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Description
【0001】
【発明の属する技術分野】
本発明は、リチウムイオン電池等の電池に関し、特に電池外装缶または封口蓋の内面と正極集電体との接合に関する。
【0002】
【従来の技術】
正極にコバルト酸リチウム等のリチウム含有複合酸化物を用い、負極にリチウムイオンを吸蔵放出できる炭素材料を用いたリチウムイオン電池は、高電圧、高エネルギー密度といった特徴を有し広く利用されている。この電池の形状としては、コイン形(ボタン形)、円筒形あるいは角形が多い。
【0003】
コイン形の電池は、一般に、円板状の正極と負極とがセパレータを介して対向してなる電極体を内部に収容したステンレス製の正極缶と負極封口蓋とを、絶縁ガスケットを介して、かしめ固定した構造をしている。そして、上記正極と負極はそれぞれステンレス製集電体を介して、正極缶と負極封口蓋に電気的に接続している。この場合、正極缶等と集電体は、電気的な接続を確実なものにするため、通常、製造効率やコスト面で有利なスポット溶接で接合する。
【0004】
ところで、リチウムイオン電池は、充電時の電池電圧が4V以上の高電圧になるものである。このため、一般的なコイン形電池のように正極缶や集電体にステンレスを用いると、ステンレスは4V以上の高電圧で腐食(鉄が溶出)してしまうので、高い電池性能を備えた電池を構成できない。
【0005】
そこで、正極缶や集電体の形成材料として、ステンレスよりも耐食性に優れたアルミニウムを用いることが検討されている。
【0006】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
しかしながら、アルミニウムは、電気抵抗率が低く、熱伝導性が高いため、アルミニウム製正極缶とアルミニウム製集電体をスポット溶接で接合した場合、充分な接合強度で接合しないという問題がある。接合強度が充分でないと、電池の使用中に正極缶と集電体の接合が外れて電気的接続が悪くなり、電池の容量が取り出せないという重大なトラブルを引き起こす。
【0007】
本発明は、このような事情に鑑みなされたものであり、その目的は、電池外装缶、封口蓋、集電体にアルミニウムを用いたとしても、これらが充分な接合強度で接合し、その接合が電池使用中に外れることがない電池を提供することにある。
【0008】
【課題を解決するための手段】
上記の課題を解決するため、請求項1に記載の発明は、正極と負極とをセパレータを介して対向させてなる電極体と、前記電極体を収容する電池外装缶と、前記電池外装缶の開口部を封口する封口蓋と、前記正極と電気的に接続した正極集電体とを有し、かつ、前記正極集電体と、前記正極集電体と電気的に接続される電池外装缶または封口蓋の内面とが、アルミニウムで構成された電池において、前記電池外装缶または封口蓋の内面と正極集電体とは、導電性接着材により接合されていることを特徴とする。
【0009】
上記の構成によれば、接合部分がともにアルミニウムである電池外装缶または封口蓋と集電体とが導電性接着材の接着力によって接合されているので、スポット溶接で接合した場合に比べ、強固に接合したものとなる。よって、電池の使用中に両者の接合が外れて、電池容量が取り出せないといった事態を招くこともない。
【0010】
また、導電性接着材による接合は、スポット溶接で接合する場合に比べ、低い温度で行えるので、電池の各部材が熱損傷等を受けるおそれがない。さらに、導電性接着材自体が導電性を有しているので、この接着材による接合によって電気的接続が不充分になることもない。そして、電池外装缶または封口蓋にはアルミニウムを用いるので、電池重量の増大を招かず、単位重量当たりのエネルギー密度を大きく損なうこともない。また、導電性接着材を電池外装缶または封口蓋と集電体との間に形成すればよいので、生産性や低コスト性の面で大幅に不利になることもない。
【0011】
なお、本発明において、アルミニウムとは、金属アルミニウムの他、アルミニウム合金をも含む概念で用いている。よって、特に示さない限り、アルミニウムといえば、金属アルミニウムとアルミニウム合金の双方を含む。
【0012】
また、電池外装缶とは、片端開口部を有する有底状のものであって、この外装缶自体が電池から外部への電流取り出し端子になるものをいい、封口蓋とは、上記電池外装缶の開口部を封口するものであって、この封口蓋自体が電池から外部への電流取り出し端子になるものをいう。
【0013】
請求項2に記載の発明は、請求項1に記載の発明において、前記正極集電体は、集電網であり、かつ、その集電網と前記電池外装缶または封口蓋の内面とは、集電網の網目内に導電性接着材が入り込んだ状態で接合されていることを特徴とする。
【0014】
上記の構成であれば、集電網と導電性接着材との接触面積が大きくなるので、電池外装缶または封口蓋の内面と集電網とが特に強固に接合した電池となる。
