US-202318329905-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 6, 2023
Priority date	Jul 25, 2022
Publication date	Mar 12, 2024
Grant date	Mar 12, 2024

Abstract

An anode for a lithium secondary battery includes an anode current collector, and an anode active material layer formed on at least one surface of the anode current collector. The anode active material layer includes a carbon-based active material, a first silicon-based active material doped with magnesium and a second silicon-based active material not doped with magnesium. A content of the first silicon-based active material is in a range from 2 wt % to 20 wt % based on a total weight of the anode active material layer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An anode for a lithium secondary battery, comprising:
an anode current collector; and
an anode active material layer formed on at least one surface of the anode current collector, the anode active material layer comprising a carbon-based active material, a first silicon-based active material doped with magnesium, and a second silicon-based active material not doped with magnesium,
wherein a content of the first silicon-based active material is in a range from 2 wt % to 20 wt % based on a total weight of the anode active material layer,
wherein a Mg1s spectrum of a surface of the first silicon-based active material measured by an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy satisfies Formula 1:
P Mg /(P Mg +P MgO )≤0.6  [Formula 1]

wherein, in Formula 1, P Mg is an area of a 1303 eV peak of the Mg1s spectrum, and P MgO is an area of a 1304.5 eV peak of the Mg1s spectrum.

2. The anode for a lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the anode active material layer comprises a first anode active material layer formed directly on the at least one surface of the anode current collector, and a second anode active material layer formed on the first anode active material layer.

3. The anode for a lithium secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein the first anode active material layer comprises the first silicon-based active material, and the second anode active material layer comprises the second silicon-based active material not doped with magnesium.

4. The anode for a lithium secondary battery according to claim 3 , wherein the first anode active material layer further comprises the second silicon-based active material not doped with magnesium, and the second anode active material layer further comprises the first silicon-based active material,
a content of the first silicon-based active material included in the first anode active material layer is greater than or equal to a content of the second silicon-based active material included in the first anode active material layer, and
a content of the first silicon-based active material included in the second anode active material layer is less than or equal to a content of the second silicon-based active material included in the second anode active material layer.

5. The anode for a lithium secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein the first anode active material layer comprises the second silicon-based active material not doped with magnesium, and the second anode active material layer comprises the first silicon-based active material.

6. The anode for a lithium secondary battery according to claim 5 , wherein the first anode active material layer further comprises the first silicon-based active material, and the second anode active material layer further comprises the second silicon-based active material not doped with magnesium,
a content of the first silicon-based active material included in the first anode active material layer is less than or equal to a content of the second silicon-based active material included in the first anode active material layer, and
a content of the first silicon-based active material included in the second anode active material layer is greater than or equal to a content of the second silicon-based active material included in the second anode active material layer.

7. The anode for a lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a sum of contents of the first silicon-based active material and the second silicon-based active material not doped with magnesium is in a range from 6 wt % to 25 wt % based on the total weight of the anode active material layer.

8. The anode for a lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the carbon-based active material comprises artificial graphite.

9. The anode for a lithium secondary battery according to claim 8 , wherein the carbon-based active material further comprises natural graphite, and
a content of natural graphite included in the anode active material layer is less than or equal to a content of artificial graphite included in the anode active material layer.

10. The anode for a lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the second silicon-based active material not doped with magnesium is doped with at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Li, Al, Ca, Fe, Ti and V.

11. The anode for a lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first silicon-based active material and the second silicon-based active material not doped with magnesium comprises a carbon coating layer disposed on an outermost portion thereof.

12. The anode for a lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a content of magnesium doped in the first silicon-based active material is in a range from 5 wt % to 17 wt % based on a total weight of the first silicon-based active material.

13. The anode for a lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , further comprising a primer layer disposed between the anode current collector and the anode active material layer, the primer layer comprising an anode binder.

14. The anode for a lithium secondary battery according to claim 13 , wherein the anode binder includes at least one selected from the group consisting of styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), polyacrylic acid (PAA) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA).

15. The anode for a lithium secondary battery according to claim 13 , wherein the primer layer further comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of the carbon-based active material, the first silicon-based active material, and the second silicon-based active material.

16. A lithium secondary battery, comprising:
the anode for a lithium secondary battery of claim 1 ; and
a cathode facing the anode.

17. An anode for a lithium secondary battery, comprising:
an anode current collector; and
an anode active material layer formed on at least one surface of the anode current collector, the anode active material layer comprising a carbon-based active material, a first silicon-based active material doped with magnesium, and a second silicon-based active material not doped with magnesium,
wherein the first silicon-based active material doped with magnesium includes micropores to reduce swelling of the first silicon-based active material during charging and discharging,
wherein a Mg1s spectrum of a surface of the first silicon-based active material measured by an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy satisfies Formula 1:
P Mg /(P Mg +P MgO )≤0.6  [Formula 1]

wherein, in Formula 1, P Mg is an area of a 1303 eV peak of the Mg1s spectrum, and P MgO is an area of a 1304.5 eV peak of the Mg1s spectrum.

Assignees

• Sk On Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jang Hwan Ho
• Kim Moon Sung
• Kim Hyo Mi
• Ryu Sang Baek
• Park Da Hye
• Yook Seung Hyun
• Chung Da Bin
• Han Jun Hee

Classifications

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title

• H01M10/0525

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

• H01M4/622

  being polymers · CPC title

• H01M4/364 Primary

  as mixtures · CPC title

• H01M4/134 Primary

  Electrodes based on metals, Si or alloys · CPC title