Anode active material, method for manufacturing anode active material, anode composition, anode for lithium secondary battery, including same, and lithium secondary battery including anode

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025149564-A1
Application number	US-202318837852-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 13, 2023
Priority date	Jul 13, 2022
Publication date	May 8, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A negative electrode active material, a method for manufacturing the same, a negative electrode composition including the same, a negative electrode including the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the negative electrode are provided. The negative electrode active material comprises a silicon-based active material having a crystal grain size of 200 nm or less, the silicon-based active material having an average particle diameter (D50) of 1 μm or greater and 9 μm or less, and the silicon-based active material including Si and optionally SiOx (0<x<2), and including 70 parts by weight or more of Si on the basis of 100 parts by weight of the silicon-based active material.

First claim

1 . A negative electrode active material comprising:
a silicon-based active material having a crystal grain size of 200 nm or less, wherein the silicon-based active material has an average particle diameter (D50) of 1 μm or greater and 9 μm or less, and wherein the silicon-based active material includes Si and optionally SiOx (0<x<2), and includes 70 parts by weight or more of Si on the basis of 100 parts by weight of the silicon-based active material.

2 . The negative electrode active material of claim 1 , wherein a crystal grain size of Si is 200 nm or less.

3 . The negative electrode active material of claim 1 , wherein the silicon-based active material comprises a crystal structure having a crystal grain size distribution of 1 nm or greater and 200 nm or less.

4 . The negative electrode active material of claim 1 , wherein the crystal grain size of the silicon-based active material is 1 nm or greater and 200 nm or less, and
wherein the average particle diameter (D50) of the silicon-based active material is 3 μm or greater and 8 μm or less.

5 . A method for manufacturing a negative electrode active material, the method comprising:
depositing a silicon-based active material on a substrate by chemically reacting a silane gas; and obtaining the silicon-based active material deposited on the substrate, wherein the silicon-based active material has a crystal grain size of 200 nm or less, and wherein the silicon-based active material has an average particle diameter (D50) of 1 μm or greater and 9 μm or less.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the silane gas comprises one or more gases selected from monosilane, dichlorosilane, and trichlorosilane.

7 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the depositing of a silicon-based active material on a substrate by chemically reacting a silane gas is performed under a pressure of 10 Pa to 150 Pa.

8 . A negative electrode composition comprising:
the negative electrode active material of claim 1 ; a negative electrode conductive material; and a negative electrode binder.

9 . The negative electrode composition of claim 8 , wherein the negative electrode active material is included in an amount of 40 parts by weight or more on the basis of 100 parts by weight of the negative electrode composition.

10 . The negative electrode composition of claim 8 , wherein the negative electrode conductive material is included in an amount of 20 parts by weight or less on the basis of 100 parts by weight of the negative electrode composition.

11 . A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery comprising:
a negative electrode current collector layer; and a negative electrode active material layer provided on one surface or both surfaces of the negative electrode current collector layer, wherein the negative active material layer comprises the negative electrode composition of claim 8 or a cured product thereof.

12 . The negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery of claim 11 , 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 5 μm or greater and 500 μm or less.

13 . A lithium secondary battery comprising:
a positive electrode; the negative electrode of claim 11 ; a separator between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and an electrolyte.

Assignees

• Lg Energy Solution Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Dohyeun
• Kim Donghyuk
• Lee Yong Ju
• Jun Hyunmin

Classifications

• H01M2004/027

  Negative electrodes · CPC title

• H01M2004/021

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

• H01M10/052

  Li-accumulators · CPC title

• H01M4/0428

  Chemical vapour deposition · CPC title

• C23C16/24

  Deposition of silicon only · CPC title