IP Library Granted Patent US 12,394,794
Granted Patent B2
US 12,394,794 · App. 17/706,231 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

Positive electrode active material, high-temperature operation type lithium-ion polymer secondary battery, high-temperature operation type lithium ion inorganic all-solid-state secondary battery

Inventors: Kouji Oono (Narashino, JP); Satoru Oshitari (Funabashi, JP); Shinichi Tanaka (Sakura, JP)
Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
H01M4/62H01M4/382H01M4/483H01M4/502H01M4/523H01M10/0525H01M10/0562H01M10/0565H01M2004/021H01M2300/0068H01M2300/0077H01M2300/0082
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Patent No.
US 12,394,794
App. No.
17/706,231
Granted
Aug 19, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A positive electrode active material that is used in a high-temperature operation type lithium ion solid secondary battery, wherein the positive electrode active material is made of oxide particles, which contains a first transition element and does not include an alkali metal.

Claims (40)

1. A high-temperature operation type lithium-ion polymer secondary battery comprising:

a positive electrode containing a positive electrode mixture layer that is used in a high-temperature operation type lithium ion solid secondary battery,

wherein the positive electrode mixture layer comprises oxide particles; an ion conductive polymer electrolyte or an inorganic solid electrolyte; and a conductive auxiliary agent,

wherein the oxide particles are made of a compound represented by a general formula M y O z

wherein M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Sc, Ti, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, and Cu, 1≤y≤3, and 1≤z≤4, wherein y is 3 and z is 4 when M is Mn, and

wherein an average particle diameter of the oxide particles is 14 μm to 50 μm;

a negative electrode containing lithium; and

an ion conductive polymer electrolyte located between the positive electrode and the negative electrode.

2. The high-temperature operation type lithium-ion polymer secondary battery according to claim 1 ,

wherein the positive electrode includes

an electrode current collector made of a metal foil, and

a positive electrode mixture layer formed on the electrode current collector,

wherein the oxide particles has the average particle diameter of 14 μm to 30 μm,

the positive electrode mixture layer includes 50% by mass to 95% by mass of the oxide particles,

5% by mass to 50% by mass of the ion conductive polymer electrolyte, and

1% by mass to 10% by mass of the conductive auxiliary agent,

the negative electrode is made of metallic Li, a Li alloy, or Li 4 Ti 5 O 12 , and

wherein the ion conductive polymer electrolyte included in the positive electrode mixture layer and the conductive polymer electrolyte located between the positive electrode and the negative electrode are at least one selected from a group consisting of polyethylene oxide, modified polyethylene oxide and polyvinylidene fluoride, which contain at least one selected from a group consisting of lithium perchlorate, lithium hexafluorophosphate and Li bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl) imide as a Li electrolyte.

3. The high-temperature operation type lithium-ion polymer secondary battery according to claim 1 ,

wherein an operating temperature of the high-temperature operation type lithium ion solid secondary battery is 40° C. to 300° C.

4. A high-temperature operation type lithium ion inorganic all-solid-state secondary battery comprising:

a positive electrode containing a positive electrode mixture layer that is used in a high-temperature operation type lithium ion solid secondary battery,

wherein the positive electrode mixture layer comprises oxide particles; an ion conductive polymer electrolyte or an inorganic solid electrolyte; and a conductive auxiliary agent,

wherein the oxide particles are made of a compound represented by a general formula M y O z

wherein M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Sc, Ti, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, and Cu, 1≤y≤3, and 1≤z≤4, wherein y is 3 and z is 4 when M is Mn, and

wherein an average particle diameter of the oxide particles is 14 μm to 50 μm;

a negative electrode containing lithium; and

an inorganic solid electrolyte located between the positive electrode and the negative electrode.

5. The high-temperature operation type lithium ion inorganic all-solid-state secondary battery according to claim 4 ,

wherein the positive electrode includes

an electrode current collector made of a metal foil, and

a positive electrode mixture layer formed on the electrode current collector

the oxide particles has the average particle diameter of 14 μm to 30 μm,

the positive electrode mixture layer includes

50% by mass to 95% by mass of the oxide particles,

5% by mass to 50% by mass of the inorganic solid electrolyte, and

1% by mass to 10% by mass of the conductive auxiliary agent,

the negative electrode is made of metallic Li, a Li alloy, or Li 4 Ti 5 O 12 , and

wherein the inorganic solid electrolyte included in the positive electrode mixture layer and the inorganic solid electrolyte located between the positive electrode and the negative electrode are at least one selected from a group consisting of Li 7 La 3 Zr 2 O 12 and a Li-Sn-Si-P-S-based sulfide.

6. The high-temperature operation type lithium ion inorganic all-solid-state secondary battery according to claim 4 , wherein an operating temperature of the high-temperature operation type lithium ion solid secondary battery is 40° C. to 300° C.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 2, 2022
From: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
To: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060090/0526 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2022
From: OONO, KOUJI; OSHITARI, SATORU; TANAKA, SHINICHI
To: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059416/0698 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-140347 · Aug 30, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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