Specification
【TECHNICAL FIELD】
Cross Citation with Related Application(s)
This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2021-0011773
10 filed on January 27, 2021 and Korean Patent Application No. 10-2022-0005069 filed on January
13, 2022 in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the contents of which are incorporated herein
by reference in their entirety.
The present disclosure relates to a free-standing film for dry electrode, a manufacturing
apparatus thereof, a dry electrode including the same, and a secondary battery
15 【BACKGROUND】
Due to the rapid increase in the use of fossil fuels, the demand for the use of alternative
energy or clean energy is increasing, and as a part thereof, the fields that are being studied most
actively are the fields of power generation and power storage using electrochemistry.
Currently, a secondary battery is a representative example of an electrochemical device
20 that utilizes such electrochemical energy, and the range of use thereof tends to be gradually
expanding.
Among these secondary batteries, a typical lithium secondary battery is being used not only
as an energy source for mobile devices, but also as a power source for an electric vehicle and a
hybrid electric vehicle which can replace a vehicle using fossil fuels such as a gasoline vehicle and
25 a diesel vehicle, which are one of the main causes of air pollution. The area of use is being
expanded even in applications such as electric power auxiliary power source through grid
formation.
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The manufacturing process of such a lithium secondary battery is largely divided into three
processes: an electrode process, an assembly process, and a formation process. The electrode
process is again divided into an active material mixing process, an electrode coating process, a
drying process, a rolling process, a slitting process, a winding process, and the like.
Among them, the active material mixing pr 5 ocess is a process of mixing a coating material
for forming an electrode active layer in which an actual electrochemical reaction occurs in the
electrode. Specifically, it is prepared in the form of a slurry having fluidity by mixing an electrode
active material that is an essential element of an electrode, a conductive material and a filler that
are other additives, a binder for binding between particles and adhering to a current collector, a
10 solvent for imparting viscosity and dispersing particles, and the like.
The composition mixed for forming the electrode active layer in this way is also referred
to as an electrode mixture in a broad sense.
After that, an electrode coating process of applying the electrode mixture onto an
electrically conductive current collector, and a drying process of removing the solvent contained
15 in the electrode mixture are performed, and additionally, the electrode is rolled and manufactured
to a predetermined thickness.
Meanwhile, as the solvent contained in the electrode mixture evaporates during the drying
process, defects such as pinholes or cracks may be induced in the pre-formed electrode active layer.
Further, since the inside and outside of the active layer are not dried uniformly, the particle floating
20 phenomenon occurs due to the difference in solvent evaporation speed, that is, the particles of the
portion to be dried first may float up, and a gap may be formed with the portion to be dried
relatively later, so that the electrode quality may be deteriorated. Particularly, in the case of thickfilm
coating, since it takes more time to evaporate the solvent when the electrode dries, and the
floating phenomenon of the relatively light conductive material and binder is deepened, there is a
25 fatal drawback that manufacture of a high-quality electrode is difficult.
Therefore, in order to solve the above problems, a drying device capable of adjusting the
evaporation speed of the solvent while allowing the inside and outside of the active layer to be
dried uniformly is being considered, but such drying devices are very expensive and require
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considerable cost and time to operate, which are disadvantageous in terms of the manufacturing
processability.
Therefore, recently, active research has been carried out on the production of a dry
electrode that does not use a solvent.
The dry electrode is generally manufactured 5 by laminating a freestanding film produced in
the form of a film containing an active material, a binder, a conductive material and the like, on a
current collector.
Therefore, it is in the spotlight as an innovative technology that enables manufacture of a
thick-film electrode high in quality, makes the use of an organic solvent harmful to the human
10 body unnecessary, and simultaneously solves the high process costs due to a long drying.
Meanwhile, when manufacturing such a dry electrode, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
powder is mainly used as a binder. In such a PTFE, a long fibrous structure having an atomic
arrangement of (-CFε-CFε-)n is aligned one after another inside primary particles having a
diameter of several hundred nm or less. When a shear force is applied under certain conditions,
15 they is pulled out long into fibers, and such PTFE nanofibers play a role in connecting the active
material and the conductive material like a rope to maintain the electrode morphology.
Meanwhile, since the mixture of the active material and the conductive material which
fiberize the PTFE is greatly reduced in fluidity in the same state as chewing gum, it is difficult to
supply a uniform quantity for rolling and calendering in order to manufacture in the form of a free20
standing film, and it is not easy to uniformly control the rolling density during rolling and
calendering.
Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop a free-standing film technology for
manufacturing a dry electrode capable of solving these problems.
【DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION】
25 【Technical Problem】
The present disclosure has been designed to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an
object of the present disclosure is to provide a free-standing film with improved tensile strength.
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Another object of the present disclosure is to provide an apparatus for manufacturing a freestanding
film in which when preparing a fiberization composition through an extruder and then
extruding it from the main body to the outside, quantitative extrusion can be performed by allowing
the free-standing film to have a uniform density while minimizing the load, thus satisfying the
5 above conditions.
Yet another object of the present disclosure is to provide a dry electrode comprising the freestanding
film, and a secondary battery comprising the same.
【Technical Solution】
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a free-standing film
10 for dry electrode, comprising:
a binder, an active material and a conductive material,
wherein the free-standing film has a tensile strength of 2000 gf/cm2 or more based on a
thickness of 200 ㎛.
At this time, the binder comprises a fiberizable polymer, and the fiberizable polymer
15 may be polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE).
More specifically, the free-standing film may have a tensile strength of 2000 gf/cm2 to
4000 gf/cm2 based on a thickness of 200 ㎛.
Further, the free-standing film may have a thickness deviation of 0.5% or less based on a
thickness of 200 ㎛.
20 The free-standing film may have a thickness of 10 to 1000㎛.
Meanwhile, according to another embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an
apparatus for manufacturing the free-standing film, the apparatus comprising:
a main body that stores a solvent-free mixture containing a binder, an active material and a
conductive material,
25 at least one extruder that mixes the solvent-free mixture to prepare a fiberization composition
and extrudes it from the main body, and
a pair of preforming rolls that rotate in opposite directions in a state of facing each other and
discharges the fiberization composition.
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At this time, the binder may include a fiberizable polymer, and the fiberizable polymer is
polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE).
Meanwhile, the extruder may perform milling by rotation or mixing by blending, and apply a
shear force to the solvent-free mixture to prepare a fiberization composition.
At this time, the extruder is not limited as long as it can 5 mix the materials stored in the main
body, apply pressure thereto, and discharge the materials from a main body to the outside as
described above, and even an extruder having any structure can be used, but specifically, it may
be a screw.
The preforming roll may be located at the end of the main body, and specifically located below
10 the discharge port of the main body, so that the extruder can extrude the fiberization composition
and simultaneously form it in a film form.
Meanwhile, the free-standing film manufacturing apparatus may further include a pre-mixer
for mixing the binder, the active material, and the conductive material to form a solvent-free
mixture, and a calender for calendering the fiberization composition molded in the form of a film
15 by the preforming roll.
Meanwhile, according to another embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a
dry electrode in which the free-standing film is laminated on a current collector coated with a
primer layer, and specifically, there is provided a dry electrode in which a free-standing film
manufactured using the free-standing film manufacturing apparatus is laminated on the current
20 collector coated with the primer layer.
According to yet another embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a
secondary battery comprising the dry electrode.
【BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS】
Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a free-standing film manufacturing apparatus according to
25 the present disclosure.
【DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS】
Hereinafter, the present disclosure will be described in more detail for a better
understanding of the present disclosure.
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Terms or words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as limited
to ordinary or dictionary terms, and the present disclosure should be construed with meanings and
concepts that are consistent with the technical idea of the present disclosure based on the principle
that the inventors may appropriately define concepts of the terms to appropriately describe their
5 own disclosure in the best way.
The technical terms provided herein is merely used for the purpose of describing particular
embodiments only, and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure. The singular forms
“a,” “an,” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly
indicates otherwise.
10 Further, throughout the specification, when a portion is referred to as "including" a certain
component, it means that the portion can further include other components, without excluding the
other components, unless otherwise stated.
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a free-standing
film for dry electrode, comprising: a binder, an active material and a conductive material,
15 wherein the free-standing film has a tensile strength of 2000 gf/cm2 or more based on a
thickness of 200 ㎛.
At this time, the binder includes a fiberizable polymer, and the fiberizable polymer may be
polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE).
The free-standing film may have a tensile strength of 2000 gf/cm2 to 4000 gf/cm2, specifically
20 2000gf/cm2 to 3000gf/cm2, most specifically 2200gf/cm2 to 2700gf/cm2 based on a thickness of
200 ㎛.
