JP2011103278A - Collector for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and negative electrode using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a collector for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery for restraining short circuit of the battery due to dendrite formation of lithium caused by capacity reduction of a negative electrode active material of the nonaqueous secondary battery including a lithium ion secondary battery or the like, and to provide a negative electrode using the collector for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery. <P>SOLUTION: In the collector having a copper porous sintered body, the copper porous sintered body has a metal framework of a three-dimensional network structure, and has empty holes among the metal frameworks. Further, an insulator, a polymer gel electrolyte, or a solid electrolyte is formed on one surface or both surfaces of the copper porous collector. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a current collector for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and a negative electrode using the current collector, in particular, a current collector using a copper porous sintered body suitable for a lithium ion secondary battery or a lithium ion polymer secondary battery. And the negative electrode.

  In recent years, non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, in particular lithium ion secondary batteries and lithium ion polymer secondary batteries, have come to be used in electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles, and the like. The electrode current collector is required to cope with high capacity, high output, high reliability, and the like.

Generally, a lithium ion secondary battery includes, as a positive electrode active material, lithium cobaltate (LiCoO ₂ ), lithium nickelate (LiNiO ₂ ), and Li (Co _1-x Ni _x ) O ₂ that is a solid solution thereof, or A lithium transition metal oxide such as LiMn ₂ O ₄ having a spinel structure is used as a negative electrode active material, a carbon material such as graphite, and a solvent composed of a liquid organic compound and a solute composed of a lithium compound are non-aqueous. Used as electrolyte.

In this lithium ion secondary battery, during charging, lithium atoms (Li) in a lithium transition metal oxide that is a positive electrode active material are inserted between carbon layers of the negative electrode as lithium ions (Li ⁺ ) (intercalation). ) On the other hand, at the time of discharge, lithium ions (Li ⁺ ) are detached from the carbon layer (deintercalation), move to the positive electrode, and are inserted into the original positive electrode active material. The charge / discharge reaction proceeds by the insertion / extraction of lithium ions.

  In such a lithium ion secondary battery, a positive electrode / negative electrode active material is applied on a metal foil as a positive electrode / negative electrode current collector to produce a positive electrode / negative electrode, and these are wound or laminated. Configured. Conventionally, lithium ion secondary batteries have been mainly used as a power source for portable devices such as mobile phones and notebook computers. However, as described above, in recent years, it has also been used in electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles, and the like, and with such expansion of applications, lithium ion secondary batteries have increased capacity, increased output, and high reliability. It is required to deal with sex.

  Here, in order to increase the capacity of the lithium ion secondary battery, if the area of the positive electrode and the negative electrode is increased, the manufacturing process becomes more complicated when winding or stacking the electrodes than in the case of a small battery. There is a problem that efficiency is greatly reduced. As a result, battery manufacture itself becomes difficult, and further, safety measures against a large current at the time of abnormality peculiar to large batteries are required.

  Therefore, a lithium ion secondary battery using a metal porous body as a current collector has been proposed for the purpose of increasing the capacity of the lithium ion secondary battery and extending the cycle life (Patent Document 1). However, in the lithium ion secondary battery, when the capacity of the negative electrode active material typified by the carbon-based material is reduced due to cycle life or the like, lithium that can no longer be inserted between the layers of the negative electrode active material causes dendrite in the vicinity of the negative electrode. It was found that the battery could cause an internal short circuit.

JP 2008-10316 A

  The present invention relates to a current collector for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery for suppressing a battery short-circuit due to dendrite formation of lithium resulting from a decrease in the capacity of the negative electrode active material of a non-aqueous secondary battery such as a lithium ion secondary battery. It aims at providing a body and a negative electrode using the same.

The present invention relates to a current collector for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that solves the above problems with the following configuration, a negative electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the same.
(1) A current collector comprising a copper porous sintered body, wherein the copper porous sintered body has a metal skeleton having a three-dimensional network structure, and has pores between the metal skeletons, Furthermore, an insulator, a polymer gel electrolyte, or a solid electrolyte is formed on one side or both sides of the copper porous current collector. A current collector for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery.
(2) A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising the current collector according to (1) above and an active material and a binder in the pores of the copper porous sintered body of the current collector Negative electrode.
(3) The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to (2) above, wherein the active material is a carbon material.
(4) A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including the negative electrode for a nonaqueous secondary battery according to (2) or (3).

