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US 12,506,146 · App. 18/027,797 · Granted Dec 23, 2025

Method for producing lithium-nickel complex oxide

Inventors: Tomoki Ikeda (Tokushima, JP); Yasunobu Kawamoto (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC ENERGY CO., LTD.
H01M4/525C01G53/42C01P2002/52C01P2006/40
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Patent No.
US 12,506,146
App. No.
18/027,797
Granted
Dec 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for producing a lithium-nickel complex oxide according to an aspect of the present disclosure comprises: a filling step for filling a firing container with a Ni-containing metal compound and a Li compound to obtain a filling material including the Ni-containing metal compound and the Li compound; and a firing step for firing the filling material that fills the firing container, wherein, in the filling step, when the filling material that fills the firing container is divided into two equal parts in the height direction, the molar ratio A of Li to metals other than Li in the filling material in the upper half region and the molar ratio B of Li to metals other than Li in the filling material in the lower half region satisfy 1<B/A<1.15.

Claims (6)

1 . A method for manufacturing a lithium-nickel composite oxide, the method comprising:

a filling step of filling a firing container with a Ni-containing metal compound and a Li compound to obtain a filling material including the Ni-containing metal compound and the Li compound; and

a firing step of firing the filling material filling the firing container, wherein

in the filling step, the filling material filling the firing container has an upper half region and a lower half region that are equal in height, and a molar ratio A of Li to metals other than Li in the filling material in the upper half region and a molar ratio B of Li to metals other than Li in the filling material in the lower half region satisfy 1<B/A<1.15.

2 . The method for manufacturing a lithium-nickel composite oxide according to claim 1 , wherein the molar ratio A and the molar ratio B satisfy 1.02≤B/A≤1.12.

3 . The method for manufacturing a lithium-nickel composite oxide according to claim 1 , wherein the Li compound contains lithium hydroxide.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2023
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC ENERGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063632/0538 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2023
From: IKEDA, TOMOKI; KAWAMOTO, YASUNOBU
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063211/0719 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-160573 · Sep 25, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230343953A1 · Oct 26, 2023
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