JP2016152153A - Power storage element and method of manufacturing power storage element - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a power storage element whose input characteristics are improved.SOLUTION: A power storage element 10 includes: a positive electrode plate 18; a negative electrode plate 19 having a negative electrode mixture layer containing a negative electrode active material 30; an electrolyte; and a negative binder and a negative electrode thickener 31 which are mixed into the negative electrode mixture layer. The negative electrode thickener 31 has a plurality of pores.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7

Description

  The technology described in the present specification relates to a power storage element having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, and a method for manufacturing the same.

  As a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material, and a non-aqueous electrolyte, for example, a battery described in Patent Document 1 is known. In the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, a binder is used to bind active materials to each other or to bind the active material and the electrode plate.

JP 2003-142082 A

  When the viscosity of the mixture in which the active material and the binder are mixed is insufficient, a thickener may be added to the mixture. Then, a film may be formed on the surface of the active material by the thickener. As a result of the coating becoming difficult for the non-aqueous electrolyte to reach the surface of the active material, there is a concern that the input characteristics of the non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery may be degraded.

  The technology described in the present specification has been completed based on the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a power storage element with improved input characteristics.

  An electricity storage device according to the technology described in the present specification includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode having a negative electrode mixture layer containing a negative electrode active material, an electrolyte, and a negative electrode binder and a negative electrode thickener mixed in the negative electrode mixture layer. The negative electrode thickener has a plurality of pores.

  According to the technology described in the present specification, it is possible to provide a power storage element with improved input characteristics at low temperatures. This is because even when a thickener film is formed on the surface of the negative electrode, the electrolyte can reach the surface of the negative electrode through the plurality of pores formed in the film.

  According to the technique described in this specification, the input characteristics of the electricity storage device can be improved.

The perspective view which shows the electrical storage element which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. Cross-sectional view showing a power storage element A graph showing the change in the regenerative input ratio based on whether or not a poor solvent was added and the type of poor solvent Graph showing change in regenerative input ratio based on molecular weight of poor solvent Graph showing change in regenerative input ratio with respect to the amount of N-methylpyrrolidone added SEM photograph showing the negative electrode plate Graph showing change in differential pore volume with respect to pore diameter for negative electrode plate A graph showing the first derivative of the graph shown in FIG.

(Outline of the embodiment)
The power storage device described in the present specification includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode having a negative electrode mixture layer containing a negative electrode active material, an electrolyte, a negative electrode binder and a negative electrode thickener mixed in the negative electrode mixture layer. The negative electrode thickener has a plurality of pores.

  According to the technology described in the present specification, it is possible to provide a power storage element with improved input characteristics at low temperatures. This is because even when a thickener film is formed on the surface of the negative electrode, the electrolyte can reach the surface of the negative electrode through the plurality of pores formed in the film.

  The power storage device described in the present specification includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode having a negative electrode mixture layer containing a negative electrode active material, an electrolyte, a negative electrode binder and a negative electrode thickener mixed in the negative electrode mixture layer. In the pore distribution of the negative electrode measured by the mercury intrusion method, a convex peak is formed in a region having a pore diameter of 0.5 μm or less.

  According to the technology described in the present specification, it is possible to provide a power storage element with improved input characteristics at low temperatures. This is because, in the pore distribution of the negative electrode measured by the mercury intrusion method, the pores distributed with an upward convex peak in the region having a pore diameter of 0.5 μm or less are formed in the negative electrode thickener. This is because the electrolyte can reach the surface of the negative electrode through the pores.

  The manufacturing method of the electricity storage device described in the present specification includes a negative electrode active material, a negative electrode binder, a negative electrode thickener, a good solvent for the negative electrode thickener, a boiling point higher than the good solvent, and A step of preparing a negative electrode mixture by mixing a poor solvent having a solubility of the negative electrode thickener less than that of the good solvent, a step of applying the negative electrode mixture to the negative electrode foil, and evaporating the good solvent. A first drying step and a second drying step for evaporating the poor solvent.

  According to the technology described in the present specification, it is possible to provide a power storage element with improved input characteristics at low temperatures. This is due to the following reason. First, when the good solvent evaporates in the first drying step, the negative electrode thickener is solidified. At this time, the poor solvent does not evaporate and remains in the solidified negative electrode thickener. Since the solubility of the poor solvent in the negative electrode thickener is relatively small, the negative electrode thickener is excluded from the poor solvent, and the negative electrode thickener dissolved in the poor solvent is relatively small. ing. Next, when the poor solvent evaporates in the second drying step, the negative electrode thickener does not precipitate so much from the poor solvent, and the region where the poor solvent remains becomes pores. Since the electrolyte can reach the surface of the negative electrode through the pores, it is possible to improve the input characteristics of the energy storage device at a low temperature.

