IP Library Granted Patent US 8,637,177
Granted Patent B2
US 8,637,177 · App. 13/255,897 · Granted Jan 28, 2014

Electrochemical device

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Patent No.
US 8,637,177
App. No.
13/255,897
Granted
Jan 28, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The electrochemical device of the present invention comprises a positive electrode ( 2 ), a negative electrode ( 1 ), a nonaqueous electrolyte and a separator ( 3 ). The separator ( 3 ) includes a porous layer (I) composed of a microporous film composed predominantly of a thermoplastic resin and a porous layer (II) containing a filler having a heat-resistant temperature of 150° C. or higher as the main component. The negative electrode ( 1 ) contains graphite having an R value of 0.1 to 0.5 and d 002 of 0.338 nm or less as a negative electrode active material, where the R value is a ratio of a peak intensity at 1360 cm −1 to a peak intensity at 1580 cm −1 in an argon ion laser Raman spectrum and the d 002 is a lattice spacing between 002 planes. The ratio of the graphite to the negative electrode active material is 30 mass % or more, and the nonaqueous electrolyte contains vinyl ethylene carbonate or a derivative thereof, or a dinitrile compound or acid anhydride.

Claims (30)

1. An electrochemical device comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a nonaqueous electrolyte, and a separator,

wherein the separator comprises a porous layer (I) composed of a microporous film composed predominantly of a thermoplastic resin and a porous layer (II) containing a filler having a heat-resistant temperature of 150° C. or higher as the main component,

the porous layer (II) has a thickness of 2 μm or more,

the filler having a heat-resistant temperature of 150° C. or higher contained in the porous layer (II) makes up 70 vol % or more of a total volume of components of the porous layer (II),

the negative electrode contains graphite having an R value of 0.1 to 0.5 and d 002 of 0.338 nm or less as a negative electrode active material, where the R value is a ratio of a peak intensity at 1360 cm −1 to a peak intensity at 1580 cm −1 in an argon ion laser Raman spectrum and the d 002 is a lattice spacing between 002 planes,

a ratio of the graphite to the negative electrode active material is 30 mass % or more,

a surface of a negative electrode mixture layer has an arithmetic mean roughness of 0.7 μm or more, and

the nonaqueous electrolyte contains a dinitrile compound or acid anhydride.

2. The electrochemical device according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of T1 to T2 (T1/T2) is 1 or more and 10 or less, where T1 is the thickness of the porous layer (I) and T2 is the thickness of the porous layer (II), and the negative electrode further contains graphite having an R value of less than 0.1 as the negative electrode active material.

3. The electrochemical device according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the dinitrile compound in the nonaqueous electrolyte is 0.01 to 1 mass %.

4. The electrochemical device according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the acid anhydride in the nonaqueous electrolyte is 0.5 to 5 mass %.

5. The electrochemical device according to claim 1 , wherein at least a part of the filler is in the form of plate-like particles, and the porous layer (II) has a thickness of 4 μm or more.

6. The electrochemical device according to claim 1 , wherein the filler is composed of particles of at least one element selected from the group consisting of alumina, silica, and boehmite.

7. The electrochemical device according to claim 1 , wherein the thermoplastic resin is polyolefin having a melting point of 80 to 150° C.

8. The electrochemical device according to claim 1 , wherein the porous layer (II) faces the positive electrode.

9. The electrochemical device according to claim 1 , wherein the nonaqueous electrolyte further contains vinyl ethylene carbonate or a derivative thereof.

10. An electrochemical device comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a nonaqueous electrolyte, and a separator,

wherein the separator comprises a porous layer (I) composed of a microporous film composed predominantly of a thermoplastic resin and a porous layer (II) containing a filler having a heat-resistant temperature of 150° C. or higher as the main component,

the porous layer (II) has a thickness of 2 μm or more,

the filler having a heat-resistant temperature of 150° C. or higher contained in the porous layer (II) makes up 70 vol % or more of a total volume of components of the porous layer (II),

the negative electrode contains graphite having an R value of 0.1 to 0.5 and d 002 of 0.338 nm or less as a negative electrode active material, where the R value is a ratio of a peak intensity at 1360 cm −1 to a peak intensity at 1580 cm −1 in an argon ion laser Raman spectrum and the d 002 is a lattice spacing between 002 planes,

a ratio of the graphite to the negative electrode active material is 30 mass % or more,

a surface of a negative electrode mixture layer has an arithmetic mean roughness of 0.7 μm or more, and

the nonaqueous electrolyte contains vinyl ethylene carbonate or a derivative thereof.

11. The electrochemical device according to claim 10 , wherein the negative electrode further contains graphite having an R value of less than 0.1 as the negative electrode active material.

12. The electrochemical device according to claim 10 , wherein a content of the vinyl ethylene carbonate or derivative thereof in the nonaqueous electrolyte is 0.5 to 5 mass %.

13. The electrochemical device according to claim 10 , wherein at least a part of the filler is in the form of plate-like particles.

14. The electrochemical device according to claim 10 , wherein the filler is composed of particles of at least one element selected from the group consisting of alumina, silica, and boehmite.

15. The electrochemical device according to claim 10 , wherein the thermoplastic resin is polyolefin having a melting point of 80 to 150° C.

16. The electrochemical device according to claim 10 , wherein the porous layer (II) faces the positive electrode.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 3, 2021
From: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
To: MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058301/0318 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Feb 5, 2018
From: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
To: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 045243/0893 →
MERGER Recorded Dec 12, 2013
From: HITACHI MAXELL ENERGY, LTD.
To: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 031773/0483 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2011
From: NOMURA, HIROKAZU; YAMASHITA, AKIRA; KITA, FUSAJI
To: HITACHI MAXELL ENERGY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 026895/0403 →