【0015】
請求項3に記載の発明は、請求項1または2に記載の発明において、前記導電性接着材は、導電性塗料の乾燥被膜であることを特徴とする。
【0016】
導電性塗料の乾燥被膜は、例えば、電池外装缶または封口蓋の内面に導電性塗料を塗布して液膜を形成し、その液膜形成部分に集電体を載置した後、乾燥固化させれば形成することができる。よって、電池外装缶または封口蓋と集電体とを簡便に接合させることができ、生産性や低コスト性の観点から有利である。
【0017】
請求項4に記載の発明は、請求項1〜3のいずれか一項に記載の発明において、前記電池外装缶または封口蓋は、アルミニウム板とステンレス板とを貼り合わせてなるクラッド材から構成され、かつ、電池外装缶または封口蓋の内面がアルミニウム板であることを特徴とする。
【0018】
アルミニウムは、高電圧であっても腐食を生じないものであるが、柔らかい金属であるため、強度面でやや劣る。一方、ステンレスは、上述したように、4V以上の高電圧で腐食の懸念があるが、アルミニウムに比べ、強度面に優れる。よって、アルミニウム板とステンレス板とを貼り合わせてなるクラッド材を電池外装缶または封口蓋に用いれば、腐食のおそれがなく、しかも強度面で支障がないため、その結果として、優れた電池となる。
【0019】
請求項5に記載の発明は、請求項1〜4に記載の発明において、前記正極は、リチウムを含有する複合酸化物を活物質とし、かつ、前記負極は、リチウムイオンを吸蔵放出できる炭素材料を活物質とすることを特徴とする。
【0020】
上記の構成によれば、電池外装缶または封口蓋と集電体とが充分な接合強度で接合したリチウムイオン電池を提供できる。
【0021】
【発明の実施の形態】
本発明の実施の形態を、コイン形のリチウムイオン電池を例として、図面を用いて説明する。図1は、この電池の構成を示す模式的な断面図である。図2は、正極缶と正極集電体との接合部分を示す模式的な拡大断面図である。
【0022】
図1に示すように、この電池は、外観がコイン形状であって、金属アルミニウム板とステンレス板とを貼り合わせ、内面が金属アルミニウム板になるようにしたクラッド材製の正極缶(電池外装缶)1を有しており、この正極缶1内には、LiCoO2 を活物質とする正極2と、天然黒鉛を活物質とする負極3と、両極を離間するポリプロピレン不織布からなるセパレータ4とから構成される電極体5が収容されている。なお、セパレータ4には、エチレンカーボネート(EC)とジメチルカーボネート(DMC)の等量混合溶媒にヘキサフルオロリン酸リチウム(LiPF6 )を1M(モル/リットル)の割合で溶かしてなる電解液が含浸されている。そして、正極缶1の開口部は、絶縁ガスケット6を介して、周縁部が折り曲がっているステンレス製の負極キャップ(封口蓋)7がかしめ固定され、封口されている。なお、図中の8は、ステンレス製の負極集電網であり、負極キャップ7にスポット溶接で接合されている。
【0023】
上記正極缶1の内底部には、図2に示すように、金属アルミニウム製の正極集電網9が、その集電網9の網目内に導電性塗料の乾燥被膜10が入り込んだ状態で接合されている。なお、図示のように、集電網9の一部が露出した状態になっておれば、正極2と集電網9とが点接触になるため、電気的接続の確実性の点で好適である。
【0024】
なお、電池の寸法は、直径24.5mm、高さ約3mmである。
【0025】
上記構造のリチウムイオン電池を、以下のようにして作製した。
【0026】
まず、正極活物質としてのLiCoO2 と、導電剤としてのアセチレンブラックと、結着剤としてのポリテトラフルオロエチレン樹脂とを、90:5:5の質量比で混合したものを円板状に加圧成形することにより、正極を作製した。
【0027】
また、負極活物質としての天然黒鉛と、導電剤としてのアセチレンブラックと、結着剤としてのポリテトラフルオロエチレン樹脂とを、90:5:5の質量比で混合したものを円板状に加圧成形することにより、負極を作製した。
【0028】
つぎに、正極缶の内底部に、水ガラス(ケイ酸カリウムの水溶液)に炭素粉末を20質量%(塗料全体中に占める割合)分散させてなる導電性塗料を塗布して、厚み150μmの液膜を形成した後、その液膜形成部分に正極集電網(厚み300μm)を載置し、その状態のまま150℃の温度で乾燥固化することにより、正極缶と正極集電網の接合を行った。一方、ステンレス製の負極キャップの内壁面にステンレス製の負極集電網をスポット溶接で接合した。
【0029】
つづいて、上記正極缶内の正極集電網の上に、前記正極とポリプロピレン不織布からなるセパレータとをこの順で載置し、そのセパレータに対し電解液を注液した後、さらに前記負極を載置した。そして、上記電池外装缶の開口部に、ポリプロピレン製の絶縁ガスケットを介して、前記集電網付き負極キャップを圧入しかしめ固定することにより、リチウムイオン電池を製造した。
【0030】
