Binder composition for secondary battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12431502-B2
Application number	US-202017799286-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 25, 2020
Priority date	Jun 17, 2020
Publication date	Sep 30, 2025
Grant date	Sep 30, 2025

Abstract

An aqueous binder composition for a positive electrode of a secondary battery electrode, comprising a copolymer and a dispersion medium, wherein the copolymer comprises a structural unit (a) derived from a carboxylic acid group-containing monomer, a structural unit (b) derived from an amide group-containing monomer and a structural unit (c) derived from a nitrile group-containing monomer, with an improved binding capability. In addition, battery cells comprising the cathode prepared using the binder composition disclosed herein exhibits exceptional electrochemical performance.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A binder composition for a secondary battery electrode comprising a copolymer, wherein the copolymer comprises a structural unit (a) derived from a carboxylic acid group-containing monomer, a structural unit (b) derived from an amide group-containing monomer and a structural unit (c) derived from a nitrile group-containing monomer,
wherein a proportion of structural unit (a) derived from a carboxylic acid group-containing monomer in the copolymer is from about 7% to about 25% by mole, based on the total number of moles of monomeric units in the copolymer in the binder composition,
wherein a proportion of structural unit (b) derived from an amide group-containing monomer in the copolymer is from about 4% to about 17% by mole, based on the total number of moles of monomeric units in the copolymer in the binder composition,
wherein a proportion of structural unit (c) derived from a nitrile group-containing monomer in the copolymer is from 67% to about 80% by mole, based on the total number of moles of monomeric units in the copolymer in the binder composition, and
wherein the binder composition is free of structural unit derived from an ester group-containing monomer.

2. The binder composition according to claim 1 , wherein the carboxylic acid group-containing monomer is selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, crotonic acid, 2-butyl crotonic acid, cinnamic acid, maleic acid, maleic anhydride, fumaric acid, itaconic acid, itaconic anhydride, tetraconic acid, 2-ethylacrylic acid, isocrotonic acid, cis-2-pentenoic acid, trans-2-pentenoic acid, angelic acid, tiglic acid, 3,3-dimethyl acrylic acid, 3-propyl acrylic acid, trans-2-methyl-3-ethyl acrylic acid, cis-2-methyl-3-ethyl acrylic acid, 3-isopropyl acrylic acid, trans-3-methyl-3-ethyl acrylic acid, cis-3-methyl-3-ethyl acrylic acid, 2-isopropyl acrylic acid, trimethyl acrylic acid, 2-methyl-3,3-diethyl acrylic acid, 3-butyl acrylic acid, 2-butyl acrylic acid, 2-pentyl acrylic acid, 2-methyl-2-hexenoic acid, trans-3-methyl-2-hexenoic acid, 3-methyl-3-propyl acrylic acid, 2-ethyl-3-propyl acrylic acid, 2,3-diethyl acrylic acid, 3,3-diethyl acrylic acid, 3-methyl-3-hexyl acrylic acid, 3-methyl-3-tert-butyl acrylic acid, 2-methyl-3-pentyl acrylic acid, 3-methyl-3-pentyl acrylic acid, 4-methyl-2-hexenoic acid, 4-ethyl-2-hexenoic acid, 3-methyl-2-ethyl-2-hexenoic acid, 3-tert-butyl acrylic acid, 2,3-dimethyl-3-ethyl acrylic acid, 3,3-dimethyl-2-ethyl acrylic acid, 3-methyl-3-isopropyl acrylic acid, 2-methyl-3-isopropyl acrylic acid, trans-2-octenoic acid, cis-2-octenoic acid, trans-2-decenoic acid, α-acetoxyacrylic acid, β-trans-aryloxyacrylic acid, α-chloro-β-E-methoxyacrylic acid, methyl maleic acid, dimethyl maleic acid, phenyl maleic acid, bromo maleic acid, chloromaleic acid, dichloromaleic acid, fluoromaleic acid, difluoro maleic acid, nonyl hydrogen maleate, decyl hydrogen maleate, dodecyl hydrogen maleate, octadecyl hydrogen maleate, fluoroalkyl hydrogen maleate, maleic anhydride, methyl maleic anhydride, dimethyl maleic anhydride, acrylic anhydride, methacrylic anhydride, methacrolein, methacryloyl chloride, methacryloyl fluoride, methacryloyl bromide and combinations thereof.

3. The binder composition according to claim 1 , wherein the carboxylic acid group-containing monomer comprises a combination of a carboxylic salt group and a carboxylic acid group; and wherein a molar ratio of the carboxylic acid group to the carboxylic salt group in the copolymer is from about 0 to about 0.25.

