WO2014088084A1

WO2014088084A1 - Method for producing slurry for negative electrode of lithium-ion secondary cell

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Publication number: WO2014088084A1
Application number: PCT/JP2013/082758
Authority: WO
Inventors: 大輔香野; 麻紗子田中; 敏光海川; 武内　正隆
Original assignee: 昭和電工株式会社
Priority date: 2012-12-07
Filing date: 2013-12-06
Publication date: 2014-06-12
Also published as: JP6472660B2; JPWO2014088084A1; CN104854737B; CN104854737A

Abstract

A method for producing a slurry for a negative electrode of a lithium-ion secondary cell, having a step for stirring a mixture containing a thickener solution and a dispersoid, the dispersoid including a negative electrode active material, the stirring step including a step for stirring a mixture in which the product (α × β) of the weighted average (α) (m²/g) specific surface area and the solid content ratio (β) of the dispersoid is at least 1.3 and not including a step for adding a dispersion medium separately which is used in the slurry, or, when this step is included, the amount of the dispersion medium added separately being 5% by mass or less of the total amount of dispersion medium in the slurry.

Description

Method for producing slurry for negative electrode of lithium ion secondary battery

The present invention relates to a method for producing a slurry for a lithium secondary battery negative electrode. The present invention also relates to a slurry obtained by the production method, a negative electrode plate for a lithium ion secondary battery manufactured using the slurry, and a lithium ion secondary battery including the electrode plate.

Lithium ion secondary batteries are often used not only for small portable devices such as mobile phones and video cameras, but also for power supplies such as electric bicycles and various electric vehicles because of their high energy density and high voltage. As a negative electrode material used for these lithium secondary batteries, a carbon material typified by graphite having a large potential charge / discharge capacity per unit mass at a base potential close to lithium (Li) is used. In the past, polyvinylidene fluoride (abbreviated as PVdF) and fluororesins represented by copolymers thereof have been mainly used as negative electrode binders. However, when these binders are used, organic solvents are used as solvents. It was necessary to use a solvent. Recently, since styrene-butadiene rubber (abbreviated as SBR) can be used as an aqueous dispersion, it has come to be frequently used because of the advantage that the slurry production process is simplified.

As a manufacturing method of the slurry, for example, a manufacturing method for managing the process end condition by the viscosity of the slurry has been proposed as disclosed in JP 2009-187819 A (Patent Document 1). In some cases, vapor-grown carbon fibers are added from the viewpoint of reducing the resistance and extending the life of the battery. In that case, as described in JP-A-2005-222933 (WO2005 / 067081) (Patent Document 2), the carbon fiber is added to the thickener aqueous solution and stirred, and then the negative electrode material is added. After further stirring, the SBR aqueous dispersion And a manufacturing method in which a negative electrode material is added to a thickener aqueous solution and stirred, carbon fiber is added, and after stirring, an SBR aqueous dispersion is added and stirred.

JP 2009-187819 A Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2005-222933 (WO2005 / 067081)

In Patent Document 1, since the slurry production process is managed by the viscosity and the current value of the apparatus, the dispersion medium is added and the solid content is added even if the slurry has a non-uniform portion of dispersion or an agglomerate such as an electrode active material. When the ratio is lowered, there is a problem that the viscosity and current value of the slurry are lowered and the process proceeds to the next process. Furthermore, when a large amount of the dispersion medium alone is added in the manufacturing process in order to adjust the viscosity, when the obtained slurry is applied to the current collector and dried, the current collector and the mixture layer There was a problem that the adhesion at the interface was lowered.

A method for producing a slurry for a negative electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a negative electrode plate using the slurry produced by the method, and a battery are as follows.