  (Mass of the poor solvent) / (mass of the good solvent + mass of the poor solvent) is preferably 0.05 or more. Further, (mass of the poor solvent) / (mass of the good solvent + mass of the poor solvent) is preferably 0.20 or less.

  If (the mass of the poor solvent) / (the mass of the good solvent + the mass of the poor solvent) is smaller than 0.05, the electrolyte may not reach the surface of the negative electrode. It is not preferable. This is probably because the pores cannot be formed sufficiently. Moreover, when (mass of the said poor solvent) / (mass of the said good solvent + mass of the said poor solvent) is larger than 0.20, since the performance of a negative electrode binder falls, it is unpreferable. This is presumably because the pores formed after the poor solvent evaporates excessively increases and the negative electrode binder becomes brittle.

  The molecular weight of the poor solvent is preferably 80 or more.

  According to said aspect, the input characteristic of an electrical storage element can be improved.

  The poor solvent is preferably one or more substances selected from the group consisting of N-methylpyrrolidone, propylene carbonate, and ethylene carbonate.

  According to the above aspect, since pores can be reliably formed in the negative electrode thickener, it is possible to reliably improve the input characteristics of the electricity storage element at low temperatures.

<Embodiment 1>
The first embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. The power storage device 10 according to the first embodiment is mounted on a vehicle (not shown) such as an electric vehicle or a hybrid vehicle and used as a power source. The storage element 10 according to the first embodiment is a lithium ion battery, and a case 11 includes a positive electrode plate (corresponding to a positive electrode) 18, a negative electrode plate (corresponding to a negative electrode) 19, a separator 21, an electrolyte solution, Contain. In addition, as the electrical storage element 10, it is not restricted to a lithium ion battery, Arbitrary storage batteries can be selected as needed.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the case 11 has a flat rectangular parallelepiped shape. The case 11 may be made of metal or synthetic resin. As a metal constituting the case 11, an arbitrary metal such as iron, iron alloy, aluminum, aluminum alloy or the like can be selected as necessary. As a synthetic resin constituting the case 11, any synthetic resin such as polypropylene (PP) or polyethylene (PE) can be selected as necessary.

  The case 11 includes a case body 14 that opens upward, and a lid 15 that is attached to the case body 14 and closes the opening of the case body 14. The lid 15 is formed in substantially the same shape as the opening of the case body 14. A positive electrode terminal 16 and a negative electrode terminal 17 are provided on the upper surface of the lid 15 so as to protrude upward. The positive electrode terminal 16 is electrically connected to the positive electrode plate 18 in the case 11 by a known method. The negative electrode terminal 17 is electrically connected to the negative electrode plate 19 in the case 11 by a known method.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a power storage element 20 is housed in the case 11 by stacking a positive electrode plate 18, a separator 21, a negative electrode plate 19, and a separator 21 in this order and winding them all together. In addition, an electrolytic solution (not shown) is injected into the case 11.

  The positive electrode plate 18 has a positive electrode mixture layer formed on one or both surfaces of a metal positive electrode foil. The positive electrode mixture includes a positive electrode active material, a conductive additive, and a positive electrode binder as a binder. The positive foil has a metal foil shape. The positive foil according to this embodiment is made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy.

As the positive electrode active material, any known material can be used as long as it is a positive electrode active material capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions. For example, as a positive electrode active material, a polyanion compound such as LiMPO ₄ , LiMSiO ₄ , LiMBO ₃ (M is one or more transition metal elements selected from Fe, Ni, Mn, Co, etc.), lithium titanate, Spinel compounds such as lithium manganate, lithium transition metal oxides such as LiMO ₂ (M is one or more transition metal elements selected from Fe, Ni, Mn, Co, and the like) can be used.

  The kind in particular of conductive support agent is not restrict | limited, A metal or a nonmetal may be sufficient. As the metal conductive agent, a material composed of a metal element such as Cu or Ni can be used. As the non-metallic conductive agent, carbon materials such as graphite, carbon black, acetylene black, and ketjen black can be used.

  The type of the positive electrode binder is not particularly limited as long as the positive electrode binder is a material that is stable with respect to a solvent and an electrolytic solution used at the time of manufacturing the electrode and is stable with respect to an oxidation-reduction reaction during charge and discharge. For example, thermoplastic resins such as polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), polyethylene, polypropylene, ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer (EPDM), sulfonated EPDM, styrene butadiene rubber (SBR), fluoro rubber Such polymers having rubber elasticity can be used as one kind or a mixture of two or more kinds.

  Moreover, you may make a positive mix contain a positive electrode thickener etc. as needed. As a positive electrode thickener, arbitrary compounds, such as a cellulose resin and polyacrylic acid, can be selected suitably as needed. As the cellulose resin, carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), methyl cellulose (MC), hydroxymethyl cellulose, ethyl cellulose, and the like can be appropriately selected.