  According to the present invention (1), by including the negative electrode active material in the pores of the copper porous sintered body having the metal skeleton of the three-dimensional network structure, lithium dendrite is generated in the vicinity of the negative electrode active material. In addition, the dendrite is held in the metal skeleton of the copper porous sintered body to suppress the battery short circuit, and further, the insulator, the polymer gel electrolyte or the solid electrolyte formed on the copper porous current collector, It is possible to provide a highly reliable non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery capable of suppressing a battery short circuit in two stages, in which a battery short circuit due to lithium dendrite is suppressed.

  According to the present invention (2), a highly reliable battery for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery can be easily obtained.

It is a perspective view which shows the shape of a copper porous sintered compact. It is an example of sectional drawing of the electrical power collector of this invention. It is sectional drawing of the coin cell produced by the Example and the prior art example.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be specifically described based on embodiments. Unless otherwise indicated,% is% based on mass unless otherwise specified.

[Current collector for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery]
The current collector for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the present invention is a current collector comprising a copper porous sintered body, and the copper porous sintered body has a three-dimensional network structure metal skeleton, And it has a void | hole between the said metal frame | skeleton, Furthermore, the insulator, the polymer gel electrolyte, or the solid electrolyte is formed in the one or both surfaces of the said copper porous electrical power collector, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  The copper porous sintered body has a metal skeleton having a three-dimensional network structure and has pores between the metal skeletons. More specifically, the porous copper sintered body forms pores by a metal skeleton having a three-dimensional network structure. In addition, the metal skeleton itself has a feature of high porosity. In FIG. 1, the perspective view which shows the shape of a copper porous sintered compact is shown.

  In order to obtain the desired copper porous sintered body strength, pore diameter, and porosity, the metal skeleton of the copper porous sintered body has a metal skeleton diameter (the thickness of the thinnest part of each metal bone forming the metal skeleton). Is preferably 5 to 100 μm. The metal skeleton preferably has skeleton vacancies having a pore diameter of 0.1 to 3 μm. Here, the metal skeleton diameter and the pore diameter of the skeleton vacancies are measured by scanning electron micrographs of the skeleton surface and the skeleton cross section.

  In addition, vacancies between metal skeletons (hereinafter referred to as inter-skeleton vacancies) are communicated from the viewpoint of easily including an active material, a Li ion conductive material, and the like, and ensuring good conductivity with an electrolytic solution. It is preferable.

  From the viewpoint of filling a desired amount of active material, the pore diameter of the inter-framework holes is preferably 20 to 500 μm. After rolling, the pore diameter of the interstitial pores becomes an elliptical shape with a long longitudinal direction of the copper porous sintered body, and the longitudinal pore diameter is preferably 30 to 600 μm, and the voids in the thickness direction The pore diameter is preferably 10 to 200 μm. Here, the pore diameter is measured by scanning electron micrographs of the surface and cross section of the sample.

  The total porosity of the copper porous sintered body is preferably 70 to 99%, more preferably 80 to 97%, from the viewpoint of filling a desired amount of active material. In addition, the porosity after rolling is preferably 10 to 60%, and more preferably 15 to 40%. Here, the porosity is calculated from the size, mass, and density of the copper porous sintered body.

  From the viewpoint of improving the energy density of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, the thickness of the copper porous sintered body is preferably 0.05 to 5 mm before rolling, and more preferably 0.1 to 3 mm. The thickness of the copper porous sintered body is preferably 0.03 to 3 mm after rolling, and more preferably 0.8 to 2.5 mm.

  The width of the copper porous sintered body is generally determined from the shape of the non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery. And after rolling, it can also be made into the width | variety for one piece with a slit etc.

  Since the copper porous sintered body is usually produced in a roll shape, the length of the copper porous sintered body is usually produced by a length corresponding to a large number of pieces, and contains an active material and rolled. The length is one by cutting.

