IP Library Granted Patent US 8,709,665
Granted Patent B2
US 8,709,665 · App. 12/964,870 · Granted Apr 29, 2014

Nonaqueous secondary battery with nitrile group-containing compound

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Patent No.
US 8,709,665
App. No.
12/964,870
Granted
Apr 29, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A nonaqueous electrolyte of nonaqueous secondary battery contains a nitrile group-containing compound at a concentration of 0.05% by mass or more. A positive electrode active material has an average particle diameter of 4.5 to 15.5 μm and a specific surface area of 0.13 to 0.80 m 2 /g. A positive electrode binder layer contains a silane coupling agent and/or at least one of aluminum, titanium, or zirconium based coupling agent having an alkyl or an alkoxy groups having 1 to 18 carbon atoms at a content of 0.003% by mass or more and 5% by mass or less. Thus nonaqueous secondary battery having a film resistance of the interface between a positive electrode and the electrolyte being less increased, and excellent ion conductivity and charge load characteristics in a low temperature environment is provided.

Claims (47)

1. A nonaqueous secondary battery comprising:

a positive electrode plate formed with a positive electrode binder layer having a lithium composite oxide as a positive electrode active material;

a negative electrode plate;

a separator; and

a nonaqueous electrolyte, the nonaqueous electrolyte containing a nitrile group-containing compound at a concentration of 0.05% by mass or more with respect to the total mass of the nonaqueous electrolyte,

the positive electrode active material having an average particle diameter of 4.5 to 15.5 μm and a specific surface area of 0.13 to 0.80 m 2 /g, and

the positive electrode binder layer containing at least one of a silane coupling agent and a coupling agent represented by General Formula (I) at a content of 0.003% by mass or more and 5% by mass or less with respect to the mass of the positive electrode active material:

(where M is one atom selected from Al, Ti, and Zr, each of R1 and R2 is an alkyl group or an alkoxy group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 1 to 4).

2. The nonaqueous secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode binder layer contains a coupling agent represented by General Formula (I), where M is Al:

(where each of R1 and R2 is an alkyl group or an alkoxy group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 1 to 4).

3. The nonaqueous secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein the coupling agent represented by General Formula (I) is at least one selected from aluminum bisethylacetoacetate monoacetylacetonate, aluminum ethylacetoacetate diisopropylate, aluminum trisethylacetoacetate and aluminum triacetylacetonate.

4. The nonaqueous secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode binder layer contains a coupling agent represented by General Formula (I), where at least one of R1 and R2 is an alkoxy group:

(where M is one atom selected from Al, Ti, and Zr, each of R1 and R2 is an alkyl group or an alkoxy group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 1 to 4).

5. The nonaqueous secondary battery according to claim 4 , wherein the coupling agent represented by General Formula (I) is at least one selected from aluminum ethylacetoacetate diisopropylate, aluminum trisethylacetoacetate, aluminum triacetylacetonate, titanium bis(ethylacetoacetate)diisopropoxide, titanium bisethylacetoacetate bisacetylacetonate, and zirconium tetrakisacetylacetonate.

6. The nonaqueous secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the nitrile group-containing compound is a dinitrile compound represented by General Formula (II):

NC—R—CN  (II)

(where R is an alkyl chain having 2 to 8 carbon atoms).

7. The nonaqueous secondary battery according to claim 6 , wherein the dinitrile compound represented by General Formula (II) is at least one selected from adiponitrile, malononitrile, succinonitrile, glutaronitrile, 2-methylglutaronitrile, suberonitrile, sebaconitrile, undecanedinitrile and 3,3′-oxydipropionitrile.

8. The nonaqueous secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein an amount of the nitrile group-containing compound added into the nonaqueous electrolyte is 7.00% by mass or less.

9. The nonaqueous secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the silane coupling agent contains at least one selected from methyltrimethoxysilane, dimethyldimethoxysilane, methyltriethoxysilane, hexytrimethoxysilane and 3-acryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane.

10. A nonaqueous secondary battery comprising:

a positive electrode plate formed with a positive electrode binder layer having a lithium composite oxide as a positive electrode active material;

a negative electrode plate;

a separator; and

a nonaqueous electrolyte,

the nonaqueous electrolyte containing a nitrile group-containing compound at a concentration of 0.05% by mass or more with respect to the total mass of the nonaqueous electrolyte,

the positive electrode active material having an average particle diameter of 4.5 to 15.5 pm and a specific surface area of 0.13 to 0.80 m2/g, and

the positive electrode binder layer containing at least one of a silane coupling agent and a coupling agent represented by General Formula (I) at a content of 0.003% by mass or more and 5% by mass or less with respect to the mass of the positive electrode active material:

(where M is Al, each of R1 and R2 is an alkyl group or an alkoxy group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 1 to 4),

wherein the nitrile group-containing compound is a dinitrile compound represented by General Formula (II):

NC—R—CN  (II)

(where R is an alkyl chain having 2 to 8 carbon atoms).

11. The nonaqueous secondary battery according to claim 10 , wherein the coupling agent represented by General Formula (I) is at least one selected from aluminum bisethylacetoacetate monoacetylacetonate, aluminum ethylacetoacetate diisopropylate, aluminum trisethylacetoacetate and aluminum triacetylacetonate, wherein the dinitrile compound represented by General Formula (II) is at least one selected from adiponitrile, malononitrile, succinonitrile, glutaronitrile, 2-methylglutaronitrile, pimelenitrile, suberonitrile, sebaconitrile, undecanedinitrile and 3,3′-oxydipropionitrile.

12. The nonaqueous secondary battery according to claim 10 , wherein an amount of the nitrile group-containing compound added into the nonaqueous electrolyte is 7.00% by mass or less.

13. A nonaqueous secondary battery comprising:

a positive electrode plate formed with a positive electrode binder layer having a lithium composite oxide as a positive electrode active material;

a negative electrode plate;

a separator; and

a nonaqueous electrolyte,

the nonaqueous electrolyte containing a nitrile group-containing compound at a concentration of 0.05% by mass or more with respect to the total mass of the nonaqueous electrolyte,

the positive electrode active material having an average particle diameter of 4.5 to 15.5 pm and a specific surface area of 0.13 to 0.80 m 2 /g, and

the positive electrode binder layer containing a silane coupling agent at a content of 0.003% by mass or more and 5% by mass or less with respect to the mass of the positive electrode active material,

wherein the nitrile group-containing compound is a dinitrile compound represented by General Formula (II):

NC—R—CN  (II)

(where R is an alkyl chain having 2 to 8 carbon atoms).

14. The nonaqueous secondary battery according to claim 13 , wherein the silane coupling agent contains at least one selected from methyltrimethoxysilane, dimethyldimethoxysilane, methyltriethoxysilane, hexytrimethoxysilane and 3-acryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane, wherein the dinitrile compound represented by General Formula (II) is at least one selected from adiponitrile, malononitrile, succinonitrile, glutaronitrile, 2-methylglutaronitrile, pimelenitrile, suberonitrile, sebaconitrile, undecanedinitrile and 3,3′-oxydipropionitrile.

15. The nonaqueous secondary battery according to claim 13 , wherein an amount of the nitrile group-containing compound added into the nonaqueous electrolyte is 7.00% by mass or less.

Assignments (1)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Aug 29, 2023
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC ENERGY CO., LTD.
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