Here, the tensile strength can be determined in which a free-standing film is cut and
sampled into width 20mm × length 20mm × thickness 200 ㎛, and the tensile strength (the
maximum value of the force applied up to a time point where the sample does not break) is
25 measured for the sample at an angle of 180 degrees and a speed of 50 mm/min using an UTM
equipment (LLOYD Instruments Ltd.).
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If the tensile strength is too low outside the above range, there is a problem of deterioration
of processability in which the electrode is cut too easily in a continuous roll-to-roll process.
Also, the free-standing film may have a thickness deviation of 0.5% or less based on a
thickness of 200 ㎛.
The thickness deviation can be obtained by measuring 5 the thickness of the free-standing
film at 20 points at 1 cm intervals using an automatic thickness measuring instrument (Mahr,
Millimar).
If the thickness deviation is large outside the above range, it is not possible to have a
uniform density and thus, the defect rate increases, which causes a problem that life characteristics
10 are deteriorated, which is not preferable.
The thickness of the free-standing film may be in the range of 10 ㎛ to 1000 ㎛.
Specifically, it may be 50 to 500 ㎛, more specifically, 100 to 500 ㎛.
That is, the free-standing film for a dry electrode according to the present disclosure can
be manufactured to be relatively thick, which is suitable for manufacturing a thick-film electrode.
15 Meanwhile, such a free-standing film may be manufactured using a specific manufacturing
apparatus as follows.
Specifically, according to another embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided
an apparatus for manufacturing the free-standing film, the apparatus comprising:
a main body that stores a solvent-free mixture containing a binder, an active material and a
20 conductive material,
at least one extruder that mixes the solvent-free mixture to prepare a fiberization composition
and extrudes it from the main body, and
a pair of preforming rolls that rotate in opposite directions in a state of facing each other and
discharges the fiberization composition.
25 Fig. 1 schematically shows a part of a free-standing film manufacturing apparatus 100
according to the present disclosure.
Next, with reference to Fig. 1, the free-standing film manufacturing apparatus according
to the present disclosure will be described along with the specific manufacturing method.
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The free-standing film manufacturing apparatus 100 according to the present disclosure
includes a main body 110 that stores a solvent-free mixture containing a binder, an active material
and a conductive material, an extruder 120 that mixes a solvent-free mixture to prepare a
fiberization composition 111, applies pressure to the fiberization composition 111 and extrudes
the fiberization composition 111 from the main body to the outside, 5 and a pair of preforming rolls
130 that rotate in opposite directions in a state of facing each other and discharges the fiberization
composition 111.
Further, the solvent-free mixture including the binder, the active material and the
conductive material may be formed by mixing the materials in a mixer.
10 Therefore, although not shown in Fig. 1, the free-standing film manufacturing apparatus
100 according to the present disclosure may further include the mixer. At this time, the mixer
may be configured to collectively charge each material, and it may also be arranged in a
configuration that divided charges so that the charging order can be controlled.
Mixing for preparing the mixture in the mixer is performed so that the active material, the
15 conductive material, and the binder are uniformly distributed, and is mixed in a powder form.
Therefore, it is not limited as long as it enables simple mixing thereof, and may be mixed by
various methods. However, since the present disclosure is manufactured as a dry electrode that
does not use a solvent, the mixing may be performed by a dry mixing method, and the mixing may
be performed by charging the materials into a mixer such as a blender or a mill.
20 The mixing may be performed in a mixer at 5000 rpm to 20000 rpm for 30 seconds to 2
minutes, specifically, at 10000 rpm to 15000 rpm for 30 seconds to 1 minute in order to ensure
uniformity. Further, if the heat generation problem of the equipment and the durability of the
applicable material are ensured, the above mixing step can be repeated one or more times in order
to improve the dispersibility in the dry mixing.
25 Meanwhile, the binder may include a fiberizable polymer, and the fiberizable polymer may
be polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). The fiberizable polymer may be included in an amount of 50
wt% or more, or may be 100 wt%, based on the total weight of the binder.
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Further, the binder may further include polyethylene oxide (PEO), polyvinylidene fluoride
(PVdF), polyvinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene (PVdF-HFP), acrylic binder, and the like,
in addition to the polytetrafluoroethylene. In addition, it can further include other binders known
in the art.
At this time, the composition 5 of the binder may vary depending on whether the dry
electrode is a positive electrode or a negative electrode.
