Hybrid electric vehicle, and lithium ion secondary battery cell selection method for hybrid electric vehicle

1. A hybrid electric vehicle comprising:

a system for driving a vehicle using a motor and an engine in combination; and

a lithium ion secondary battery cell which drives the vehicle by supplying electric power to the motor in accordance with an input/output demand from the system side, and which is charged by receiving a supply of electric power due to regenerative power generation,

wherein:

in the system, a value (W out /W in ) of a ratio of a maximum output demand W out to a maximum input demand W in with respect to the lithium ion secondary battery cell is set at less than 1.5;

the lithium ion secondary battery cell has a maximum input value P in and a maximum output value P out of the lithium ion secondary battery cell and satisfying, together with the maximum input demand W in and the maximum output demand W out , (P in +P out )/3<(W in +W out ) (Expression 1);

the lithium ion secondary battery cell includes a positive electrode active material layer including not less than 80 mass % of a ternary material Li(Ni—Mn—Co)O 2 in which a portion of the cobalt of the lithium cobaltate is substituted with nickel and manganese; and

the lithium ion secondary battery cell includes a negative electrode active material layer including not less than 80 mass % of graphite.

2. The hybrid electric vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the lithium ion secondary battery cell has an output (W) and a capacity (Wh) in a ratio of the output (W) to the capacity (Wh) having a value (W/Wh) of not less than 25.

3. The hybrid electric vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the system subjects the lithium ion secondary battery cell to charge/discharge control so that a 50% SOC is at the center of SOC variations.

4. The hybrid electric vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the positive electrode active material layer has a nickel (Ni) ratio of 30 to 50 mass %.

5. A lithium ion secondary battery cell selection method for a hybrid electric vehicle as a method for selecting the lithium ion secondary battery cell to be mounted in the hybrid electric vehicle, the method comprising:

selecting, based on the value (W out /W in ) of a ratio of a maximum demanded output W out to a maximum demanded input W in with respect to a lithium ion secondary battery cell, which ratio is set in advance on a system side of the hybrid electric vehicle, a material and a content of a positive electrode active material layer and a content of graphite used in a negative electrode active material layer of the lithium ion secondary battery cell so that a use range of the SOC of the battery cell becomes wider than a target value.

6. The lithium ion secondary battery cell selection method for the hybrid electric vehicle according to claim 5 , the method comprising:

when the value (W out /W in ) of the ratio of the maximum demanded output W out to the maximum demanded input W in with respect to the lithium ion secondary battery cell is not less than 1.5,

selecting the lithium ion secondary battery cell which includes the positive electrode active material layer including not less than 80 mass % of lithium manganate (LiMn 2 O 4 ), and the negative electrode active material layer including not less than 80 mass % of graphite; and

when the value (W out /W in ) of the ratio of the maximum demanded output W out to the maximum demanded input W in with respect to the lithium ion secondary battery cell is less than 1.5,

selecting the lithium ion secondary battery cell which includes the positive electrode active material layer including not less than 80 mass % of a ternary material Li(Ni—Mn—Co)O 2 in which a portion of the cobalt of the lithium cobaltate is substituted with nickel and manganese, and the negative electrode active material layer including not less than 80 mass % of graphite.