(Negative electrode plate 19)
The negative electrode plate 19 has a negative electrode mixture layer formed on one side or both sides of a negative electrode foil. The negative electrode mixture includes a negative electrode active material, a negative electrode binder as a binder, and a negative electrode thickener. The negative electrode foil has a metal foil shape. The negative electrode foil according to the present embodiment is made of copper or a copper alloy.

Examples of the negative electrode active material include carbon materials, other elements that can be alloyed with lithium, alloys, metal oxides, metal sulfides, metal nitrides, and the like. Examples of carbon materials include hard carbon, soft carbon, and graphite. Examples of elements that can be alloyed with lithium include, for example, Al, Si, Zn, Ge, Cd, Sn, and Pb. These may be contained independently and 2 or more types may be contained. Examples of alloys include Ni-Si alloys and alloys containing transition metal elements such as Ti-Si alloys. Examples of metal oxides include amorphous tin oxide such as SnB _0.4 P _0.6 O _3.1 , tin silicon oxide such as SnSiO ₃ , silicon oxide such as SiO, Li _{4 + x} Ti ₅ O _{12 and the} like. And lithium titanate having a spinel structure. Examples of metal sulfides include lithium sulfides such as TiS ₂ , molybdenum sulfides such as MoS _2, and iron sulfides such as FeS, FeS ₂ , and Li _x FeS ₂ . Among these, particularly hard carbon, particularly small particle size hard carbon having a D50 smaller than 8 μm is preferable, and D50 is more preferably 2 μm to 7 μm.

  Moreover, you may make a negative electrode mixture contain a conductive support agent as needed. The kind in particular of conductive support agent is not restrict | limited, A metal or a nonmetal may be sufficient. As the metal conductive agent, a material composed of a metal element such as Cu or Ni can be used. As the non-metallic conductive agent, carbon materials such as graphite, carbon black, acetylene black, and ketjen black can be used.

  The type of the negative electrode binder is not particularly limited as long as it is a material that is stable with respect to a solvent and an electrolytic solution used at the time of manufacturing the electrode and is stable with respect to an oxidation-reduction reaction during charging and discharging. For example, thermoplastic resins such as polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), polyethylene, polypropylene, ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer (EPDM), sulfonated EPDM, styrene butadiene rubber (SBR), fluoro rubber Such polymers having rubber elasticity can be used as one kind or a mixture of two or more kinds.

  As the negative electrode binder, a so-called non-aqueous binder may be used, or a so-called aqueous binder may be used. In consideration of environmental problems, an aqueous binder can be suitably used. The water-based binder includes a water-dispersed binder that does not dissolve in water but is well dispersed in water, and a water-soluble binder that dissolves in water.

  The negative electrode mixture contains a negative electrode thickener. As a negative electrode thickener, arbitrary compounds, such as a cellulose resin and acrylic acid, can be selected suitably as needed. As the cellulose resin, carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), methyl cellulose (MC), hydroxymethyl cellulose, ethyl cellulose, and the like can be appropriately selected. From the viewpoint of increasing the peel strength of the negative electrode active material layer, it is preferable to use a cellulose-based resin as the negative electrode thickener, and it is particularly preferable to use carboxymethyl cellulose.

  A negative electrode active material, a conductive additive, a negative electrode binder, a negative electrode thickener, a good solvent having a relatively low boiling point and a relatively high solubility of the negative electrode thickener, a boiling point higher than that of the good solvent, and A negative electrode paste is prepared by mixing a poor solvent in which the solubility of the negative electrode thickener is lower than that of the good solvent. An example of the good solvent is water. Examples of the poor solvent include amides such as N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) and dimethylacetamide, diols such as butanediol and ethylene glycol monobutyl ether and derivatives thereof, gamma butyrolactone, propylene carbonate (PC), ethylene carbonate (EC), and the like. One or a plurality of solvents selected from the group consisting of cyclic esters, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMS) and the like can be appropriately selected. Here, the good solvent means a solvent in which the solubility of the negative electrode thickener is 1 g / 100 g or more (1 g or more of the negative electrode thickener is dissolved in 100 g of the solvent). Moreover, a poor solvent means a thing with the solubility of a negative electrode thickener lower than the selected good solvent.

  The negative electrode paste is applied to one surface or both surfaces of the negative electrode foil by a reverse roll method, a direct roll method, a blade method, a knife method, a dip method, or a known method.