[1] A method for producing a slurry for a negative electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery comprising a step of stirring a mixture containing a thickener solution and a dispersoid, wherein the dispersoid contains a negative electrode active material and the step of stirring A step of stirring a mixture in which the product (α × β) of the value (α) (m ² / g) obtained by weighted averaging the specific surface area of the dispersoid and the solid content ratio (β) is 1.3 or more. In addition, the lithium does not include a step of adding the dispersion medium used alone in the slurry, or if the step is included, the amount of the dispersion medium added alone is 5% by mass or less of the total amount of the dispersion medium in the slurry. The manufacturing method of the slurry for ion secondary battery negative electrodes.
[2] The step of stirring includes a step of adding a thickener solution to the dispersoid and stirring, and then a step of adding and further stirring the thickener solution once or twice or more. 2. A method for producing a slurry for a negative electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery according to 1.
[3] The step of stirring includes
Introducing the entire amount of the dispersoid into a stirrer;
3. The method for producing a slurry for a negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery as described in 2 above, comprising the step of repeating the charging and stirring of the thickener solution into the stirrer twice or more.
[4] The method for producing a slurry for a negative electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery as described in 3 above, wherein the amount of the thickener solution charged in the first stirring step is 5 to 40% by mass of the total amount of the thickener solution used .
[5] The method for producing a slurry for a negative electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery as described in 1 above, wherein the solvent of the thickener solution contains water.
[6] The method for producing a slurry for a negative electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery as described in 1 above, comprising a step of adding and stirring the binder solution after the step of stirring the mixture containing the thickener solution and the dispersoid. .
[7] The method for producing a slurry for a negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery as described in 1 above, wherein the negative electrode active material is at least one selected from the group consisting of a non-graphite carbon material and a graphite carbon material.
[8] The method for producing a slurry for a negative electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery as described in 1 above, wherein the volume-based average particle diameter (D50) of the negative electrode active material by laser diffraction is 1 to 50 μm.
[9] The binder component contained in the binder liquid is styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), nitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR), butadiene rubber (BR), styrene acrylate (St-Ac), or polyacrylonitrile (PAN). And the method for producing a slurry for a negative electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery as described in 6 above, which is at least one selected from the group consisting of polyamideimide and polyamideimide.
[10] The method for producing a slurry for a negative electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery as described in 1 above, wherein the dispersoid contains a conductive additive.
[11] A slurry for a negative electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery produced by any one of the methods 1 to 10 above, wherein the particle size measured using a grind gauge in accordance with JIS K5600-2-5 is A slurry for a negative electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery having a cumulative particle diameter (D90) of 90% or less by volume based on a laser diffraction method of an active material.
[12] An electrode plate for a negative electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery obtained by applying the slurry for a negative electrode of the lithium ion secondary battery as described in 11 above to a current collector and drying it.
[13] A lithium ion secondary battery comprising the electrode plate for a lithium ion secondary battery negative electrode as described in 11 or 12 above.

By using the method for producing a negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery negative electrode of the present invention, a slurry showing a good dispersion state can be produced without agglomeration of dispersoids such as active materials, and when applied to a current collector and dried. Can obtain a negative electrode plate for a lithium ion secondary battery exhibiting high adhesion at the interface between the portion (mixture) formed by drying the slurry and the current collector.

It is an example of the photograph which image | photographed the mixture part obtained in Example 2 with SEM. a and b are examples of enlarged views of graphite particles. It is an example of the photograph which image | photographed the mixture part obtained in the comparative example 2 with SEM. c is an enlarged view of a portion where carbon black is aggregated, and d and e are examples of enlarged views of graphite particles. It is an example of the evaluation photograph using the grind gauge of the slurry obtained in Example 2 and Comparative Example 2.

The method for producing a slurry for a lithium ion secondary battery negative electrode in a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a step of stirring a mixture containing a thickener solution and a dispersoid. Moreover, in the preferable embodiment of this invention, after the said stirring process, the process of throwing in a binder liquid and stirring is included.

1. Dispersoid A dispersoid contains a negative electrode active material, and can contain a conductive support agent etc. as an arbitrary component.
1-1. Negative electrode active material The negative electrode active material is not particularly limited as long as it is a material that can be used as a negative electrode active material of a lithium ion secondary battery, specifically, a material that has the ability to electrochemically store and release ions.
The higher the specific surface area of the negative electrode active material, the better the wettability with the dispersion medium, the easier it is to handle, and it is advantageous from the viewpoint of electrode strength and electrolyte solution retention. Specifically, the specific surface area is preferably 1 m ² / g or more. On the other hand, if the specific surface area is too high, a side reaction with the electrolytic solution is likely to occur, so the upper limit of the specific surface area is preferably 7 m ² / g. A more preferable range of the specific surface area is 1.0 to 7.0 m ² / g, and further preferably 1.5 to 6.0 m ² / g.
In the present specification, the specific surface area means a specific surface area measured by the BET method unless otherwise noted.

