Negative electrode for lithium secondary battery, lithium secondary battery comprising same, and manufacturing method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021242457-A1
Application number	US-201917255670-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 26, 2019
Priority date	Oct 31, 2018
Publication date	Aug 5, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery including a current collector; a negative electrode mixture layer disposed on at least one surface of the current collector; a lithium diffusion rate-controlling layer formed on a surface of the negative electrode mixture layer by atomic layer deposition opposite the current collector; and a lithium layer disposed on a surface of the lithium diffusion rate-controlling layer opposite the negative electrode mixture layer. A method for prelithiating the negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery and a method for manufacturing a lithium secondary battery comprising the negative electrode. The negative electrode includes a lithium diffusion rate-controlling layer between a lithium thin film and a negative electrode mixture layer, and thereby can control the lithium diffusion rate during a prelithiation process and inhibit lithium loss or side reactions of lithium, thus enhancing cycle characteristics.

First claim

1 . A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery, comprising:
a current collector; a negative electrode mixture layer formed on at least one surface of the current collector; a lithium diffusion rate control layer formed on a surface of the negative electrode mixture layer by atomic layer deposition opposite the current collector; and a lithium layer formed on a surface of the lithium diffusion rate control layer opposite the negative electrode mixture layer.

2 . The negative electrode of claim 1 , wherein the lithium diffusion rate control layer controls diffusion of lithium from the lithium layer to the negative electrode mixture layer until injection of an electrolyte.

3 . The negative electrode of claim 1 , wherein the lithium diffusion rate control layer controls diffusion of lithium from the lithium layer to the negative electrode mixture layer until a first charge/discharge.

4 . The negative electrode of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the lithium diffusion rate control layer is 0.1 nm to 100 nm.

5 . The negative electrode of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the lithium diffusion rate control layer is 0.5 nm to 50 nm.

6 . The negative electrode of claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode mixture layer comprises at least one compound selected from the group consisting of SiOx, wherein 0<x≤2 SnO and SnO 2 .

7 . The negative electrode of claim 1 , wherein the lithium diffusion rate control layer includes comprises at least one or two or more selected from the group consisting of Al 2 O 3 , TiO 2 , ZrO 2 , HfO 2 , Ta 2 O 5 , Nb 2 O 5 , Y 2 O 3 , MbO, CeO 2 , SiO 2 , La 2 O 3 , Ln 2 O 3 , Lu 2 O 3 , PrAlO 3 , Er 2 O 3 , HfAlO, HfSiO, ZrSiO, ZrAlO, HfON, HfSiON, SrTiO 3 , BaTiO 3 , BST and laminates.

8 . The negative electrode of claim 1 , wherein the lithium diffusion rate control layer comprises Al 2 O 3 .

9 . The negative electrode of claim 1 , wherein a thickness ratio of the lithium diffusion rate control layer and the lithium layer is 1:100 to 1:20000.

10 . A method for manufacturing a lithium secondary battery, the method comprising:
a first step of forming a negative electrode mixture layer on a current collector; a second step of forming a lithium thin film layer on a surface of a release plate; a third step of forming a lithium diffusion rate control layer by repeating an atomic layer deposition process of introducing a metal oxide on the lithium thin film layer; a fourth step of preparing a negative electrode by stacking products of the first step and the third step, wherein the negative electrode mixture layer and the lithium diffusion rate control layer face each other; a fifth step of manufacturing an electrode assembly comprising the negative electrode prepared in the fourth step; and a sixth step of injecting an electrolyte into the electrode assembly manufactured in the fifth step.

11 . A method for manufacturing a lithium secondary battery, the method comprising:
a first step of forming a negative electrode mixture layer on a current collector; a second step of forming a lithium diffusion rate control layer by repeating an atomic layer deposition process of introducing a metal oxide on the negative electrode mixture layer; a third step of manufacturing a negative electrode by laminating a lithium thin film on the lithium diffusion rate control layer; a fourth step of manufacturing an electrode assembly comprising the negative electrode prepared in the third step; and a fifth step of injecting an electrolyte into the electrode assembly.

12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the atomic layer deposition process is performed until the thickness of the lithium diffusion rate control layer ranges from 0.1 nm to 100 nm.

13 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the atomic layer deposition process is performed until the thickness of the lithium diffusion rate control layer ranges from 0.5 nm to 50 nm.

14 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the third step comprises:
a step of positioning the release plate having the lithium thin film layer formed in the second step in a chamber; a step of supplying metal atoms into the chamber; a step of supplying a purge gas into the chamber; a step of supplying an oxidant into the chamber to form a metal oxide layer on the surface of the lithium thin film layer; and a step of supplying the purge gas into the chamber to remove unreacted oxidant.

15 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the second step comprises:
a step of positioning the current collector having the negative electrode mixture layer formed in the first step in a chamber; a step of supplying metal atoms into the chamber; a step of supplying a purge gas into the chamber; a step of supplying an oxidant into the chamber to form a metal oxide layer on the surface of the negative electrode mixture layer; and a step of supplying the purge gas into the chamber to remove unreacted oxidant.

Assignees

• Lg Chemical Ltd

Inventors

• Hong Yeon Suk
• Kim Ju Ri

Classifications

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title

• H01M4/04

  Processes of manufacture in general · CPC title

• H01M4/134

  Electrodes based on metals, Si or alloys · CPC title

• H01M4/0404

  by coating on electrode collectors · CPC title

• H01M4/625

  Carbon or graphite · CPC title