IP Library Patent Application 16976979
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App. No. 16/976,979

LITHIUM METAL COMPOSITE OXIDE, LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, POSITIVE ELECTRODE, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY

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16/976,979
Abstract

A lithium metal composite oxide into or from which lithium ions are dopable or dedopable, in which the lithium metal composite oxide contains at least nickel and satisfies all of the following requirements of (1) to (3). (1) A BET specific surface area is 1.0 m 2 /g or less. (2) When an average secondary particle diameter D 50 is indicated as X μm and a calculated particle diameter is indicated as Y μm, the ratio (X/Y) is 1.1 or more and 2.9 or less. Here, the calculated particle diameter is calculated by the following method. Calculated particle diameter (Y)=2×3/(BET specific surface area×tap density) (3) The ratio of the amount of residual lithium (mass %) contained in the lithium metal composite oxide to BET specific surface area (m 2 /g) (amount of residual lithium/BET specific surface area) is 0.25 or less.

Claims (23)

1 . A lithium metal composite oxide into or from which lithium ions are dopable or dedopable,

wherein the lithium metal composite oxide contains at least nickel and satisfies all of the following requirements of (1) to (3):

(1) a BET specific surface area is 1.0 m 2 /g or less,

(2) when an average secondary particle diameter D 50 is indicated as X μm and a calculated particle diameter is indicated as Y μm, the ratio (X/Y) is 1.1 or more and 2.9 or less, where the calculated particle diameter is calculated by the following method,

calculated particle diameter (Y)=2×3/(BET specific surface area×tap density), and

(3) the ratio (amount of residual lithium/BET specific surface area) of the amount of residual lithium (mass %) contained in the lithium metal composite oxide to the BET specific surface area (m 2 /g) is 0.25 or less.

2 . The lithium metal composite oxide according to claim 1 ,

wherein the lithium metal composite oxide satisfies Composition Formula (I),

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

(in Formula (I), −0.1≤x≤0.2, 0≤y≤0.5, 0≤z≤0.5, 0≤w≤0.1, and y+z+w<1 are satisfied, and M represents one or more metals selected from the group consisting of Fe, Cu, Ti, Mg, Al, W, B, Mo, Nb, Zn, Sn, Zr, Ga, and V).

3 . The lithium metal composite oxide according to claim 2 , wherein y+z+w≤0.5 is satisfied in Composition Formula (I).

4 . The lithium metal composite oxide according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in a powder X-ray diffraction measurement using CuKa radiation, when a half-width of a diffraction peak in a range of 2θ=36.7±1° is indicated as A and a half-width of a diffraction peak in a range of 2θ=48.6±1° is indicated as B, A/B is 0.88 or more.

5 . The lithium metal composite oxide according to claim 1 ,

wherein a sulfate radical content is 5000 ppm or less.

6 . The lithium metal composite oxide according to claim 1 ,

wherein a moisture content is 1000 ppm or less.

7 . A positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery, comprising:

the lithium metal composite oxide according to claim 1 .

8 . A positive electrode, comprising:

the positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery according to claim 7 .

9 . A lithium secondary battery, comprising:

the positive electrode according to claim 8 .

Assignments (2)
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2020
From: TAKAMORI, KENJI; KOBAYASHI, RYOTA
To: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED; TANAKA CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053648/0304 →