Positive Electrode for Lithium Secondary Battery and Lithium Secondary Battery Comprising Same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024014400-A1
Application number	US-202218025254-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 19, 2022
Priority date	Jun 3, 2021
Publication date	Jan 11, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

Provided is a positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same, wherein the positive electrode is manufactured by using a pre-dispersion containing a positive electrode additive represented by Chemical Formula 1 and a conductive material having a linear structure in a positive electrode mixture layer as an irreversible additive and, by adjusting the electrode sheet resistance to satisfy a specific range, it is possible to reduce the amount of oxygen gas generated during charging and discharging, as well as easily improve the charging and discharging efficiency of the lithium secondary battery.

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, wherein the positive electrode mixture layer includes a positive electrode active material, a positive electrode additive represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, a first conductive material, and a binder; wherein the first conductive material contains one or more of carbon nanotubes, graphite nanofibers, carbon nanofibers, vapor-grown carbon fibers and activated carbon fibers; and the sheet resistance of the positive electrode is 3.0 Ω/sq. or less:
Li p Co (1-q) M 1 q O 4   [Chemical Formula 1]

wherein, 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 further includes a second conductive material, and the second conductive material contains one or more of natural graphite, artificial graphite, carbon black, acetylene black, Denka black, ketjen black, Super-P, channel black, furnace black, lamp black and thermal black.

3 . The positive electrode of claim 2 , wherein
an electrode sheet resistance (R12) of the positive electrode containing the first conductive material and the second conductive material in the positive electrode mixture layer has: a ratio (R12/R1) of 0.5 to 1.2 with respect to an electrode sheet resistance (R1) of the positive electrode containing the first conductive material alone in the positive electrode mixture layer, or a ratio (R12/R2) of 0.1 to 0.8 with respect to an electrode sheet resistance (R2) of the positive electrode containing the second conductive material alone in the positive electrode mixture layer

4 . The positive electrode of claim 2 , wherein
an electrode sheet resistance (R12) of the positive electrode containing the first conductive material and the second conductive material in the positive electrode mixture layer has: a ratio (R12/R1) of 0.7 to 1.0 with respect to an electrode sheet resistance (R1) of the positive electrode containing the first conductive material alone in the positive electrode mixture layer, or a ratio (R12/R2) of 0.2 to 0.6 with respect to an electrode sheet resistance (R2) of the positive electrode containing the second conductive material alone in the positive electrode mixture layer.

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

6 . The positive electrode of claim 1 , wherein a content of the positive electrode additive is 0.1 to 10 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the positive electrode mixture layer.

7 . The positive electrode of claim 1 , wherein a content of the first conductive material is 0.1 to 10 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the positive electrode mixture layer.

8 . The positive electrode of claim 2 , wherein a total content of the first conductive material and the second conductive material is 0.1 to 10 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the positive electrode mixture layer.

9 . The positive electrode of claim 2 , wherein the second conductive material is included in an amount of 20 to 60 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the first conductive material.

10 . The positive electrode of claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode active material is a lithium metal composite oxide represented by the following Chemical Formula 2:
Li x [Ni y Co z Mn w M 2 v ]O u   [Chemical Formula 2]
wherein, 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, 1.5≤u≤4.5, respectively.

11 . A method of manufacturing a positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery, comprising:
preparing a pre-dispersion by mixing a positive electrode additive represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, a first conductive material, and a binder; preparing a positive electrode slurry by mixing the prepared pre-dispersion, a positive electrode active material, and a binder; and preparing a positive electrode mixture layer by applying the positive electrode slurry on a positive electrode current collector; wherein the first conductive material contains one or more of carbon nanotubes, graphite nanofibers, carbon nanofibers, vapor-grown carbon fibers and activated carbon fibers; and the manufactured positive electrode has a sheet resistance of 3.0 Ω/sq. or less:
Li p Co (1-q) M 1 q O 4   [Chemical Formula 1]

wherein, 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.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the step of preparing the pre-dispersion is carried out at a relative humidity condition of 10% or less.

13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein in the step of preparing the positive electrode slurry, a second conductive material is further mixed.

14 . A lithium secondary battery including the positive electrode according to claim 1 ; a negative electrode; and a separator positioned between the positive electrode and the negative electrode.

Assignees

• Lg Energy Solution Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Gyeong Seop
• Oh Sang Seung
• Kim Hye Hyeon
• Jo Chi Ho
• Yoo Tae Gu

Classifications

• H01M4/628 Primary

  Inhibitors, e.g. gassing inhibitors, corrosion inhibitors · CPC title

• H01M4/131

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

• H01M4/625

  Carbon or graphite · CPC title

• H01M10/052

  Li-accumulators · CPC title

• H01M4/0404

  by coating on electrode collectors · CPC title