IP Library Granted Patent US 12683169
Granted Patent B2
US 12683169 · App. 17/912,970 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Negative electrode for secondary batteries, and secondary battery

Inventors: Kyohei Sakamoto (Osaka, JP); Nobuhiko Hojo (Osaka, JP); Masaki Hasegawa (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
H01M4/625H01M4/134H01M4/1395H01M4/364H01M4/366H01M4/38H01M4/386H01M4/485H01M4/5825H01M4/62H01M4/626H01M10/052H01M10/0525H01M10/0566H01M2004/021H01M2004/027Y02E60/10
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Patent No.
US 12683169
App. No.
17/912,970
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

This negative electrode for secondary batteries is provided with a negative electrode mixture that contains a negative electrode active material, an additive and a conductive agent. The negative electrode active material contains an Si-containing material; the additive contains an alkali metal sulfate salt; and the conductive agent contains carbon nanotubes. The content of the alkali metal sulfate salt in the negative electrode mixture is from 0.0025% by mass to 0.1% by mass relative to the total mass of the negative electrode active material.

Claims (17)

1 . A negative electrode for secondary batteries, the negative electrode comprising a negative electrode mixture including a negative electrode active material, an additive, and a conductive agent,

the negative electrode active material including a carbon material and an Si-containing material, the additive including an alkali metal sulfate, and the conductive agent including a carbon nanotube,

the alkali metal sulfate is an inorganic compound,

the negative electrode mixture having a content of the alkali metal sulfate of 0.0025 mass % or more and 0.1 mass % or less based on a total amount of the negative electrode active material, and

the negative electrode active material having a content of the carbon material of 85 mass % or more and 99 mass % or less”.

2 . The negative electrode for secondary batteries according to claim 1 , wherein the alkali metal sulfate includes at least one selected from sodium sulfate, lithium sulfate, and potassium sulfate.

3 . The negative electrode for secondary batteries according to claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode mixture has a content of the carbon nanotube of 0.01 mass % or more and 1.0 mass % or less based on the total amount of the negative electrode active material.

4 . The negative electrode for secondary batteries according to claim 1 , wherein the carbon nanotube has an outermost diameter of 0.5 nm or more and 20 nm or less.

5 . The negative electrode for secondary batteries according to claim 1 , wherein the carbon nanotube has a fiber length of 500 nm or more and 200 μm or less.

6 . The negative electrode for secondary batteries according to claim 1 , wherein

the Si-containing material includes a lithium ion conductive phase and Si particles dispersed in the lithium ion conductive phase, and

the lithium ion conductive phase is at least one selected from a silicon oxide phase, a silicate phase, and a carbon phase.

7 . The negative electrode for secondary batteries according to claim 6 , wherein the silicate phase includes at least one element E1 selected from lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, francium, beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, and radium.

8 . The negative electrode for secondary batteries according to claim 7 , wherein the silicate phase includes at least one element E2 selected from zirconium, niobium, tantalum, lanthanum, vanadium, titanium, phosphorus, bismuth, zinc, tin, lead, antimony, cobalt, fluorine, tungsten, aluminum, and boron.

9 . The negative electrode for secondary batteries according to claim 1 , wherein the alkali metal sulfate is present in a larger amount on the carbon nanotube than on the negative electrode active material.

10 . A secondary battery comprising the negative electrode for secondary batteries according to claim 1 , a positive electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte liquid.

11 . The negative electrode for secondary batteries according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic compound serving as the alkali metal sulfate includes at least one selected from lithium sulfate, sodium sulfate, potassium sulfate, rubidium sulfate, cesium sulfate, and francium sulfate.