IP Library Granted Patent US 10,892,482
Granted Patent B2
US 10,892,482 · App. 14/438,285 · Granted Jan 12, 2021

Negative electrode material for lithium ion secondary battery, negative electrode for lithium ion secondary battery, and lithium ion secondary battery

Inventors: Masayuki Kouzu (Hitachi, JP); Hideyuki Tsuchiya (Hitachi, JP); Katsutomo Ohzeki (Chiba, JP); Yoshie Oosaki (Chiba, JP); Tatsuya Nishida (Hitachi, JP)
Assignee: Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd.
H01M4/48C01B33/12H01M4/131H01M4/134H01M4/364H01M4/366H01M4/386H01M4/485H01M4/625H01M4/64C01P2006/40H01M10/0525H01M2220/30
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Patent No.
US 10,892,482
App. No.
14/438,285
Granted
Jan 12, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A negative electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery includes a silicon oxide and having a diffraction peak attributable to Si (111) in an X-ray diffraction spectrum, in which a size of a silicon crystallite calculated from the diffraction peak is from 2.0 nm to 8.0 nm.

Claims (23)

1. A lithium ion secondary battery, comprising:

a positive electrode;

a negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery comprising a current collector, and a negative electrode material layer provided on the current collector, the negative electrode material layer comprising a negative electrode material (SiOx-C) comprising:

a silicon oxide represented by a formula SiOx (x is 0<+≤2) having silicon crystallite present and having a diffraction peak attributable to Si (111) in an X-ray diffraction spectrum,

wherein a size of silicon crystallite calculated from the diffraction peak is from 2.0 nm to 8.0 nm,

wherein the silicon oxide further comprises carbon on a part of a surface thereof or the entire surface thereof,

wherein the carbon has an R value in a Raman spectrum of from 0.5 to 1.5, and

wherein a content ratio of the carbon is 0.5% by mass or more and less than 5.0% by mass; and

an electrolyte,

wherein the negative electrode material layer further comprises a carbonaceous negative electrode material (C), and a ratio of the negative electrode material (SiOx-C) to the carbonaceous negative electrode material (C) is from 1:99 to 10:90 in terms of mass.

2. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the carbon is provided on a part of the surface of the silicon oxide.

3. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the carbon is provided on the entire surface of the silicon oxide.

4. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the R value of the carbon in the Raman spectrum is from 0.7 to 1.3.

5. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the R value of the carbon in the Raman spectrum is from 0.8 to 1.2.

6. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the R value of the carbon in the Raman spectrum is from 0.7 to 1.5.

7. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the R value of the carbon in the Raman spectrum is from 0.8 to 1.5.

8. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the R value of the carbon in the Raman spectrum is from 0.5 to 1.3.

9. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the R value of the carbon in the Raman spectrum is from 0.5 to 1.2.

10. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a size of a silicon crystallite calculated from the diffraction peak is from 2.0 nm to 6.0 nm.

11. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the content ratio of the carbon is 0.5% by mass to 4.5% by mass.

12. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a size of a silicon crystallite calculated from the diffraction peak is from 2.0 nm to 5.0 nm.

13. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a size of a silicon crystallite calculated from the diffraction peak is from 3.0 nm to 8.0 nm.

14. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a size of a silicon crystallite calculated from the diffraction peak is from 4.0 nm to 8.0 nm.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 14, 2024
From: RESONAC CORPORATION
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066599/0037 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 8, 2023
From: SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062992/0805 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 30, 2020
From: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
To: SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054259/0553 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2015
From: KOUZU, MASAYUKI; TSUCHIYA, HIDEYUKI; OHZEKI, KATSUTOMO; OOSAKI, YOSHIE; NISHIDA, TATSUYA
To: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD
Reel/Frame 037021/0561 →