IP Library Granted Patent US 12,148,919
Granted Patent B2
US 12,148,919 · App. 17/927,785 · Granted Nov 19, 2024

Composite carbon particles and use thereof

Inventors: Takayuki Kurita (Tokyo, JP); Kohei Akimoto (Tokyo, JP); Yuji Ito (Tokyo, JP); Hirofumi Inoue (Tokyo, JP); Jinseok Baek (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Group14 Technologies, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 12,148,919
App. No.
17/927,785
Granted
Nov 19, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Composite carbon particles including a porous carbon material and a silicon component, the composite carbon particle having an average aspect ratio of 1.25 or less, and a ratio (I Si /I G ) of a peak intensity (I Si ) in the vicinity of 470 cm −1 to a peak intensity (I G ) in the vicinity of 1580 cm −1 as measured by Raman spectroscopy of 0.30 or less, wherein the porous carbon material satisfies V 1 /V 0 >0.80 and V 2 /V 0 <0.10, when a total pore volume at a maximum value of a relative pressure P/P 0 is defined as V 0 and P 0 is a saturated vapor pressure, a cumulative pore volume at a relative pressure P/P 0 =0.1 is defined as V 1 , a cumulative pore volume at a relative pressure P/P 0 =10 −7 is defined as V 2 in a nitrogen adsorption test, and has a BET specific surface area of 800 m 2 /g or more.

Claims (18)

1. Composite carbon particles comprising a porous carbon material and a silicon component, the composite carbon particle having an average aspect ratio of 1.25 or less, and a ratio (I Si /I G ) of a peak intensity (I Si ) in the vicinity of 470 cm −1 to a peak intensity (I G ) in the vicinity of 1580 cm −1 as measured by Raman spectroscopy of 0.30 or less,

wherein the porous carbon material satisfies V 1 /V 0 >0.80 and V 2 /V 0 <0.10,

when a total pore volume at a maximum value of a relative pressure P/P 0 is defined as V 0 and P 0 is a saturated vapor pressure,

a cumulative pore volume at a relative pressure P/P 0 =0.1 is defined as V 1 ,

a cumulative pore volume at a relative pressure P/P 0 =10 −7 is defined as V 2 in a nitrogen adsorption test,

and has a BET specific surface area of 800 m 2 /g or more.

2. The composite carbon particles according to claim 1 , wherein the porous carbon material satisfies V 3 /V 0 >0.50, when a cumulative pore volume at the relative pressure P/P 0 =10 −2 is defined as V 3 in the nitrogen adsorption test.

3. The composite carbon particles according to claim 1 , wherein the silicon component is adhered to inner wall of pores of the porous carbon material.

4. The composite carbon particles according to claim 1 , wherein a 50% particle size (D V50 ) in a volume-based cumulative particle size distribution by laser diffraction method is 4.0 μm or more and 30.0 μm or less, a 10% particle size (D V10 ) is 1.0 μm or more, and the BET specific surface area is 0.50 m 2 /g or more and 40.0 m 2 /g or less.

5. The composite carbon particles according to claim 1 , wherein an R value (I D /I G ), which is a ratio of a peak intensity (I D ) in the vicinity of 1350 cm-1 to a peak intensity (I G ) in the vicinity of 1580 cm −1 in a Raman spectrum, is 0.80 or more and 1.50 or less.

6. The composite carbon particles according to claim 1 , wherein in an XRD pattern using a Cu-Kα ray, a full width at half maximum of a peak of a 111 plane of Si is 3.00° or more and (peak intensity of a 111 plane of SiC)/(peak intensity of the 111 plane of Si) is 0.01 or less.

7. The composite carbon particles according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the silicon component in the composite carbon particles is 15% by mass or more and 85% by mass or less.

8. The composite carbon particles according to claim 1 , wherein the composite carbon particle has an average circularity of 0.95 or more and 1.00 or less.

9. The composite carbon particles according to claim 1 , further comprising inorganic particles and a polymer on a portion or the entire surface of the composite carbon particles, wherein the inorganic particles contain one or more selected from graphite and carbon black, and a content of the polymer is 0.1 to 10.0% by mass.

10. An electrode material for a lithium-ion secondary battery comprising the composite carbon particles according to claim 1 .

11. A negative electrode material comprising the composite carbon particles according to claim 1 .

12. A negative electrode mixture layer comprising the negative electrode material according to claim 11 .

13. A lithium-ion secondary battery comprising the negative electrode mixture layer according to claim 12 .

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2024
From: RESONAC CORPORATION
To: GROUP14 TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 068473/0951 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 9, 2024
From: RESONAC CORPORATION
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066547/0677 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 23, 2023
From: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064082/0513 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 25, 2022
From: KURITA, TAKAYUKI; AKIMOTO, KOHEI; ITO, YUJI; INOUE, HIROFUMI; BAEK, JINSEOK
To: SHOWA DENKO K. K.
Reel/Frame 061996/0278 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2020-093159 · May 28, 2020 · national
JP 2021-005094 · Jan 15, 2021 · national
JP 2021-005095 · Jan 15, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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