IP Library Granted Patent US 7,927,744
Granted Patent B2
US 7,927,744 · App. 11/225,540 · Granted Apr 19, 2011

Anode active material and battery using the same

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Patent No.
US 7,927,744
App. No.
11/225,540
Granted
Apr 19, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A battery with a high capacity and superior cycle characteristics and an anode active material used in the battery are provided. An anode includes an anode active material capable of reacting with lithium. The anode active material includes at least tin, cobalt and carbon as elements, and the carbon content is within a range from 9.9 wt % to 29.7 wt % inclusive, and the ratio of cobalt to the total of tin and cobalt is within a range from 30 wt % to 70 wt % inclusive. Thereby, while a high capacity is maintained, cycle characteristics can be improved.

Claims (29)

1. An anode active material, comprising:

a CoSnC containing material,

wherein,

the CoSnC containing material includes carbon which is within a range of 14.9 wt % to 29.7 wt %, and the ratio of cobalt to the total of tin and cobalt is within a range of 30 wt % to 70 wt %.

2. An anode active material according to claim 1 , wherein the is peak of the carbon is obtained in a region lower than 284.5 eV by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

3. An anode active material according to claim 1 , wherein the anode active material includes a reactive phase which can react with lithium, and of which the half-width of a diffraction peak obtained by X-ray diffraction is 1.0° or more.

4. An anode active material according to claim 1 , further comprising: silicon (Si) as an element.

5. An anode active material according to claim 4 , wherein the silicon content is within a range of 0.5 wt % to 7.9 wt %.

6. An anode active material according to claim 1 , further comprising:

at least one element selected from the group consisting of indium (In), niobium (Nb), germanium (Ge), titanium (Ti), molybdenum (Mo), aluminum (Al), phosphorus (P), gallium (Ga) and bismuth (Bi) and the element is 14.9 wt % or less.

7. An anode active material according to claim 6 , wherein at least one element selected from the group consisting of indium (In), niobium (Nb), germanium (Ge), titanium (Ti), molybdenum (Mo), aluminum (Al), phosphorus (P), gallium (Ga) and bismuth (Bi) and the element is 2.4 wt % or more.

8. An anode active material according to claim 1 , further comprising: silicon within a range of 0.5 wt % to 7.9 wt %, and at least element selected from the group consisting of indium (In), niobium (Nb), germanium (Ge), titanium (Ti), molybdenum (Mo), aluminum (Al), phosphorus (P), gallium (Ga) and bismuth (Bi) within a range of 2.4 wt % to 14.9 wt %.

9. An anode active material according to claim 1 , further comprising iron (Fe) as an element.

10. A battery, comprising:

a cathode;

an anode; and

an electrolyte,

wherein,

the anode includes an anode active material which includes CoSnC containing material, and

the carbon content in the anode active material is within a range of 14.9 wt % to 29.7 wt %, and the ratio of cobalt to the total of tin and cobalt is within a range of 30 wt % to 70 wt %.

11. A battery according to claim 10 , wherein in the anode active material, the is peak of the carbon is obtained in a region lower than 284.5 eV by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

12. A battery according to claim 10 , wherein the anode active material includes a reactive phase which can react with lithium, and of which the half-width of a diffraction peak obtained by X-ray diffraction is 1.0° or more.

13. A battery according to claim 10 , wherein the anode active material further includes silicon (Si) as an element.

14. A battery according to claim 13 , wherein the silicon content in the anode active material is within a range of 0.5 wt % to 7.9 wt %.

15. A battery according to claim 10 , wherein the anode active material further includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of indium (In), niobium (Nb), germanium (Ge), titanium (Ti), molybdenum (Mo), aluminum (Al), phosphorus (P), gallium (Ga) and bismuth (Bi) within a range of 14.9 wt % or less.

16. A battery according to claim 15 , wherein the anode active material includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of indium (In), niobium (Nb), germanium (Ge), titanium (Ti), molybdenum (Mo), aluminum (Al), phosphorus (P), gallium (Ga) and bismuth (Bi) and the element is 2.4 wt % or more.

17. A battery according to claim 10 , wherein the anode active material further includes silicon within a range of 0.5 wt % to 7.9 wt %, and at least one element selected from the group consisting of indium (In), niobium (Nb), germanium (Ge), titanium (Ti), molybdenum (Mo), aluminum (Al), phosphorus (P), gallium (Ga) and bismuth (Bi) within a range of 2.4 wt % to 14.9 wt %.

18. A battery according to claim 10 , wherein the anode active material further includes iron (Fe) as an element.

19. A battery according to claim 10 , wherein the electrolyte includes a derivative of a cyclic carbonate having a halogen atom.

Assignments (2)
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 →