なお、上記実施の形態においては、導電性塗料として、水ガラスに炭素粉末を分散させてなる塗料を用いたが、これに限定するものではない。本発明において、導電性塗料とは、導電性粒子を粘結剤(合成樹脂、低融点ガラス等)および溶剤に分散させた液状物であって、これを塗布し乾燥固化してなる乾燥被膜中で導電性粒子同士が接触し、被膜自体が導電性を示すものをいう。導電性粒子としては、上記炭素粉末の他、例えば、銀粉、銅粉等の金属粉末が好適に用いられ、また、粘結剤としては、上記水ガラスの他、例えば、エチルセルロース、フェノール樹脂、硼酸塩等が好適に用いられる。また、導電性塗料の他、合成樹脂(粉体)中に導電性粒子が分散されてなる導電性樹脂を用いることも可能である。この場合、正極缶と正極集電体の接合は、導電性樹脂の熱溶着を利用する。
【0031】
また、上記正極缶と正極集電網の接合は、図2に示すような接合に限定するものではなく、例えば、導電性塗料の乾燥被膜10が正極2に接触するような接合であってもよい。
【0032】
さらに、前記正極缶としては、アルミニウム板とステンレス板とを貼り合わせてなるクラッド材を用いたが、これに限定するものではない。上記ステンレス板の他に、例えば、銅、鉄、ニッケル等のアルミニウム以外の金属材料等からなる板を用いることができる。また、アルミニウム板からなるものや、缶内部側がアルミニウム板である3層以上の多層構造のものも用いることができる。
【0033】
なお、上記実施の形態においては、負極キャップと負極集電体にステンレスを用いたが、これに限定するものではない。例えば、ニッケル、銅等のステンレス以外の金属材料を用いることができる。なお、銅を用いた場合、スポット溶接での接合は接合強度が不充分となりやすいため、前記導電性接着材で接合するのが好ましい。
【0034】
本発明は、上記コイン形のリチウムイオン電池に限定するものではなく、その他の電池にも適用することができる。
【0035】
但し、本発明を上記リチウムイオン電池に適用する場合には、正極活物質としては上記LiCoO2の他、例えば、LiNiO2 、LiFeO2 、LiMn2 O4 等のリチウム含有複合酸化物が好適に用いられ、また、負極活物質としては、上記天然黒鉛の他、人造黒鉛や、部分的に黒鉛構造を持つ炭素質材料等のリチウムイオンを吸蔵放出できる炭素材料等が好適に用いられる。さらに、電解液の溶媒としては上記のECとDMCの他、例えば、プロピレンカーボネート、ビニレンカーボネート、γ−ブチロラクトン等の有機溶媒や、これらとジエチルカーボネート、エチルメチルカーボネート、1,2−ジメトキシエタン、1,2−ジエトキシエタン、エトキシメトキシエタン等の低沸点溶媒との混合溶媒を用いることができる。また、電解液の溶質としては、上記LiPF6 の他、LiBF4 、LiClO4 、LiCF3 SO3 、LiN(CF3 SO2 )2 、LiN(C2 F5 SO2 )2 等を用いることができる。
【0036】
【実施例】
つぎに、本発明について、実施例および比較例に基づいてさらに詳細に説明するが、本発明は下記の実施例に限定されるものではない。
【0037】
(実施例1)
実施例1としては、上記発明の実施の形態に示す方法と同様の方法にて作製した電池を用いた。この電池を本発明電池とした。
【0038】
(比較例1)
正極缶と正極集電網の接合方法をスポット溶接に代えた以外は、実施例1と同様にして、リチウムイオン電池を製造した。なお、この電池を比較電池とした。
【0039】
上記で作製した本発明電池および比較電池について、下記に示す方法で、充放電サイクル特性を評価した。
【0040】
(充放電サイクル特性)
充電は、定電流3mAで電池電圧4.2Vを充電終止電圧とし、放電は、定電流3mAで電池電圧3.0Vを放電終止電圧とした。また、電池の放電容量が1サイクル目の放電容量の半分以下になったときをサイクル寿命の終了とした。なお、試験数はそれぞれ10個とした。
【0041】
(結果)
本発明電池(導電性接着材による接合)は、1サイクル目における放電容量が平均80mAhであったのに対し、比較電池(スポット溶接による接合)は、1サイクル目における放電容量が平均79mAhであった。この結果より、導電性接着材による接合であっても、スポット溶接で接合した場合と同程度の初期放電容量を確保できることがわかった。
【0042】
また、本発明電池は、サイクル寿命が280〜310回であったのに対し、比較電池は、7〜160回と少なく、またサイクル回数のバラツキも大きかった。この結果より、スポット溶接で接合された電池は、導電性接着材で接合された電池に比べ、充放電サイクル特性に劣ることがわかった。
【0043】
上記の結果を踏まえ、上記サイクル試験後の比較電池を分解してみたところ、10個の電池全てにおいて、正極缶と正極集電体の接合が外れていた。一方、上記サイクル試験後の本発明電池を分解してみたところ、接合が外れているものはなかった。これらのことから、比較電池が充放電サイクル特性に劣るのは、正極缶と正極集電体の接合が外れたことによることがわかった。