Further, the type and composition of the active material can also differ depending on
whether the dry electrode is a positive electrode or a negative electrode.
In order to manufacture a free-standing film for forming the dry positive electrode, the
10 active material is not limited as long as it is in the form of lithium transition metal oxide, lithium
metal iron phosphate, or metal oxide. For example, the active material may be a layered compound
such as lithium cobalt oxide (LiCoO2) or lithium nickel oxide (LiNiO2) or a compound substituted
with one or more transition metals; lithium manganese oxides such as chemical formula Li1+xMn2-
xO4 (where x is 0 to 0.33), LiMnO3, Li2MnO3, LiMn2O3, LiMnO2; lithium copper oxide (Li2CuO2);
15 vanadium oxides such as LiV3O8, LiV3O4, V2O5, and Cu2V2O7; a Ni-site type lithium nickel oxide
represented by chemical formula LiNi1-xMxO2 (where M = Co, Mn, Al, Cu, Fe, Mg, Ca, Zr, Ti, B,
P, W, Si, Na, K, Mo, V, Nb, Ru or Ga, and x = 0.01 to 0.3); lithium manganese composite oxide
represented by chemical formula LiMn2-xMxO2 (where M = Co, Ni, Fe, Cr, Zn or Ta, and x = 0.01
to 0.1) or Li2Mn3MO8 (where M = Fe, Co, Ni, Cu or Zn); LiMn2O4 with a Li portion of the
20 chemical formula substituted with an alkaline earth metal ion; a disulfide compound; lithium metal
phosphate LiMPO4 (where M = Fe, CO, Ni, or Mn), a disulfide compound; Fe2(MoO4)3 and the
like, but is not limited thereto.
In order to manufacture a free-standing film for forming the dry negative electrode, the
active material may include carbons such as hardly graphitizable carbon and graphite-based
25 carbon, metal composite oxides such as LixFe2O3(0≤x≤1), LixWO2(0≤x≤1), SnxMe1-xMe'yOz (Me:
Mn, Fe, Pb, Ge; Me': Al, B, P, Si, Group 1, 2, 3 elements in the periodic table, halogen; 0
97g of LiMn2O4 as a positive electrode active material, 1.5g of ketjen black as a conductive
material, and 1.5 g of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) as a binder were mixed with a Powder Mixer
equipment (KM Tech) at 5℃ and 10000rpm for 5 minutes. The slit was removed from the selfmade
twin screw type extruder with a maximum torque of 150N m. A pair of preforming rolls
10 having a diameter of 100 mm were charged into an extruder formed at the lower end of the
extruder, at a temperature of 90 degrees Celsius, under 100 rpm, and the mixture was charged at a
rate of 5 g/sec. The mixture was extruded while applying a shear force, and at the same time,
rolling by a preforming roll (roll diameter: 100 mm, roll temperature: 100°C, peripheral speed:
100 rpm, roll interval: 400 ㎛) was performed.
15 The rolled film was repeatedly charged into a lab calender (roll diameter: 200 mm, roll
temperature: 100 °C, 20 rpm) twice, and a free-standing film having a thickness of 200 ㎛ was
finally manufactured by adjusting the interval of the rolls.
20 A free-standing film having a thickness of 200 ㎛ was manufactured in the same manner as
in Example 1, except that in Example 1, 95.5 g of LiMn2O4, 1.5 g of active carbon as a conductive
material, and 3.0 g of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) as a binder were mixed with a Powder Mixer
equipment (KM Tech) and the mixture was charged into an extruder.
25
A free-standing film was manufactured in the same manner as in Example 1, except that in
Example 1, the T-die slit was used in the extruder in Example 1 and the preforming roll was not
used.
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In Example 2, a T-die slit was used in the extruder, a mixture of 95.5 g of LiMn2O4, 1.5 g of
active carbon as a conductive material, and 3.0 g of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) as a binder
was charged into an extruder without a preforming 5 roll and subjected to extrusion, but extrusion
was not performed, thus making it impossible to manufacture a free-standing film.
95.5 g of LiMn2O4 as a positive electrode active material, 1.5 g of active carbon as a
10 conductive material, and 3.0 g of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) as a binder were mixed with a
Powder Mixer equipment (KM Tech) at 5℃ and 10000rpm for 5 minutes. The mixed mixture was
charged into a Twin Screw Kneader (Irie Shokai, PBV-0.1L), and mixed for about 3 minutes at a
temperature of 90 degrees Celsius at 100 rpm to prepare a fiberization composition. The
fiberizaiton composition was rolled by a roll to manufacture a film having a thickness of 400 ㎛.