  Thereafter, a drying step is performed on the negative electrode. The drying step includes a first drying step for drying the good solvent and a second drying step for drying the poor solvent. The temperature for drying the negative electrode plate in the first drying step is set lower than the temperature in the second drying step. The drying conditions for the first drying step are a temperature of 10 ° C. to 100 ° C. and a drying time of 10 seconds to 30 minutes. Moreover, as for the drying conditions of a 2nd drying process, temperature is 50 to 150 degreeC, and drying time shall be 2 second-30 minutes.

  For example, after the negative electrode plate is accommodated in a drying furnace and the first drying process is performed in the drying furnace, the second drying process may be continuously performed without removing the negative electrode plate from the drying furnace. Moreover, after performing a 1st drying process, after taking out a negative electrode plate from a drying furnace and standing to cool a negative electrode plate, you may perform a 2nd drying process.

  The negative electrode plate is pressed to a predetermined thickness after the drying process is completed.

  As the separator 21, a polyolefin microporous film, a synthetic resin woven or non-woven fabric, natural fiber, glass fiber or ceramic fiber woven or non-woven fabric, paper, or the like can be used. Polyethylene, polypropylene, or a composite film thereof can be used as the polyolefin microporous film. The synthetic resin fiber can be selected from polyacrylonitrile (PAN), polyamide (PA), polyester, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyolefin such as polypropylene (PP) or polyethylene (PE), or a mixture thereof. The thickness of the separator 21 is preferably 5 to 35 μm.

The separator 21 may be formed with a heat-resistant layer containing heat-resistant particles and a binder on at least one side. When the heat resistant layer is formed on the separator 21, the heat resistant layer is preferably arranged so as to face the positive electrode mixture layer. It is desirable that the heat-resistant particles have a weight loss of 5% or less at 500 ° C. in the atmosphere. Among these, those having a weight loss of 5% or less at 800 ° C. are desirable. Examples of such a material include inorganic compounds. The inorganic compound is composed of one or more of the following inorganic substances alone or as a mixture or a composite compound. Examples of inorganic compounds include iron oxide, SiO ₂ , Al ₂ O ₃ , TiO ₂ , BaTiO ₂ , ZrO, oxide fine particles such as alumina-silica composite oxide, nitride fine particles such as aluminum nitride and silicon nitride, calcium fluoride, Slightly soluble ionic crystal particles such as barium fluoride and barium sulfate, covalently bonded crystal particles such as silicon and diamond, clay particles such as talc and montmorillonite, boehmite, zeolite, apatite, kaolin, mullite, spinel, olivine, sericite , Bentonite, mica and other mineral resource-derived substances or artificial products thereof. In addition, as the heat-resistant particles, the surface of conductive fine particles such as metal fine particles, oxide fine particles such as SnO ₂ and tin-indium oxide (ITO), carbonaceous fine particles such as carbon black, graphite, and the like are electrically insulating materials. It may be fine particles that have been made electrically insulating by surface treatment with (for example, the material constituting the electrically insulating inorganic particles). As the heat-resistant particles, SiO ₂ , Al ₂ O ₃ , and alumina-silica composite oxide are particularly preferable.

  As the electrolytic solution, a nonaqueous electrolytic solution in which an electrolyte salt is dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent can be used. The electrolyte is impregnated in the separator 21 in the case 11. The electrolytic solution is not limited, and those generally proposed for use in lithium ion batteries and the like can be used. Nonaqueous solvents include cyclic carbonates such as propylene carbonate, ethylene carbonate, butylene carbonate, chloroethylene carbonate, vinylene carbonate; cyclic esters such as γ-butyrolactone and γ-valerolactone; dimethyl carbonate, diethyl carbonate, ethylmethyl Chain carbonates such as carbonate; chain esters such as methyl formate, methyl acetate and methyl butyrate; tetrahydrofuran or derivatives thereof; 1,3-dioxane, 1,4-dioxane, 1,2-dimethoxyethane, 1,4 -Ethers such as dibutoxyethane and methyldiglyme; nitriles such as acetonitrile and benzonitrile; dioxolane or derivatives thereof; ethylene sulfide, sulfolane, sultone or derivatives thereof alone or Although the mixture of 2 or more types etc. can be mentioned, it is not limited to these. In addition, you may add a well-known additive to electrolyte solution.

