Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery
View Patent ↗A positive electrode including a positive electrode mixture layer containing a positive electrode active material represented by Li 1.08 Ni 0.43 Co 0.26 Mn 0.24 O 2 having a layered structure, a negative electrode containing a negative electrode active material, a separator provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte are included, in which a film composed of carbon black permeable to lithium ions is formed on a surface of the positive electrode active material, and the film contains lithium fluoride particles serving as metal halide particles.
1. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising:
a positive electrode including a positive electrode mixture layer containing a positive electrode active material;
a negative electrode containing a negative electrode active material;
a separator provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and
a nonaqueous electrolyte,
wherein a film of carbon material is formed over a surface of the positive electrode active material and metal halide particles are included in said film,
the positive electrode active material is a lithium-containing transition metal oxide having a layered structure, the lithium-containing transition metal oxide containing nickel,
the film of carbon material contains the metal halide particles uniformly dispersed therein, and
a proportion of the metal halide particles with respect to a total amount of the film of carbon material and the metal halide particles included therein is 5% by mass or more and 50% by mass or less.
2. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the nonaqueous electrolyte contains a nonaqueous solvent and a lithium salt containing an oxalate complex serving as an anion.
3. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein the lithium salt containing an oxalate complex serving as an anion is lithium bis(oxalato)borate, and the concentration of the lithium bis(oxalato)borate in the nonaqueous solvent is 0.05 mol/L or more and 0.3 mol/L or less.
4. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the film is composed of amorphous carbon.
5. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the metal halide particles are lithium fluoride particles.
6. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the proportion of the metal halide particles is 0.1% by mass or more and 5% by mass or less with respect to the total amount of the positive electrode mixture layer.
7. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising:
a positive electrode including a positive electrode mixture layer containing a positive electrode active material;
a negative electrode containing a negative electrode active material;
a separator provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and
a nonaqueous electrolyte,
wherein a mixture of carbon material and metal halide particles is coated over a surface of said positive electrode active material,
the positive electrode active material is a lithium-containing transition metal oxide having a layered structure, the lithium-containing transition metal oxide containing nickel, and
the carbon material and the metal halide particles are uniformly mixed therein.