IP Library Patent Application 16085772
Patent Application
App. No. 16/085,772

NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME

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16/085,772
Abstract

A non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery including a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material capable of intercalating and deintercalating a lithium ion; a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material capable of intercalating and deintercalating a lithium ion; a non-aqueous electrolytic solution containing a lithium ion; and an outer package, wherein the positive electrode active material includes a lithium-containing composite oxide having a layered rock salt structure and represented by the following composition formula: LiNi x Co y Mn z O 2 , provided that 0.7≤x≤0.9, 0.05≤y≤0.2, 0.05≤z≤0.15, and x+y+z=1 are satisfied, and the battery is formed by using the non-aqueous electrolytic solution containing methylene methanedisulfonate and having a content thereof of 2.0% by mass or more and 5.0% by mass or less based on a solvent.

Claims (41)

1 . A non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery comprising a positive electrode comprising a positive electrode active material capable of intercalating and deintercalating a lithium ion; a negative electrode comprising a negative electrode active material capable of intercalating and deintercalating a lithium ion; a non-aqueous electrolytic solution containing a lithium ion; and an outer package,

wherein the positive electrode active material comprises a lithium-containing composite oxide having a layered rock salt structure and represented by the following composition formula:

LiNi x Co y Mn z O 2

provided that 0.7≤x≤0.9, 0.05≤y≤0.2, 0.05≤z≤0.15, and x+y+z=1 are satisfied, and

the battery is formed by using the non-aqueous electrolytic solution containing methylene methanedisulfonate and having a content thereof of 2.0% by mass or more and 5.0% by mass or less based on a solvent.

2 . A non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery comprising a positive electrode comprising a positive electrode active material capable of intercalating and deintercalating a lithium ion; a negative electrode comprising a negative electrode active material capable of intercalating and deintercalating a lithium ion; a non-aqueous electrolytic solution containing a lithium ion; and an outer package,

wherein the positive electrode active material comprises a lithium-containing composite oxide having a layered rock salt structure and represented by the following composition formula:

LiNi x Co y Mn z O 2

provided that 0.7≤x≤0.9, 0.05≤y≤0.2, 0.05≤z≤0.15, and x+y+z=1 are satisfied, and

the content of methylene methanedisulfonate in the non-aqueous electrolytic solution is not larger than 5.0% by mass based on a solvent.

3 . The non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode active material comprises a graphite active material.

4 . The non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery according to claim 3 , wherein the negative electrode further comprises a fine graphite material having an average particle diameter smaller than an average particle diameter of the negative electrode active material.

5 . The non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery according to claim 4 , wherein the median diameter of the fine graphite material is in a range of 1 to 15 μm.

6 . The non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery according to claim 4 , wherein a content of the fine graphite material is in a range of 0.1 to 6.0% by mass based on the negative electrode active material.

7 . The non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery according to claim 4 , wherein

the negative electrode further comprises a conductive aid, and

a mass ratio of the fine graphite material to the conductive aid is in a range from 1 to 10.

8 . The non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery according to claim 7 , wherein a content of the conductive aid is in a range of 0.1 to 3.0% by mass based on the negative electrode active material.

9 . The non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery according to claim 7 , wherein the conductive aid comprises an amorphous carbon particle having an average particle diameter (D 50 ) in a range of 10 to 100 nm, or a nanocarbon material.

10 . The non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein an average particle diameter (D 50 ) of the negative electrode active material is in a range of 10 to 30 μm.

11 . The non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode active material comprises natural graphite or natural graphite covered with amorphous carbon.

12 . A method for producing a non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery comprising a positive electrode comprising a positive electrode active material capable of intercalating and deintercalating a lithium ion; a negative electrode comprising a negative electrode active material capable of intercalating and deintercalating a lithium ion; a non-aqueous electrolytic solution containing a lithium ion; and an outer package, the method comprising:

forming a positive electrode;

forming a negative electrode;

forming a non-aqueous electrolytic solution; and

putting the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the non-aqueous electrolytic solution in an outer package,

wherein the positive electrode active material comprises a lithium-containing composite oxide having a layered rock salt structure and represented by the following composition formula:

LiNi x Co y Mn z O 2

provided that 0.7≤x≤0.9, 0.05≤y≤0.2, 0.05≤z≤0.15, and x+y+z=1 are satisfied, and

the non-aqueous electrolytic solution contains methylene methanedisulfonate and has a content thereof is 2.0% by mass or more and 5.0% by mass or less based on a solvent.

13 . The method for producing a non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery according to claim 12 , the method further comprising a step of retaining a charging state under warming.

14 . The method for producing a non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery according to claim 12 , wherein the negative electrode active material comprises a graphite active material.

15 . The method for producing a non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery according to claim 12 , wherein the negative electrode further comprises a fine graphite material having an average particle diameter smaller than an average particle diameter of the negative electrode active material.

16 . The method for producing a non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery according to claim 15 , wherein

the negative electrode further comprises a conductive aid, and

a mass ratio of the fine graphite material to the conductive aid is in a range from 1 to 10.

17 . The non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein the negative electrode active material comprises a graphite active material.

18 . The non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery according to claim 17 , wherein the negative electrode further comprises a fine graphite material having an average particle diameter smaller than an average particle diameter of the negative electrode active material.

19 . The non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery according to claim 18 , wherein

the negative electrode further comprises a conductive aid, and

a mass ratio of the fine graphite material to the conductive aid is in a range from 1 to 10.

Assignments (4)
MERGER Recorded Aug 24, 2023
From: ENVISION AESC ENERGY DEVICES LTD.
To: ENVISION AESC JAPAN LTD.
Reel/Frame 064689/0245 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 24, 2023
From: ENVISION AESC JAPAN LTD.
To: AESC JAPAN LTD.
Reel/Frame 064689/0270 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 21, 2019
From: NEC ENERGY DEVICES, LTD.
To: ENVISION AESC ENERGY DEVICES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 049547/0265 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2018
From: WATANABE, KENJI
To: NEC ENERGY DEVICES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 046996/0950 →