The negative electrode active material is preferably a material containing carbon.
Examples of the material containing carbon include non-graphite carbon materials, graphite carbon materials, and mixtures thereof, and specifically include artificial graphite, natural graphite, amorphous graphite, soft carbon, and hard carbon.

The non-graphite-based carbon material is a carbon material having no three-dimensional crystal regularity of graphite, and includes a turbostratic carbon material and an amorphous carbon material. Specific non-graphite-based carbon materials include glassy carbon and carbon materials that are not crystallized due to low heat treatment temperature. More specific non-graphite carbon materials include carbon materials obtained by heat-treating non-graphite polymers such as phenol resins, carbon materials obtained by heat-treating pitch and coke at about 1000 ° C., conductive polymers, etc. Examples thereof include a carbon material obtained by heat-treating a conjugated polymer, CVD carbon deposited on a substrate by a thermal CVD method, and the like. Further, Si can be mixed during each of the heat treatments, thereby increasing the electric capacity of the negative electrode.

The average particle size of the non-graphitic carbon material varies depending on the target electrode sheet shape and is not particularly limited. In general, however, the volume-based average particle size (D50) by laser diffraction method is in the range of 1 to 50 μm. is there.

The bulk density of the negative electrode material in the case of using the non-graphitic carbon material is not particularly limited, and the true density of the non-graphitic carbon material is generally 1.9 g / cm. is ³ or more, the negative electrode active material, the density of the mixture layer comprising a binder and conductive aid (electrode bulk density) is 1.5 g / cm ³ or more, more preferably from 1.7 g / cm ³ or more.

The graphite-based carbon material is a carbon material having three-dimensional crystal regularity of graphite, and natural graphite and artificial graphite that are generally used as a carbon-based active material for lithium secondary batteries can be used. Artificial graphite can be obtained, for example, by heat-treating an easily graphitizable carbon material. Further, quiche graphite obtained by reprecipitation of graphite from the iron melt is also included.

Graphite-based carbon materials have the characteristics that the crystallinity develops, the insertion and desorption of Li ions occur uniformly, and the diffusion is fast, so that the change in the discharge potential of the battery is small and the high load characteristics are excellent. Graphite-based carbon materials have a high true density of about 2.2 g / cm ³ , and when used as an electrode, the bulk density (electrode bulk density) is 1.5 g / cm ³ or more. Further, the porosity can be reduced and the electrode bulk density can be increased to 1.7 g / cm ³ or more.

As the graphite-based carbon material, one having a volume-based average particle diameter (D50) of about 1 to 50 μm by a laser diffraction method is used. This graphite-based carbon material preferably has high crystallinity, C ₀ of the 002 plane in X-ray diffraction measurement is 0.6900 nm (d ₀₀₂ = 0.3450 nm) or less, and La (crystallite size in the a-axis direction) ) Is larger than 100 nm, and Lc (crystallite size in the c-axis direction) is preferably larger than 100 nm. The laser Raman R value is 0.01 ~ 0.9 (R value: peak intensity ratio of 1360 cm ^-1 to the peak intensity of 1580 cm ^-1 by laser Raman spectrum) is preferred.

It is preferable to heat treatment by adding boron to this graphite-based carbon material because crystallinity is improved and compatibility with electrolyte and stability are improved. The addition amount of boron is not particularly limited, but if the addition amount is too small, the effect is not obtained, and if it is too much, it remains as an impurity, which is not preferable. A preferable addition amount is in the range of 0.1 mass ppm to 100000 mass ppm, more preferably 10 mass ppm to 50000 mass ppm in the graphite-based carbon material in terms of boron atoms.

1-2. Optional Components The conductive assistant as an optional component includes carbon fiber, carbon black, or a mixture thereof.
As the carbon black, furnace black, acetylene black, ketine black and the like can be used, and those having an average primary particle diameter of 10 to 100 nm and a specific surface area of 10 to 100 m ² / g are preferable.
As the carbon fibers, carbon nanotubes, carbon fibers and the like can be used, and those having an average fiber diameter of 5 to 500 nm, an average fiber length of 0.5 to 100 μm, and a specific surface area of 1 to 300 m ² / g are preferable.

