IP Library Patent Application 14760614
Patent Application
App. No. 14/760,614

COMPOSITE MATERIAL FOR ELECTRODES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND SECONDARY BATTERY

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App. No.
14/760,614
Abstract

The present invention relates to a composite material for electrodes, which contains a plant-derived porous carbon material having a pore volume according to an MP method of 0.1 cm 3 /gram or more, or a volume of pores measuring less than 100 nm according to a BJH method of 0.3 cm 3 /gram or more; and lithium sulfide supported on the pores present in the porous carbon material, and in which the pore volume according to the MP method is less than 0.1 cm 3 /gram, or the volume of pores measuring less than 100 nm according to the BJH method is less than 0.3 cm 3 /gram.

Claims (85)

1 . A composite material for electrodes, comprising:

a plant-derived porous carbon material having a pore volume according to an MP method of 0.1 cm 3 /gram or more; and

lithium sulfide supported on the pores present in the porous carbon material,

wherein the pore volume according to the MP method is less than 0.1 cm 3 /gram.

2 . A composite material for electrodes, comprising:

a plant-derived porous carbon material; and

lithium sulfide supported on the pores present in the porous carbon material,

wherein the pore volume according to an MP method, MP 0 , is less than 0.1 cm 3 /gram, and the pore volume according to the MP method after water washing, MP 1 , is larger than the pore volume MP 0 .

3 . A composite material for electrodes, comprising:

a plant-derived porous carbon material having a volume of pores measuring less than 100 nm according to a BJH method, of 0.3 cm 3 /gram or more; and

lithium sulfide supported on the pores present in the porous carbon material,

wherein the volume of pores measuring less than 100 nm according to the BJH method is less than 0.3 cm 3 /gram.

4 . A composite material for electrodes, comprising:

a plant-derived porous carbon material; and

lithium sulfide supported on the pores present in the porous carbon material,

wherein the volume of pores measuring less than 100 nm according to a BJH method, BJH 0 , is less than 0.3 cm 3 /gram, and the volume of pores measuring less than 100 nm according to the BJH method after water washing, BJH 1 , is larger than the pore volume BJH 0 .

5 . A composite material for electrodes, comprising:

a porous carbon material having an inverse opal structure and

lithium sulfide supported on the pores present in the porous carbon material,

wherein the volume of pores measuring less than 100 nm according to a BJH method of the composite material for electrodes is 20% or less of the volume of pores measuring less than 100 nm according to the BJH method of the porous carbon material.

6 . A composite material for electrodes, comprising:

a porous carbon material; and

lithium sulfide supported on the pores present in the porous carbon material,

wherein the average particle size of the porous carbon material is from 0.1 μm to 75 μm.

7 . A composite material for electrodes, comprising:

a porous carbon material; and

lithium sulfide supported on the pores present in the porous carbon material,

wherein the proportion of the volume of pores measuring 100 nm or more according to a BJH method is 30% or less.

8 . A secondary battery comprising an electrode produced from a composite material for electrodes,

the composite material for electrodes containing:

a plant-derived porous carbon material having a pore volume according to an MP method, of 0.1 cm 3 /gram or more; and

lithium sulfide supported on the pores present in the porous carbon material,

wherein the pore volume according to the MP method is less than 0.1 cm 3 /gram.

9 . A secondary battery comprising an electrode produced from a composite material for electrodes,

the composite material for electrodes containing:

a plant-derived porous carbon material; and

lithium sulfide supported on the pores present in the porous carbon material,

wherein the pore volume according to an MP method, MP 0 , is less than 0.1 cm 3 /gram, and the pore volume according to the MP method after water washing, MP 1 , is larger than the pore volume MP 0 .

10 . A secondary battery comprising an electrode produced from a composite material for electrodes,

the composite material for electrodes containing:

a plant-derived porous carbon material having a volume of pores measuring less than 100 nm according to a BJH method, of 0.3 cm 3 /gram or more; and

lithium sulfide supported on the pores present in the porous carbon material,

wherein the volume of pores measuring less than 100 nm according to the BJH method is less than 0.3 cm 3 /gram.

11 . A secondary battery comprising an electrode produced from a composite material for electrodes,

the composite material for electrodes containing:

a plant-derived porous carbon material; and

lithium sulfide supported on the pores present in the porous carbon material,

wherein the volume of pores measuring less than 100 nm according to the BJH method, BJH 0 , is less than 0.3 cm 3 /gram, and the volume of pores measuring less than 100 nm according to the BJH method after water washing, BJH 1 , is larger than the pore volume BJH 0 .

