POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR ALL-SOLID-STATE LITHIUM-ION BATTERY, ELECTRODE AND ALL-SOLID-STATE LITHIUM-ION BATTERY
What is provided is a positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery composed of particles containing crystals of a lithium metal composite oxide, wherein the particles have a hexagonal layered crystal structure belonging to the space group R-3m and contain at least Li and a transition metal, and in powder x-ray diffraction measurement using CuKα rays, the crystallite size L 003 of a diffraction peak in a range of 2θ=18.7±1° is 1,300 Å or less, and wherein the BET specific surface area is 0.2 m 2 /g or more and 2.0 m 2 /g or less.
1 . A positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery composed of particles containing crystals of a lithium metal composite oxide,
wherein the positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery is in contact with a solid electrolyte layer,
wherein the particles have a hexagonal layered crystal structure belonging to the space group R-3m and contain at least Li and a transition metal, and in powder x-ray diffraction measurement using CuKα rays, the crystallite size L 003 of a diffraction peak in a range of 2θ=18.7±1° is 1,300 Δ or less, and
wherein the BET specific surface area is 0.2 m 2 /g or more and 2.0 m 2 /g or less.
2 . The positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 , which is used for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery containing an oxide-based solid electrolyte.
3 . The positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the sum of mass fractions of K atoms, Fe atoms, Cr atoms, Cu atoms, Ca atoms, Mg atoms, and Na atoms with respect to a total mass of the positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery is 0.03% or more and 1.0% or less.
4 . The positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in the particles, in the powder x-ray diffraction measurement, a ratio L 003 /L 104 of L 003 to a crystallite size L 104 of a diffraction peak in a range of 2θ=44.6±1° is 0.70 or more and 3.00 or less.
5 . The positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in the particles, in the powder x-ray diffraction measurement, a ratio L 003 /L 110 of L 003 to a crystallite size L 110 of a diffraction peak in a range of 2θ=64.5±1° is 0.65 or more and 3.00 or less.
6 . The positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the transition metal is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, Mn, Ti, V and W.
7 . The positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery according to claim 6 ,
wherein the lithium metal composite oxide is represented by the following Composition Formula (A):
Li[Li x (Ni (1-y-z-w) Co y Mn z M w ) 1-x ]O 2 Composition Formula (A)
(where, M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Al, W, B, Mo, Nb, Zn, Sn, Zr, Ga and V, and −0.10≤x≤0.30, 0≤y≤0.40, 0≤z≤0.40, and 0≤w≤0.10 are satisfied).
8 . The positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery according to claim 7 ,
wherein, in Composition Formula (A), y>0 and z+w>0 are satisfied.
9 . The positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery according to claim 7 ,
wherein, in Composition Formula (A), 1-y-z-w≥0.50 and y≤0.30 are satisfied.
10 . The positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the particles are composed of primary particles, secondary particles which are aggregates of the primary particles, and single particles that exist independently of the primary particles and the secondary particles, and
wherein the amount of the single particles in the particles is 20% or more.
11 . An electrode comprising the positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 .
12 . The electrode according to claim 11 , further comprising a solid electrolyte.
13 . An all-solid-state lithium-ion battery comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a solid electrolyte layer interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode,
wherein the solid electrolyte layer contains a first solid electrolyte,
wherein the positive electrode has a positive electrode active material layer in contact with the solid electrolyte layer and a current collector on which the positive electrode active material layer is laminated, and
wherein the positive electrode active material layer contains the positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 .
14 . The all-solid-state lithium-ion battery according to claim 13 ,
wherein the positive electrode active material layer contains the positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery and a second solid electrolyte.
15 . The all-solid-state lithium-ion battery according to claim 14 ,
wherein the first solid electrolyte and the second solid electrolyte are the same substance.
16 . The all-solid-state lithium-ion battery according to claim 13 ,
wherein the first solid electrolyte has an amorphous structure.
17 . The all-solid-state lithium-ion battery according to claim 13 ,
wherein the first solid electrolyte is an oxide-based solid electrolyte.
18 . A method of charging an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery, including providing a solid electrolyte layer in contact with a positive electrode and a negative electrode so that short-circuiting is not caused between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and applying a negative potential to the positive electrode and a positive potential to the negative electrode by an external power supply,
wherein the positive electrode contains the positive electrode active material,
wherein positive electrode active material is a positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery composed of particles containing crystals of a lithium metal composite oxide, wherein the particles have a hexagonal layered crystal structure belonging to the space group R-3m and containing at least Li and a transition metal, and in powder x-ray diffraction measurement using CuKα rays, the crystallite size L 003 at a diffraction peak within a range of 2θ=18.7±1° is 1,300 Å or less, and the BET specific surface area is 0.2 m 2 /g or more and 2.0 m 2 /g or less.
19 . The positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery according to claim 2 ,
wherein the sum of mass fractions of K atoms, Fe atoms, Cr atoms, Cu atoms, Ca atoms, Mg atoms, and Na atoms with respect to a total mass of the positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery is 0.03% or more and 1.0% or less.
20 . The positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery according to claim 2 ,
wherein, in the particles, in the powder x-ray diffraction measurement, a ratio L 003 /L 104 of L 003 to a crystallite size L 104 of a diffraction peak in a range of 2θ=44.6±1° is 0.70 or more and 3.00 or less.
21 . The positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery according to claim 2 ,
wherein, in the particles, in the powder x-ray diffraction measurement, a ratio L 003 /L 110 of L 003 to a crystallite size L 110 of a diffraction peak in a range of 2θ=64.5±1° is 0.65 or more and 3.00 or less.
22 . The positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery according to claim 2 ,
wherein the transition metal is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, Mn, Ti, V and W.
23 . The positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery according to claim 8 ,
wherein, in Composition Formula (A), 1-y-z-w≥0.50 and y≤0.30 are satisfied.
24 . The positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery according to claim 2 ,
wherein the particles are composed of primary particles, secondary particles which are aggregates of the primary particles, and single particles that exist independently of the primary particles and the secondary particles, and
wherein the amount of the single particles in the particles is 20% or more.
25 . An electrode comprising the positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery according to claim 2 .
26 . An all-solid-state lithium-ion battery comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a solid electrolyte layer interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode,
wherein the solid electrolyte layer contains a first solid electrolyte,
wherein the positive electrode has a positive electrode active material layer in contact with the solid electrolyte layer and a current collector on which the positive electrode active material layer is laminated, and
wherein the positive electrode active material layer contains the positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery according to claim 2 .
27 . The all-solid-state lithium-ion battery according to claim 14 ,
wherein the first solid electrolyte has an amorphous structure.
28 . The all-solid-state lithium-ion battery according to claim 14 ,
wherein the first solid electrolyte is an oxide-based solid electrolyte.