By adding a conductive auxiliary agent, a good conductive path can be formed between the negative electrode active material particles, which contributes to lowering the resistance and extending the life of the battery. When the conductive auxiliary agent is added, the blending amount is preferably 0.01 to 10% by mass, more preferably 0.1 to 5% by mass in the dispersoid. When the amount of the conductive auxiliary agent is excessive, the amount of the negative electrode active material is relatively reduced, leading to a reduction in battery capacity.

2. Thickener solution The thickener solution is used to adjust the viscosity of the slurry.
Examples of the thickener include polyethylene glycols, celluloses, polyacrylamides, poly N-vinyl amides, poly N-vinyl pyrrolidones and the like. Among these, polyethylene glycols and celluloses such as carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) are preferable, and CMC is particularly preferable. The blending amount of the thickener is preferably 0.1 to 10 parts by mass, more preferably 0.3 to 3 parts by mass, when the dispersoid is 100 parts by mass.
Examples of the solvent of the thickener solution include water, alcohol (methanol, ethanol, propanol, butanol, isopropyl alcohol, etc.), and these can be used alone or in combination. A preferred solvent is water.
The concentration of the thickener in the thickener solution is such that the viscosity can be 50 to 5000 mPa · s, preferably 100 to 3000 mPa · s at room temperature, and is usually in the range of 0.5 to 5% by mass.

3. Stirring step The mixture containing the thickener solution and the dispersoid is stirred.
When the mixture is stirred, the product (α × β) of the value (α) (m ² / g) obtained by weighted average of the specific surface area of the dispersoid and the solid content ratio (β) is 1.3 or more. Is preferred. More preferably, the product is 2.0 or more, and still more preferably the product is 2.4 or more. The upper limit of the product is not particularly limited, but is preferably 7.0 or less, and more preferably 6.0 or less.

It is preferable to adjust the viscosity of the slurry within an appropriate range in consideration of the slurry coating process. When the solid content ratio is constant, the viscosity of the slurry increases when the specific surface area of the dispersoid is large. In general, when the slurry viscosity is the same, the larger the specific surface area of the dispersoid, the lower the solid content ratio, and conversely, the smaller the specific surface area, the higher the solid content ratio.

By stirring the mixture in which the product (α × β) of the weighted average value of the specific surface area (α) (m ² / g) and the solid content ratio (β) is within the above range, Occurrence is suppressed and the dispersoid is well dispersed. Further, even when a conductive assistant is used, the dispersibility of the conductive assistant is greatly improved by stirring the mixture within the range of the above product.

In this specification, “weighted average value of specific surface area of dispersoid (α) (m ² / g)” represents the specific surface area (m ² / g) when the dispersoid is single, When the dispersoid is a mixture of a plurality of components, it means a value (m ² / g) obtained by weighted average of the specific surface area of each dispersoid. For example, if the dispersoid is a specific surface area was a mixture of x (m ² / g) of active material a (g) and a specific surface area of y (m ² / g) of the conductive auxiliary agent b (g), weighted The average specific surface area is calculated as (xa + yb) / (a + b) (m ² / g).
The “solid content ratio (β)” means the ratio of the total mass added minus the mass of the dispersion medium, and is the ratio of the solid content remaining after the slurry is applied and dried. In addition to the dispersoid, the solid content includes a thickener and a binder component described later. The value of this ratio is in the range of 0-1. The dispersoid does not include a thickener and a binder described later.