Examples of the electrolyte salt include LiClO ₄ , LiBF ₄ , LiAsF ₆ , LiPF ₆ , LiSCN, LiBr, LiI, Li ₂ SO ₄ , Li ₂ B ₁₀ Cl ₁₀ , NaClO ₄ , NaI, NaSCN, NaBr, KClN ₄ , and KClO ₄ , KSCN Inorganic ion salts containing one of lithium (Li), sodium (Na) or potassium (K), LiCF ₃ SO ₃ , LiN (CF ₃ SO ₂ ) ₂ , LiN (C ₂ F ₅ SO ₂ ) ₂ , LiN (CF ₃ SO ₂ ) (C ₄ F ₉ SO ₂ ), LiC (CF ₃ SO ₂ ) ₃ , LiC (C ₂ F ₅ SO ₂ ) ₃ , (CH ₃ ) ₄ NBF ₄ , (CH ₃ ) ₄ NBr _{, (C 2 H 5) 4} NClO 4, (C 2 H 5) 4 NI, (C 3 H 7) 4 NBr, (n-C 4 H 9) 4 NClO _{, (N-C 4 H 9} ) 4 NI, (C 2 H 5) 4 N-maleate, (C 2 H 5) 4 N-benzoate, (C 2 H 5) 4 N-phtalate, lithium stearyl sulfonate, Examples include organic ionic salts such as lithium octyl sulfonate and lithium dodecylbenzene sulfonate, and these ionic compounds can be used alone or in admixture of two or more.

  Moreover, you may use normal temperature molten salt and an ionic liquid as electrolyte solution.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on examples. In addition, this invention is not limited at all by the following Example.

<Example 1>
In Example 1, the storage element 20 is accommodated in the case body 14 opened upward, the positive electrode plate 18 and the positive electrode terminal 16 are connected, the negative electrode plate 19 and the negative electrode terminal 17 are connected, and then the electrolytic solution is added. The electricity storage device 10 was fabricated by injecting and welding the lid 15 to the case main body 14.

The positive electrode plate was produced as follows. As the positive electrode active material, a lithium composite oxide having a D50 particle size of 4.0 μm and represented by the composition formula LiNi _1/3 Co _1/3 Mn _1/3 O ₂ was used. The particle diameter was measured with SALD-2200 (control software is Wing SALD-2200) manufactured by Shimadzu Corporation. 91 parts by mass of the positive electrode active material, 4.5 parts by mass of acetylene black as a conductive auxiliary agent, and 4.5 parts by mass of polyvinylidene fluoride as a positive electrode binder were mixed. A positive electrode mixture was prepared by appropriately adding N-methylpyrrolidone thereto to prepare a paste. This positive electrode mixture was applied to both surfaces of a positive electrode foil made of an aluminum foil having a thickness of 15 μm. After drying this, the positive electrode plate was produced by pressurizing with a roll press.

  The negative electrode plate was produced as follows. As the negative electrode active material, hard carbon having a D50 particle size of 3.7 μm was used. The particle diameter was measured with SALD-2200 (control software is Wing SALD-2200) manufactured by Shimadzu Corporation. 96.7 parts by mass of the negative electrode active material, 1.2 parts by mass of carboxymethyl cellulose as a negative electrode thickener, and 2.1 parts by mass of styrene butadiene rubber as a negative electrode binder were mixed. A mixed solvent prepared by mixing 90 parts by mass of water and 10 parts by mass of N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) was appropriately added thereto to prepare a paste, thereby preparing a negative electrode mixture. This negative electrode mixture was applied to both surfaces of a negative electrode foil made of a copper foil having a thickness of 10 μm.

  NMP has a boiling point of 202 ° C. and a molecular weight of 99.13. Regarding the mixing ratio of water and NMP, (NMP mass) / (water mass + NMP mass) was 0.10.

  Then, water was evaporated by performing the process of drying for 15 minutes at 25 degreeC with respect to the negative electrode foil with which the negative mix was apply | coated (an example of a 1st drying process). Then, NMP was evaporated by performing the process of drying for 15 minutes at 120 degreeC in a drying furnace (an example of a 2nd drying process). The negative electrode plate was produced by pressurizing this with a roll press.

The separator was prepared by forming a heat-resistant layer containing Al ₂ O ₃ as heat-resistant particles on one side of a polyethylene microporous film.

  The positive electrode plate, the separator, the negative electrode plate, and the separator obtained as described above were sequentially overlapped and wound into a spiral shape, whereby a wound type electricity storage element 20 was produced.

As the electrolytic solution, LiPF ₆ was used as a solute, and a mixed solvent of propylene carbonate, dimethyl carbonate, and ethyl methyl carbonate was used as a solvent. The mixed solvent was prepared such that the volume ratio of each component was propylene carbonate: dimethyl carbonate: ethyl methyl carbonate = 3: 2: 5. LiPF ₆ was dissolved in this mixed solvent so that the concentration of LiPF ₆ was 1 mol / L.

<Example 2>
A power storage device according to Example 2 was prepared in the same manner as Example 1 except that propylene carbonate (PC) was added instead of NMP when preparing the negative electrode mixture. The boiling point of PC is 242 ° C. and the molecular weight is 102.09. Moreover, about the mixing ratio of water and PC, (mass of PC) / (mass of water + mass of PC) was 0.10.

