Lg Energy Solution, Ltd.

Jin Ho Cho

Taek Soo Lee

Young Gon Kim

Shin Wook Jeon

Jong Su Yoon

A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery includes a carbon-based negative electrode active material and a silicon-based negative electrode active material together as a negative electrode active material. The negative electrode exhibits excellent characteristics of charge and discharge capacity and energy density. Furthermore, the negative electrode has the advantage of exhibiting high charge characteristics and life characteristics during long-term charge and discharge by realizing the alignment (O.I) of the carbon-based negative electrode active material after activation in a predetermined range that is lower than the alignment (O.I) of the carbon-based negative electrode active material before activation. A lithium secondary battery including the negative electrode is also provided. Further, methods of manufacturing the negative electrode and the lithium secondary battery are also provided.

Negative electrode for lithium secondary battery, and method for manufacturing same

A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery in which lithium precipitation is suppressed. The negative electrode has a form in which a high degree of alignment of a carbon-based active material contained in a sliding portion of the negative electrode active layer is realized. Accordingly, the negative electrode has an excellent effect of suppressing lithium precipitation at the end of the negative electrode active layer during charging and discharging of the secondary battery, so that a lithium secondary battery including the negative electrode has high safety and can be charged and discharged for a long time under high rate conditions. A lithium secondary battery including the negative electrode is also provided.

Negative electrode for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery comprising same

A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery includes a negative electrode active layer and a negative electrode current collector. The negative electrode active layer includes a center region, an edge region, and a sliding region on the current collector, and has the advantage of exhibiting a high-rate charge and discharge and a high energy density with a small volume change during charge and discharge by having an alignment degree (O.I.) of each carbon-based negative electrode active material contained in the center region, the edge region, and the sliding region satisfying Formula 1 and Formula 2. A method of manufacturing the same is also provided.

Negative electrode for lithium secondary battery and method for manufacturing same

A magnetic alignment device applies a magnetic field to a negative electrode slurry by introducing a magnet part to an upper and a lower portion of a negative electrode current collector on which the negative electrode slurry is applied, respectively. By applying a stronger magnetic field in a second region of the magnet part located downstream along the transfer direction of the negative electrode current collector than in a first region of the magnet part located upstream, and by arranging a drying part adjacent to the end of the second region where the stronger magnetic field is applied, a negative electrode having a significantly higher alignment of the carbon-based negative electrode active material contained in the negative electrode slurry can be manufactured. A method for manufacturing a negative electrode using the magnetic alignment device is also provided.

Magnetic alignment device for anode, and anode manufacturing method using same

A magnetic alignment device applies a magnetic field to a negative electrode slurry by introducing a magnet part to an upper and a lower portion of a negative electrode current collector to which the negative electrode slurry is applied, respectively, wherein a first region located upstream along a transfer direction of the negative electrode current collector is capable of applying a stronger magnetic force than a second region located downstream in the magnet part. Accordingly, in manufacturing the negative electrode, the alignment of the carbon-based negative electrode active material contained in the negative electrode slurry and the arithmetic mean height of the surface of the negative electrode active layer can be easily controlled to a certain range. Furthermore, the negative electrode prepared according to the method has the advantage of having excellent electrical properties and surface properties of the negative electrode active layer.

Negative electrode for lithium secondary battery, and magnetic alignment device for negative electrode for same

A magnetic alignment device for negative electrode and method for manufacturing negative electrode using the same. The magnetic alignment device can measure the loading amount of the negative electrode slurry applied on the negative electrode collector in real time and can easily control the intensity of the magnetic field by adjusting the separation distance of the magnet portion according to the measured negative electrode slurry loading amount, and has an advantage of uniformly high alignment degree of the crystal faces of the carbon-based negative electrode active material contained in prepared negative electrode active layer.

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Daejeon, South Korea

Jin Ho Cho