In the case of producing a slurry, it has been widely practiced to add a dispersion medium only at the final stage to adjust to a desired viscosity. However, when only the dispersion medium is added and stirred for viscosity adjustment, the thickener solution or binder liquid and the added dispersion medium are not uniformly mixed, and the slurry tends to be non-uniform. The tendency becomes remarkable as the amount of the dispersion medium to be added increases. If the slurry becomes non-uniform, the adhesion at the interface between the current collector of the electrode and the slurry (mixture) decreases. Therefore, in the present invention, it is preferable not to include a step of adding the dispersion medium used in the slurry alone. Moreover, when adding a dispersion medium independently, it is preferable that the addition amount is 5 mass% or less of the total amount of dispersion medium in the slurry manufactured, More preferably, it is 1 mass% or less. In the present invention, there is an advantage that it is not necessary to adjust the viscosity by adding only the dispersion medium in the final stage.
The dispersion medium referred to in the present specification is a liquid component used for producing a slurry and does not contain a thickener or a binder, and most of them are removed by applying and drying the slurry. Is.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the stirring step is a step of adding a thickener solution to the dispersoid and stirring, and then adding a thickener solution and stirring the mixture once or twice or more. including. That is, the addition and stirring of the thickener are repeated two or more sets.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, it is preferred to initially charge the entire amount of dispersoid into the stirrer. That is, in a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the stirring step comprises
Introducing the entire amount of dispersoid into the stirrer, then
It consists of a step of repeating the charging of the thickener solution into the stirrer twice or more. In this case, since the second stirring is performed in a state where the total amount of the thickener solution to be added is larger than that in the first stirring, the product of the mixture at the second stirring is smaller than that at the first stirring. Become.
By performing the thickener solution charging and stirring a plurality of times, it becomes possible to further suppress the aggregation of the dispersoid.

When the thickener solution is charged and stirred a plurality of times as described above, the amount of the thickener solution charged in the first stirring step is preferably 5 to 40% by mass of the total amount of the thickener solution. . More preferably, it is 6 to 30% by mass. By first introducing a thickener solution in that range, it is possible to further suppress aggregation of the dispersoid.
The number of repetitions may be two or more, but is preferably performed three or more times because aggregation is further suppressed. There is no particular upper limit, but if it is too much, it is economically disadvantageous, so it is preferably 5 times or less, more preferably 4 times or less.

In the case where the steps of adding the thickener solution and stirring are performed a plurality of times, at least one of them may be a step of stirring the mixture within the product range. For example, when a mixture having a specific value is stirred, a liquid component such as a thickener solution or a dispersoid is further added to the mixture, and a mixture having a product different from the above value is prepared and stirred. In this case, at least one of the steps may be a step of stirring the mixture in the product range. When the entire amount of the dispersoid is first charged into the stirrer, as described above, the product of the mixture at the second stirring is smaller than that at the first. Therefore, it is preferable that the mixture in at least the first stirring step is within the range of the product.

A variety of stirrers can be used. For example, apparatuses such as a ribbon mixer, a screw-type kneader, a Spartan-Luzer, a Redige mixer, a planetary mixer, a defoaming kneader, a universal mixer with stirring blades, and a paint shaker can be used. Among these, a planetary mixer is particularly preferable.

4). Addition of Binder Liquid and Further Stirring In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the binder liquid can be added and stirred after the stirring step. By adding and stirring the binder liquid, the current collector foil / mixture layer interface of the electrode plate is bound after coating and drying.
The binder liquid is preferably added at the final stage of the slurry production process, and the stirring time after addition of the binder liquid is preferably within 120 minutes. Aggregation may occur in the slurry when the binder liquid is stirred for a long time after the binder liquid is added.

Examples of the binder component of the binder liquid include styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), nitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR), butadiene rubber (BR), styrene acrylate (St-Ac), polyacrylonitrile (PAN), and the like. Preferred binder components are SBR and St-Ac.

The amount of the binder used is preferably 0.1 to 10 parts by mass, and more preferably 1 to 5 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the dispersoid. When the amount of the binder is too large, the amount of the negative electrode active material is relatively reduced, so that the electrode capacity is reduced and the resistance is also increased. When the amount of the binder is too small, the binding effect is reduced, the negative electrode is easily collapsed during battery assembly or charge / discharge, and the charge / discharge cycle life is reduced.

The solvent or dispersion medium of the binder liquid includes water, alcohol (methanol, ethanol, propanol, butanol, isopropyl alcohol, etc.), and these can be used alone or in combination. Of these, water is preferred.

5. Characteristics of Slurry Since the slurry for a lithium ion secondary battery negative electrode obtained by the above method has a dispersoid such as an electrode active material well dispersed therein, there are almost no dispersoid aggregates in the slurry.
Whether or not an aggregate exists can be evaluated by a method of evaluating a particle size measured according to JIS K5600-2-5 using a grind gauge. In the slurry obtained by the above method, the particle size measured using a grind gauge is 90% or less of the cumulative particle diameter (D90) based on volume by the laser diffraction method of the negative electrode active material. This means that little aggregation is seen in the slurry.
The volume-based cumulative particle diameter can be measured, for example, using a Malvern master sizer as a laser diffraction particle size distribution measuring apparatus.

