IP Library Granted Patent US 11,088,366
Granted Patent B2
US 11,088,366 · App. 16/344,170 · Granted Aug 10, 2021

Positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries, positive electrode for lithium secondary batteries, and lithium secondary battery

Inventors: Jun-ichi Kageura (Ehime, JP); Hiroyuki Kurita (Osaka, JP); Kimiyasu Nakao (Fukui, JP); Ryota Kobayashi (Fukui, JP)
Assignees: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED; TANAKA CHEMICAL CORPORATION
H01M4/525H01M4/0435H01M4/131H01M4/505H01M10/0525C01G53/44C01P2004/61C01P2006/11H01M2004/021H01M2004/028
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Patent No.
US 11,088,366
App. No.
16/344,170
Granted
Aug 10, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries including: secondary particles obtained by aggregating primary particles capable of being doped and de-doped with lithium ions, in which the secondary particles have pores, and pore distribution obtained by a mercury intrusion method satisfies requirements (1) and (2) below: (1) pores that are present in any one or both of the secondary particles or spaces between the secondary particles have a pore peak within a range of a pore radius of equal to or greater than 10 nm and equal to or less than 200 nm; and (2) a total surface area of pores that have pore radii of equal to or greater than 100 nm and equal to or less than 10 μm among the pores that are present in any one or both of the secondary particles or spaces between the secondary particles is less than 1.1 m 2 /g.

Claims (30)

1. A positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries comprising:

secondary particles obtained by coagulating primary particles capable of being doped and de-doped with lithium ions,

wherein the secondary particles have pores, and

pore distribution obtained by a mercury intrusion method satisfies requirements (1) and (2) below:

(1) pores that are present in any one or both of the secondary particles or spaces between the secondary particles have a pore peak within a range of a pore radius of equal to or greater than 10 nm and equal to or less than 200 nm; and

(2) a total surface area of pores that have pore radii of equal to or greater than 100 nm and equal to or less than 10 μm among the pores that are present in inter-secondary particle gaps is less than 1.1 m 2 /g.

2. The positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries according to claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode active material is represented by the following composition formula (I):

Li[Li x (Ni (1-y-z-w) Co y Mn z M w ) 1-x ]O 2   (I)

(where M represents one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Fe, Cu, Ti, Mg, Al, W, B, Mo, Nb, Zn, Sn, Zr, Ga, and V, and 0≤x≤0.2, 0<y≤0.4, 0≤z≤0.4, and 0≤w≤0.1 are satisfied).

3. The positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries according to claim 1 , wherein tap bulk density is equal to or less than 2.5 g/cc.

4. The positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries according to claim 1 , wherein an average secondary particle diameter is equal to or greater than 3 μm and equal to or less than 15 μm.

5. The positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries according to claim 1 , wherein (a total surface area of pores that have pore radii of equal to or greater than 10 nm and equal to or less than 50 nm)/(a total surface area of pores that have pore radii of equal to or greater than 10 nm and equal to or less than 100 μm) is equal to or greater than 0.20.

6. A positive electrode for lithium secondary batteries comprising the positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries according to claim 1 .

7. A lithium secondary battery comprising the positive electrode for lithium secondary batteries according to claim 6 .

8. The positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries according to claim 1 , wherein a total surface area of pores that have pore radii of equal to or greater than 100 nm and equal to or less than 10 μm is less than 0.9 m 2 /g.

9. A positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries comprising:

secondary particles obtained by coagulating primary particles capable of being doped and de-doped with lithium ions,

wherein the secondary particles have pores, and

pore distribution obtained by a mercury intrusion method satisfies requirements (1), (2), and (3) below:

(1) pores that are present in any one or both of the secondary particles or spaces between the secondary particles have a pore peak within a range of a pore radius of equal to or greater than 10 nm and equal to or less than 200 nm;

(2) a total surface area of pores that have pore radii of equal to or greater than 100 nm and equal to or less than 10 μm among the pores that are present in any one or both of the secondary particles or spaces between the secondary particles is less than 1.1 m 2 /g; and

(3) (a total surface area of pores that have pore radii of equal to or greater than 10 nm and equal to or less than 50 nm)/(a total surface area of pores that have pore radii of equal to or greater than 10 nm and equal to or less than 100 μm) is equal to or greater than 0.20.

10. The positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries according to claim 9 , wherein a total surface area of pores that have pore radii of equal to or greater than 100 nm and equal to or less than 10 μm is less than 0.9 m 2 /g.

11. The positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries according to claim 9 , wherein the positive electrode active material is represented by the following composition formula (I):

Li[Li x (Ni (1-y-z-w) Co y Mn z M w ) 1-x ]O 2   (I)

(where M represents one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Fe, Cu, Ti, Mg, Al, W, B, Mo, Nb, Zn, Sn, Zr, Ga, and V, and 0≤x≤0.2, 0<y≤0.4, 0≤z≤0.4, and 0≤w≤0.1 are satisfied).

12. The positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries according to claim 9 , wherein tap bulk density is equal to or less than 2.5 g/cc.

13. The positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries according to claim 9 , wherein an average secondary particle diameter is equal to or greater than 3 μm and equal to or less than 15 μm.

14. A positive electrode for lithium secondary batteries comprising the positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries according to claim 9 .

15. A lithium secondary battery comprising the positive electrode for lithium secondary batteries according to claim 14 .

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2025
From: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED; TANAKA CHEMICAL CORPORATION
To: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 073576/0040 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE SECOND RECEIVING PARTY STREET ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 49463 FRAME: 471. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jul 15, 2019
From: KAGEURA, JUN-ICHI; KURITA, HIROYUKI; NAKAO, KIMIYASU; KOBAYASHI, RYOTA
To: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED; TANAKA CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049748/0553 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2019
From: KAGEURA, JUN-ICHI; KURITA, HIROYUKI; NAKAO, KIMIYASU; KOBAYASHI, RYOTA
To: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED; TANAKA CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049463/0471 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2016-213836 · Oct 31, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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