Lithium-ion secondary battery and method of charging lithium-ion secondary battery
View Patent ↗A lithium-ion secondary battery device comprises a positive electrode collector having a surface formed with a positive electrode active material layer containing a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode collector having a surface formed with a negative electrode active material layer containing a negative electrode active material; an electrically insulating porous separator; and an electrolyte containing a lithium salt and being in contact with the positive electrode active material layer, negative electrode active material layer, and separator. The negative electrode active material is a carbon material having a graphite structure. The amount of the carbon material supported by the negative electrode active material layer is 2.0 to 4.0 mg/cm 2 . The graphite structure in an X-ray diffraction pattern of the carbon material exhibits a peak intensity P101 of (101) plane and a peak intensity P100 of (100) plane having a ratio (P101/P100) of 2.0 to 2.8 therebetween.
1. A lithium-ion secondary battery comprising:
a positive electrode collector having a surface formed with a positive electrode active material layer containing a positive electrode active material;
a negative electrode collector having a surface formed with a negative electrode active material layer containing a negative electrode active material;
an electrically insulating porous separator; and
an electrolyte containing a lithium salt and being in contact with the positive electrode active material layer, the negative electrode active material layer, and the separator;
wherein the positive and negative electrode collectors are disposed such that the positive and negative electrode active material layers hold the separator therebetween;
wherein the negative electrode active material is a carbon material having a graphite structure;
wherein the amount of the carbon material supported by the negative electrode active material layer is 2.2 to 4.0 mg/cm 2 ; and
wherein the graphite structure in an X-ray diffraction pattern of the carbon material exhibits a peak intensity P101 of (101) plane and a peak intensity P100 of (100) plane having a ratio (P101/P100) of 2.4 to 2.8 therebetween.
2. A lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the amount of the positive electrode active material supported by the positive electrode active material layer is 4.0 to 7.0 mg/cm 2 .
3. A lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of secondary battery elements each including the positive electrode collector, the negative electrode collector, and the separator are laminated.
4. A method of rapidly charging a lithium-ion secondary battery, the method comprising the step of subjecting the lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 1 to constant-voltage charging at 4.2 V.
5. A lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the carbon material is natural graphite or synthetic graphite.
6. A lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the amount of the carbon material supported by the negative electrode active material layer is 3.0 to 4.0 mg/cm 2 .
7. A lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the amount of the carbon material supported by the negative electrode active material layer is 2.2 to 3.3 mg/cm 2 .