Positive Electrode for Lithium Secondary Battery and Lithium Secondary Battery Including the Same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023378433-A1
Application number	US-202218031473-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 2, 2022
Priority date	Jun 3, 2021
Publication date	Nov 23, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present technology provides a positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same. In the positive electrode, a positive electrode additive represented by Formula 1 is contained in a positive electrode mixture layer, and specific X-ray diffraction (XRD) and/or extended X-ray absorption fine-structure (EXAFS) peak(s) are controlled for cobalt remaining in the positive electrode mixture layer after initial charging to SOC 100% to have a specific oxidation number, thereby reducing side reactions caused by the irreversible additive, that is, the positive electrode additive, and reducing the amount of gas such as oxygen generated during charging/discharging. Therefore, the lithium secondary battery has an excellent effect of improving battery safety and electrical performance.

First claim

1 . A positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery, comprising:
a positive electrode current collector, and a positive electrode mixture layer disposed on the positive electrode current collector and containing a positive electrode active material and a positive electrode additive represented by Formula 1 below, wherein the positive electrode mixture layer has one or more peaks shown at 19.1±0.5°, 36.6±0.5°, 38.7±0.5°, 42.4±0.5° and 44.8±0.5°, represented by 2θ, in X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurement after initial charging to SOC 100%:
Li p Co (1-q) M 1 q O 4   [Formula 1]

wherein, in Formula 1, M 1 is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of W, Cu, Fe, V, Cr, Ti, Zr, Zn, Al, In, Ta, Y, La, Sr, Ga, Sc, Gd, Sm, Ca, Ce, Nb, Mg, B, and Mo, and p and q are 5≤p≤7 and 0≤q≤0.5, respectively.

2 . The positive electrode of claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode mixture layer satisfies Equation 1 below in X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurement after initial charging to SOC 100%:
0.2≤ P 1/ P 2≤1.5  [Equation 1]
wherein, in Equation 1, P1 represents the highest intensity of a peak present at 42.4±0.5°, and P2 represents the highest intensity of a peak present at 44.8±0.5°.

3 . The positive electrode of claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode mixture layer has a peak at any one or more of 1.4±0.5 Å, 2.4±0.5 Å, 4.45±0.5 Å, 4.6±0.5 Å, 5.1±0.1 Å and 5.2±0.1 Å in extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) analysis after initial charging to SOC 100%.

4 . The positive electrode of claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode additive has a tetragonal structure with a space group of P4 2 /nmc.

5 . The positive electrode of claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode additive is included in an amount ranging from 0.01 to 5 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the positive electrode mixture layer.

6 . The positive electrode of claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode active material is a lithium metal composite oxide represented by Formula 2 below:
Li x [Ni y Co z Mn w M 2 v ]O u   [Formula 2]
wherein in Formula 2, M 2 is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of W, Cu, Fe, V, Cr, Ti, Zr, Zn, Al, In, Ta, Y, La, Sr, Ga, Sc, Gd, Sm, Ca, Ce, Nb, Mg, B, and Mo, and x, y, z, w, v and u are 1.0≤x≤1.30, 0.1≤y<0.95, 0.01<z≤0.5, 0.01<w≤0.5, 0≤v≤0.2, and 1.5≤u≤4.5, respectively.

7 . The positive electrode of claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode mixture layer further comprises one or more conductive materials of natural graphite, artificial graphite, carbon black, acetylene black, Ketjen black, carbon nanotubes, graphene or carbon fiber.

8 . The positive electrode of claim 7 , wherein the conductive material is included in an amount ranging from 0.5 to 5 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the positive electrode mixture layer.

9 . A lithium secondary battery comprising the positive electrode of claim 1 , a negative electrode and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode.

10 . The lithium secondary battery of claim 9 , wherein the negative electrode comprises a negative electrode current collector; and a negative electrode mixture layer disposed on the negative electrode current collector, wherein the negative electrode mixture layer contains a carbon material and a silicon material as negative electrode active materials.

11 . The lithium secondary battery of claim 10 , wherein
the silicon material is included in an amount ranging from 1 to 20 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the negative electrode mixture layer.

12 . The lithium secondary battery of claim 10 , wherein the carbon material comprises one or more of natural graphite, artificial graphite, graphene, carbon nanotubes, carbon black, acetylene black, Ketjen black or carbon fiber.

13 . The lithium secondary battery of claim 10 , wherein the silicon material comprises one or more of silicon (Si) particles or silicon oxide (SiOx, 1≤x≤2) particles.

Assignees

• Lg Energy Solution Ltd

Inventors

• Jo Chi Ho
• Jung Wang Mo
• Kim Hye Hyeon
• Yoo Tae Gu
• Hwang Jin Tae
• Jung Hae Jung
• Heo Jong Wook

Classifications

• H01M4/131 Primary

  Electrodes based on mixed oxides or hydroxides, or on mixtures of oxides or hydroxides, e.g. LiCoOx · CPC title

• H01M10/0525

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

• H01M4/625

  Carbon or graphite · CPC title

• H01M4/386

  Silicon or alloys based on silicon · CPC title

• H01M4/134

  Electrodes based on metals, Si or alloys · CPC title