【0044】
【発明の効果】
本発明は、電池外装缶または封口蓋と集電体とを導電性接着材で接合した点に特徴を有するが、このような本発明によると、アルミニウム同士であっても接合強度が充分な電池を簡便に提供できる。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図1】本発明の一例であるコイン形のリチウムイオン電池の構成を示す模式的な断面図である。
【図2】正極缶と正極集電体との接合部分を示す模式的な拡大断面図である。
【符号の説明】
1 正極缶
2 正極
3 負極
4 セパレータ
5 電極体
6 絶縁ガスケット
7 負極キャップ
8 負極集電網
9 正極集電網
10 導電性接着材[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a battery such as a lithium ion battery, and more particularly to joining of an inner surface of a battery outer can or a sealing lid and a positive electrode current collector.
[0002]
[Prior art]
BACKGROUND ART Lithium ion batteries using a lithium-containing composite oxide such as lithium cobaltate for a positive electrode and a carbon material capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions for a negative electrode have features such as high voltage and high energy density and are widely used. The battery has many coin shapes (button shapes), cylindrical shapes, or square shapes.
[0003]
In general, a coin-shaped battery has a stainless steel positive electrode can and a negative electrode sealing lid that house an electrode body in which a disk-shaped positive electrode and a negative electrode face each other with a separator interposed therebetween, and an insulating gasket. It has a caulking fixed structure. The positive electrode and the negative electrode are electrically connected to the positive electrode can and the negative electrode sealing lid via a stainless steel current collector, respectively. In this case, the positive electrode can and the current collector are generally joined by spot welding, which is advantageous in terms of manufacturing efficiency and cost, in order to ensure electrical connection.
[0004]
By the way, the lithium ion battery has a battery voltage at the time of charging of 4 V or higher. For this reason, when stainless steel is used for the positive electrode can and the current collector as in a general coin-type battery, the stainless steel is corroded (iron is eluted) at a high voltage of 4 V or higher. Cannot be configured.