  The insulator formed on one or both surfaces of the copper porous current collector must not be dissolved in the non-aqueous electrolyte, and is used as a binder for the active material or used as a separator Etc. Suitable materials for the active material binder will be described later. Examples of suitable materials for the separator include thermoplastic resins such as polyolefin resins such as polyethylene and polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride resins, polystyrene, polyvinyl acetate, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers, and ethylene-vinyl chloride copolymers. Resin, low molecular weight polyethylene, low molecular weight polypropylene, copolymers thereof, synthetic wax such as microcrystalline wax, polyethylene wax, oxidized polyethylene wax or mixtures thereof, natural wax such as carnauba wax or derivatives thereof or mixtures thereof Can be mentioned.

  The polymer gel electrolyte formed on one or both surfaces of the copper porous current collector is not particularly limited, but the electrolyte polymer having an ionic conductivity contains an electrolytic solution, and has no ionic conductivity. The thing etc. which hold | maintained the same electrolyte solution in the frame | skeleton of the polymer for electrolytes are mentioned. Here, as the electrolyte polymer having ion conductivity, a polymer solid electrolyte described later is used.

  Examples of the electrolyte polymer having no ion conductivity include polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), polyvinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene (PVDF-HFP) copolymer, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and polyacrylonitrile (PAN). ), Monomers that form gelling polymers such as polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) can be used. However, it is not necessarily limited to these. Note that PAN, PMMA, etc. are in a class that has almost no ionic conductivity, and therefore can be used as an electrolyte polymer having the above ionic conductivity. It was exemplified as a polymer for electrolyte that does not have ionic conductivity.

  The electrolytic solution contained in the polymer gel electrolyte includes the above electrolyte salt, cyclic carbonates such as propylene carbonate (PC) and ethylene carbonate (EC); chain carbonates such as dimethyl carbonate, methyl ethyl carbonate, and diethyl carbonate. Ethers such as tetrahydrofuran, 2-methyltetrahydrofuran, 1,4-dioxane, 1,2-dimethoxyethane, 1,2-dibutoxyethane; lactones such as γ-butyrolactone; nitriles such as acetonitrile; propionic acid Esters such as methyl; Amides such as dimethylformamide; Those using an organic solvent (plasticizer) such as an aprotic solvent in which at least one selected from methyl acetate and methyl formate is mixed Is mentioned.

  The ratio (mass ratio) between the electrolyte polymer (host polymer) and the electrolyte solution in the polymer gel electrolyte may be determined according to the purpose of use, but is in the range of 2:98 to 90:10. Thereby, it can seal effectively also about the oozing-out of the electrolyte from the outer peripheral part of an electrode active material layer by providing an insulating layer and an insulation process part.

The solid electrolyte formed on one side or both sides of the copper porous current collector is not particularly limited as long as it has ion conductivity. For example, if the solid electrolyte of an inorganic, Chiorishikon and _Li 4 _SiO 4 _{-Li 3} BO 3 or _{LiX-Li 2 O-M m} O n (X = I, Br, Cl; M = B, Si, P , etc. , M and n are numbers from 1 to 5) and the like, and polymer-based solid electrolytes include polyethylene oxide (PEO), polypropylene oxide (PPO), A polymer etc. are mentioned. The polyalkylene oxide polymer exhibits excellent mechanical strength by dissolving the electrolyte salt well and forming a crosslinked structure. Here, as the electrolyte salt, LiBOB (lithium bis oxide _{borate), LiPF 6, LiBF 4,} LiClO 4, LiAsF 6, LiTaF 6, LiAlCl 4, Li 2 B 10 Cl 10 inorganic acid anion salts such as, LiCF ₃ Examples thereof include organic acid anion salts such as SO ₃ , Li (CF ₃ SO ₂ ) ₂ N, Li (C ₂ F ₅ SO ₂ ) ₂ N, and the like.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of a cross-sectional view of the current collector of the present invention. An insulator 2 is formed on the surface of the copper porous sintered body 1. When an insulator is formed on the surface of the copper porous sintered body 1, the insulator 2 is provided at the end (outer surface) of the metal skeleton of the copper porous sintered body 1 as shown in FIG. 2. It is preferably formed but not formed in the hole portion. In addition, it is preferable from the viewpoint of more reliably suppressing the battery short circuit due to the lithium dendrite if the insulator covers a part of the pores of the copper porous sintered body, but if the whole is covered, the movement of Li ions is hindered. It is not preferable.

