Negative electrode material for lithium ion secondary battery and manufacturing method of the same, negative electrode for lithium ion secondary battery and manufacturing method of the same, and lithium ion secondary battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9997771-B2
Application number	US-201315100901-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 5, 2013
Priority date	Dec 5, 2013
Publication date	Jun 12, 2018
Grant date	Jun 12, 2018

Abstract

To provide a negative electrode material having a high initial capacity and a long charge and discharge cycle life A negative electrode material according to the present invention contains a particle of a negative electrode active material that occludes and releases lithium ions and a carbon fiber, wherein the negative electrode active material occludes lithium by forming an alloy with the lithium, a surface of the negative electrode active material particle is coated with carbon, and the carbon fiber is bonded to the surface of the carbon via an adhesive resin.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A negative electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery comprising a particle of a negative electrode active material that occludes and releases lithium ions, and a carbon fiber,
wherein the negative electrode active material occludes lithium by forming an alloy with the lithium,
a surface of the particle of the negative electrode active material is coated with carbon, and
the carbon fiber is bonded to the surface of the carbon via an adhesive resin.

2. The negative electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein an average length of the carbon fiber is longer than an average particle size of the particle of the negative electrode active material coated with the carbon.

3. The negative electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the adhesive resin has a tensile strength of 50 MPa or more.

4. The negative electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the adhesive resin is at least one resin selected from polyimide, polyamide-imide, polyalginic acid salt, and polyacrylic acid salt.

5. The negative electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode active material is silicon or a silicon compound.

6. A negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery created by a layer including a negative electrode material containing a particle of a negative electrode active material that occludes and releases lithium ions and a carbon fiber, a carbon material that occludes and releases the lithium ions, and a binder resin being formed on a current collector,
wherein the negative electrode active material occludes lithium by forming an alloy with the lithium,
a surface of the particle of the negative electrode active material is coated with carbon, and
the carbon fiber is bonded to the surface of the carbon via an adhesive resin.

7. The negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 6 , wherein the carbon material is graphite.

8. The negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 6 , wherein an average length of the carbon fiber is longer than an average particle size of the particle of the negative electrode active material coated with the carbon.

9. The negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 6 , wherein the adhesive resin has a tensile strength of 50 MPa or more.

10. The negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 6 , wherein the adhesive resin is at least one resin selected from polyimide, polyamide-imide, polyalginic acid salt, and polyacrylic acid salt.

11. The negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 6 , wherein the negative electrode active material is silicon or a silicon compound.

12. A lithium ion secondary battery comprising: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution,
wherein the negative electrode is created by a layer including a negative electrode material containing a particle of a negative electrode active material that occludes and releases lithium ions and a carbon fiber, a carbon material that occludes and releases the lithium ions, and a binder resin being formed on a current collector,
the negative electrode active material occludes lithium by forming an alloy with the lithium,
a surface of the particle of the negative electrode active material is coated with carbon, and
the carbon fiber is bonded to the surface of the carbon via an adhesive resin.

13. A manufacturing method of a negative electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery comprising:
a negative electrode material solution preparation step of mixing a particle of a negative electrode active material coated with carbon and forming an alloy with lithium to occlude the lithium, a carbon fiber, and a solution in which an adhesive resin is dissolved in a solvent; and
a drying step of removing the solvent by heating the solution of the negative electrode material.

14. A manufacturing method of a negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery comprising:
a negative electrode material solution preparation step of mixing a particle of a negative electrode active material coated with carbon and forming an alloy with lithium to occlude the lithium, a carbon fiber, and a solution in which an adhesive resin is dissolved in a solvent;
a first drying step of obtaining a negative electrode material by heating solution of the negative electrode material to remove the solvent;
a negative electrode slurry preparation step of mixing the negative electrode material, a carbon material that occludes and releases lithium ions and a solution in which a binder resin is dissolved in the solvent;
a coating step of coating a current collector with slurry of the negative electrode; and
a second drying step of drying the slurry of the negative electrode with which the current collector is coated.

15. The manufacturing method of a negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 14 , wherein the solvent that dissolves the binder resin does not dissolve the adhesive resin.

Assignees

• Hitachi Ltd

Inventors

• Suzuki Shuichi
• Nishimura Etsuko
• Okai Makoto
• Abe Toshio

Classifications

• H01M50/417

  Polyolefins · CPC title

• H01M4/58

  of inorganic compounds other than oxides or hydroxides, e.g. sulfides, selenides, tellurides, halogenides or LiCoFy; of polyanionic structures, e.g. phosphates, silicates or borates · CPC title

• H01M10/0569

  characterised by the solvents · CPC title

• H01M2004/028

  Positive electrodes · CPC title

• H01M10/0568

  characterised by the solutes · CPC title