[0005]
Thus, it has been studied to use aluminum having a higher corrosion resistance than stainless steel as a material for forming the positive electrode can and the current collector.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, since aluminum has low electrical resistivity and high thermal conductivity, there is a problem that when an aluminum positive electrode can and an aluminum current collector are joined by spot welding, they cannot be joined with sufficient joint strength. If the bonding strength is not sufficient, the positive electrode can and the current collector are disconnected during use of the battery, resulting in poor electrical connection and a serious problem that the capacity of the battery cannot be taken out.
[0007]
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and the purpose thereof is to bond the battery outer can, sealing lid, and current collector with sufficient bonding strength even when aluminum is used. Is to provide a battery that does not come off during battery use.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above problems, the invention according to
[0009]
According to the above configuration, since the battery outer can or the sealing lid and the current collector, both of which are joined together by aluminum, are joined by the adhesive force of the conductive adhesive, it is stronger than when joined by spot welding. It becomes what was joined to. Therefore, there is no case where the joint between the two is detached during use of the battery and the battery capacity cannot be taken out.
[0010]
Moreover, since joining with a conductive adhesive can be performed at a lower temperature than when joining by spot welding, each member of the battery is not likely to be damaged by heat. Furthermore, since the conductive adhesive itself has conductivity, the electrical connection does not become insufficient due to the bonding by the adhesive. Since aluminum is used for the battery outer can or the sealing lid, the battery weight is not increased and the energy density per unit weight is not significantly impaired. Further, since the conductive adhesive may be formed between the battery outer can or the sealing lid and the current collector, there is no significant disadvantage in terms of productivity and low cost.
[0011]
In the present invention, aluminum is used in a concept including an aluminum alloy in addition to metal aluminum. Therefore, unless otherwise specified, aluminum includes both metallic aluminum and aluminum alloys.
[0012]
The battery outer can is a bottomed one having an opening at one end, and the outer can itself serves as a current extraction terminal from the battery to the outside. The sealing lid is the battery outer can. The sealing lid itself serves as a current extraction terminal from the battery to the outside.
[0013]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the positive electrode current collector is a current collection network, and the current collection network and the inner surface of the battery outer can or the sealing lid are a current collection network. It is characterized by being joined in a state where a conductive adhesive enters the mesh.
[0014]
If it is said structure, since the contact area of a current collection network and a conductive adhesive becomes large, it will become a battery which the battery inner can or the inner surface of the sealing lid, and the current collection network joined especially firmly.
[0015]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, the conductive adhesive is a dry film of a conductive paint.
[0016]
For example, the dried coating film of the conductive paint is formed by applying the conductive paint to the inner surface of the battery outer can or the sealing lid to form a liquid film, placing a current collector on the liquid film forming portion, and then drying and solidifying the liquid film. Can be formed. Therefore, the battery outer can or sealing lid and the current collector can be simply joined, which is advantageous from the viewpoint of productivity and low cost.
[0017]
The invention according to claim 4 is the invention according to any one of
[0018]
Aluminum does not cause corrosion even at a high voltage, but is a little inferior in strength because it is a soft metal. On the other hand, as described above, stainless steel has a concern about corrosion at a high voltage of 4 V or more, but is superior in strength to aluminum. Therefore, if a clad material formed by bonding an aluminum plate and a stainless steel plate is used for a battery outer can or a sealing lid, there is no risk of corrosion and there is no problem in strength, and as a result, an excellent battery is obtained. .
[0019]
The invention according to claim 5 is the carbon material according to any one of
[0020]
According to the above configuration, it is possible to provide a lithium ion battery in which the battery outer can or the sealing lid and the current collector are bonded with sufficient bonding strength.
[0021]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings, taking a coin-type lithium ion battery as an example. FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the configuration of this battery. FIG. 2 is a schematic enlarged cross-sectional view showing a joint portion between the positive electrode can and the positive electrode current collector.
[0022]
As shown in FIG. 1, this battery has a coin-shaped appearance, a positive electrode can made of a clad material (battery outer can) in which a metal aluminum plate and a stainless steel plate are bonded together and the inner surface becomes a metal aluminum plate. ) 1, and in the positive electrode can 1, a
[0023]
As shown in FIG. 2, a positive electrode
[0024]
The battery has a diameter of 24.5 mm and a height of about 3 mm.
[0025]
A lithium ion battery having the above structure was produced as follows.