  When the polymer gel electrolyte or the solid electrolyte is formed on the surface of the copper porous sintered body, it is formed at the end of the metal skeleton of the copper porous sintered body 1 as shown in FIG. If the polymer gel electrolyte or solid electrolyte covers a part or all of the pores of the copper porous sintered body, it is preferable from the viewpoint of easy movement of Li ions. From the viewpoint of more reliably suppressing the above. Whether the insulator, the polymer gel electrolyte or the solid electrolyte is formed on one side or both sides of the copper porous current collector can be appropriately selected depending on the structure of the nonaqueous secondary battery. In addition, the thickness of the insulator, the polymer gel electrolyte, or the solid electrolyte is preferably 5 to 100 μm from the viewpoint of more reliably suppressing the battery short circuit.

[Electrode for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery]
The electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the present invention is characterized in that an active material and a binder are contained in the current collector and the pores of the copper porous sintered body of the current collector.

  The active material contained in the pores of the copper porous sintered body is preferably a carbon material, and petroleum-based coke; graphite such as artificial graphite and natural graphite; and carbonaceous material such as graphitized mesophase microspheres are preferable. This active material is preferably a powder having an average particle diameter of 2 to 20 μm from the viewpoint of increasing the output of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery. Here, the average particle diameter is measured by a laser diffraction method.

  Examples of the binder contained in the pores of the copper porous sintered body include, but are not limited to, polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), SBR, and polyimide.

  When 100 to 800 parts by mass of the active material is included with respect to 100 parts by mass of the copper porous sintered body, it is preferable from the viewpoint of improving the energy density of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and more preferably 250 to 750 parts by mass. Here, the quantitative analysis of the active material is performed by the ICP method.

  When the binder is included in an amount of 2 to 80 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the copper porous sintered body, the active material is appropriately held in the pores of the copper porous sintered body and the loss of the active material is prevented. It is preferable from the viewpoint.

  Further, a conductive assistant may be contained in the pores of the copper porous sintered body, and examples of the conductive assistant include carbon black, acetylene black, and ketjen black. It is not limited to.

  It is preferable to contain 1 to 100 parts by mass of a conductive additive with respect to 100 parts by mass of the copper porous sintered body from the viewpoint of increasing the output of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and preventing loss of the active material.

  Examples of the non-aqueous electrolyte when using the electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the present invention include the above-described electrolyte solution, and any non-aqueous electrolyte may be used as long as it is used in a normal secondary battery.

[Method for producing current collector for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery]
The manufacturing method of a copper porous sintered compact is well-known, For example, it can manufacture as follows. As a raw material, a water-insoluble hydrocarbon organic solvent having 5 to 8 carbon atoms: 0.05 to 10% by mass; surfactant: 0.05 to 5% by mass; water-soluble resin binder: 0.5 to 20% by mass %; Average particle size: 0.5 to 500 μm copper powder: 5 to 80% by mass; if necessary, a plasticizer comprising one or more of polyhydric alcohols, fats and oils, ethers and esters: A mixture having a blending composition of 0.1 to 15% by mass; water: balance is prepared using a known planetary mixer, ball mill, Henschel mixer, or the like. After this mixture is formed into a predetermined shaped article by, for example, a known doctor blade method or slip cast method, the mixture is kept at a temperature of 5 ° C. or higher and has a vapor pressure larger than that of water. Since the water-insoluble hydrocarbon-based organic solvent is vaporized and evaporated from the molded body, a porous molded body in which a large number of fine and sized bubbles are generated is formed in the molded body. This porous molded body has a strength that can be handled by a water-soluble resin binder, and also has plasticity by a plasticizer. When this porous molded body is sintered at 850 to 1050 ° C. for 5 to 30 minutes in a reducing atmosphere containing hydrogen, a copper porous body having a metal skeleton with a three-dimensional network structure and pores between the metal skeletons is obtained. A quality sintered body is obtained.

