IP Library Granted Patent US 8,993,160
Granted Patent B2
US 8,993,160 · App. 13/514,080 · Granted Mar 31, 2015

Positive electrode for lithium ion battery, method for producing said positive electrode, and lithium ion battery

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Patent No.
US 8,993,160
App. No.
13/514,080
Granted
Mar 31, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a positive electrode for lithium ion battery reducing a contact resistance of a battery and achieving an excellent output property. The positive electrode for lithium ion battery comprising a mixed layer comprising: metal forming a current collector, and positive electrode active material dispersed in a state of layer in the metal forming the current collector.

Claims (10)

1. A positive electrode for lithium ion battery comprising:

a mixed layer comprising:

metal forming a current collector, and

positive electrode active material dispersed in a state of layer in the metal forming the current collector; and

a layer of only the metal, wherein the mixed layer is formed on the layer of only the metal.

2. The positive electrode for lithium ion battery of claim 1 , wherein the metal is aluminum or aluminum alloy.

3. The positive electrode for lithium ion battery of claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode active material is a lithium-containing transition metal oxide.

4. The positive electrode for lithium ion battery of claim 3 , wherein the transition metal in the lithium-containing transition metal oxide is one or more selected from the group consisting of Ni, Mn, Co and Fe.

5. The positive electrode for lithium ion battery of claim 1 , wherein a crystal structure of the positive electrode active material has a layer structure or a spinel structure.

6. A lithium ion battery comprising the positive electrode for lithium ion battery of claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 7, 2017
From: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
To: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041649/0733 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 6, 2012
From: NAGASE, RYUICHI
To: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028326/0284 →