IP Library Granted Patent US 9,343,775
Granted Patent B2
US 9,343,775 · App. 13/033,113 · Granted May 17, 2016

Nonaqueous electrolyte composition and nonaqueous electrolyte battery

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Patent No.
US 9,343,775
App. No.
13/033,113
Granted
May 17, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A nonaqueous electrolyte battery is provided and includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte. The electrolyte contains a nonaqueous solvent, an electrolyte salt, a matrix polymer and a ceramic powder, and further contains a polyacid and/or a polyacid compound.

Claims (34)

1. A nonaqueous electrolyte battery, the battery comprising:

a positive electrode;

a negative electrode; and

an electrolyte,

wherein the electrolyte contains a nonaqueous solvent, an electrolyte salt, a matrix polymer and a ceramic powder, and further contains at least one of an polyacid and a polyacid compound selected from the group consisting of phosphomolybdic acid, silicomolybdic acid, silicotungstic acid, a phosphomolybdic acid compound, a silicomolybdic acid compound and a silicotungstic acid compound, wherein the electrolyte is impregnated in a negative electrode active material layer contained in the negative electrode, wherein a content of the at least one of the polyacid and the polyacid compound in the electrolyte is 0.01 by mass to 5.0 by mass of the negative electrode active material contained in the negative electrode, and wherein the ceramic powder contains at least one member selected from the group consisting of Al 2 O 3 , ZrO 2 , TiO 2 and MgO.

2. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery according to claim 1 , wherein

at least one of the polyacid and the polyacid compound is at least one member selected from the group consisting of silicomolybdic acid, silicotungstic acid, a slicomolybdic acid compound and a silicotungstic acid compound.

3. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery according to claim 1 , wherein the polyacid or the polyacid compound is further deposited on at least a part of the surface of the positive electrode.

4. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery according to claim 1 , wherein

an amount of the ceramic powder per unit area between the positive and negative electrodes is 0.6 mg/cm 2 or more and not more than 3.5 mg/cm 2 .

5. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery according to claim 1 , wherein the ceramic powder has a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) specific surface area of from 0.5 to 11 m 2 /g.

6. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery according to claim 1 , wherein

the ceramic powder is further coated on the surface of at least a part of the positive electrode.

7. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery according to claim 1 , wherein

a content ratio of the ceramic powder and the matrix polymer is 1/1 or more and not more than 5/1 in terms of a mass ratio.

8. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery according to claim 1 , wherein

the ceramic powder has a particle size distribution of a gauss distribution.

9. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery according to claim 1 , wherein the polyacid and the polyacid compound are each electrolyzed so as to be rendered amorphous.

10. A nonaqueous electrolyte battery, the battery comprising:

a positive electrode;

a negative electrode; and

an electrolyte;

wherein the electrolyte contains a nonaqueous solvent, an electrolyte salt, a matrix polymer and a ceramic powder, and

a coating film in a gel form containing at least one of a polyacid and a polyacid compound selected from the group consisting of phosphomolybdic acid, silicomolybdic acid, silicotungstic acid, a phosphomolybdic acid compound, a silicomolybdic acid compound and a silicotungstic acid compound, and further containing ceramic powder is formed on the surface of at least a part of the negative electrode, a content of the at least one of the polyacid and the polyacid compound is in the electrolyte is 0.01 % by mass 5.0 % by mass of the coating film, and the ceramic powder contains at least one member selected from the group consisting of Al 2 O 3 , ZrO 2 , TiO 2 and MgO.

11. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery according to claim 10 , wherein

the ceramic powder has a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) specific surface area of from 0.5 to 11 m 2 /g.

12. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery according to claim 10 , wherein

the coating film is further formed on the surface of at least a part of the positive electrode.

13. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery according to claim 10 , wherein

a content ratio of the ceramic powder and the matrix polymer is 1/1 or more and not more than 5/1 in terms of a mass ratio.

14. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery according to claim 10 , wherein

an amount of the ceramic powder per unit area between the positive and negative electrodes is 0.6 mg/cm 2 or more and not more than 3.5 mg/cm 2 .

15. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery according to claim 10 , wherein the polyacid and the polyacid compound are each electrolyzed so as to be rendered amorphous.

16. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery according to claim 10 , wherein at least one of the amorphous polyacid and the amorphous polyacid compound is at least one member selected from the group consisting of silicomolybdic acid, silicotungstic acid, a silicomolybdic acid compound and a silicotungstic acid compound.

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 Mar 24, 2011
From: TORIMIZU, YUMIKO; WATANABE, HARUO; YAMAMOTO, FUMIHATA; MACHIDA, MASAKI; OGAWA, YUKI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026017/0316 →