IP Library Granted Patent US 8,481,212
Granted Patent B2
US 8,481,212 · App. 13/511,084 · Granted Jul 9, 2013

Non-aqueous secondary battery

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Patent No.
US 8,481,212
App. No.
13/511,084
Granted
Jul 9, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The non-aqueous secondary battery of the present invention includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a non-aqueous electrolyte, and a separator, the negative electrode contains a negative electrode active material containing a graphitic carbon material and a composite in which a carbon coating layer is formed on a surface of a core material containing Si and O as constituent elements, the composite has a carbon content of 10 to 30 mass %, the composite has an intensity ratio I 510 /I 1343 of a peak intensity I 510 at 510 cm −1 derived from Si to a peak intensity I 1343 at 1343 cm −1 derived from carbon of 0.25 or less when a Raman spectrum of the composite is measured at a laser wavelength of 532 nm, and the half-width of the (111) diffraction peak of Si is less than 3.0° when the crystallite size of an Si phase contained in the core material is measured by X-ray diffractometry using CuKα radiation.

Claims (28)

1. A non-aqueous secondary battery comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a non-aqueous electrolyte, and a separator,

the negative electrode comprising a negative electrode active material comprising a graphitic carbon material and a composite in which a carbon coating layer is formed on a surface of a core material comprising Si and O as constituent elements,

the composite having a carbon content of 10 to 30 mass %,

the composite having an intensity ratio I 510 /I 1343 of a peak intensity I 510 at 510 cm −1 derived from Si to a peak intensity I 1343 at 1343 cm −1 derived from carbon of 0.25 or less when a Raman spectrum of the composite is measured at a laser wavelength of 532 nm, and

a half-width of a (111) diffraction peak of Si being less than 3.0° when a crystallite size of an Si phase contained in the core material is measured by X-ray diffractometry using CuKα radiation.

2. The non-aqueous secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the half-width of a (111) diffraction peak of Si is 2.5° or less.

3. The non-aqueous secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the half-width of a (111) diffraction peak of Si is 0.5° or greater.

4. The non-aqueous secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the coating layer of the composite is a layer formed by thermal decomposition when hydrocarbon-based gas is heated in a gaseous phase.

5. The non-aqueous secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the material comprising Si and O as constituent elements is represented by a general compositional formula SiO x where x is 0.5≦x≦1.5.

6. The non-aqueous secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode active material has the composite content of 0.01 mass % or greater and 20 mass % or less relative to the entire negative electrode active material.

7. The non-aqueous secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the composite has an average particle diameter of 0.5 to 20 μm.

8. The non-aqueous secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein P/N is 1.0 to 3.6, with P being mass of the positive electrode active material of the positive electrode and N being mass of the negative electrode active material of the negative electrode.

9. The non-aqueous secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the separator is a laminated separator composed of a porous layer containing 50 volume % or greater of a resin that melts when a temperature reaches a melting point or higher and a porous layer containing 50 volume % or greater of an inorganic filler having an upper temperature limit of 150° or higher.

10. The non-aqueous secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte comprises a cyclic fluorinated carbonate.

11. A non-aqueous secondary battery comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a non-aqueous electrolyte, and a separator,

the negative electrode comprising a negative electrode active material comprising a graphitic carbon material and a composite in which a carbon coating layer is formed on a surface of a core material comprising Si and O as constituent elements,

the composite having a carbon content of 10 to 30 mass %,

the composite having an intensity ratio I 510 /I 1343 of a peak intensity I 510 at 510 cm −1 derived from Si to a peak intensity I 1343 at 1343 cm −1 derived from carbon of 0.25 or less when a Raman spectrum of the composite is measured at a laser wavelength of 532 nm,

a half-width of a (111) diffraction peak of Si being less than 3.0° when a crystallite size of an Si phase contained in the core material is measured by X-ray diffractometry using, CuKα radiation,

the separator being a laminated separator composed of a porous layer containing 50 volume % or greater of a resin that melts when a temperature reaches a melting point or higher and a porous layer containing 50 volume % or greater of an inorganic filler having an upper temperature limit of 150° C. or higher, and

the negative electrode active material having a composite content of 0.01 mass % or greater and 20 mass % or less relative to an entire negative electrode active material, and

the non-aqueous electrolyte comprising a cyclic fluorinated carbonate.

12. The non-aqueous secondary battery according to claim 11 , wherein the half-width of a (111) diffraction peak of Si is 2.5° or less.

13. The non-aqueous secondary battery according to claim 11 , wherein the half-width of a (111) diffraction peak of Si is 0.5° or greater.

14. The non-aqueous secondary battery according to claim 11 , wherein the coating layer of the composite is a layer formed by thermal decomposition when hydrocarbon-based gas is heated in a gaseous phase.

15. The non-aqueous secondary battery according to claim 11 , wherein the material comprising Si and O as constituent elements is represented by a general compositional formula SiO x where x is 0.5≦x≦1.5.

16. The non-aqueous secondary battery according to claim 11 , wherein the composite has an average particle diameter of 0.5 to 20 μm.

17. The non-aqueous secondary battery according to claim 11 , wherein P/N is 1.0 to 3.6, with P being mass of the positive electrode active material of the positive electrode and N being mass of the negative electrode active material of the negative 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 May 23, 2013
From: HITACHI MAXELL ENERGY, LTD.
To: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 030477/0490 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 22, 2012
From: TANAKA, NAOKAGE; INABA, AKIRA; YAMADA, MASAYUKI; YOSHIYA, MASAYUKI
To: HITACHI MAXELL ENERGY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 028248/0830 →