# US 2024/0204166 A1 · Secondary battery negative electrode, secondary battery, and method for manufacturing secondary battery negative electrode

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- Number: US 2024/0204166 A1
- Document ID: US20240204166A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/556,013
- Filed: 2022-04-12
- Published: 2024-06-20
- Earliest claimed: 2021-04-26
- Assignees: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Akihiro Taniguchi; Motohiro Sakata; Kaoru Inoue; Kensuke Nakura
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20240204166A1

## CPC

- H01M 4/0471: {involving thermal treatment, e.g. firing, sintering, backing particulate active material, thermal decomposition, pyrolysis}
- H01M 4/133: Electrodes based on carbonaceous material, e.g. graphite-intercalation compounds or CFx
- H01M 4/0404: {by coating on electrode collectors}
- H01M 4/134: Electrodes based on metals, Si or alloys
- H01M 4/1393: of electrodes based on carbonaceous material, e.g. graphite-intercalation compounds or CFx
- H01M 4/1395: of electrodes based on metals, Si or alloys
- H01M 4/362: {Composites}
- H01M 4/364: {as mixtures}
- H01M 4/386: {Silicon or alloys based on silicon}
- H01M 4/587: for inserting or intercalating light metals
- H01M 10/0525: Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
- H01M 2004/021: {Physical characteristics, e.g. porosity, surface area}
- H01M 2004/027: {Negative electrodes}
- Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries
- 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

## Abstract

A negative electrode for a secondary battery according to one aspect of the present disclosure is characterized by comprising a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode mixture layer disposed on the negative electrode current collector, and is characterized in that: the negative electrode mixture layer contains a negative electrode active material including a carbon material and a Si-based material; a pore diameter distribution of the negative electrode mixture layer as measured by a mercury press-in method has two peak values R1 and R2; the peak value R1 is in the range of 0.5-1.5 μm; the peak value R2 is in the range of 2-10 μm; an average particle diameter of the Si-based material is 4 μm or more; and the contained amount of the Si-based material with respect to the total amount of the negative electrode active material is 30 mass % or more.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A negative electrode for a secondary battery comprising a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode mixture layer disposed on the negative electrode current collector,
wherein the negative electrode mixture layer comprises a negative electrode active material containing a carbon material and a Si-based material,
the negative electrode mixture layer has a pore diameter distribution with two peak values R1 and R2 as measured by mercury porosimetry,
the peak value R1 is greater than or equal to 0.5 μm and less than or equal to 1.5 μm, the peak value R2 is greater than or equal to 2 μm and less than or equal to 10 μm,
the Si-based material has an average particle diameter of greater than or equal to 4 μm, and
the Si-based material has a content of greater than or equal to 30 mass % of the total amount of the negative electrode active material.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The negative electrode for a secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein the Si-based material comprises a Si compound having a silicate phase and Si particles dispersed in the silicate phase.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The negative electrode for a secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein the Si-based material contains a Si compound having a carbon phase and Si particles dispersed in the carbon phase.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The negative electrode for a secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein the Si-based material has a content of greater than or equal to 30 mass % and less than or equal to 60 mass % of the total amount of the negative electrode active material.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The negative electrode for a secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein the Si-based material has an average particle diameter of greater than or equal to 4 μm and less than or equal to 12 μm.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The negative electrode for a secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein the carbon material comprises graphite.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The negative electrode for a secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein the carbon material has an average particle diameter of greater than or equal to 10 μm and less than or equal to 25 μm.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

A secondary battery comprising the negative electrode for a secondary battery according to claim 1.

### Claim 9

A method for producing a negative electrode for a secondary battery comprising:
a first step of applying a negative electrode paste including a negative electrode active material containing a carbon material and a Si-based material, and a pore-foaming material to a negative electrode current collector, and then rolling the coating film;
a second step of heat-treating the coating film after the first step, thereby decomposing and vaporizing the pore-forming material to form a negative electrode mixture layer,
wherein the negative electrode mixture layer has a pore diameter distribution with two peak values R1 and R2 as measured by mercury porosimetry,
the peak value R1 is greater than or equal to 0.5 μm and less than or equal to 1.5 μm, the peak value R2 is greater than or equal to 2 μm and less than or equal to 10 μm,
the Si-based material has an average particle diameter of greater than or equal to 4 μm, and the Si-based material has a content of greater than or equal to 30 mass % of the total amount of the negative electrode active material.