  The method of forming an insulator, a polymer gel electrolyte or a solid electrolyte (hereinafter referred to as “insulator etc.”) on the copper porous sintered body is prepared by adjusting the slurry of the insulator, etc. A film is formed from an insulator or the like in advance, and the film is laminated on the surface of the copper porous sintered body to make it porous, or a film such as an insulator is applied. Examples include a method of forming on a substrate surface such as a release paper and transferring it to a copper porous sintered body surface in a dot pattern, a method of printing a slurry such as an insulator in a dot pattern by a printing method, and the like. In consideration of the adhesion between the copper porous sintered body surface and an insulator or the like, a method of applying a slurry such as an insulator and making it porous is simple and preferable. If the viscosity of a slurry such as an insulator is low, a porous insulator or the like can be formed by bringing the copper porous sintered body surface into contact with a slurry such as a coated thin film insulator. . In addition, when forming a solid electrolyte in a copper porous sintered compact, a vapor deposition method etc. can also be used.

  As a method of making the insulator etc. porous, (1) using a thermal head or flash exposure, etc., making a hole in the insulator etc. and making it porous, (2) using a melt transfer method on the film After forming an insulator, etc., a method in which the insulator is melted and transferred in a dot pattern from the film side to the electrode plate surface with a thermal head or laser light, and (3) the insulator is made by screen printing. (4) Printing slurry such as insulators on the surface of the copper porous sintered body in a dot pattern using a gravure roll. However, it is not limited to the above exemplified method.

[Method for producing electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery]
The slurry containing an active material and a binder, and optionally a conductive aid can be obtained, for example, as follows. First, after an active material, a conductive additive and the like are mixed uniformly, an organic solvent and a binder are added to form a slurry. Alternatively, after dispersing the conductive aid in the organic solvent, the active material and the binding aid are added, or the binder is dissolved or uniformly dispersed in the organic solvent, and the mixture, the active material powder, and the conductive aid are added. There are methods such as mixing to form a slurry, but there is no particular limitation. At this time, the apparatus to be used may be those normally used by those skilled in the art, such as a planetary mixer, a ball mill, and a Henschel mixer. Here, the organic solvent has a viscosity that allows the slurry to be easily immersed in the copper porous sintered body in the step of immersing the next copper porous sintered body in the slurry, for example, 10 to 60 Pa · s. It is preferable to add.

  Examples of the organic solvent for dissolving or dispersing the binder include tetrahydrofuran (hereinafter referred to as THF), methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone, toluene, xylene, N-methylpyrrolidone, acetone, acetonitrile, dimethyl carbonate, ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, and the like. Although it can be used, in order to selectively remove this organic solvent by drying, a volatile organic solvent having a boiling point of 100 ° C. or lower such as THF or acetone, or N-methylpyrrolidone having a high ability to dissolve a binder is preferable.

  Next, the pores of the copper porous sintered body are filled with the slurry of the active material and dried. Examples of the filling method include a method of dipping the copper porous sintered body into the slurry of the active material, a method of pouring the slurry from the upper part of the copper porous sintered body, and further passing between two rolls, By scraping the surplus active material slurry adhering to the surface with a spatula into the inside, the active material can be more effectively filled into the pores of the copper porous sintered body. Drying may be left in the air, or a dryer or the like may be used. After drying, measure the mass ratio of the copper porous sintered body and the active material and the binder, etc. If the mass ratio of the active material and the binder is low, repeat the dipping and drying again to obtain the desired amount It can be. On the other hand, when the mass ratio of the active material and the binder is high, the viscosity of the slurry can be lowered, and dipping and drying can be performed again to obtain a desired amount. In addition, after immersing an active material slurry in a copper sintered body, an insulator, a polymer gel electrolyte, or a solid electrolyte can be formed on one side or both sides of a copper porous current collector to produce a negative electrode. .

  Next, the copper porous sintered body containing the active material and the binder is rolled to obtain an electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery. By rolling, the copper porous sintered body can be rolled to a desired thickness, the porosity of the electrode body can be reduced, and the electrode density can be increased. Here, the electrode thickness is preferably 0.03 to 3 mm. Here, the density of the copper porous sintered body can also be increased by pressing or the like, but rolling is preferred from the viewpoint of productivity.

  The electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the present invention is very effectively used for a highly reliable non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery.

