IP Library Granted Patent US 12,176,539
Granted Patent B2
US 12,176,539 · App. 17/420,142 · Granted Dec 24, 2024

Negative electrode material for lithium ion secondary battery, negative electrode for lithium ion secondary battery, and lithium ion secondary battery

Inventors: Wakana Okamura (Tokyo, JP); Kento Hoshi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: RESONAC CORPORATION
H01M4/583H01M10/0525H01M2004/021H01M2004/027
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Patent No.
US 12,176,539
App. No.
17/420,142
Granted
Dec 24, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A negative electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery includes graphite particles for which an R value measured by Raman spectrometry is less than 0.27, and an intensity ratio (P1/P2) of a diffraction peak (P1) on a hexagonal structure (101) plane to a diffraction peak (P2) on a rhombohedral structure (101) plane in an X-ray diffraction pattern by CuKα ray is 5.0 or less.

Claims (11)

1. A negative electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery, the negative electrode material comprising graphite particles for which an R value measured by Raman spectrometry is less than 0.27, and an intensity ratio (P1/P2) of a diffraction peak (P1) on a hexagonal structure (101) plane to a diffraction peak (P2) on a rhombohedral structure (101) plane in an X-ray diffraction pattern by CuKα ray is 3.6 or less, wherein a volume average particle size of the graphite particles is from 2 μm to 30 μm, the graphite particles are spherical natural graphite particles heat-treated in an atmosphere that includes CO 2 gas, water vapor, or O 2 gas, an average circularity of the graphite particles is 85% or more, and an average aspect ratio (major axis/minor axis) of the graphite particles is 1.6 or less.

2. The negative electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a BET specific surface area, according to a nitrogen gas adsorption method, of the graphite particles is from 2 m 2 /g to 15 m 2 /g.

3. The negative electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein amorphous carbon is present on at least a part of a surface of the graphite particles.

4. A negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery, the negative electrode comprising:

a negative electrode material layer containing the negative electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 ; and

a current collector.

5. A lithium ion secondary battery, comprising:

the negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 4 ;

a positive electrode; and

an electrolyte solution.

6. A negative electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery, the negative electrode material comprising graphite particles, for which an R value measured by Raman spectrometry is less than 0.27, and an intensity ratio (P3/P4) of a diffraction peak (P3) on a carbon (002) plane to a diffraction peak (P4) on a carbon (110) plane in an X-ray diffraction pattern by CuKα ray is 300 or less, wherein the graphite particles are spherical natural graphite particles heat-treated in an atmosphere that includes CO 2 gas, water vapor, or O 2 gas, an average circularity of the graphite particles is 85% or more, and an average aspect ratio (major axis/minor axis) of the graphite particles is 1.6 or less.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 9, 2024
From: RESONAC CORPORATION
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066547/0677 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE'S ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 063016 FRAME 0952. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Apr 17, 2023
From: SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063348/0944 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 17, 2023
From: SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063016/0952 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 7, 2021
From: OKAMURA, WAKANA; HOSHI, KENTO
To: SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056768/0563 →