<Example 3>
When preparing the negative electrode mixture, a power storage device according to Example 3 was prepared in the same manner as Example 1 except that ethylene carbonate (EC) was added instead of N-methylpyrrolidone. EC has a boiling point of 240 ° C. and a molecular weight of 88.06. Regarding the mixing ratio of water and EC, (mass of EC) / (mass of water + EC mass) was 0.10.

<Example 4>
A power storage device according to Example 2 was prepared in the same manner as Example 1 except that dimethyl sulfoxide (DMS) was added instead of NMP when preparing the negative electrode mixture. The boiling point of DMS is 189 ° C. and the molecular weight is 78.13. Regarding the mixing ratio of water and DMS, (mass of DMS) / (mass of water + mass of DMS) was 0.10.

<Comparative Example 1>
96.7 parts by mass of the negative electrode active material, 1.2 parts by mass of carboxymethyl cellulose as a thickener, and 2.1 parts by mass of styrene butadiene rubber as a binder were mixed. A negative electrode mixture was prepared by adding water thereto to prepare a paste. The negative electrode plate was subjected to a step of drying at 120 ° C. for 30 minutes in a drying furnace to evaporate water. A power storage device according to Comparative Example 1 was prepared in the same manner as Example 1 except for the above.

(Regenerative input test)
A regenerative input test was performed on the energy storage devices according to Examples 1 to 4 and Comparative Example 1. Each battery was charged at a constant current of up to 4.2 V at 25 ° C. and 5 A, and further charged for a total of 3 hours at a constant voltage of 4.2 V, and then discharged at a constant current of 2.4 V at 5 A. The discharge capacity of the device was measured. For each storage element, 75% of the discharge capacity obtained in the above measurement was charged to adjust the SOC (State Of Charge) of the battery to 75%, and then held at −30 ° C. for 4 hours. Thereafter, a constant voltage charge of 4.2 V was performed, and the current value and voltage value at the first second were multiplied to calculate a regenerative input value at a low temperature.

  Table 1 and FIG. 3 show the ratios of the charging currents of the storage elements according to other experimental examples when the charging current of the storage element according to Comparative Example 1 is set to 100. FIG. 4 shows a graph showing the relationship between the molecular weight of the poor solvent and the regeneration input ratio.

  As compared with Comparative Example 1 using only water as a good solvent as a solvent for the negative electrode paste, Examples 1 to 1 using a mixed solvent containing water as a good solvent and a poor solvent as a solvent for the negative electrode paste. No. 4 has a large regenerative input current. This is considered to be due to the following reason.

  First, in Comparative Example 1, when water is evaporated by performing a drying process on the negative electrode mixture applied to the negative electrode foil, CMC is precipitated. At this time, the surface of the negative electrode active material is covered with the CMC coating. Then, since the electrolyte cannot reach the surface of the negative electrode active material, it is considered that the input characteristics are deteriorated.

  On the other hand, in Examples 1-4, first, when water evaporates in the first drying step for the negative electrode plate, CMC is precipitated. At this time, the poor solvent remains as a liquid dispersed phase in the precipitated CMC. Since the poor solvent has relatively low CMC solubility, the residual amount of CMC in the dispersed phase is relatively small.

  Next, when the second drying process is performed on the negative electrode plate, the poor solvent evaporates. As a result, the poor solvent remaining as a dispersed phase in the precipitated CMC evaporates, so that the portion where the poor solvent remains becomes pores. This is because the amount of CMC remaining in the poor solvent is relatively small, so that a sufficient amount of CMC is not dissolved in the portion where the poor solvent remains. In this way, a porous negative electrode thickener is formed.

  The holes formed as described above are communication holes that communicate three-dimensionally. That is, a path penetrating the CMC coating layer formed on the surface of the negative electrode active material is formed. Through this route, the electrolyte can reach the surface of the negative electrode active material. Thereby, the input characteristic of an electrical storage element can be improved. In particular, the input characteristics at a relatively low temperature of the test temperature minus 30 ° C. were improved.

  As shown in FIG. 2, when a poor solvent with respect to CMC having a molecular weight greater than 78.13 is added, the regenerative input ratio of the power storage element is excellent at 108.6% or more. Showed the effect. When the molecular weight of the poor solvent is larger than 80, the regenerative input ratio of the power storage element is 126.9% or more, which is preferable. When the molecular weight of the poor solvent is greater than 90, the regenerative input ratio of the electricity storage element is more than 126.9%, which is more preferable. When the molecular weight of the poor solvent is greater than 100, the regenerative input ratio of the power storage element is more than 129.7%, which is particularly preferable.

<Examples 1, 5 and 6 and Comparative Examples 1-2>
Regarding Examples 5 and 6, and Comparative Example 2, a power storage device was prepared in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the addition amount of water and the addition amount of NMP were as shown in Table 2.