15 The manufactured film was charged into a lab calender (roll diameter: 200 mm, roll
temperature: 100 °C, 20 rpm) to adjust the distance between the rolls to finally manufacture a freestanding
film having a thickness of 200 ㎛.
20 A free-standing film was manufactured in the same manner as in Comparative Example 3,
except that in Comparative Example 3, the mixture was charged into the Twin Screw Kneader and
the fiberization composition was prepared at a temperature of 25 degrees Celsius.
25 A free-standing film was manufactured in the same manner as in Comparative Example 3,
except that in Comparative Example 3, the mixture was charged into a Paste Mixer (Thinky, ARE-
400) and mixed at a temperature of 25 degrees Celsius at 1000 rpm for about 5 minutes to prepare
a fiberization composition.
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A free-standing film was manufactured in the same manner as in Comparative Example 3,
except that in Comparative Example 3, 95.5 g of LiMn2O4 as a 5 positive electrode active material,
1.5 g of active carbon as a conductive material, and 3.0 g of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) as a
binder were mixed with a Powder Mixer equipment (KM Tech) at 5°C and 10000 rpm for 5
minutes. After the mixture was re-adjusted to a temperature of 25 degrees Celsius in the same
equipment, it was mixed at 10000 rpm for about 5 minutes.
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The thickness deviations of the free-standing films of Examples 1 to 2 and Comparative
Examples 1 to 6 were measured and shown in Table 1 below.
The thickness deviation was obtained by measuring the thickness of the free-standing film
15 at 20 points at 1 cm intervals using an automatic thickness meter (Mahr, Millimar).
The tensile strengths of the free-standing films of Examples 1 to 2 and Comparative
Examples 1 to 6 were measured and shown in Table 1 below.
20 The tensile strength was determined in which the free-standing film was cut and sampled
into a width of 20 mm × length 20 mm × thickness 200 ㎛, and using the sample, LLOYD’s UTM
equipment is used to measure the tensile strength.
The tensile strength was determined in which a free-standing film was cut and sampled
into width 20mm × length 20mm × thickness 200 ㎛, and the tensile strength (the maximum value
25 of the force applied up to a time point where the sample does not break) was measured for the
sample at an angle of 180 degrees and a speed of 50 mm/min using an UTM equipment (LLOYD
Instruments Ltd.).
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The free-standing films of Examples 1 to 2 and Comparative Examples 1 to 6 were placed
on one side of an aluminum foil (20 ㎛, Primer Coated Al Foil, Dongwon Systems) coated with a
primer layer mixed with carbon black: PVDF binder, and an electrode 5 was prepared by lamination
through a lamination roll maintained at 120°C.
The electrode and lithium metal was used as a counter electrode, and an electrolyte solution
containing 1 M LiPF6 in a solvent of EC : DMC : DEC = 1 : 2 : 1 was used to manufacture a cointype
half-cell.
10 The coin-type half-cell manufactured above was charged and discharged 100 times under
the current condition of 0.33 C-rate in the voltage range of 3.0 to 4.30V at 25℃, and then the 100-
time capacity retention rate relative to the one-time discharge capacity was calculated, and the
results are shown in Table 1 below.
[Table 1]
Thickness deviation
of free-standing film
(%)
Tensile strength of
free-standing film
(gf/cm2)
Life characteristic
(100th cycle)
Example 1 0.2 2335 95.4
Example 2 0.3 2502 96.9
Comparative
Example 1
0.3 1930 95.1
Comparative
Example 2
Extrusion X - -
Comparative
Example 3
13.4 1957 94.3
Comparative
Example 4
11.6 1884 92.8
Comparative
Example 5
7.2 1765 91.2
Comparative
Example 6
5.8 1681 89.5
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Referring to Table 1, it can be confirmed that when manufactured using the device
according to the present disclosure, not only the thickness deviation of the free-standing film is
also small, but also the tensile strength and life characteristics are excellent.
However, when an extruder having a T-die slit formed therein is used, the configuration is
not so problematic when the content of the binder is small. Nevertheless, 5 it is more preferable to
use the configuration of the present disclosure in terms of thickness variations or, particularly the
tensile strength and life characteristics. This is considered to be because the non-uniformity of the
supply amount is eliminated by the quantitative extrusion of the extruder, and at the same time,
the load on the extrusion site is small, so that the thickness deviation does not appear further.
