IP Library Granted Patent US 9,112,223
Granted Patent B2
US 9,112,223 · App. 13/226,105 · Granted Aug 18, 2015

Anode active material, secondary battery, electric power tool, electrical vehicle, and electric power storage system

Inventors: Kazuaki Takada (Fukushima, JP); Hiroshi Inoue (Fukushima, JP); Satoshi Mizutani (Fukushima, JP); Kazuhiko Yoshida (Fukushima, JP); Keitaro Matsui (Fukushima, JP); Koichiro Hirata (Fukushima, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
H01M4/38B60L11/1879H01M10/0525Y02E60/122Y02T10/7005Y02T10/705Y02T10/7011
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Patent No.
US 9,112,223
App. No.
13/226,105
Granted
Aug 18, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode containing an anode active material, and an electrolytic solution. The anode active material contains tin, iron, cobalt, carbon, and titanium as an element. In the anode active material, a carbon content is from 9 mass % to 30 mass % both inclusive, a ratio of cobalt to total of iron and cobalt is from 10 mass % to 80 mass % both inclusive, a ratio of the total of iron and cobalt to total of tin, iron, and cobalt is from 11.3 mass % to 26.3 mass % both inclusive, a titanium content is from 0.5 mass % to 8 mass % both inclusive, and half-width of diffraction peak obtained by X-ray diffraction (peak obtained where diffraction angle of 2θ is from 34 deg to 37 deg both inclusive) is 1 deg or more.

Claims (27)

1. An anode active material containing tin (Sn), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), carbon (C), and titanium (Ti) as an element,

wherein a carbon content is from 9 mass % to 30 mass % both inclusive, a ratio of the cobalt to total of iron and cobalt (Co/(Fe+Co)) is from 10 mass % to 80 mass % both inclusive, a ratio of the total of iron and cobalt to total of tin, iron, and cobalt ((Fe+Co)/(Sn+Fe+Co)) is from 11.3 mass % to 26.3 mass % both inclusive, and a titanium content is from 0.5 mass % to 8 mass % both inclusive, and

wherein a half-width of diffraction peak obtained by X-ray diffraction, which is a peak obtained where a diffraction angle of 20 is from 34 deg to 37 deg both inclusive, is 1 deg or more.

2. The anode active material according to claim 1 further containing at least one of silver (Ag), phosphorus (P), antimony (Sb), aluminum (Al), vanadium (V), chromium (Cr), niobium (Nb), bismuth (Bi), tantalum (Ta), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), gallium (Ga), indium (In), tungsten (W), and molybdenum (Mo) as an element.

3. The anode active material according to claim 1 , wherein is peak of the carbon is obtained in a region lower than 284.5 eV by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy.

4. A secondary battery comprising:

a cathode;

an anode containing an anode active material; and

an electrolytic solution,

wherein the anode active material contains tin, iron, cobalt, carbon, and titanium as an element,

wherein in the anode active material, a carbon content is from 9 mass % to 30 mass % both inclusive, a ratio of cobalt to total of iron and cobalt is from 10 mass % to 80 mass % both inclusive, a ratio of the total of iron and cobalt to total of tin, iron, and cobalt is from 11.3 mass % to 26.3 mass % both inclusive, a titanium content is from 0.5 mass % to 8 mass % both inclusive, and

wherein a half-width of a diffraction peak obtained by X-ray diffraction, which is a peak obtained where a diffraction angle of 20 is from 34 deg to 37 deg both inclusive is 1 deg or more.

5. The secondary battery according to claim 4 , wherein the anode active material further contains at least one of silver, phosphorus, antimony, aluminum, vanadium, chromium, niobium, bismuth, tantalum, nickel, copper, zinc, gallium, indium, tungsten, and molybdenum as an element.

6. The secondary battery according to claim 4 , wherein in the anode active material, 1s peak of the carbon is obtained in a region lower than 284.5 eV by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy.

7. The secondary battery according to claim 4 , wherein the secondary battery is a lithium ion secondary battery.

8. An electric power tool moving with the use of a secondary battery including a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution as a power source,

wherein the anode contains an anode active material containing tin, iron, cobalt, carbon, and titanium as an element,

wherein in the anode active material, a carbon content is from 9 mass % to 30 mass % both inclusive, a ratio of cobalt to total of iron and cobalt is from 10 mass % to 80 mass % both inclusive, a ratio of the total of iron and cobalt to total of tin, iron, and cobalt is from 11.3 mass % to 26.3 mass % both inclusive, a titanium content is from 0.5 mass % to 8 mass % both inclusive, and

wherein a half-width of a diffraction peak obtained by X-ray diffraction, which is a peak obtained where a diffraction angle of 20 is from 34 deg to 37 deg both inclusive is 1 deg or more.

9. An electrical vehicle moving with the use of a secondary battery including a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution as a power source,

wherein the anode contains an anode active material containing tin, iron, cobalt, carbon, and titanium as an element,

wherein in the anode active material, a carbon content is from 9 mass % to 30 mass % both inclusive, a ratio of cobalt to total of iron and cobalt is from 10 mass % to 80 mass % both inclusive, a ratio of the total of iron and cobalt to total of tin, iron, and cobalt is from 11.3 mass % to 26.3 mass % both inclusive, a titanium content is from 0.5 mass % to 8 mass % both inclusive, and

wherein a half-width of a diffraction peak obtained by X-ray diffraction, which is a peak obtained where a diffraction angle of 20 is from 34 deg to 37 deg both inclusive is 1 deg or more.

10. An electric power storage system using a secondary battery including a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution as a power storage source,

wherein the anode contains an anode active material containing tin, iron, cobalt, carbon, and titanium as an element,

wherein in the anode active material, a carbon content is from 9 mass % to 30 mass % both inclusive, a ratio of cobalt to total of iron and cobalt is from 10 mass % to 80 mass % both inclusive, a ratio of the total of iron and cobalt to total of tin, iron, and cobalt is from 11.3 mass % to 26.3 mass % both inclusive, a titanium content is from 0.5 mass % to 8 mass % both inclusive, and

wherein a half-width of a diffraction peak obtained by X-ray diffraction, which is a peak obtained where a diffraction angle of 20 is from 34 deg to 37 deg both inclusive is 1 deg or more.

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 Dec 15, 2011
From: TAKADA, KAZUAKI; INOUE, HIROSHI; MIZUTANI, SATOSHI; YOSHIDA, KAZUHIKO; MATSUI, KEITARO; HIRATA, KOICHIRO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027394/0611 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP P2010-204626 · Sep 13, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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