IP Library Granted Patent US 12695092
Granted Patent B2
US 12695092 · App. 18/046,504 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Positive electrode material and battery

Inventors: Kenta Nagamine (Osaka, JP); Izuru Sasaki (Aichi, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
H01M4/62H01M4/366H01M4/505H01M4/525H01M10/0525H01M10/0562H01M2004/028H01M2300/008
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Patent No.
US 12695092
App. No.
18/046,504
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a positive electrode material including a first solid electrolyte, a positive electrode active material, and a coating material at least partially coating a surface of the positive electrode active material. The first solid electrolyte is represented by the following compositional formula (1): Li a M b X c . In the compositional formula (1), a, b, and c are positive real numbers and satisfy a mathematical expression: a+b<c; M is at least one selected from the group consisting of metallic elements excluding Li and metalloid elements; and X is at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I. The coating material includes an oxoacid salt of a non-metal or metalloid cation.

Claims (31)

1 . A positive electrode material comprising:

a first solid electrolyte;

a positive electrode active material; and

a coating material at least partially coating a surface of the positive electrode active material, wherein

the first solid electrolyte is represented by a following compositional formula (1):

Li a M b X c   Formula (1),

in the compositional formula (1):

a, b, and c are positive real numbers and satisfy a mathematical expression: a+b<c;

M is at least one selected from the group consisting of metallic elements excluding Li and metalloid elements; and

X is at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I,

the coating material includes an oxoacid salt of a non-metal or metalloid cation,

the oxoacid salt includes lithium silicophosphate, and

a coverage rate as a proportion of a coated surface area of the positive electrode active material coated with the coating material to a whole surface area of the positive electrode active material is 10% or more and is 90% or less.

2 . The positive electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein the surface of the positive electrode active material is partially covered by the coating material.

3 . The positive electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein a mass proportion of the oxoacid salt to the positive electrode active material is 0.1 mass % or more and is 2.3 mass % or less.

4 . The positive electrode material according to claim 3 , wherein the mass proportion of the oxoacid salt to the positive electrode active material is 0.1 mass % or more and is 2.0 mass % or less.

5 . The positive electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein a mass proportion of the oxoacid salt to the positive electrode active material is 0.25 mass % or more and is 1.14 mass % or less.

6 . The positive electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein the M includes Y.

7 . The positive electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein the X includes at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, and Br.

8 . The positive electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein the X includes at least two selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, and Br.

9 . The positive electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein the X includes Cl and Br.

10 . The positive electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode active material includes a lithium-containing transition metal oxide.

11 . The positive electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein the X includes at least one selected from the group consisting of F and I.

12 . The positive electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein the X includes at least one selected from the group consisting of F and I and at least one selected from the group consisting of Br and Cl.

13 . The positive electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein the coating material has a thickness of 1 nm to 100 nm on the surface of the positive electrode active material, and serves to suppress electron transfer between the positive electrode active material and the first solid electrolyte.

14 . The positive electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein the coating material is formed in situ by reacting a lithium source, a silicon source, and a phosphorus source on the surface of the positive electrode active material during a heat treatment.

15 . A battery comprising:

a positive electrode including the positive electrode material according to claim 1 ;

a negative electrode; and

an electrolyte layer disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode.

16 . The battery according to claim 15 , wherein the electrolyte layer includes a sulfide solid electrolyte.