IP Library Granted Patent US 9,090,481
Granted Patent B2
US 9,090,481 · App. 13/582,087 · Granted Jul 28, 2015

Positive electrode active material for lithium-ion battery, positive electrode for lithium-ion battery, and lithium-ion battery

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Patent No.
US 9,090,481
App. No.
13/582,087
Granted
Jul 28, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a positive electrode active material for lithium ion battery having good rate characteristics. The positive electrode active material for lithium ion battery has a layer structure expressed by a composition formula: Li x (Ni y M 1-y )O z , wherein M represents Mn and Co, x represents 0.9 to 1.2, y represents 0.6 to 0.9, and z represents 1.8 to 2.4. The positive electrode active material has a particle size ratio D50P/D50 of 0.60 or more, wherein D50 is the average secondary particle size of the positive electrode active material powder, and D50P is the average secondary particle size of the positive electrode active material powder after pressing at 100 MPa. The positive electrode active material contains 3% or less particles having a particle size of 0.4 μm or less in terms of the volume ratio after pressing at 100 MPa.

Claims (16)

1. A positive electrode active material for a lithium ion battery having a layer structure expressed by a composition formula:

Li x (Ni y M 1-y )O z ,

wherein M represents Mn and Co, x represents 0.9 to 1.2, y represents 0.6 to 0.9, and z represents 1.8 to 2.4, the positive electrode active material having a particle size ratio D50P/D50 of 0.60 or more,

wherein D50 is the average secondary particle size of the positive electrode active material in powder form, and D50P is the average secondary particle size of the positive electrode active material in powder form after pressing at 100 MPa, and

the positive electrode active material containing 3% or less particles having a particle size of 0.4 μm or less in terms of a volume ratio after pressing at 100 MPa.

2. The positive electrode active material for a lithium ion battery according to claim 1 , having a particle size ratio D50P/D50 of 0.65 or more.

3. The positive electrode active material for a lithium ion battery according to claim 2 , having a particle size ratio D50P/D50 of 0.70 or more.

4. The positive electrode active material for a lithium ion battery according to claim 1 , having an average secondary particle size of 2 to 8 μm in the form of powder.

5. A positive electrode for a lithium ion battery comprising the positive electrode active material of claim 1 .

6. A lithium ion battery comprising the positive electrode for lithium ion battery described in claim 5 .

7. A positive electrode for a lithium ion battery comprising the positive electrode active material of claim 2 .

8. A positive electrode for a lithium ion battery comprising the positive electrode active material of claim 3 .

9. A positive electrode for a lithium ion battery comprising the positive electrode active material of claim 4 .

10. A lithium ion battery comprising the positive electrode for lithium ion battery described in claim 7 .

11. A lithium ion battery comprising the positive electrode for lithium ion battery described in claim 8 .

12. A lithium ion battery comprising the positive electrode for lithium ion battery described in claim 9 .

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Aug 11, 2021
From: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
To: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057160/0114 →
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 Aug 31, 2012
From: SATOH, HIROHITO
To: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028880/0674 →