IP Library Granted Patent US 9,793,575
Granted Patent B2
US 9,793,575 · App. 14/423,753 · Granted Oct 17, 2017

Polymer gel electrolyte, lithium ion battery and method for producing same

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Patent No.
US 9,793,575
App. No.
14/423,753
Granted
Oct 17, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A polymer gel electrolyte containing at least a lithium salt and an aprotic solvent, in which an amorphous polymer layer is formed on the surface of an electrode active material.

Claims (18)

1. A method for producing a lithium ion battery, comprising:

a step (A) of housing an electrode group comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator in an outer package;

a step (B) of injecting a pre-gel solution, which is a precursor of a polymer gel electrolyte, within the outer package, to impregnate the electrode group with the pre-gel solution to form a pre-battery;

a step (C) of charging the pre-battery while keeping the state of the pre-gel solution; and

a step (E) of gelatinizing the pre-gel solution by maintaining the pre-battery charged under warm temperature to form the polymer gel electrolyte,

wherein the pre-gel solution comprises at least a lithium salt, an aprotic solvent and a polymer,

an amorphous polymer layer derived from the polymer is formed on a surface of an electrode active material, and

the polymer gel electrolyte comprises a crosslinked body of the polymer that is formed on the amorphous polymer layer.

2. The method for producing a lithium ion battery according to claim 1 , further comprising, between the step (C) and the step (E), a step (D) of re-impregnating the electrode group with the pre-gel solution of the pre-battery.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer is a polymer having a polymerizable functional group.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer is a (meth)acrylate polymer.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein an SEI (Solid Electrolyte Interface) is formed between the surface of the electrode active material and the amorphous polymer layer.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the pre-gel solution contains a cyclic carbonate.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the pre-gel solution contains an electrode surface coating film-forming agent (SEI-forming agent).

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the electrode surface coating film-forming agent (SEI-forming agent) is at least one selected from a cyclic unsaturated sultone compound, a carbonate, a cyclic disulfonate and a linear disulfonate.

9. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the temperature during charging in the step (C) is in a range of 10° C. to 30° C., and

in the step (E), the charge state of the pre-battery is maintained under temperature conditions of 35° C. or more and 60° C. or less.

Assignments (4)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 28, 2024
From: SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION, AS SECURITY AGENT
To: ENVISION AESC JAPAN LTD.; ENVISION AESC ENERGY DEVICES LTD.
Reel/Frame 069461/0179 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT Recorded Jul 2, 2019
From: ENVISION AESC ENERGY DEVICES, LTD.
To: SUMITOMO MITUSI BANKING CORPORATION, AS SECURITY AGENT
Reel/Frame 049649/0924 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 21, 2019
From: NEC ENERGY DEVICES, LTD.
To: ENVISION AESC ENERGY DEVICES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 049556/0123 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 25, 2015
From: KANEKO, SHINAKO; KONO, YASUTAKA; SUZUKI, TAKAYUKI
To: NEC ENERGY DEVICES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035025/0783 →