IP Library Granted Patent US 10,403,892
Granted Patent B2
US 10,403,892 · App. 15/716,858 · Granted Sep 3, 2019

Cathode material for lithium-ion secondary battery and lithium-ion secondary battery

Inventors: Hirofumi Yasumiishi (Chiba, JP); Ryuuta Yamaya (Chiba, JP)
Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
H01M4/5805H01M4/0404H01M4/0435H01M4/136H01M4/1397H01M4/366H01M4/625H01M4/661H01M10/0525H01M4/5825H01M2004/021H01M2004/028
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Patent No.
US 10,403,892
App. No.
15/716,858
Granted
Sep 3, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cathode material for a lithium-ion secondary battery which is made of agglomerated secondary particles formed by agglomeration of a plurality of primary particles of electrode active material particles made of a transition metal lithium phosphate compound having an olivine structure that is coated with a carbonaceous material, in which an arithmetic average roughness Ra of agglomerated secondary particle surfaces observed using a three-dimensional scanning electron microscope is 15 nm or more and 25 nm or less.

Claims (21)

1. A cathode material for a lithium-ion secondary battery which is made of agglomerated secondary particles formed by agglomeration of a plurality of primary particles of electrode active material particles made of a transition metal lithium phosphate compound having an olivine structure that is coated with a carbonaceous material,

wherein an arithmetic average roughness Ra of agglomerated secondary particle surfaces observed using a three-dimensional scanning electron microscope is 15.7 nm or more and 24.6 nm or less.

2. The cathode material for a lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 1 ,

wherein a cumulative micropore volume of the cathode material, measured using a mercury porosimeter in a micropore diameter range of 0.01 to 10 μm, is 0.55 to 0.65 cm 3 /g.

3. The cathode material for a lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 1 ,

wherein a specific surface area of the cathode material is 8 m 2 /g or more and 25 m 2 /g or less, and an oil absorption amount of the cathode material, measured using N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, is 50 ml/100 g or more.

4. The cathode material for a lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in a case in which a cathode mixture layer including the cathode material, a conductive auxiliary agent, and a binding agent in a weight ratio of 90:5:5 (the cathode material:the conductive auxiliary agent:the binding agent) is calendered on a 30 μm-thick aluminum current collector at a total applied pressure of 5 t/250 mm,

an electrode density of the cathode mixture layer after the calendering is 1.4 g/cm 3 or more, and

wherein an oil absorption amount of the cathode material, measured using N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, is 53 to 65 ml/100 g or more.

5. A lithium-ion secondary battery comprising:

a cathode;

an anode; and

an electrolyte,

wherein the cathode has a cathode mixture layer produced using the cathode material according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in a case in which a cathode mixture layer including the cathode material, a conductive auxiliary agent, and a binding agent in a weight ratio of 90:5:5 (the cathode material:the conductive auxiliary agent:the binding agent) is calendered on a 30 μm-thick aluminum current collector at a total applied pressure of 5 t/250 mm,

and an electrode density of the cathode mixture layer after the calendaring is 1.4 g/cm 3 or more.

6. The lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 5 ,

wherein the cathode mixture layer includes a cathode material made of agglomerated secondary particles formed by agglomeration of a plurality of primary particles of electrode active material particles represented by General Formula (1) that are coated with a carbonaceous material,

Li x A y D z PO 4   (1)

(here, A represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Co, Mn, Ni, Fe, Cu, and Cr, D represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ti, Zn, B, Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, Sc, and Y, 0.9<x<1.1, 0<y≤1, 0≤z<1, and 0.9<y+z<1.1).

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 2, 2022
From: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
To: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060256/0348 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2017
From: YASUMIISHI, HIROFUMI; YAMAYA, RYUUTA
To: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043714/0418 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-067258 · Mar 30, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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