IP Library Granted Patent US 7,674,552
Granted Patent B2
US 7,674,552 · App. 11/313,374 · Granted Mar 9, 2010

Battery having lithium fluoride/lithium hydroxide coating on anode

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Patent No.
US 7,674,552
App. No.
11/313,374
Granted
Mar 9, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A battery capable of improving battery characteristics such as cycle characteristics is provided. A coating containing lithium fluoride and lithium hydroxide is provided on the surface of an anode active material layer. The ratio between lithium fluoride and lithium hydroxide is in the range, in which the Li 2 F + /Li 2 OH + peak intensity ratio obtained in positive ion analysis by a Time of Flight-Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry is 1 or more. The anode active material layer contains a substance containing Si or Sn as an element as an anode active material. By the coating, oxidation of the anode active material layer is inhibited, and decomposition reaction of the electrolytic solution is inhibited.

Claims (16)

1. A battery comprising:

a cathode;

an anode; and

an electrolyte,

wherein the anode has a coating comprising lithium fluoride and lithium hydroxide in which a peak intensity ratio of Li 2 F + to Li 2 OH + (Li 2 F + /Li 2 OH + ) obtained in positive ion analysis by Time of Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry is 1 or more, and

wherein the anode has an anode active material layer which excludes lithium.

2. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the anode active material layer is capable of inserting and extracting lithium and contains at least one of metal elements or metalloid elements capable of forming an alloy with lithium.

3. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the anode active material layer contains at least one of silicon or tin.

4. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the cathode contains a lithium-containing complex oxide.

5. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the peak intensity ratio of Li 2 F + to Li 2 OH + is 4.0 or more.

6. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the peak intensity ratio of Li 2 F + to Li 2 OH is 5.0 or more.

7. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the battery further comprises an electrolytic solution containing the electrolyte, the electrolytic solution comprising at least one fluorine containing compound.

8. The battery according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one fluorine containing compound is a solvent.

9. The battery according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one fluorine containing compound is a cyclic ester carbonate or a chain ester carbonate.

10. The battery according to claim 7 wherein the at least one fluorine containing compound is 4-fluoro-1,3-dioxolan-2-one or 4,5-difluoro-1,3-dioxolan-2-one.

11. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the peak intensity ratio of Li 2 F + to Li 2 OH + is between 1.0 and 5.3.

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 Jan 18, 2006
From: NAKAI, HIDEKI; KITA, AKINORI; KUBOTA, TADAHIKO; KAWASHIMA, ATSUMICHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 017202/0819 →