IP Library Granted Patent US 8,591,765
Granted Patent B2
US 8,591,765 · App. 13/531,930 · Granted Nov 26, 2013

Negative electrode material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries and manufacturing method thereof

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Patent No.
US 8,591,765
App. No.
13/531,930
Granted
Nov 26, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a negative electrode material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery which can improve the cycle properties of a lithium ion secondary battery and a method for manufacturing the negative electrode material. The negative electrode material comprises at least two types of powdery alloy materials A and B in which powdery alloy material A contains Co, Sn, and Fe and does not contain Ti and powdery alloy material B contains Fe, Ti, and Sn, and the proportion of the mass of powdery alloy material B to the sum of the mass of powdery alloy material A and the mass of powdery alloy material B is at least 10 mass % and at most 30 mass %.

Claims (9)

1. A negative electrode material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, characterized in that:

the negative electrode material comprises at least two types of powdery alloy materials,

one powdery alloy material A contains Co, Sn, and Fe and does not contain Ti,

another powdery alloy material B contains Fe, Ti, and Sn, and does not contain Co, and

the proportion of the mass of powdery alloy material B to the sum of the mass of powdery alloy material A and the mass of powdery alloy material B is at least 10 mass % and at most 30 mass %.

2. A method of manufacturing a negative electrode material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising:

a step of preparing a powdery alloy material A containing Co, Sn, and Fe and not containing Ti,

a step of preparing a powdery alloy material B containing Fe, Ti, and Sn, and not containing Co, and

a step of mixing at least powdery alloy material A and powdery alloy material B so that the proportion of the mass of powdery alloy material B to the sum of the mass of powdery alloy material A and the mass of powdery alloy material B is at least 10 mass % and at most 30 mass %.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Mar 13, 2013
From: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029980/0354 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 15, 2012
From: NEGI, NORIYUKI; NAGATA, TATSUO; SAGUCHI, AKIHIKO
To: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.; CHUO DENKI KOGYO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028791/0274 →