  For Examples 5 and 6, and Comparative Example 2, a regenerative input test was performed in the same manner as in Example 1. The results are summarized in Table 2. In addition, Example 1 and Comparative Example 2 are also shown in Table 2. FIG. 5 shows the change in the regenerative input ratio with respect to the amount of NMP added.

  As shown in Table 2, Examples 1, 5, and 6 in which the mass% of the mass of NMP with respect to the sum of the mass of NMP and the mass of water is 5 mass% to 20 mass%, the regenerative input ratio is a comparative example When 1 was set to 100, the input characteristics were improved from 109.9% to 129.7%. This is presumably because when the mass% of NMP is smaller than 5 mass%, the pores cannot be sufficiently formed and the electrolyte cannot reach the surface of the negative electrode.

  Moreover, when the mass% of NMP is larger than 20 mass%, the performance of CMC as a negative electrode binder is deteriorated, which is not preferable. This is thought to be because the pores formed after NMP evaporates excessively increases and CMC becomes brittle.

  As shown in FIG. 3, it is preferable that the amount of NMP added is 5 mass% to 20 mass% because the regenerative input ratio of the power storage element is 109.9% or more. When the amount of NMP added is 10 mass%, the regenerative input ratio of the power storage element is 129.7%, which is particularly preferable.

(Pore distribution)
In FIG. 6, the SEM (scanning electron microscope) photograph of the negative electrode plate which concerns on Example 1 is shown. The magnification is 20,000 times. In FIG. 6, the substance present in the region A surrounded by the broken line is considered to be a porous negative electrode thickener 31 attached to the surface of the negative electrode active material 30. As described above, the negative electrode thickener 31 has a plurality of pores. The electrolyte can reach the surface of the negative electrode active material 30 through the pores.

  FIG. 7 shows the differential pore volume of the negative electrode measured by the mercury intrusion method for the electricity storage devices according to Comparative Example 1, Example 1, and Example 2. In FIG. 7, the solid line indicates Comparative Example 1, the broken line indicates Example 1, and the alternate long and short dash line indicates Example 2.

  The pore distribution was measured by the mercury intrusion method as follows. First, the storage element was disassembled, and the negative electrode plate was sampled. As the sampled sample, a sample having a size of 2 cm × 10 cm was collected from the position where the positive electrode mixture layer and the negative electrode mixture layer faced each other through the separator. These were pretreated by washing with dimethyl carbonate and vacuum drying at room temperature.

About the sample produced as mentioned above, micromeritics WIN9400 was used and the differential pore volume (cm < ³ > / g) was measured by the mercury intrusion method based on JISR1655. During the measurement, the contact angle with respect to the sample was set to 130 °.

  As shown in FIG. 7, in Comparative Example 1 in which no poor solvent was added, a peak was observed in the vicinity of 0.7 μm caused by the negative electrode active material in the pore distribution of the negative electrode measured by the mercury intrusion method. Yes. However, the graph showing the change in the differential pore volume when the pore diameter of the negative electrode plate is 0.5 μm or less does not have a convex peak.

  On the other hand, in Example 1 in which NMP was added as a poor solvent and Example 2 in which PC was added as a poor solvent, in addition to the peak around 0.8 μm caused by the negative electrode active material, a mercury intrusion method was used. In the pore distribution of the negative electrode measured by the above, the graph showing the change in the differential pore volume has a convex peak above the pore diameter of the negative electrode plate of 0.5 μm or less.

  Specifically, in Example 1 to which NMP was added and Example 2 to which PC was added, at least in the range of the pore diameter of 0.03 μm to 0.3 μm, compared with the graph according to Comparative Example 1. A convex peak is formed on the top.

  The above peak is considered to indicate the presence of pores formed when NMP or PC as a poor solvent evaporates from the negative electrode plate. It is considered that the electrolyte reaches the surface of the negative electrode active material due to the pores. As a result of allowing lithium ions to reach the negative electrode active material via the electrolyte that has reached the pores, it is presumed that an energy storage device with improved input characteristics at low temperatures can be provided.

  From the viewpoint of the electrolyte entering the pores, the pore size is preferably not too small. Specifically, the pore distribution of the negative electrode preferably has a peak in a region of 0.01 μm or more, and more preferably has a peak in a region of 0.03 μm or more.

  Further, from the viewpoint of making the thickener brittle, it is preferable that the pore size is not too large. Specifically, in the pore distribution of the negative electrode, it is preferable to have a peak in the region of 0.3 μm or less, more preferably in the region of 0.1 μm or less, and in the region of 0.08 μm or less. It is particularly preferable to have it.

(First derivative of differential pore volume curve)
FIG. 8 shows a graph of the differential pore volume first derivative created by differentiating the graph according to FIG.