4. The binder composition according to claim 1 , wherein the amide group-containing monomer is selected from the group consisting of methacrylamide, N-methyl methacrylamide, N-ethyl methacrylamide, N-n-propyl methacrylamide, N-isopropyl methacrylamide, N-n-butyl methacrylamide, N-isobutyl methacrylamide, N,N-dimethyl acrylamide, N,N-dimethyl methacrylamide, N,N-diethyl acrylamide, N,N-diethyl methacrylamide, N-methylol methacrylamide, N-(methoxymethyl) methacrylamide, N-(ethoxymethyl) methacrylamide, N-(propoxymethyl) methacrylamide, N-(butoxymethyl) methacrylamide, N,N-dimethyl methacrylamide, N,N-dimethylaminopropyl methacrylamide, N,N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylamide, N,N-dimethylol methacrylamide, diacetone methacrylamide, methacryloyl morpholine and combinations thereof.

5. The binder composition according to claim 1 , wherein the nitrile group-containing monomer is selected from the group consisting of acrylonitrile, α-halogenoacrylonitrile, α-alkylacrylonitrile, α-chloroacrylonitrile, α-bromoacrylonitrile, α-fluoroacrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, α-ethylacrylonitrile, α-isopropylacrylonitrile, α-n-hexylacrylonitrile, α-methoxyacrylonitrile, 3-methoxyacrylonitrile, 3-ethoxyacrylonitrile, α-acetoxyacrylonitrile, α-phenylacrylonitrile, α-tolylacrylonitrile, α-(methoxyphenyl) acrylonitrile, α-(chlorophenyl) acrylonitrile, α-(cyanophenyl) acrylonitrile, vinylidene cyanide and combinations thereof.

6. The binder composition according to claim 1 , wherein a proportion of the sum of structural unit (a) derived from a carboxylic acid group-containing monomer and structural unit (b) derived from an amide group-containing monomer in the copolymer is from about 18% to about 35% by mole, based on the total number of moles of monomeric units in the copolymer in the binder composition.

7. The binder composition according to claim 1 , wherein a molar ratio of the structural unit (c) derived from a nitrile group-containing monomer to the sum of the structural unit (a) derived from a carboxylic acid group-containing monomer and structural unit (b) derived from an amide group-containing monomer in the copolymer is from about 1.5 to about 4.

8. The binder composition according to claim 1 , wherein a molar ratio of the sum of the structural unit (c) derived from a nitrile group-containing monomer and structural unit (a) derived from a carboxylic acid group-containing monomer to the structural unit (b) derived from an amide group-containing monomer in the copolymer is from about 5 to about 15.

9. The binder composition according to claim 1 , wherein the binder composition is free of structural unit derived from a conjugated diene group-containing monomer; or wherein the binder composition is free of structural unit derived from an aromatic vinyl group-containing monomer.

10. The binder composition according to claim 1 , wherein an electrolyte swelling of the binder composition is from about 2% to about 4%.

11. The binder composition according to claim 1 , wherein an adhesive strength between the binder composition and a current collector is from about 2 N/cm to about 4 N/cm.

12. The binder composition according to claim 1 , wherein the secondary battery is a lithium-ion battery.

13. The binder composition according to claim 1 , wherein the binder composition further comprises a dispersion medium selected from the group consisting of water, ethanol, isopropanol, n-propanol, tert-butanol, n-butanol, dimethylacetamide (DMAc), dimethylformamide (DMF), N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP), methyl ethyl ketone (MEK), ethyl acetate (EA), butyl acetate (BA) and combinations thereof.

14. The binder composition according to claim 13 , wherein a solid content of the binder composition is from about 12% to about 18% by weight, based on the total weight of the binder composition.

15. The binder composition according to claim 13 , wherein a pH of the binder composition is from about 7 to about 9.

16. The binder composition according to claim 13 , wherein a viscosity of the binder composition is from about 10,000 mPa·s to about 50,000 mPa·s.

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Assignees

• Grst Int Ltd
• Grst Singapore Pte Ltd

Inventors

• Ho Kam Piu
• Jiang Yingkai
• Qiu Hongke

Classifications

• C08F2800/20

  as weight or mass percentages · CPC title

• C08F220/48

  with nitrogen-containing monomers · CPC title

• H01M2004/021

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

• C08F220/56

  Acrylamide; Methacrylamide · CPC title

• C08F220/44

  Acrylonitrile · CPC title