Negative electrode composition, negative electrode for lithium secondary battery, comprising same, and lithium secondary battery comprising negative electrode

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025096252-A1
Application number	US-202318832079-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 21, 2023
Priority date	Sep 21, 2022
Publication date	Mar 20, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a negative electrode composition, a negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery including the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the negative electrode. The negative electrode composition can include a silicon-based active material, a negative electrode conductive material, and a negative electrode binder, wherein the silicon-based active material comprises 70 parts by weight or more of SiOx (x=0) based on 100 parts by weight of the silicon-based active material, and optionally comprises SiOx (0<x<2), wherein the silicon-based active material has a crystal grain size of 200 nm or less, and wherein the negative electrode conductive material comprises a planar conductive material and a linear conductive material.

First claim

1 . A negative electrode composition comprising:
a silicon-based active material; a negative electrode conductive material; and a negative electrode binder, wherein the silicon-based active material comprises 70 parts by weight or more of SiOx (x=0) based on 100 parts by weight of the silicon-based active material, and optionally comprises SiOx (0<x<2), wherein the silicon-based active material has a crystal grain size of 200 nm or less, and wherein the negative electrode conductive material comprises a planar conductive material and a linear conductive material.

2 . The negative electrode composition of claim 1 , wherein the silicon-based active material has a crystal grain size of 10 nm or greater and 150 nm or less.

3 . The negative electrode composition of claim 1 , wherein a D50 particle size of the silicon-based active material is 3 μm or greater and 10 μm or less.

4 . The negative electrode composition of claim 1 , wherein a surface area of the silicon-based active material is 0.25 m 2 /g or greater.

5 . The negative electrode composition of claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode composition has a viscosity of 1,000 cP or higher and 6,000 cP or less.

6 . The negative electrode composition of claim 1 , wherein the silicon-based active material is included in an amount of 60 parts by weight or more based on 100 parts by weight of the negative electrode composition.

7 . The negative electrode composition of claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode conductive material is included in an amount of 10 part by weight or more and 40 parts by weight or less based on 100 parts by weight of the negative electrode composition.

8 . The negative electrode composition of claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode conductive material includes 90 parts by weight or more and 99.9 parts by weight or less of the planar conductive material and 0.1 part by weight or more and 10 parts by weight or less of the linear conductive material based on 100 parts by weight of the negative electrode conductive material.

9 . The negative electrode composition of claim 1 , wherein the planar conductive material has D10 of 0.5 μm or greater and 1.5 μm or less, D50 of 2.5 μm or greater and 6.0 μm or less, and D90 of 7.0 μm or greater and 15.0 μm or less.

10 . A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery comprising:
a negative electrode current collector layer; and a negative electrode active material layer comprising the negative electrode composition of claim 1 formed at least one surface of the negative electrode current collector layer.

11 . The negative electrode for the lithium secondary battery of claim 10 , wherein a thickness of the negative electrode current collector layer is 1 μm or greater and 100 μm or less, and
wherein a thickness of the negative electrode active material layer is 20 μm or greater and 500 μm or less.

12 . A lithium secondary battery comprising:
a positive electrode; the negative electrode for the lithium secondary battery of claim 10 ; a separator provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and an electrolyte.

Assignees

• Lg Energy Solution Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Jaewook
• Kim Dohyeun
• Hwang Jihee
• Kwon Yohan
• Kim Donghyuk

Classifications

• H01M4/134

  Electrodes based on metals, Si or alloys · CPC title

• H01M4/483

  for non-aqueous cells (H01M4/485 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01M4/485

  of mixed oxides or hydroxides for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiTi2O4 or LiTi2OxFy (H01M4/505, H01M4/525 take precedence) · CPC title

• H01M4/36

  Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids · CPC title

• H01M2004/027

  Negative electrodes · CPC title