IP Library Granted Patent US 12676299
Granted Patent B2
US 12676299 · App. 17/728,982 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery

Inventor: Masahisa Fujimoto (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
H01M4/134H01M10/0569H01M2004/027H01M2300/0028
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Patent No.
US 12676299
App. No.
17/728,982
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode capable of occluding and releasing lithium, a negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material, and an electrolyte solution including a solvent. In the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, the negative electrode active material includes metal zinc or an alloy of metal zinc. The solvent is composed only of vinylene carbonate.

Claims (13)

1 . A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising:

a positive electrode capable of occluding and releasing lithium;

a negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material; and

an electrolyte solution including vinylene carbonate which is the only solvent in the electrolyte solution and LiPF 6 which is the only electrolyte salt in the electrolyte solution, wherein

the negative electrode active material is a metal film consisting of metal zinc or an alloy of metal zinc,

the metal film is disposed on the negative electrode current collector, and

a coating film formed by reductive polymerization of the vinylene carbonate is formed on a surface of the negative electrode.

2 . The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein

the metal film consists of the metal zinc.

3 . The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 ,

wherein the metal film consists of at least one lithium-zinc alloy selected from the group consisting of Li 2 Zn 3 , LiZn 2 , LizZn 5 , LiZn 4 , and LiZn.

4 . The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the metal film consists of the alloy of the metal zinc, and the alloy of the metal zinc includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Li 2 Zn 3 , LiZn 2 , LizZn 5 , and LiZn 4 .

5 . The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode current collector is made of iron.