Electrolytic copper foil, method of producing electrolytic copper foil, lithium ion secondary cell using electrolytic copper foil as collector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9966608-B2
Application number	US-201214129138-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 27, 2012
Priority date	Jun 30, 2011
Publication date	May 8, 2018
Grant date	May 8, 2018

Abstract

The present invention provides an electrodeposited copper foil having a tensile strength of at least 300 MPa and elongation rate of at least 3.0% after heat treatment at 350° C. for 1 hour and provides a copper foil which prevents the breakage of a current collector (copper foil) while maintaining adhesiveness between the current collector (copper foil) and the active material in response to substantial expansion and contraction of a Si or Sn alloy-based active material. The foil is an electrodeposited copper foil having a roughened surface, the tensile strength of the copper foil being at least 300 MPa after heating at 350° C. for 1 hour, the elongation rate being at least 3.0% after heating at 350° C. for 1 hour, and respective surface area ratios (actual surface area/geometric surface area) of both sides of the copper foil (the side that is roughened and the side that is not roughened) being from 1.6 to 2.2. The electrodeposited copper foil is produced with an electrolyte in which from 3 to 20 ppm of organic additives of one or more compounds selected from compounds having a structure with an SH group binding to a heterocycle containing N or thiourea-based compounds is added to a copper sulfate-based electrolyte, and then from 0 to 12 ppm of hydroxyethyl cellulose or a low-molecular weight glue, and from 10 to 80 ppm of chlorine ions are added thereto.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrodeposited copper foil for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising:
a matte surface on which a roughening treatment is not performed; and
a glossy surface on which the roughening treatment is performed,
wherein a tensile strength of the electrodeposited copper foil is at least 300 MPa after heating at 350° C. for 1 hour,
an elongation rate of the electrodeposited copper foil is at least 3.0% after heating at 350° C. for 1 hour, and
respective surface area ratios (actual surface area/geometric surface area) of both sides of the electrodeposited copper foil are from 1.6 to 2.2.

2. The electrodeposited copper foil according to claim 1 , wherein a tensile strength of the electrodeposited copper foil in a room temperature and an atmospheric pressure state is at least 500 MPa.

3. The electrodeposited copper foil according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein an average particle size of roughened particles of the glossy surface is from 0.1 to 2.0 μm.

4. The electrodeposited copper foil according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein a thickness of a roughened layer of the glossy surface is from 0.3 to 2 μm.

5. A lithium-ion secondary battery comprising, a positive electrode and a negative electrode,
wherein said lithium-ion secondary battery includes a negative electrode current collector formed of the electrodeposited copper foil described in claim 3 , and
said negative electrode further includes an active material layer formed of a mixture of an Si alloy in a powder for and a binding material, and produced by applying a slurry including a mixture of an Si alloy-based active material, the binding material, and a solvent on the negative current collector, drying and compression-molding.

6. A lithium-ion secondary battery comprising a positive electrode and a negative electrode,
wherein said negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector formed of the electrodeposited copper foil described in claim 4 , and
said negative electrode further includes an active material layer formed of a mixture of an Si alloy in a powder form and a binding material, and produced by applying a slurry including a mixture of an Si alloy-based active material, the binding material, and a solvent on the negative current collector, drying and compression-molding.

7. A lithium-ion secondary battery comprising,
a positive electrode; and
a negative electrode,
wherein said positive electrode includes a positive current collector and a first active material layer formed on the positive current collector,
said negative electrode includes a negative current collector and a second active material layer formed on the negative current collector,
said negative electrode current collector is formed of an electrodeposited copper foil,
said electrodeposited copper foil includes a matte surface on which a roughening treatment is not performed, and a glossy surface on which the roughening treatment is performed,
a tensile strength of the electrodeposited copper foil is at least 300 MPa after heating at 350° C. for 1 hour,
an elongation rate of the electrodeposited copper foil is at least 3.0% after heating at 350° C. for 1 hour,
respective surface area ratios (actual surface area/geometric surface area) of both sides of the electrodeposited copper foil are from 1.6 to 2.2, and
said second active material layer is formed of a mixture of an Si alloy in a powder form and a binding material, and produced by applying a slurry including a mixture of an Si alloy-based active material, the binding material, and a solvent on the negative current collector, drying and compression-molding.

8. A lithium-ion secondary battery comprising,
a positive electrode; and
a negative electrode,
wherein said positive electrode includes a positive current collector and a first active material layer formed on the positive current collector,
said negative electrode includes a negative current collector and a second active material layer formed on the negative current collector,
said negative electrode current collector is formed of an electrodeposited copper foil,
said electrodeposited copper foil includes a matte surface on which a roughening treatment is not performed, and a glossy surface on which the roughening treatment is performed,
a tensile strength of the electrodeposited copper foil is at least 300 MPa after heating at 350° C. for 1 hour,
an elongation rate of the electrodeposited copper foil is at least 3.0% after heating at 350° C. for 1 hour,
respective surface area ratios (actual surface area/geometric surface area) of both sides of the electrodeposited copper foil are from 1.6 to 2.2,
a tensile strength of the electrodeposited copper foil in a room temperature and an atmospheric pressure state is at least 500 MPa, and
said second active material layer is formed of a mixture of an Si alloy in a powder form and a binding material, and produced by applying a slurry including a mixture of an Si alloy-based active material, the binding material, and a solvent on the negative current collector, drying and compression-molding.

9. The lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 7 or 8 , wherein an average particle size of roughened particles of the glossy surface is from 0.1 to 2.0 μm, and
a thickness of a roughened layer of the glossy surface is from 0.3 to 2 μm.

Assignees

• Shinozaki Kensaku
• Suzuki Akitoshi
• Furukawa Electric Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shinozaki Kensaku
• Suzuki Akitoshi

Classifications

• H01M4/387

  Tin or alloys based on tin · CPC title

• H01M4/667 Primary

  in the form of layers, e.g. coatings · CPC title

• C25D3/38

  of copper · CPC title

• H01M4/134

  Electrodes based on metals, Si or alloys · CPC title

• H01M10/052

  Li-accumulators · CPC title