Electrolytic copper foil, electrode comprising the same, secondary battery comprising the same, and method for manufacturing the same
AssigneeKcf Technologies, Inc.
InventorSeung Min KIM
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Abstract
Disclosed are an electrolytic copper foil the fold and/or wrinkle of which can be avoided or minimized during a roll-to-roll process, a method for manufacturing the same, and an electrode and a secondary battery which are produced with such electrolytic copper foil so that high productivity can be guaranteed. An electrolytic copper foil of the invention has a longitudinal rising of 30 mm or less and a transverse rising of 25 mm or less, and the transverse rising is 8.5 times the longitudinal rising or less.
Claims15
An electrolytic copper foil having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the electrolytic copper foil comprising:
- a first protective layer at the first surface;
- a second protective layer at the second surface;
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- a copper film between the first and second protective layers,
- wherein the electrolytic copper foil has a longitudinal rising of 30 mm or less and a transverse rising of 25 mm or less,
- the transverse rising is 8.5 times the longitudinal rising or less, and
- the longitudinal rising and transverse rising are, when a center portion of the electrolytic copper foil is cut along a X-shaped cutting line of 5 cm×5 cm in a first direction which makes an angle of 35° to 55° with a longitudinal direction parallel with a transferring mark formed on the electrolytic copper foil and in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction so that a pair of first segments arranged side by side along the longitudinal direction and a pair of second segments arranged side by side along a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction are formed, the greater of risings of the first segments in a direction the first or second surface is facing and the greater of risings of the second segments in a direction the first or second surface is facing, respectively.
A method for manufacturing an electrolytic copper foil, the method comprising:
- allowing a current to flow between an anode plate and a rotational cathode drum to form a copper film on the rotational cathode drum, the anode plate and rotational cathode drum spaced apart from each other in an electrolytic solution contained in an electrolytic bath;
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- dipping the copper foil in an anticorrosion solution,
- wherein the anode plate comprises first and second anode plates electrically insulated from each other,
- the forming the copper film comprises forming a seed layer by allowing a current to flow between the first anode plate and the rotational cathode drum, and then growing the seed layer by allowing a current to flow between the second anode plate and the rotational cathode drum, and
- a current density provided by the first anode plate is 1.5 times or more higher than a current density provided by the second anode plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.