[0026]
First, a mixture of LiCoO 2 as a positive electrode active material, acetylene black as a conductive agent, and polytetrafluoroethylene resin as a binder in a mass ratio of 90: 5: 5 is added in a disc shape. A positive electrode was produced by pressure forming.
[0027]
Further, a mixture of natural graphite as a negative electrode active material, acetylene black as a conductive agent, and polytetrafluoroethylene resin as a binder in a mass ratio of 90: 5: 5 is added in a disc shape. A negative electrode was produced by pressure forming.
[0028]
Next, a conductive paint in which carbon powder is dispersed in water glass (potassium silicate aqueous solution) in an amount of 20% by mass (percentage in the whole paint) is applied to the inner bottom of the positive electrode can, and a liquid having a thickness of 150 μm is applied. After the film was formed, the positive electrode current collector network (thickness 300 μm) was placed on the liquid film forming part, and the solid state was dried and solidified at a temperature of 150 ° C. in that state, thereby joining the positive electrode can and the positive electrode current collector network . On the other hand, a stainless steel negative electrode current collector was joined to the inner wall surface of the stainless steel negative electrode cap by spot welding.
[0029]
Subsequently, the positive electrode and a separator made of polypropylene non-woven fabric are placed in this order on the positive electrode current collecting network in the positive electrode can, and an electrolytic solution is injected into the separator, and then the negative electrode is further placed. did. And the lithium ion battery was manufactured by press-fitting and fixing the said negative electrode cap with a current collection network to the opening part of the said battery exterior can through the polypropylene-made insulating gasket.
[0030]
In the above-described embodiment, a paint obtained by dispersing carbon powder in water glass is used as the conductive paint. However, the present invention is not limited to this. In the present invention, the conductive paint is a liquid material in which conductive particles are dispersed in a binder (synthetic resin, low-melting glass, etc.) and a solvent, and this is applied to a dry film formed by drying and solidifying. The conductive particles are in contact with each other, and the coating itself exhibits conductivity. As the conductive particles, in addition to the carbon powder, for example, metal powder such as silver powder and copper powder is preferably used. As the binder, in addition to the water glass, for example, ethyl cellulose, phenol resin, boric acid. A salt or the like is preferably used. In addition to the conductive paint, it is also possible to use a conductive resin in which conductive particles are dispersed in a synthetic resin (powder). In this case, the positive electrode can and the positive electrode current collector are joined by heat welding of a conductive resin.
[0031]
Further, the joining of the positive electrode can and the positive electrode current collector network is not limited to the joining as shown in FIG. 2. For example, the joining may be such that the
[0032]
Furthermore, as the positive electrode can, a clad material formed by bonding an aluminum plate and a stainless steel plate is used, but the present invention is not limited to this. In addition to the stainless steel plate, for example, a plate made of a metal material other than aluminum such as copper, iron, or nickel can be used. Moreover, what consists of an aluminum plate, and the thing of the multilayered structure of 3 or more layers whose can inner side is an aluminum plate can also be used.
[0033]
In the above embodiment, stainless steel is used for the negative electrode cap and the negative electrode current collector. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, metal materials other than stainless steel such as nickel and copper can be used. In addition, when copper is used, since joining by spot welding tends to be insufficient, it is preferable to join using the conductive adhesive.
[0034]
The present invention is not limited to the coin-type lithium ion battery, but can be applied to other batteries.
[0035]
However, when the present invention is applied to the lithium ion battery, a lithium-containing composite oxide such as LiNiO 2 , LiFeO 2 , and LiMn 2 O 4 is preferably used as the positive electrode active material in addition to the LiCoO 2. Further, as the negative electrode active material, in addition to the above natural graphite, a carbon material that can occlude and release lithium ions such as artificial graphite and a carbonaceous material having a partially graphite structure is preferably used. Further, as the solvent of the electrolytic solution, in addition to the above EC and DMC, for example, organic solvents such as propylene carbonate, vinylene carbonate, γ-butyrolactone, and these, diethyl carbonate, ethyl methyl carbonate, 1,2-dimethoxyethane, 1 , 2-diethoxyethane, a mixed solvent with a low boiling point solvent such as ethoxymethoxyethane can be used. Further, as the solute of the electrolytic solution, LiBF 4 , LiClO 4 , LiCF 3 SO 3 , LiN (CF 3 SO 2 ) 2 , LiN (C 2 F 5 SO 2 ) 2 or the like may be used in addition to the above LiPF 6. it can.
