IP Library Granted Patent US 10,305,108
Granted Patent B2
US 10,305,108 · App. 15/300,630 · Granted May 28, 2019

Graphite-based active material, negative electrode, and lithium ion secondary battery

Inventor: Shin Tanaka (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: NEC ENERGY DEVICES, LTD.
H01M4/587H01M4/133H01M4/364H01M4/366H01M10/0525H01M2004/027
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Patent No.
US 10,305,108
App. No.
15/300,630
Granted
May 28, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A graphite-based active material including: a first composite particle including a first graphite core particle and a first non-graphite-based carbon material covering the surface of the first graphite core particle; and a second composite particle including a second graphite core particle and a second non-graphite-based carbon material covering the surface of the second graphite core particle, wherein the mass fraction of the second non-graphite-based carbon material in the second composite particle, mass fraction B, is 5% by mass or more and more than the mass fraction of the first non-graphite-based carbon material in the first composite particle, mass fraction A, and the proportion of the second composite particle to the total of the first composite particle and the second composite particle is 1% by mass or more.

Claims (19)

1. A graphite-based active material comprising:

a first composite particle comprising a first graphite core particle and a first non-graphite-based carbon material covering a surface of the first graphite core particle; and

a second composite particle comprising a second graphite core particle and a second non-graphite-based carbon material covering a surface of the second graphite core particle,

wherein a mass fraction of the second non-graphite-based carbon material in the second composite particle, mass fraction B, is 5% by mass or more and more than a mass fraction of the first non-graphite-based carbon material in the first composite particle, mass fraction A,

the proportion of the second composite particle to a total of the first composite particle and the second composite particle is 1% by mass or more, and

a linear pressure required for compressing the second composite particle to a compression density of 1.5 g/cm 3 , linear pressure B, is higher than a linear pressure required for compressing the first composite particle to a compression density of 1.5 g/cm 3 , linear pressure A.

2. The graphite-based active material according to claim 1 , wherein the proportion of the second composite particle to the total of the first composite particle and the second composite particle is 3% by mass or more.

3. The graphite-based active material according to claim 1 , wherein the proportion of the second composite particle to the total of the first composite particle and the second composite particle is 30% by mass or less.

4. The graphite-based active material according to claim 1 , wherein the mass fraction of the second non-graphite-based carbon material in the second composite particle, mass fraction B, is more than 10% by mass.

5. The graphite-based active material according to claim 1 , wherein the mass fraction of the second non-graphite-based carbon material in the second composite particle, mass fraction B, is less than 50% by mass.

6. The graphite-based active material according to claim 1 , wherein the mass fraction of the first non-graphite-based carbon material in the first composite particle, mass fraction A, is in a range of 0.1% by mass or more and less than 5% by mass.

7. The graphite-based active material according to claim 1 , wherein the mass fraction of the first non-graphite-based carbon material in the first composite particle, mass fraction A, is in a range of 0.1% by mass or more and 4% by mass or less.

8. The graphite-based active material according to claim 1 ,

wherein a linear pressure required for compressing the first composite particle to a compression density of 1.5 g/cm 3 , linear pressure A, is in a range of 10 kgf/cm (98 N/cm) or higher and lower than 50 kgf/cm (490 N/cm), and

a linear pressure required for compressing the second composite particle to a compression density of 1.5 g/cm 3 , linear pressure B, is in a range of 50 kgf/cm (490 N/cm) or higher and 180 kgf/cm (1765 N/cm) or lower.

9. The graphite-based active material according to claim 1 , wherein the first graphite core particle and the second graphite core particle each comprise natural graphite.

10. The graphite-based active material according to claim 1 , wherein the first non-graphite-based carbon material and the second non-graphite-based carbon material each comprise amorphous carbon.

11. A negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery, comprising the graphite-based active material according to claim 1 .

12. A lithium ion secondary battery comprising: a positive electrode capable of intercalating and deintercalating a lithium ion; the negative electrode according to claim 11 ; and a non-aqueous electrolytic solution.

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 Sep 30, 2016
From: TANAKA, SHIN
To: NEC ENERGY DEVICES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 039902/0414 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-073712 · Mar 31, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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