When a conductive assistant is used, the aggregation also adversely affects the negative electrode performance, but the dispersibility of the conductive assistant is greatly improved by using the above method. The dispersibility of the conductive auxiliary agent can be evaluated by a method of observing with a FE-SEM or the like a slurry applied to a substrate and dried. When the slurry obtained by the above method is used, it is observed that the conductive assistant is well dispersed. Specifically, when carbon black having an average particle size of 100 nm or less is used as the conductive additive, the diameter of the aggregated particles is 1 μm or less.

The slurry obtained by the above method is also excellent in adhesion to the current collector. This is presumably because the thickener and binder are also well dispersed in the slurry in addition to the dispersibility of the dispersoid. The durability of the battery is improved by the excellent adhesion.
The evaluation of adhesion is performed by measuring the peel strength between the mixture and the current collector on the electrode plate coated with the slurry and dried. The peel strength is measured according to JIS K6854-2.
When compared with the electrode plate using the slurry produced by adding only the dispersion medium exceeding 5% of the total amount of the dispersion medium at the final stage, the electrode plate using the slurry obtained by the above method has its adhesion. Is greatly improved.

The composition and blending amount of each component are adjusted so that the slurry viscosity is 1 to 10 Pa · s, preferably 2 to 5 Pa · s.

6). Preparation of electrode plate for sheet-like negative electrode The slurry obtained by the above-mentioned method can be applied to a current collector and dried to prepare an electrode plate for a lithium ion secondary battery negative electrode.
The slurry can be applied to the current collector by a known method, for example, a method of applying with a doctor blade or a bar coater. The thickness of the coating layer is usually 10 to 200 μm. Drying can be performed by, for example, vacuum drying at 70 ° C. for 1 hour.
As the current collector, known materials such as a copper foil, an aluminum foil, a stainless steel foil, a nickel foil, a titanium foil, an alloy foil thereof, and a carbon sheet can be used. Among these, copper foil and copper alloy foil are preferable from the viewpoints of strength, electrochemical stability, cost, and the like.
The thickness of the current collector is not particularly limited, but is preferably 0.5 to 100 μm, more preferably 1 to 50 μm. If it is too thin, the strength will decrease, and problems will arise in the strength of the negative electrode material and the handling properties during coating. If it is too thick, the ratio of the mass and volume of the current collector foil in the battery structure is increased, the energy density of the battery is lowered, and the sheet-like electrode at the time of battery production becomes stiff, thereby hindering winding.

In the following, typical examples of the present invention will be shown and more specifically described. Note that these are merely illustrative examples, and the present invention is not limited thereto. The materials and the evaluation methods used in the examples and comparative examples are as follows.

(1) Material (i) Negative electrode active material / artificial graphite: SCMG (registered trademark) manufactured by Showa Denko KK, D50% 16 μm, D90% 40 μm, specific surface area 1.6 m ² / g
・ Natural graphite: Made in China, D50% 17 μm, D90% 26 μm, specific surface area 5.9 m ² / g
(Ii) Conductive auxiliary agent / carbon black: C65 manufactured by TIMCAL, average primary particle size 100 nm>, specific surface area 65 m ² / g
Fibrous carbon: VGCF-H (registered trademark) manufactured by Showa Denko KK, average fiber diameter of 150 nm, fiber length of 10 to 20 nm, specific surface area of 13 m ² / g
(Iii) Thickener / Carboxymethylcellulose (CMC): Daicel Finechem Co., Ltd. No. 2200 (iv) Binder liquid / SBR binder liquid: BM-400B manufactured by Nippon Zeon Co., Ltd., 40 mass% aqueous dispersion

(2) Evaluation method (i) Aggregation of negative electrode active material The particle size in the slurry is measured using a grind gauge. The measurement is performed according to JIS K5600-2-5. The large size indicates that the negative electrode active material is present in an aggregated state in the slurry, and the dispersion is not sufficient.
(Ii) Aggregation of conductive aid A slurry is applied to a thickness of 150 μm on a copper foil having a thickness of 20 μm using a doctor blade. Subsequently, it vacuum-drys at 70 degreeC for 1 hour, and the electrode board in which the mixture layer was formed on copper foil is obtained.
Using the obtained electrode plate as an electrode, the presence or absence of aggregation of the conductive assistant of 1 μm or more by FE-SEM is evaluated.
(Iii) Peel strength Using the electrode obtained in (ii) above, the peel strength between the copper foil and the mixture layer is measured according to JIS K6854-2.