  EXAMPLES Hereinafter, although an Example demonstrates this invention in detail, this invention is not limited to these.

[Manufacture of copper porous sintered body]
First, 500 g of copper powder having an average particle size of 15 μm was prepared. Binder solution: 100 parts by mass of binder solution: 5 parts by mass of carboxymethylcellulose ammonium: 10 parts by mass of glycerin: 10 parts by mass of polyethylene glycol: 1 part by mass of alkyl betaine, remaining water: 500 g in total It was prepared with.

  Copper powder: 50 parts by mass, binder solution: 49 parts by mass, and hexane: 1 part by mass were mixed in a total of 500 g to prepare a viscous composition.

  Next, this viscous composition is stretched and applied onto a polyethylene sheet coated with a release agent by the doctor blade method, and the temperature and humidity are controlled to be maintained for a certain period of time. It dried at the temperature of 70 degreeC with the air dryer. The coating thickness of the viscous composition at this time was 0.35 mm, the temperature was 35 ° C., the humidity was 90 minutes, and the holding time was 20 minutes. Subsequent drying was performed at 70 ° C. for 50 minutes. And the viscous composition after drying was peeled off from the polyethylene sheet, and it cut out to the circular shape of diameter 100mm, and obtained the molded object before sintering.

  This pre-sintered compact was placed on an alumina setter with zirconia powder spread, pre-fired (debindered) in the atmosphere, then heated and fired to obtain a porous copper sintered body. Obtained. Debinding was performed at 600 ° C. for 30 minutes. Heating and baking were performed at 1000 ° C. for 15 minutes in a nitrogen-hydrogen mixed atmosphere. The thickness of the obtained copper porous sintered body was 1.2 mm.

[Manufacture of current collector 1 provided with a copper porous sintered body and an insulator]
The surface (single side) of the obtained copper porous sintered body is brought into contact with a melt obtained by melting polyethylene wax (number average molecular weight: 4000, softening point: 152 ° C.) manufactured by Sanyo Chemical Industries at 170 ° C. Body 1 was produced. The thickness of the obtained current collector 1 was 1.22 mm.

[Manufacture of current collector 2 including a copper porous sintered body and a polymer electrolyte]
After dissolving 40 g of vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene copolymer (manufactured by Elf Atchem, Kynar 2801: containing 12 wt% hexafluoropropylene) in 200 g of dimethyl carbonate at 60 ° C., 1M LiPF ₆ / EC + PC (1: 1 (volume ratio) )) 80 g of the non-aqueous electrolyte was stirred and mixed to prepare a polymer electrolyte slurry. The surface (single side) of the obtained copper porous sintered body was brought into contact with the polymer electrolyte slurry to produce a current collector 2. The thickness of the current collector 2 obtained was 1.23 mm.

[Manufacture of current collector 3 including a copper porous sintered body and a solid electrolyte]
A polyethylene oxide solid electrolyte thin plate having a diameter of 100 mm and a thickness of 0.03 mm and containing a propylene carbonate electrolyte was prepared. The surface (single side) of the obtained copper porous sintered body was thermocompression bonded to one side of the solid electrolyte thin plate to produce a current collector 3. The thickness of the obtained current collector 3 was 1.22 mm.

[Manufacture of electrodes for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries]
Example 1

  Artificial graphite powder as an active material and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) as a binder are mixed at a mass ratio of 90:10 in a total of 200 g to prepare a negative electrode agent, and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone as a solvent in this negative electrode agent 162 g was mixed to prepare a negative electrode active material slurry.

  Next, the surface of the current collector 1 on which the insulator was not formed was immersed in this negative electrode active material slurry for 10 minutes, taken out and dried, and then rolled and rolled to a thickness of 0.5 mm in Example 1. A negative electrode of a lithium ion battery was prepared. Here, the current collector 1 is immersed in the negative electrode active material slurry, dried, and then, before rolling, the negative electrode active material slurry adhering to the surface of the current collector 1 is wiped off. The binder was included in the pores of the current collector 1. Note that the negative electrode active material slurry did not enter the insulator during immersion.

