IP Library Granted Patent US 7,416,817
Granted Patent B2
US 7,416,817 · App. 10/713,969 · Granted Aug 26, 2008

Battery

Assignee: Sony Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,416,817
App. No.
10/713,969
Granted
Aug 26, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention provides a battery which can improve cycle characteristics by forming a more stable and stronger film on the surface of an anode active material layer. A cathode and an anode are layered with a separator in between. The anode has an anode collector and the anode active material layer. The anode active material layer contains Si, Sn, or an alloy thereof, and formed by vapor-phase method, liquid phase method, or sinter method. It is preferable that the anode active material layer is alloyed with the anode collector on at least a part of interface between the anode active material layer and the anode collector. The separator is impregnated with an electrolyte solution. The electrolyte solution contains cyclic carbonic ester having saturated bonds such as vinylene carbonate and vinylethylene carbonate as a solvent. Consequently, a strong and stable film is formed on the surface of the anode active material layer, and decomposition of the electrolyte solution in the anode is inhibited.

Claims (13)

1. A battery, comprising:

a cathode;

an anode; and

an electrolyte,

wherein,

the anode has an anode collector made of an electric copper foil and an anode active material layer which is formed on the anode collector by vapor-phase method, and

the electrolyte contains an electrolyte solution containing vinylethylene carbonates, an electrolytic salt, and a polymeric material.

2. A battery according to claim 1 , wherein the anode active material layer is alloyed with the anode collector on at least a part of interface between the anode active material layer and the anode collector.

3. A battery according to claim 1 , wherein the anode active material layer includes at least one kind from the group consisting of (Si) and compounds of silicon.

4. A battery according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolyte solution further contains vinylene carbonate.

5. A battery according to claim 4 , wherein a content of the vinylene carbonate in the electrolyte solution is from 0.1 wt % to 30 wt %.

6. A battery according to claim 1 , wherein film exterior members which house the cathode, the anode, and the electrolyte are further provided.

7. A battery according to claim 1 , wherein the cathode contains a metal complex oxide including lithium.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2018
From: TOHOKU MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD
To: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045103/0835 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2018
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: TOHOKU MURATA MANUFACTURING CO.,LTD
Reel/Frame 045104/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2004
From: KAWASE, KENICHI; TAKADA, TOMOO; MIYAKI, YUKIO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 015212/0492 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP P2002-335055 · Nov 19, 2002 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20040151987A1 · Aug 5, 2004