# US 11,908,996 B2 · Secondary battery

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- Number: US 11,908,996 B2
- Document ID: US11908996B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/303,472
- Filed: 2018-01-10
- Published: 2020-04-23
- Granted: 2024-02-20
- Earliest claimed: 2017-01-12
- Assignees: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
- Applicants: LG Chem, Ltd.
- Inventors: Joo Sung Lee; Min Ji Kim; Ho June Kim
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11908996B2

## CPC

- H01M 10/0565: Polymeric materials, e.g. gel-type or solid-type
- H01M 10/052: Li-accumulators
- H01M 2300/0085: Immobilising or gelification of electrolyte
- Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries
- Y02P 70/50: Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product
- H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
- Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS

## Abstract

The present invention relates to a lithium secondary battery which includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte solution, wherein a patterned gel polymer electrolyte layer is included on one surface or both surfaces of at least one structure of the positive electrode, the negative electrode, or the separator.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A lithium secondary battery comprising:
a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte solution,
wherein a patterned gel polymer electrolyte layer is included on one surface or both surfaces of at least one structure of the positive electrode or the negative electrode,
wherein the patterned gel polymer electrolyte layer comprises uncoated portions and a plurality of line-type coating portions which are spaced apart from each other and arranged in parallel, and
wherein the line-type coating portions are formed in an oblique direction in direction to an edge of the at least one structure,
wherein the gel polymer electrolyte has a thickness of 0.1 μm to 1 μm, and
wherein an area of the coating portions of the patterned gel polymer electrolyte layer is in a range of 40% to 90% of a total area of the at least one structure of the positive electrode or the negative electrode,
wherein a width of one of lines constituting the coating portion:a width of the uncoated portion between the lines constituting the coating portion is in a range of 1:1 to 10:1,
wherein the width of one of lines constituting the coating portion is in a range of 14% to 90% based on a thickness of the negative electrode,
where in the patterned gel polymer electrolyte layer is formed by:
a) preparing a composition for forming a pattern in which a polymerizable polymer is dissolved in an organic solvent, wherein the polymerizable polymer is at least one selected from the group consisting of polyvinylidene difluoride-chlorotrifluoroethylene copolymer (PVDF-CTFE) and cyanoethyl polyvinyl alcohol (CE-PVA), and wherein the organic solvent is N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) or acetone,
b) directly coating the composition on a surface of the at least one structure of the positive electrode or the negative electrode via a micro-gravure method and drying the composition to form a patterned solid polymer electrolyte layer,
c) accommodating an electrode assembly, which includes the at least one structure of the positive electrode or the negative electrode having the solid polymer electrolyte layer formed thereon, in a battery case, and
d) injecting a non-aqueous electrolyte solution to form a patterned gel polymer electrolyte layer.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The lithium secondary battery of claim 1, wherein an internal angle of a vertex at an intersection of the line-type coating portion formed in the oblique direction and an edge portion of the structure is in a range of 5° to 60°.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The lithium secondary battery of claim 1, wherein the internal angle of the vertex at the intersection of the line-type coating portion formed in the oblique direction and the edge portion of the structure is in a range of 30° to 50°.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The lithium secondary battery of claim 1, wherein the electrolyte solution is a non-aqueous electrolyte solution.

### Claim 5

A lithium secondary battery comprising:
a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte solution,
wherein a patterned gel polymer electrolyte layer is included on one surface or both surfaces of at least one structure of the positive electrode or the negative electrode,
wherein the patterned gel polymer electrolyte layer comprises uncoated portions and a plurality of line-type coating portions which are spaced apart from each other and arranged in parallel, and
wherein the line-type coating portions are formed in an oblique direction in direction to an edge of the at least one structure,
wherein the gel polymer electrolyte has a thickness of 0.1 iim to 1 μm,
wherein an area of the coating portions of the patterned gel polymer electrolyte layer is in a range of 62% to 90% of a total area of the at least one structure of the positive electrode or the negative electrode,
wherein a width of one of lines constituting the coating portion:a width of the uncoated portion between the lines constituting the coating portion is in a range of 1:1 to 10:1,
where in the patterned gel polymer electrolyte layer is formed by:
a) preparing a composition for forming a pattern in which a polymerizable polymer is dissolved in an organic solvent, wherein the polymerizable polymer is at least one selected from the group consisting of polyvinylidene difluoride-chlorotrifluoroethylene copolymer (PVDF-CTFE) and cyanoethyl polyvinyl alcohol (CE-PVA), and wherein the organic solvent is N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) or acetone,
b) directly coating the composition on a surface of the at least one structure of the positive electrode or the negative electrode via a micro-gravure method and drying the composition to form a patterned solid polymer electrolyte layer,
c) accommodating an electrode assembly, which includes the at least one structure of the positive electrode or the negative electrode having the solid polymer electrolyte layer formed thereon, in a battery case, and
d) injecting a non-aqueous electrolyte solution to form a patterned gel polymer electrolyte layer.

### Claim 6

A lithium secondary battery comprising:
a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte solution,
wherein a patterned gel polymer electrolyte layer is included on one surface or both surfaces of at least one structure of the positive electrode or the negative electrode,
wherein the patterned gel polymer electrolyte layer comprises uncoated portions and a plurality of line-type coating portions which are spaced apart from each other and arranged in parallel, and
wherein the line-type coating portions are formed in an oblique direction in direction to an edge of the at least one structure,
wherein the gel polymer electrolyte has a thickness of 0.1 μm to 1 μm,
wherein an area of the coating portions of the patterned gel polymer electrolyte layer is in a range of 62% to 90% of a total area of the at least one structure of the positive electrode or the negative electrode,
wherein a width of one of lines constituting the coating portion:a width of the uncoated portion between the lines constituting the coating portion is in a range of 1:1 to 10:1,
wherein the width of one of lines constituting the coating portion is in a range of 14% to 90% based on a thickness of the negative electrode,
where in the patterned gel polymer electrolyte layer is formed by:
a) preparing a composition for forming a pattern in which a polymerizable polymer is dissolved in an organic solvent, wherein the polymerizable polymer is at least one selected from the group consisting of polyvinylidene difluoride-chlorotrifluoroethylene copolymer (PVDF-CTFE) and cyanoethyl polyvinyl alcohol (CE-PVA), and wherein the organic solvent is N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) or acetone,
b) directly coating the composition on a surface of the at least one structure of the positive electrode or the negative electrode via a micro-gravure method and drying the composition to form a patterned solid polymer electrolyte layer,
c) accommodating an electrode assembly, which includes the at least one structure of the positive electrode or the negative electrode having the solid polymer electrolyte layer formed thereon, in a battery case, and
d) injecting a non-aqueous electrolyte solution to form a patterned gel polymer electrolyte layer.