  The graph (solid line) of Comparative Example 1 in which the poor solvent is not added intersects the horizontal axis where (dVp / dlog (r)) ′ becomes 0 only once in the vicinity of about 0.08 μm. . Specifically, when the pore diameter is smaller than about 0.08 μm, the value is negative, and when the pore diameter is larger than about 0.08 μm, the value is positive. This means that the differential pore volume graph according to Comparative Example 1 is a downward convex graph having a peak in the vicinity of the pore diameter of about 0.08 μm.

  On the other hand, the graph (broken line) of Example 1 in which NMP was added as a poor solvent shows a negative value in the vicinity of about 0.03 μm with respect to the horizontal axis where (dVp / dlog (r)) ′ is 0. Crosses from a positive value to a positive value, crosses from a positive value to a negative value in the vicinity of about 0.07 μm, and crosses from a negative value to a positive value in the vicinity of about 0.17 μm. ing. That is, the graph of Example 1 intersects the horizontal axis where (dVp / dlog (r)) ′ is 0 three times. This is because the differential pore volume graph according to Example 1 has a convex peak downward in the vicinity of the pore diameter of about 0.03 μm and convex upward in the vicinity of the pore diameter of about 0.07 μm. This means that the pore has a convex peak in the vicinity of the pore diameter of about 0.17 μm.

  Further, the graph (one-dot chain line) of Example 2 in which PC is added as a poor solvent also intersects the horizontal axis where (dVp / dlog (r)) ′ is 0 three times. Details are as follows. The graph of Example 2 (dashed line) crosses from a negative value to a positive value in the vicinity of about 0.04 μm with respect to the horizontal axis where (dVp / dlog (r)) ′ is 0, It crosses from a positive value to a negative value in the vicinity of about 0.08 μm, and crosses from a negative value to a positive value in the vicinity of about 0.17 μm. This is because the differential pore volume graph according to Example 2 has a peak that protrudes downward in the vicinity of the pore diameter of about 0.04 μm, and protrudes upward in the vicinity of the pore diameter of about 0.08 μm. This means that the pore has a convex peak in the vicinity of the pore diameter of about 0.17 μm.

  Thus, by analyzing the graph of the differential pore volume first derivative, the graph showing the change in the differential pore volume has an upwardly convex peak in the region of the pore diameter of the negative electrode plate of 0.5 μm or less. This can be clearly determined.

<Other embodiments>
The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described with reference to the above description and drawings. For example, the following embodiments are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  (1) The power storage element is not limited to a lithium ion secondary battery, and any power storage element such as a lithium ion capacitor, an electric double layer capacitor, or an alkaline storage battery can be used.

  (2) Although the plurality of pores according to the present embodiment communicate with each other, the present invention is not limited to this, and the plurality of pores may be closed cells.

  (3) The molecular weight of the poor solvent may be less than 80.

10: Power storage element 18: Positive electrode plate 19: Negative electrode plate 30: Negative electrode active material 31: Negative electrode thickener

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A positive electrode, a negative electrode having a negative electrode mixture layer containing a negative electrode active material, an electrolyte, and a negative electrode binder and a negative electrode thickener mixed in the negative electrode mixture layer,
The negative electrode thickener is a power storage device having a plurality of pores. A positive electrode, a negative electrode having a negative electrode mixture layer containing a negative electrode active material, an electrolyte, and a negative electrode binder and a negative electrode thickener mixed in the negative electrode mixture layer,
A storage element having a convex peak in a region having a pore diameter of 0.5 μm or less in the pore distribution of the negative electrode measured by a mercury intrusion method. A negative electrode active material, a negative electrode binder, a negative electrode thickener, a good solvent for the negative electrode thickener, a boiling point higher than the good solvent, and a solubility of the negative electrode thickener smaller than the good solvent A step of preparing a negative electrode mixture by mixing a poor solvent;
Applying the negative electrode mixture to a negative electrode foil;
A first drying step for evaporating the good solvent;
A second drying step for evaporating the poor solvent;
The manufacturing method of the electrical storage element which has.   The method for manufacturing an electricity storage element according to claim 3, wherein (mass of the poor solvent) / (mass of the good solvent + mass of the poor solvent) is 0.05 or more.   5. The method for manufacturing a power storage element according to claim 3, wherein (mass of the poor solvent) / (mass of the good solvent + mass of the poor solvent) is 0.20 or less.   The method for manufacturing a power storage device according to claim 3, wherein the molecular weight of the poor solvent is 80 or more.   The method for manufacturing a power storage element according to any one of claims 3 to 6, wherein the poor solvent is one or more substances selected from the group consisting of N-methylpyrrolidone, propylene carbonate, and ethylene carbonate.

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