IP Library Granted Patent US 10,665,841
Granted Patent B2
US 10,665,841 · App. 15/030,839 · Granted May 26, 2020

Battery, separator, electrode, coating material, battery pack, electronic apparatus, electrically driven vehicle, electrical storage device, and electric power system

Inventors: Kazuhito Hatta (Fukushima, JP); Keiichi Kagami (Fukushima, JP); Nobuaki Shimosaka (Fukushima, JP); Keizo Koga (Fukushima, JP)
Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
H01M2/166B60L50/61B60L58/12H01M2/1686H01M4/13H01M4/366H01M10/0525H01M10/058Y02E60/122Y02T10/7011Y10S903/907
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Patent No.
US 10,665,841
App. No.
15/030,839
Granted
May 26, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolytic solution, and a particle-containing resin layer that contains particles and a resin. A shape of the particles includes a plane, a plane rate of the particles is greater than 40% and equal to or less than 100%, and a refractive index of the particles is equal to or greater than 1.3 and less than 2.4.

Claims (74)

1. A battery comprising:

a positive electrode;

a negative electrode;

a separator;

an electrolytic solution; and

a particle-containing resin layer that contains particles and a resin,

wherein

a shape of the particles includes a plane,

a plane rate of the particles is greater than 40% and equal to or less than 100%, and

a refractive index of the particles is equal to or greater than 1.3 and less than 2.4.

2. The battery according to claim 1 ,

wherein the plane includes at least any one of a crystal plane, a broken plane, and a cleavage plane.

3. The battery according to claim 1 ,

wherein the particles are at least one kind of inorganic particles and organic particles.

4. The battery according to claim 3 ,

wherein the inorganic particles are at least one kind of particles selected from the group consisting of silicon oxide, zinc oxide, tin oxide, magnesium oxide, antimony oxide, aluminum oxide, magnesium sulfate, calcium sulfate, barium sulfate, strontium sulfate, magnesium carbonate, calcium carbonate, barium carbonate, lithium carbonate, magnesium hydroxide, aluminum hydroxide, zinc hydroxide, boehmite, white carbon, zirconium oxide hydrate, magnesium oxide hydrate, magnesium hydroxide octahydrate, boron carbide, silicon nitride, boron nitride, aluminum nitride, titanium nitride, lithium fluoride, aluminum fluoride, calcium fluoride, barium fluoride, magnesium fluoride, tri-lithium phosphate, magnesium phosphate, magnesium hydrogen phosphate, ammonium polyphosphate, a silicate mineral, a carbonate mineral, and an oxide mineral, and

the organic particles are at least one kind of particles selected from the group consisting of melamine, melamine cyanurate, melamine polyphosphate, crosslinked polymethyl methacrylate, polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, polytetrafluoroethylene, polyvinylidene fluoride, polyamide, polyimide, a melamine resin, a phenol resin, and an epoxy resin.

5. The battery according to claim 4 ,

wherein the silicate mineral is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of talc, calcium silicate, zinc silicate, zirconium silicate, aluminum silicate, magnesium silicate, kaolinite, sepiolite, imogolite, sericite, pyrophyllite, mica, zeolite, mullite, saponite, attapulgite, and montmorillonite,

the carbonate mineral is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of hydrotalcite and dolomite, and

the oxide mineral is spinel.

6. The battery according to claim 1 ,

wherein the resin is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of polyvinylidene fluoride, polytetrafluoroethylene, a vinylidene fluoride-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer, an ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer, a vinylidene fluoride-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer, an ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer, a styrene-butadiene copolymer and a hydride thereof, an acrylonitrile-butadiene copolymer and a hydride thereof, an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer and a hydride thereof, a methacrylic acid ester-acrylic acid ester copolymer, a styrene-acrylic acid ester copolymer, a acrylonitrile-acrylic acid ester copolymer, an ethylene propylene rubber, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl acetate, ethyl cellulose, a cellulose derivative, polyphenylene ether, polysulfone, polyether sulfone, polyphenylene sulfide, polyetherimide, polyimide, polyamide, polyamideimide, polyacrylonitrile, polyvinyl alcohol, polyether, an acrylic acid resin, polyester, and polyethylene glycol.

7. The battery according to claim 1 ,

wherein a mass ratio (particle/resin) between the particles and the resin is 15/85 to 90/10.

8. The battery according to claim 1 ,

wherein the particle-containing resin layer retains the electrolytic solution by the resin.

9. The battery according to claim 1 ,

wherein the particle-containing resin layer retains the electrolytic solution in a void that is formed in at least any one of the resin and the particles.

10. The battery according to claim 1 ,

wherein the particle-containing resin layer is formed on at least one main surface selected from one main surface and the other main surface of the positive electrode, one main surface and the other main surface of the negative electrode, and one main surface and the other main surface of the separator.

11. A separator comprising:

a separator base material; and

a particle-containing resin layer which is provided on at least one main surface of the separator base material and contains particles and a resin,

wherein

a shape of the particles includes a plane,

a plane rate of the particles is greater than 40% and equal to or less than 100%, and

a refractive index of the particles is equal to or greater than 1.3 and less than 2.4.

12. A particle-containing resin layer attached electrode comprising:

an electrode; and

a particle-containing resin layer which is provided on at least one main surface of the electrode, and contains particles and a resin,

wherein

a shape of the particles includes a plane,

a plane rate of the particles is greater than 40% and equal to or less than 100%, and

a refractive index of the particles is equal to or greater than 1.3 and less than 2.4.

13. A coating material, comprising:

particles;

a resin; and

a solvent,

wherein

a shape of the particles includes a plane,

a plane rate of the particles is greater than 40% and equal to or less than 100%, and

a refractive index of the particles is equal to or greater than 1.3 and less than 2.4.

14. A battery pack, comprising:

the battery according to claim 1 ;

a control unit that controls the battery; and

an exterior package that accommodates the battery on an inner side.

15. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

the battery according to claim 1 ,

wherein electric power is supplied from the battery.

16. An electrically driven vehicle, comprising:

the battery according to claim 1 ;

a conversion device to which electric power is supplied from the battery and which converts the electric power to a driving force of a vehicle; and

a control device that performs an information processing related to vehicle control based on information about the battery.

17. An electrical storage device, comprising:

the battery according to claim 1 ,

wherein the electrical storage device supplies electric power to an electronic apparatus that is connected to the battery.

18. The electrical storage device according to claim 17 , further comprising:

an electric power information control device that transmits and receives a signal to and from other apparatuses via a network,

wherein charge and discharge control of the battery is performed based on information that is received by the electric power information control device.

19. An electric power system, comprising:

the battery according to claim 1 ,

a power generator or a power network to supply electric power to the battery.

20. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the particle-containing resin layer is in gel-state.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: TOHOKU MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044880/0953 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2017
From: TOHOKU MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
To: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044881/0005 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2016
From: HATTA, KAZUHITO; KAGAMI, KEIICHI; SHIMOSAKA, NOBUAKI; KOGA, KEIZO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038487/0230 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-229673 · Nov 5, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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