IP Library Granted Patent US 9,093,712
Granted Patent B2
US 9,093,712 · App. 13/814,638 · Granted Jul 28, 2015

Active material, manufacturing method for active material, and lithium ion secondary battery

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Patent No.
US 9,093,712
App. No.
13/814,638
Granted
Jul 28, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An active material having high capacity and excellent charging/discharging cycle durability at high potential is provided. The active material has a layered structure and is represented by the following composition formula (1): Li y Ni a Co b Mn c M d O x F z1 P z2   (1) wherein the element M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Si, Zr, Ti, Fe, Mg, Nb, Ba and V, and 1.9≦(a+b+c+d+y)≦2.1, 1.0≦y≦1.3, 0<a≦0.3, 0≦b≦0.25, 0.3≦c≦0.7, 0≦d≦0.1, 0.07≦z1≦0.15, 0.01≦z2≦0.1, and 1.9≦(x+z1)≦2.1 are satisfied.

Claims (34)

1. An active material having a layered structure and represented by the following composition formula (1):

Li y Ni a Co b Mn c M d O x F z1 P z2   (1)

wherein:

M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Si, Zr, Ti, Fe, Mg, Nb, Ba and V, and

1.9≦(a+b+c+d+y)≦2.1,

1.0≦y≦1.3,

0<a≦0.3,

0≦b≦0.25,

0.3≦c≦0.7,

0≦d≦0.1,

0.07≦z1≦0.15,

0.01≦z2≦0.1, and

1.9≦(x+z1)≦2.1 are satisfied.

2. A lithium ion secondary battery comprising:

a positive electrode having a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer containing a positive electrode active material;

a negative electrode having a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer containing a negative electrode active material;

a separator disposed between the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer; and

an electrolyte in contact with the negative electrode, the positive electrode, and the separator,

wherein the positive electrode active material includes the active material according to claim 1 .

3. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein the electrolyte is a nonaqueous electrolyte in which LiPF 6 is dissolved.

4. A method for manufacturing the active material according to claim 1 , the method comprising forming the active material from a lithium compound by

disposing the lithium compound on a surface of a positive electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery including a nonaqueous electrolyte in which LiPF 6 is dissolved; and

charging/discharging the lithium ion secondary battery once or multiple times, wherein:

the lithium compound has a layered structure and is represented by the following composition formula (2):

Li y Ni a Co b Mn c M d O x   (2)

M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Si, Zr, Ti, Fe, Mg, Nb, Ba and V, and

1.9≦(a+b+c+d+y)≦2.1,

1.0≦y≦1.3,

0<a≦0.3,

0≦b≦0.25,

0.3≦c≦0.7,

0≦d≦0.1, and

1.90≦x≦2.05 are satisfied.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein a temperature of the lithium ion secondary battery at a time of charging/discharging is maintained at 0 to 40° C.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 12, 2013
From: TDK CORPORATION
To: TDK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030651/0687 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2013
From: KATO, TOMOHIKO; SANO, ATSUSHI; SOBU, MASAKI; NOJIMA, AKINOBU
To: TDK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029919/0937 →