12 . A secondary battery comprising an electrode produced from a composite material for electrodes,

the composite material for electrodes containing:

a porous carbon material having an inverse opal structure; and

lithium sulfide supported on the pores present in the porous carbon material,

wherein the volume of pores measuring less than 100 nm according to a BJH method of the composite material for electrodes is 20% or less of the volume of pores measuring less than 100 nm according to the BJH method of the porous carbon material.

13 . A secondary battery comprising:

a porous carbon material; and

lithium sulfide supported on the pores present in the porous carbon material,

wherein the average particle size of the porous carbon material is from 0.1 μm to 75 μm.

14 . A secondary battery comprising an electrode produced from a composite material for electrodes,

the composite material for electrodes containing:

a porous carbon material; and

lithium sulfide supported on the pores present in the porous carbon material,

wherein the proportion of the volume of pores measuring 100 nm or more according to a BJH method is 30% or less.

15 . A method for producing a composite material for electrodes, the method comprising:

producing lithium hydrosulfide in a solvent, subsequently adding thereto a plant-derived porous carbon material having a pore volume according to an MP method of 0.1 cm 3 /gram or more, heating the mixture, and thereby obtaining a composite material for electrodes containing a porous carbon material and lithium sulfide supported on the pores present in the porous carbon material,

wherein the pore volume according to the MP method of the composite material for electrodes is less than 0.1 cm 3 /gram.

16 . A method for producing a composite material for electrodes, the method comprising:

producing lithium hydrosulfide in a solvent, subsequently adding a plant-derived porous carbon material thereto, heating the mixture, and thereby obtaining a composite material for electrodes containing a porous carbon material and lithium sulfide supported on the pores present in the porous carbon material,

wherein the pore volume according to an MP method of the composite material for electrodes, MP 0 , is less than 0.1 cm 3 /gram, and

the pore volume according to the MP method after water washing of the composite material for electrodes, MP 1 , is larger than the pore volume MP 0 .

17 . A method for producing a composite material for electrodes, the method comprising:

producing lithium hydrosulfide in a solvent, subsequently adding thereto a plant-derived porous carbon material having a volume of pores measuring less than 100 nm according to a BJH method of 0.3 cm 3 /gram or more, heating the mixture, and thereby obtaining a composite material for electrodes containing a porous carbon material and lithium sulfide supported on the pores present in the porous carbon material,

wherein the volume of pores measuring less than 100 nm according to the BJH method of the composite material for electrodes is less than 0.3 cm 3 /gram.

18 . A method for producing a composite material for electrodes, the method comprising:

producing lithium hydrosulfide in a solvent, subsequently adding a plant-derived porous carbon material thereto, heating the mixture, and thereby obtaining a composite material for electrodes containing a porous carbon material and lithium sulfide supported on the pores present in the porous carbon material,

wherein the volume of pores measuring less than 100 nm according to a BJH method of the composite material for electrodes, BJH 0 , is less than 0.3 cm 3 /gram, and

the volume of pores measuring less than 100 nm according to the BJH method after water washing of the composite material for electrodes, BJH 1 , is larger than the pore volume BJH 0 .

19 . A method for producing a composite material for electrodes, the method comprising:

producing lithium hydrosulfide in a solvent, subsequently adding a porous carbon material having an inverse opal structure thereto, heating the mixture, and thereby obtaining a composite material for electrodes containing a porous carbon material and lithium sulfide supported on the pores present in the porous carbon material,

wherein the volume of pores measuring less than 100 nm according to a BJH method of the composite material for electrodes is 20% or less of the volume of pores measuring less than 100 nm according to the BJH method of the porous carbon material.

20 . A method for producing a composite material for electrodes, the method comprising:

producing lithium hydrosulfide in a solvent, subsequently adding a porous carbon material thereto, heating the mixture, and thereby obtaining a composite material for electrodes containing a porous carbon material and lithium sulfide supported on the pores present in the porous carbon material,

wherein the average particle size of the porous carbon material is from 0.1 μm to 75 μm.

21 . A method for producing a composite material for electrodes, the method comprising:

producing lithium hydrosulfide in a solvent, subsequently adding a porous carbon material thereto, heating the mixture, and thereby obtaining a composite material for electrodes containing a porous carbon material and lithium sulfide supported on the pores present in the porous carbon material,

wherein the proportion of the volume of pores measuring 100 nm or more according to a BJH method of the composite material for electrodes is 30% or less.

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 Jul 17, 2015
From: YAMANOI, SHUN; TABATA, SEIICHIRO; IIDA, HIRONORI; YAMADA, SHINICHIRO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036129/0302 →