Electrode For Lithium Secondary Battery, Manufacturing Method of the Same, and Lithium Secondary Battery Including the Same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025132463-A1
Application number	US-202318687015-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 19, 2023
Priority date	May 24, 2022
Publication date	Apr 24, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

An electrode for a lithium secondary battery includes an electrode substrate with a first porous layer formed on the electrode substrate and a second porous layer formed on the first porous layer. The first porous layer has a porosity of 10% or less; and the second porous layer formed on the first porous layer has a porosity of 30% or more. The second porous layer contains a binder resin and inorganic fine particles. The manufacturing method of the same and a lithium secondary battery including the same is also provided.

First claim

1 . An electrode for a lithium secondary battery comprising:
an electrode substrate; a first porous layer formed on the electrode substrate, wherein the first porous layer has a porosity of 10% or less; and a second porous layer formed on the first porous layer, wherein the second porous layer contains a binder resin and inorganic fine particles, and has a porosity of 30% or more.

2 . The electrode for a lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a difference between the porosity of the first porous layer and the porosity of the second porous layer is 20% or more.

3 . The electrode for a lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the porosity of the first porous layer is from 0.1% to 10%.

4 . The electrode for a lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the porosity of the second porous layer is from 30% to 90% or less.

5 . The electrode for a lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic fine particles include a particle size of 10 nm to 10 μm.

6 . The electrode for a lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic fine particles comprises one or more of alumina, boehmite, aluminum hydroxide, silica, titania, zirconia, zirconium titanate, lanthana, yttria, strontium titanate, barium titanate, magnesia, magnesium hydroxide, aluminosilicate, zeolite, LLZO, LATP, or PZT.

7 . The electrode for a lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the second porous layer contains from 50 parts by weight to 3000 parts by weight of the inorganic fine particles with respect to 100 parts by weight of the binder resin.

8 . The electrode for a lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first porous layer includes an ion conductive polymer.

9 . The electrode for a lithium secondary battery according to claim 8 , wherein the ion conductive polymer comprises one or more of polyethylene oxide, polyvinylidene fluoride, polyvinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene, polymethyl(meth)acrylate, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinyl alcohol, polyacrylonitrile, polyacrylic acid, polyethylmeth(acrylate), or polycaprolactone.

10 . The electrode for a lithium secondary battery according to claim 8 , wherein the first porous layer includes a lithium salt.

11 . The electrode for a lithium secondary battery according to claim 10 , wherein the first porous layer contains from 5 parts by weight to 200 parts by weight of the lithium salt with respect to 100 parts by weight of the ion conductive polymer.

12 . The electrode for a lithium secondary battery according to claim 10 , wherein the first porous layer includes at least one of a nitrile-based compound or an ether-based compound.

13 . The electrode for a lithium secondary battery according to claim 12 , wherein the first porous layer contains from 50 parts by weight to 1000 parts by weight of at least one of the nitrile-based compound or the ether-based compound, and a lithium salt with respect to 100 parts by weight of the ion conductive polymer.

14 . The electrode for a lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first porous layer contains less than 0.0001 parts by weight of inorganic fine particles with respect to the total weight of the first porous layer.

15 . The electrode for a lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the binder resin comprises at least one of polyvinylidene fluoride, polyvinylidene fluoride-hexafluoro propylene, polyvinylidene fluoride-trichloroethylene, polyvinylidene fluoride-chlorotrifluoro ethylene, polymethyl methacrylate, polyacrylonitrile, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyvinyl acetate, ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, polyethylene oxide, cellulose acetate, cellulose acetate butylate, cellulose acetate propionate, cyanoethyl pullulan, cyanoethyl polyvinyl alcohol, cyanoethyl cellulose, cyanoethyl sucrose, pullulan, carboxyl methyl cellulose, acrylonitrile-styrene-butadiene copolymer, polyurethane, polyacrylic acid, polyimide, or styrene butadiene rubber.

16 . The electrode for a lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a thickness of the first porous layer to a thickness of the second porous layer is from 1:1.1 to 1:20.

17 . The electrode for a lithium secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the first porous layer is from 0.1 μm 10 μm, and
the thickness of the second porous layer is from 5 μm to 30 μm.

18 . A method for manufacturing an electrode for a lithium secondary battery, comprising:
applying a composition for forming a first porous layer on an electrode substrate and drying it, thereby forming a first porous layer on at least one surface of the electrode substrate; and applying a composition for forming a second porous layer including a binder resin and inorganic fine particles on the first porous layer and drying it, thereby forming a second porous layer, wherein the first porous layer has a porosity of 10% or less, and wherein the second porous layer has a porosity of 30% or more.

19 . A lithium secondary battery, comprising the electrode for a lithium secondary battery as set forth in claim 1 .

Assignees

• Lg Chemical Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Kyoungsoo
• Yu Ingyoung
• Jin Sun Mi

Classifications

• H01M2300/0091

  in the form of mixtures · CPC title

• H01M2300/0017

  Non-aqueous electrolytes · CPC title

• H01M2004/021

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

• H01M10/056

  characterised by the materials used as electrolytes, e.g. mixed inorganic/organic electrolytes · CPC title

• H01M10/0525

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