IP Library Granted Patent US 9,912,007
Granted Patent B2
US 9,912,007 · App. 14/507,082 · Granted Mar 6, 2018

Secondary battery, battery pack, electric vehicle, electric power storage system, electric power tool, and electronic apparatus

Inventors: Aiko Nakamura (Kanagawa, JP); Tadahiko Kubota (Kanagawa, JP); Kazumasa Takeshi (Kanagawa, JP); Shuhei Sugita (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
H01M10/0525H01M10/0568H01M2220/10H01M2220/20H01M2220/30H01M2300/0025H01M2300/0091Y02E60/122Y02T10/7011
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Patent No.
US 9,912,007
App. No.
14/507,082
Granted
Mar 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A secondary battery includes: a cathode; an anode; and an electrolyte layer containing a nonaqueous electrolytic solution and a polymer compound, wherein the polymer compound contains a block copolymer, and the block copolymer contains vinylidene fluoride, hexafluoro propylene, and one or more of monomethyl maleate, trifluoroethylene, and chlorotrifluoroethylene as polymerization units.

Claims (32)

1. A secondary battery comprising:

a cathode;

an anode; and

an electrolyte layer containing a nonaqueous electrolytic solution and a polymer compound, wherein the polymer compound contains a block copolymer, the block copolymer contains vinylidene fluoride, hexafluoro propylene, trifluoroethylene and chlorotrifluoroethylene as polymerization units, a copolymerization amount of the vinylidene fluoride is 74.6-96.6 wt % of the block copolymer, a copolymerization amount of the hexafluoro propylene is 3-25 wt % of the block copolymer, and the block copolymer comprises 1.5 wt % of trifluoroethylene and 1-3 wt % of chlorotrifluoroethylene.

2. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a copolymerization amount of the vinylidene fluoride is larger than a copolymerization amount of the hexafluoro propylene, and the copolymerization amount of the hexafluoro propylene is larger than a total of respective contents of the monomethyl maleate, the trifluoroethylene, and the chlorotrifluoroethyl ene.

3. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the secondary battery is a lithium ion secondary battery.

4. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a copolymerization amount of vinylidene fluoride is larger than a copolymerization amount of hexafluoro propylene.

5. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a copolymerization amount of hexafluoro propylene is larger than a copolymerization amount of trifluoroethylene and/or chlorotrifluoroethylene.

6. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the block copolymer has one or more side chains.

7. The secondary battery according to claim 6 , wherein vinylidene fluoride has one or more of a halogen group and a hydrogen elimination group as substituent groups, and the hydrogen elimination group is obtained by eliminating one hydrogen group from a compound selected from the group consisting of hexafluoro propylene, monomethyl maleate, trifluoroethylene, chlorotrifluoroethylene, methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, styrene, butadiene, hexafluoroacetone, ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, acrylonitrile, metacrylonitrile, and combinations thereof.

8. A battery pack comprising:

a secondary battery;

a control section configured to control operation of the secondary battery; and

a switch section configured to switch the operation of the secondary battery according to an instruction of the control section,

wherein the secondary battery includes a cathode; an anode; and an electrolyte layer containing a nonaqueous electrolytic solution and a polymer compound, the polymer compound contains a block copolymer, and the block copolymer contains vinylidene fluoride, hexafluoro propylene, trifluoroethylene and chlorotrifluoroethylene as polymerization units, a copolymerization amount of the vinylidene fluoride is 74.6-96.6 wt % of the block copolymer, a copolymerization amount of the hexafluoro propylene is 3-25 wt % of the block copolymer, and the block copolymer comprises 1.5 wt % of trifluoroethylene and 1-3 wt % of chlorotrifluoroethyl ene.

9. An electric vehicle comprising:

a secondary battery;

a conversion section configured to convert electric power supplied from the secondary battery into drive power;

a drive section configured to operate according to the drive power; and

a control section configured to control operation of the secondary battery,

wherein the secondary battery includes a cathode; an anode; and an electrolyte layer containing a nonaqueous electrolytic solution and a polymer compound, the polymer compound contains a block copolymer, and the block copolymer contains vinylidene fluoride, hexafluoro propylene, trifluoroethylene and chlorotrifluoroethylene as polymerization units, a copolymerization amount of the vinylidene fluoride is 74.6-96.6 wt % of the block copolymer, a copolymerization amount of the hexafluoro propylene is 3-25 wt % of the block copolymer, and the block copolymer comprises 1.5 wt % of trifluoroethylene and 1-3 wt % of chlorotrifluoroethyl ene.

10. An electric power storage system comprising:

a secondary battery;

one or more electric devices configured to be supplied with electric power from the secondary battery; and

a control section configured to control the supplying of the electric power from the secondary battery to the one or more electric devices,

wherein the secondary battery includes a cathode; an anode; and an electrolyte layer containing a nonaqueous electrolytic solution and a polymer compound, the polymer compound contains a block copolymer, and the block copolymer contains vinylidene fluoride, hexafluoro propylene, trifluoroethylene and chlorotrifluoroethylene as polymerization units, a copolymerization amount of the vinylidene fluoride is 74.6-96.6 wt % of the block copolymer, a copolymerization amount of the hexafluoro propylene is 3-25 wt % of the block copolymer, and the block copolymer comprises 1.5 wt % of trifluoroethylene and 1-3 wt % of chlorotrifluoroethylene.

11. An electric power tool comprising:

a secondary battery; and

a movable section configured to be supplied with electric power from the secondary battery,

wherein the secondary battery includes a cathode; an anode; and an electrolyte layer containing a nonaqueous electrolytic solution and a polymer compound, the polymer compound contains a block copolymer, and the block copolymer contains vinylidene fluoride, hexafluoro propylene, trifluoroethylene and chlorotrifluoroethylene as polymerization units, a copolymerization amount of the vinylidene fluoride is 74.6-96.6 wt % of the block copolymer, a copolymerization amount of the hexafluoro propylene is 3-25 wt % of the block copolymer, and the block copolymer comprises 1.5 wt % of trifluoroethylene and 1-3 wt % of chlorotrifluoroethyl ene.

12. An electronic apparatus comprising a secondary battery as an electric power supply source,

wherein the secondary battery includes a cathode; an anode; and an electrolyte layer containing a nonaqueous electrolytic solution and a polymer compound, the polymer compound contains a block copolymer, and the block copolymer contains vinylidene fluoride, hexafluoro propylene, trifluoroethylene and chlorotrifluoroethylene as polymerization units, a copolymerization amount of the vinylidene fluoride is 74.6-96.6 wt % of the block copolymer, a copolymerization amount of the hexafluoro propylene is 3-25 wt % of the block copolymer, and the block copolymer comprises 1.5 wt % of trifluoroethylene and 1-3 wt % of chlorotrifluoroethylene.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2017
From: TOHOKU MURATA MANUFACTURING CO.
To: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044894/0441 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: TOHOKU MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044894/0461 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 6, 2014
From: NAKAMURA, AIKO; KUBOTA, TADAHIKO; TAKESHI, KAZUMASA; SUGITA, SHUHEI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033893/0762 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-213446 · Oct 11, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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