[0036]
【Example】
Next, the present invention will be described in more detail based on examples and comparative examples, but the present invention is not limited to the following examples.
[0037]
(Example 1)
As Example 1, a battery manufactured by a method similar to the method described in the embodiment of the present invention was used. This battery was designated as the battery of the present invention.
[0038]
(Comparative Example 1)
A lithium ion battery was manufactured in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the method of joining the positive electrode can and the positive electrode current collector network was changed to spot welding. This battery was used as a comparative battery.
[0039]
The charge / discharge cycle characteristics of the battery of the present invention and the comparative battery prepared above were evaluated by the method described below.
[0040]
(Charge / discharge cycle characteristics)
The charging was performed at a constant current of 3 mA and the battery voltage was 4.2 V, and the discharging was performed at a constant current of 3 mA. The discharging was performed at a battery voltage of 3.0 V and the discharge was terminated. Further, when the discharge capacity of the battery became less than half of the discharge capacity of the first cycle, the cycle life was finished. The number of tests was 10 each.
[0041]
(result)
The battery of the present invention (joining with a conductive adhesive) had an average discharge capacity of 80 mAh in the first cycle, whereas the comparative battery (joining by spot welding) had an average discharge capacity of 79 mAh in the first cycle. It was. From this result, it was found that even when joining with a conductive adhesive, an initial discharge capacity comparable to that obtained by spot welding can be secured.
[0042]
The battery of the present invention had a cycle life of 280 to 310 times, whereas the comparative battery had a small number of 7 to 160 times, and the variation in the number of cycles was large. From this result, it was found that the battery joined by spot welding is inferior in charge / discharge cycle characteristics compared to the battery joined by the conductive adhesive.
[0043]
Based on the above results, when the comparative batteries after the cycle test were disassembled, in all 10 batteries, the positive electrode can and the positive electrode current collector were disconnected. On the other hand, when the battery of the present invention after the cycle test was disassembled, none of the batteries were disconnected. From these facts, it was found that the comparative battery was inferior in charge / discharge cycle characteristics because the junction between the positive electrode can and the positive electrode current collector was disconnected.
[0044]
【The invention's effect】
The present invention is characterized in that a battery outer can or sealing lid and a current collector are joined with a conductive adhesive, but according to the present invention, a battery having sufficient joining strength even with aluminum. Can be provided easily.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a configuration of a coin-type lithium ion battery as an example of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic enlarged sectional view showing a joint portion between a positive electrode can and a positive electrode current collector.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF
Claims (5)
前記正極集電体と、前記正極集電体と電気的に接続される電池外装缶または封口蓋の内面とが、アルミニウムで構成された電池において、
前記電池外装缶または封口蓋の内面と正極集電体とは、導電性接着材により接合されている、
ことを特徴とする電池。An electrode body in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are opposed to each other via a separator, a battery outer can that contains the electrode body, a sealing lid that seals an opening of the battery outer can, and the positive electrode are electrically connected A positive electrode current collector, and
In the battery in which the positive electrode current collector and the inner surface of the battery outer can or the sealing lid electrically connected to the positive electrode current collector are made of aluminum,
The battery outer can or the inner surface of the sealing lid and the positive electrode current collector are joined by a conductive adhesive,
A battery characterized by that.
請求項1記載の電池。The positive electrode current collector is a current collection network, and the current collection network and the inner surface of the battery outer can or the sealing lid are joined together with a conductive adhesive entering the mesh of the current collection network,
The battery according to claim 1.
請求項1または2記載の電池。The conductive adhesive is a dry film of conductive paint,
The battery according to claim 1 or 2.
請求項1〜3のいずれか一項に記載の電池。The battery outer can or sealing lid is made of a clad material formed by laminating an aluminum plate and a stainless steel plate, and the inner surface of the battery outer can or sealing lid is an aluminum plate.
The battery according to any one of claims 1 to 3.
請求項1〜4のいずれか一項に記載の電池。The positive electrode uses a composite oxide containing lithium as an active material, and the negative electrode uses a carbon material capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions as an active material.
The battery according to any one of claims 1 to 4.
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