(Examples 2 and 3)
Example 2 was the same as Example 1 except that the current collector 2 was used instead of the current collector 1, and Example 3 was the same except that the current collector 3 was used instead of the current collector 1. Produced the negative electrode of the lithium ion battery in the same manner as in Example 1.

(Conventional example 1)
As the negative electrode of Conventional Example 1, a negative electrode of a lithium ion battery was produced in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the copper porous sintered body was used as it was as a current collector.

[Performance test of electrode for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery]
(Discharge capacity test)
A test cell of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery was produced. FIG. 3 shows a schematic diagram of the configuration of the test cell used.

Lithium cobaltate (LiCoO ₂ ) powder as an active material, ketjen black (KB) as a conductive material, and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) as a binder are mixed at a mass ratio of 80:10:10 in a total of 200 g. A positive electrode agent was prepared, and 162 g of N-methyl-2pyrrolidone as a solvent was mixed with the positive electrode agent to prepare a positive electrode active material slurry. The positive electrode active material slurry was applied on an aluminum foil and dried, and then cut into a width of 30 mm and a length of 40 mm to obtain a positive electrode 10. To this, a positive electrode current collecting tab 10a made of aluminum was welded.

  As the negative electrode 11, the negative electrodes of Examples 1 to 3 and the conventional example were cut into a width of 30 mm and a length of 40 mm, respectively, and a negative electrode current collecting tab 11a made of nickel was welded.

  Further, as the separator 12, a polypropylene microporous membrane (thickness: 20 μm) separator 12 was cut into a width: 32 mm and a length: 42 mm. These were laminated in order of the negative electrode current collection tab 11a, the negative electrode 11, the separator 12, the positive electrode 10, and the positive electrode current collection tab 10a, and the laminated body was produced. At this time, it arrange | positioned so that an insulator etc. and the separator 12 may contact.

  The welded portions 13c on the three sides of the pair of aluminum laminate films 13a and 13b, which were cut to a size that can accommodate the laminated body, were heat-sealed to obtain an exterior body 13.

In an inert atmosphere, the laminate is inserted through the opening of the outer package 13, and the laminate is accommodated in the outer package 13, and 1M LiPF ₆ / EC + PC (1: 1 (volume ratio)) non-water After injecting the electrolyte, the opening of the outer package 13 was heat sealed and sealed to prepare a test cell.

  The test cell was discharged at a discharge rate of 2C and a discharge voltage of 4.2 to 2.8V. Table 1 shows these results.

(Reliability test)
The above test cell was charged / discharged at a rate of 2C (45 minutes for CVCC charging) and charged / discharged voltage: 2.8 to 4.2V, with “charging → rest: 15 minutes → discharge → rest: 15 minutes”. A cycle test was performed as one cycle. Table 1 shows the results of the discharge capacity after 200 cycles. Further, [“discharge capacity after 200 cycles” / “initial discharge capacity”] was defined as a capacity retention rate (unit: “%”). Table 1 shows the results of the capacity retention rate. Table 1 shows these results.

  As can be seen from Table 1, the negative electrodes of Examples 1 to 3 had a high initial discharge capacity, and the capacity retention rate after 200 cycles was very good at 92.4 to 94.8%. On the other hand, the negative electrode of Conventional Example 1 had a low capacity maintenance rate of 85.5% after 200 cycles.

  As described above, a highly reliable nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery can be manufactured by the current collector for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the present invention and the negative electrode using the current collector.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Copper porous sintered body 2 Insulator 10 Positive electrode 10a Positive electrode current collection tab 11 Negative electrode 11a Negative electrode current collection tab 12 Separator 13 Exterior body 13a, 13b Aluminum laminated film 13c Welding part

Claims (4)

  A current collector comprising a copper porous sintered body, wherein the copper porous sintered body has a metal skeleton having a three-dimensional network structure, and has pores between the metal skeletons, and the copper A current collector for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, wherein an insulator, a polymer gel electrolyte, or a solid electrolyte is formed on one side or both sides of a porous current collector.   A negative electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising: the current collector according to claim 1; and an active material and a binder in the pores of the copper porous sintered body of the current collector.   The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 2, wherein the active material is a carbon material. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising the negative electrode for a nonaqueous secondary battery according to claim 2.