Example 1
(1) Feeding and semi-dry mixing 135 g of artificial graphite, 2.84 g of carbon black, and 20 g of 1.1 mass% CMC aqueous solution are put into a planetary mixer manufactured by Primix with a pot capacity of 500 cm ³ , and the blade rotation speed is 30 rpm. Stir for minutes.
(2) Solid kneading After scraping the material adhering to the blade of the planetary mixer with a plastic spatula, 70 g of 1.1 mass% CMC aqueous solution was further added to the mixer, and the blade was rotated at 30 rpm for 15 minutes. Stir. Thereafter, the rotational speed was increased to 60 rpm, and the mixture was further stirred for 75 minutes.
(3) Loose kneading After scraping the material adhering to the blade of the planetary mixer with a plastic spatula, 105 g of 1.1 mass% CMC aqueous solution was further added to the mixer, and the blade was rotated at 30 rpm for 15 minutes. Stir. Thereafter, the rotational speed was increased to 80 rpm and the mixture was further stirred for 75 minutes.
(4) Binder mixing 5.3 g of SBR binder solution was added to the mixer and stirred for 15 minutes at a blade rotation speed of 25 rpm while cooling with water. Thereafter, the mixture was stirred for 60 minutes at a blade rotation speed of 100 rpm while vacuum degassing to obtain a slurry.
The production conditions of the slurry are shown in Table 1.
(5) Evaluation The degree of dispersion of the slurry obtained above using a grind gauge according to JIS K5600-2-5, and the slurry was applied to a thickness of 150 μm using a doctor blade on a copper foil having a thickness of 20 μm. Then, using an electrode vacuum-dried at 70 ° C. for 1 hour, the presence or absence of aggregation of the conductive auxiliary of 1 μm or more by FE-SEM and the peel strength according to JIS K6854-2 were confirmed. The evaluation results are shown in Table 2.

Example 2
The same treatment as in Example 1 was performed except that 67.5 g of artificial graphite and 67.5 g of natural graphite were used instead of 135 g of artificial graphite. The production conditions of the slurry are shown in Table 1, and the evaluation results are shown in Table 2.
Moreover, the photograph image | photographed with SEM is shown in FIG. Here, a is an enlarged view of natural graphite particles and b is an enlarged view of artificial graphite particles, and it can be seen that fine particles of carbon black are dispersed on the surface thereof.
An evaluation photograph using a grind gauge is shown in FIG.

Example 3
The same treatment as in Example 2 was performed except that 2.84 g of fibrous carbon was used instead of 2.84 g of carbon cracks. The production conditions of the slurry are shown in Table 1, and the evaluation results are shown in Table 2.

Example 4
Instead of artificial graphite 135g, artificial graphite 69g and natural graphite 69g were used, and the same treatment as in Example 1 was performed except that carbon black was not added. The production conditions of the slurry are shown in Table 1, and the evaluation results are shown in Table 2.

Comparative Example 1
(1) Charging / semi-dry mixing 67.5 g of artificial graphite, 67.5 g of natural graphite, 2.84 g of carbon black, and 30 g of 2.0% by mass CMC aqueous solution were charged in this order, and the blade was rotated at 30 rpm and stirred for 30 minutes. did.
(2) Solid kneading After scraping the material adhering to the blade of the planetary mixer with a plastic spatula, 77 g of a 2.0 mass% CMC aqueous solution was added, stirring for 15 minutes at 30 rpm, and further rotating to 60 rpm. Was stirred for 75 minutes.
(3) Dilution The material adhering to the blade of the planetary mixer was scraped off with a plastic spatula, and 88 g of water was added. After stirring for 15 minutes at a rotation speed of 30 rpm, the number of rotations was further increased to 80 rpm and stirring was continued for 75 minutes.
(4) Binder mixing After adding 5.3 g of SBR binder liquid and stirring for 15 minutes at a rotational speed of 25 rpm while cooling with water, the slurry was completed by stirring for 60 minutes at a rotational speed of 100 rpm while performing vacuum degassing.
The production conditions of the slurry are shown in Table 1, and the evaluation results are shown in Table 2.

