Electrode manufacturing method comprising cleaning step using laser, electrode manufactured by method, and secondary battery comprising same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12218343-B2
Application number	US-202117433858-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 21, 2021
Priority date	Feb 7, 2020
Publication date	Feb 4, 2025
Grant date	Feb 4, 2025

Abstract

The present technology relates to an electrode manufacturing method, an electrode manufactured by the method, and a secondary battery comprising same, the electrode manufacturing method comprising a cleaning step performed by laser irradiation, in lines corresponding to each other in a direction perpendicular to an electrode current collector, onto a top-coated electrode mixture layer and a back-coated electrode mixture layer of the electrode current collector, and may prevent a mismatch of the electrode mixture layers and may significantly reduce the degree of sliding occurrence at the boundary region.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for manufacturing an electrode, comprising:
cleaning an end of a coated part contacting a non-coated part by irradiating laser to a top-coated electrode mixture layer and a back-coated electrode mixture layer of an electrode current collector along a boundary line of the coated part,
wherein the cleaning is performed so that a line of irradiating laser to the top-coated electrode mixture layer of the electrode current collector and a line of irradiating laser to the back-coated electrode mixture layer of the electrode current collector correspond to each other in a direction perpendicular to that of the electrode current collector,
wherein the cleaning is performed so that a formation angle at the end of the coated part is in a range of 75° to 88° on a boundary line of the coated part contacting the non-coated part.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein during the cleaning, a process of irradiating laser to the top-coated electrode mixture layer of the electrode current collector; and a process of irradiating laser to the back-coated electrode mixture layer of the electrode current collector are performed simultaneously.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein during the cleaning, one of two processes including: a process of irradiating laser to the top-coated electrode mixture layer of the electrode current collector; and a process of irradiating laser to the back-coated electrode mixture layer of the electrode current collector is first performed, and a remaining one of the two processes is then performed.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising top-coating an electrode mixture layer and back-coating the electrode mixture layer before the cleaning,
wherein a formation area of the top-coated electrode mixture layer and a formation area of the back-coated electrode mixture layer are in a range of 101 to 105% of an area of a predetermined final electrode mixture layer, respectively.

5. An electrode comprising:
an electrode current collector;
a top-coated electrode mixture layer; and
a back-coated electrode mixture layer,
wherein a ratio (RWa/RWb) of a weight ratio (RWa) of the back-coated electrode mixture layer to the top-coated electrode mixture layer per a unit area (1 cm×1 cm) selected from a region (boundary region) including a boundary line of the coated part, to a weight ratio (RWb) of the back-coated electrode mixture layer to the top-coated electrode mixture layer per a unit area selected from a region (central region) which does not include the boundary line of the coated part, is in a range of 0.85 to 1.15 on a basis of the top-coated electrode mixture layer and the back-coated electrode mixture layer facing each other while interposing the electrode mixture layer therebetween.

6. The electrode of claim 5 , wherein a formation angle at an end of the top-coated electrode mixture layer and a formation angle at an end of the back-coated electrode mixture layer are in a range of 75° to 90°, respectively, on the boundary line of the coated part contacting the non-coated part.

7. An electrode assembly comprising:
a positive electrode;
a negative electrode; and
a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode,
wherein a ratio (RW2/RW1) of a weight ratio (RW2) of a positive electrode mixture layer to a negative electrode mixture layer per a unit area (1 cm×1 cm) selected from a region (boundary region) including a boundary line of a coated part, to a weight ratio (RW1) of the positive electrode mixture layer to the negative electrode mixture layer per a unit area (1 cm×1 cm) selected from a region (central region) which does not include the boundary line of the coated part is in a range of 0.8 to 1 on a basis of a positive electrode and a negative electrode facing each other while interposing the separator therebetween.

8. The electrode assembly of claim 7 , wherein the negative electrode includes:
a current collector layer; and
a negative electrode mixture layer formed on opposite surfaces of the current collector layer and including a negative electrode active material,
wherein the negative electrode active material includes a silicon (Si)-based active material.

9. The electrode assembly of claim 7 , wherein the negative electrode includes:
a current collector layer; and
a negative electrode mixture layer formed on surfaces of the current collector layer and including a negative electrode active material,
wherein the negative electrode active material includes a carbon-based active material and a silicon-based active material in a 10 to 95:5 to 90 weight ratio.

10. A secondary battery comprising an electrode assembly according to claim 7 .

Assignees

• Lg Energy Solution Ltd

Inventors

• Choi Hyoung Sik
• Huh Jun Hyeak
• Kim Jeoung Soo
• Kim Ki Woong
• An In Gu
• Sung Ki Eun

Classifications

• H01M2004/028

  Positive electrodes · CPC title

• H01M2004/027

  Negative electrodes · CPC title

• H01M4/663

  containing carbon or carbonaceous materials as conductive part, e.g. graphite, carbon fibres · CPC title

• H01M4/583

  Carbonaceous material, e.g. graphite-intercalation compounds or CFx · CPC title

• H01M4/386

  Silicon or alloys based on silicon · CPC title