IP Library Granted Patent US 9,825,337
Granted Patent B2
US 9,825,337 · App. 13/378,523 · Granted Nov 21, 2017

Non-aqueous electrolyte battery including an amorphous material

Inventors: Haruo Watanabe (Kanagawa, JP); Tomoyo Ooyama (Fukushima, JP); Shunsuke Saito (Fukushima, JP); Shinichi Katayama (Fukushima, JP); Hideki Nakai (Fukushima, JP); Yoshihiro Kudo (Tokyo, JP); Yoshikazu Kato (Fukushima, JP); Muneaki Ando (Fukushima, JP); Koji Morita (Fukushima, JP); Ichiro Yamada (Fukushima, JP); Nobuya Okano (Fukushima, JP); Noritoshi Araki (Fukushima, JP); Shuhei Sugita (Fukushima, JP); Kunihiko Hayashi (Fukushima, JP); Yosuke Hosoya (Fukushima, JP); Tadahiko Kubota (Kanagawa, JP); Shigeru Fujita (Fukushima, JP)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
H01M10/4235C01G51/42C01G53/006C01G53/42H01M2/16H01M4/131H01M4/485H01M4/505H01M4/525H01M4/5825H01M4/621H01M4/623H01M10/0525H01M10/0567H01M10/0587C01P2002/52C01P2002/82C01P2002/89C01P2004/03C01P2004/61C01P2006/40
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Patent No.
US 9,825,337
App. No.
13/378,523
Granted
Nov 21, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A battery is composed of a positive electrode in which a positive electrode active material layer including a positive electrode active material is formed on a positive electrode collector, a negative electrode in which a negative electrode active material layer including a negative electrode active material is formed on a negative electrode collector, a separator provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte impregnated in the separator. The battery further includes at least one of a heteropoly acid and a heteropoly acid compound as an additive at least in one of the positive electrode, the negative electrode, the separator, and the electrolyte.

Claims (21)

1. A non-aqueous electrolyte battery comprising:

a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material layer including a positive electrode active material provided on a positive electrode collector;

a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material layer including a negative electrode active material provided on a negative electrode collector;

a separator provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode;

an electrolyte including an electrolyte salt and an electrolyte solvent; and

a polyacid or a polyacid compound providing an amorphous material on the negative electrode in an amount greater than 0.005 wt % to 5.0 wt %, wherein a polyacid ion of the polyacid or the polyacid compound has a Preyssler structure represented by HxAy [B 5 D 30 O 110 ]·zH 2 O, wherein

A is at least one element selected from the group consisting of lithium (Li), sodium (Na), potassium (K), rubidium (Rb), cesium (Cs), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), aluminum (Al), ammonium (NH 4 ), ammonium salts, and phosphonium salts,

B is at least one element selected from the group consisting of phosphorous (P), silicon (Si), arsenic (As), and germanium (Ge),

D is at least one element selected from the group consisting of titanium (Ti), vanadium (V), chromium (Cr), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), gallium (Ga), zirconium (Zr), niobium (Nb), molybdenum (Mo), technetium (Tc), rhodium (Rh), cadmium (Cd), indium (In), tin (Sn), tantalum (Ta), tungsten (W), rhenium (Re), and thallium (Tl),

x, y, and z are values in ranges of 0≦x≦15, 0≦y≦15, and 0≦z≦50, respectively, and at least one of x and y is not 0.

2. The non-aqueous electrolyte battery according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolyte salt includes a lithium salt.

3. The non-aqueous electrolyte battery according to claim 2 , wherein the lithium salt is selected from the group consisting of LiPF 6 , LiClO 4 , LiBF 4 , LiN(SO 2 CF 3 ) 2 , LiN(SO 2 C 2 F 5 ) 2 and LiAsF 6 .

4. The non-aqueous electrolyte battery according to claim 1 , wherein the polyacid or polyacid compound is further added to the positive electrode active material, and wherein the positive electrode active material includes a lithium-containing oxide.

5. The non-aqueous electrolyte battery of claim 4 , wherein the lithium-containing oxide includes one or more of Co, Ni, Fe, P, Mg, Mn, Al, Ba, Sn, Fe, P, Zr, and Mg.

6. The non-aqueous electrolyte battery of claim 1 , wherein the polyacid or polyacid compound is added to the negative electrode active material, and wherein the negative electrode active material includes a carbon material, a silicon material or a metal material.

7. The non-aqueous electrolyte battery according to claim 6 , wherein the carbon material includes one or more of natural graphite, artificial graphite, mesocarbon microbead, and a CoSnC compound; wherein the silicon material includes a silicon powder; and wherein the metal material includes a lithium metal.

8. The non-aqueous electrolyte battery of claim 1 , wherein the amount of the polyacid or polyacid compound ranges from 1.0 wt % to 5.0 wt %.

9. The non-aqueous electrolyte battery of claim 8 , wherein the amorphous material includes a gel-state film.

10. The non-aqueous electrolyte battery of claim 1 , wherein the electrolyte solvent includes one or more of ethylene carbonate, dimethyl carbonate, and propylene carbonate.

11. The non-aqueous electrolyte battery of claim 1 , wherein the amorphous material is provided on the negative electrode during charging or preliminary charging so as to suppress swelling of the non-aqueous electrolyte battery.

12. The non-aqueous electrolyte battery of claim 1 , wherein the polyacid or the polyacid compound is selected from the group consisting of Preyssler- structured lithium phosphotungstate, Preyssler-structured potassium phosphotungstate, and Preyssler-structured phosphotungstate 44-hydrate.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2017
From: TOHOKU MURATA MANUFACTURING CO.
To: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044894/0441 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: TOHOKU MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044894/0461 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2012
From: WATANABE, HARUO; OOYAMA, TOMOYO; SAITO, SHUNSUKE; KATAYAMA, SHINICHI; NAKAI, HIDEKI; KUDO, YOSHIHIRO; KATO, YOSHIKAZU; ANDO, MUNEAKI; MORITA, KOJI; YAMADA, ICHIRO; OKANO, NOBUYA; ARAKI, NORITOSHI; SUGITA, SHUHEI; HAYASHI, KUNIHIKO; HOSOYA, YOSUKE; KUBOTA, TADAHIKO; FUJITA, SHIGERU
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028881/0502 →
Priority Claims (5)
JP 2009-144360 · Jun 17, 2009 · national
JP 2009-144361 · Jun 17, 2009 · national
JP 2009-144362 · Jun 17, 2009 · national
JP 2009-228630 · Sep 30, 2009 · national
JP 2010-044808 · Mar 2, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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