Silicon-carbon composite negative electrode active material, negative electrode including silicon-carbon composite negative electrode active material, and secondary battery including negative electrode

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12249706-B2
Application number	US-202117775742-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 19, 2021
Priority date	Apr 22, 2020
Publication date	Mar 11, 2025
Grant date	Mar 11, 2025

Abstract

The present invention relates to a silicon-carbon composite negative electrode active material, a negative electrode including the same, and a secondary battery, wherein the silicon-carbon composite negative electrode active material includes a core containing SiO X (0≤X<2), a carbon layer covering at least a portion of the surface of the core, a carbon nanotube structure positioned on the carbon layer, and a polyvinylidene fluoride coating at least a portion of the carbon nanotube structure, wherein the carbon nanotube structure has a structure formed by arranging and bonding 2 to 5,000 single-walled carbon nanotube units side by side, and a portion of the carbon nanotube structure is bonded to the carbon layer.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A silicon-carbon composite negative electrode active material comprising:
a core containing SiO X (0≤X<2);
a carbon layer covering at least a portion of the surface of the core;
a carbon nanotube structure positioned on the carbon layer; and
a polyvinylidene fluoride coating at least a portion of the carbon nanotube structure, wherein the carbon nanotube structure has a structure formed by arranging and bonding 2 to 5,000 single-walled carbon nanotube units side by side in a single plane, and a portion of the carbon nanotube structure is bonded to the carbon layer,
wherein the polyvinylidene fluoride is present in a crystallized state in the silicon-carbon composite negative electrode active material.

2. The silicon-carbon composite negative electrode active material of claim 1 , wherein an average diameter of the carbon nanotube structure is 2 nm to 200 nm.

3. The silicon-carbon composite negative electrode active material of claim 1 , wherein the carbon nanotube structure is formed by arranging and bonding 2 to 500 single-walled carbon nanotube units side by side.

4. The silicon-carbon composite negative electrode active material of claim 1 , wherein an average length of the carbon nanotube structure is 1 m to 100 m.

5. The silicon-carbon composite negative electrode active material of claim 1 , wherein the single-walled carbon nanotube units are included in the carbon nanotube structure in an amount of 95 wt % to 100 wt %.

6. The silicon-carbon composite negative electrode active material of claim 1 , wherein a number of the carbon nanotube structure included in the negative electrode active material is 1 to 100.

7. The silicon-carbon composite negative electrode active material of claim 1 , wherein the carbon nanotube structure is included in an amount of 0.05 parts by weight to 5.0 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the core having the carbon layer formed thereon.

8. The silicon-carbon composite negative electrode active material of claim 1 , wherein the carbon layer comprises at least any one of crystalline carbon or amorphous carbon.

9. The silicon-carbon composite negative electrode active material of claim 1 , wherein the carbon layer is included in an amount of 0.1 parts by weight to 20 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the core.

10. The silicon-carbon composite negative electrode active material of claim 1 , wherein the polyvinylidene fluoride is included in an amount of 0.1 parts by weight to 30 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the core having the carbon layer formed thereon.

11. The silicon-carbon composite negative electrode active material of claim 1 , wherein a specific surface area thereof is 0.5 m 2 /g to 50 m 2 /g.

12. A negative electrode comprising the silicon-carbon composite negative electrode active material of claim 1 .

13. The negative electrode of claim 12 , further comprising a carbon-based active material.

14. A secondary battery comprising the negative electrode of claim 12 .

Assignees

• Lg Energy Solution Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Tae Gon
• Lee Yong Ju
• Oh Il Geun
• Kwak Min
• Kim Je Young
• Jung Wang Mo

Classifications

• H01M2004/027

  Negative electrodes · CPC title

• H01M2004/021

  Physical characteristics, e.g. porosity, surface area · CPC title

• H01M4/623

  fluorinated polymers · CPC title

• H01M4/587

  for inserting or intercalating light metals · CPC title

• H01M4/386

  Silicon or alloys based on silicon · CPC title