10 On the other hand, if the content of the binder increases and fiberization progresses a lot,
it can be confirmed that when an extruder having a T-die slit formed therein is used, the load is
increased at the extrusion site and extrusion is not performed, which is not preferable.
On the other hand, in the case of simple rolling using a kneader other than the extruder, it
can be confirmed that even if the mixing time is increased or the temperature is increased, it is not
15 easy to increase the uniformity of the electrode mixture for PTFE fiberization, and as a result, the
thickness deviation of the electrode becomes severe, and the tensile strength and life characteristics
are also deteriorated.
On the other hand, the free-standing film and the dry electrode proposed through the
present disclosure can maintain the electrode quality uniformly, thereby obtaining the effect of
20 excellent tensile strength and capacity retention while reducing the thickness deviation of the
electrode.
【Industrial Applicability】
According to the present disclosure, an extruder is applied as an apparatus for
25 manufacturing a free-standing film, thereby enabling uniform quantitative feeding.
Further, by removing the slit guide and applying the preforming roll to the part where the
fiberization composition is discharged by the conventional extrusion, it is possible to manufacture
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a free-standing film with a uniform density and improved tensile strength and life characteristics
while minimizing the load on the discharge part.
【Claim 1】
A free-standing film for dry electrode, comprising:
a binder, an active material and a conductive material,
wherein the free-standing film has a tensile 5 strength of 2000 gf/cm2 or more based on a
thickness of 200 ㎛.
【Claim 2】
The free-standing film according to claim 1, wherein:
the binder comprises a fiberizable polymer, and the fiberizable polymer is
10 polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE).
【Claim 3】
The free-standing film according to claim 1, wherein:
the free-standing film has a tensile strength of 2000 gf/cm2 to 4000 gf/cm2 based on a thickness
of 200 ㎛.
15 【Claim 4】
The free-standing film according to claim 1, wherein:
the free-standing film has a thickness deviation of 0.5% or less based on a thickness of 200
㎛.
【Claim 5】
20 The free-standing film according to claim 1, wherein:
the free-standing film has a thickness of 10 to 1000 ㎛.
【Claim 6】
An apparatus for manufacturing the free-standing film as set forth in claim 1, the apparatus
comprising:
25 a main body that stores a solvent-free mixture containing a binder, an active material and a
conductive material,
at least one extruder that mixes the solvent-free mixture to prepare a fiberization composition
and extrudes it from the main body, and
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a pair of preforming rolls that rotate in opposite directions in a state of facing each other and
discharges the fiberization composition.
【Claim 7】
The free-standing film manufacturing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein:
the binder comprises a fiberizable 5 polymer, and the fiberizable polymer is
polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE).
【Claim 8】
The free-standing film manufacturing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein:
the extruder performs milling by rotation or mixing by blending, and to apply a shear force to
10 the solvent-free mixture to prepare a fiberization composition.
【Claim 9】
The free-standing film manufacturing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein:
the main body has a discharge port formed at a lower end, and the extruder moves in an upand
down-direction of the main body and to extrude the fiberization composition through a
15 discharge port by pressure.
【Claim 10】
The free-standing film manufacturing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein:
the extruder is a screw.
【Claim 11】
20 The free-standing film manufacturing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein:
the preforming roll is located at an end of the main body.
【Claim 12】
The free-standing film manufacturing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein:
the main body has a discharge port formed at a lower end, and the preforming roll is located
25 below the discharge port of the main body, so that the extruder is adapted to extrude the fiberization
composition and simultaneously forms it in a film form.
【Claim 13】
The free-standing film manufacturing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein:
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the free-standing film manufacturing apparatus further comprises a pre-mixer for mixing the
binder, the active material, and the conductive material to form a solvent-free mixture, and a
calender for calendering the fiberization composition molded in the form of a film by the
preforming roll.
5 【Claim 14】
A dry electrode in which the free-standing film as set forth in any one of claims 1 to 5 is
laminated on a current collector coated with a primer layer.
【Claim 15】
A dry electrode in which a free-standing film manufactured using the free-standing film
10 manufacturing apparatus as set forth in any one of claims 6 to 13 is laminated on the current
collector coated with a primer layer.
【Claim 16】
A secondary battery comprising the dry electrode as set forth in claim 14.