Negative electrode material for lithium secondary battery and method for manufacturing the same

• Main Authors: Izuhara Kouichi, Daifuku Makoto, Ouchi Shunsuke
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 04.04.2017
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION ORPROCESSING OF GOODS; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; ELECTRICITY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY; REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGYGENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION; SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; TRANSPORTING; WELDING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM

A negative electrode material for a lithium secondary battery, having one of iron foil and iron-base alloy foil, wherein the one of iron foil and iron-base alloy foil which has a surface profile having a plurality of concave shaped hollows formed by heat treating with laser beam irradiation and the surface is a surface which contacts with an electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery. There is further provided a lithium secondary battery including a negative electrode of the negative electrode material, a positive electrode using a lithium compound as an active material, an electrolyte between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, and a separator dividing the negative electrode and the positive electrode from each other.