Comparative Example 2
(1) Input / Thickener mixing 135 g of artificial graphite, 2.84 g of carbon black, and 195 g of 1.1 mass% CMC aqueous solution were added, and the rotation speed of the blade was 30 rpm and stirred for 30 minutes. Raised and stirred for 180 minutes.
(2) Binder mixing After adding 5.3 g of SBR binder liquid and stirring for 15 minutes at a rotational speed of 25 rpm while cooling with water, the slurry was completed by stirring for 60 minutes at a rotational speed of 100 rpm while performing vacuum degassing.
The production conditions of the slurry are shown in Table 1, and the evaluation results are shown in Table 2.
Moreover, the photograph image | photographed with SEM is shown in FIG. Here, c is an enlarged view of the agglomerated portion of carbon black as a conductive additive, d is an enlarged view of natural graphite particles, e is an enlarged view of artificial graphite particles, and carbon black is agglomerated in a size of 5 to 20 μm. It can be seen that the dispersion is not sufficient.
An evaluation photograph using a grind gauge is shown in FIG.

Claims

A method for producing a slurry for a negative electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery having a step of stirring a mixture containing a thickener solution and a dispersoid, wherein the dispersoid includes a negative electrode active material, and the step of stirring includes the dispersion. A step of stirring a mixture in which the product (α × β) of the weight averaged surface area (α) (m 2 / g) and the solid content ratio (β) is 1.3 or more, and slurry Lithium ion secondary in which the step of adding the dispersion medium used alone is not included, or when the step is included, the amount of the dispersion medium added alone is 5% by mass or less of the total amount of the dispersion medium in the slurry The manufacturing method of the slurry for battery negative electrodes.
The step of stirring includes a step of adding a thickener solution to the dispersoid and stirring, and then adding a thickener solution and stirring the mixture once or twice or more. The manufacturing method of the slurry for lithium ion secondary battery negative electrodes of description.
The step of stirring includes
Introducing the entire amount of the dispersoid into a stirrer;
The method for producing a slurry for a negative electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 2, comprising a step in which the thickener solution is charged into the stirrer and stirred twice or more.
The method for producing a slurry for a negative electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 3, wherein the amount of the thickener solution to be charged in the first stirring step is 5 to 40% by mass of the total amount of the thickener solution used.
The method for producing a slurry for a negative electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein the solvent of the thickener solution contains water.
The manufacturing method of the slurry for lithium ion secondary battery negative electrodes of Claim 1 which has the process of throwing in a binder liquid and stirring after the said process of stirring the mixture containing a thickener solution and a dispersoid.
The method for producing a slurry for a negative electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein the negative electrode active material is at least one selected from the group consisting of a non-graphite carbon material and a graphite carbon material.
The method for producing a slurry for a negative electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein the volume-based average particle diameter (D50) of the negative electrode active material by laser diffraction is 1 to 50 µm.
The binder component contained in the binder liquid includes styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), nitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR), butadiene rubber (BR), styrene acrylate (St-Ac), polyacrylonitrile (PAN), and polyamideimide. The method for producing a slurry for a negative electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 6, wherein the slurry is at least one selected from the group consisting of:
The method for producing a slurry for a negative electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein the dispersoid includes a conductive additive.
11. A slurry for a negative electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery produced by the method according to claim 1, wherein the particle size measured using a grind gauge according to JIS K5600-2-5 is a negative electrode active material. A slurry for a negative electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery having a cumulative particle diameter (D90) of 90% or less by volume based on the laser diffraction method.
An electrode plate for a lithium ion secondary battery negative electrode obtained by applying the slurry for a lithium ion secondary battery negative electrode according to claim 11 to a current collector and drying.
A lithium ion secondary battery including the electrode plate for a lithium ion secondary battery negative electrode according to claim 11 or 12.