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US 12,531,240 · App. 18/887,173 · Granted Jan 20, 2026

Positive electrode active material for all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery and method for manufacturing the same

Inventors: Hitomi Nakamura (Niihama, JP); Ryosuke Okamoto (Niihama, JP); Kazuhide Hayashi (Niihama, JP); Mikako Toma (Niihama, JP)
Assignee: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
H01M4/525C01G53/42H01B1/08C01P2002/72C01P2004/61C01P2006/12C01P2006/40
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Patent No.
US 12,531,240
App. No.
18/887,173
Granted
Jan 20, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A positive electrode active material includes a lithium-nickel composite oxide particle and a coating layer. The particle has a crystal structure belonging to a space group R-3m, contains at least Li, Ni, an element M, and Nb, wherein Li:Ni:M:Nb=a:(1-x-y):x:y (0.98≤a≤1.15, 0<x≤0.5, 0<y≤0.03, 0<x+y≤0.5, and the element M is at least one of Co, Al, Mn, Zr, Si, Zn, and Ti), has a crystallite diameter of 140 nm or less, and has an eluted lithium ion amount of 0.30% by mass or more and 1.00% by mass or less. The coating layer is a composite oxide containing Li and at least one of Al, Si, Ti, V, Ga, Ge, Zr, Nb, Mo, Ta, and W.

Claims (20)

1 . An all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery, comprising:

a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and a solid electrolyte, wherein

the positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material comprising a lithium-nickel composite oxide particle and a coating layer coating a surface of the particle,

the lithium-nickel composite oxide particle has a crystal structure belonging to a space group R-3m, which contains at least Li, Ni, an element M, and Nb, a molar ratio among the elements Li, Ni, M, and Nb being represented by a:(1-x-y):x:y, respectively,

wherein

0.98≤a≤1.15,

0<x≤0.5,

0<y≤0.03,

0<x+y≤0.5, and

the element M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Co, Al, Mn, Zr, Si, Zn, and Ti,

the lithium-nickel composite oxide particle has a crystallite diameter of 140 nm or less as calculated by a Scherrer method from a diffraction peak attributed to a (003) plane measured by XRD,

the lithium-nickel composite oxide particle has an eluted lithium ion amount of 0.30% by mass or more and 1.00% by mass or less with respect to a total amount of the lithium-nickel composite oxide particles as determined by neutralization titration,

the coating layer is a composite oxide containing Li and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Si, Ti, V, Ga, Ge, Zr, Nb, Mo, Ta, and W, and

at least one of the positive electrode and the solid electrolyte includes a sulfide solid electrolyte.

2 . The all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the “y” in the molar ratio satisfies 0.001≤y≤0.012.

3 . The all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein

the element M contains Co and Al,

a molar ratio of Co represented by “x′” in the molar ratio among the elements satisfies 0<x′≤0.3, and

a molar ratio of Al represented by “x″” in the molar ratio among the elements satisfies 0<x″≤0.1.

4 . The all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the coating layer is a composite oxide containing Li and Nb.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2024
From: NAKAMURA, HITOMI; OKAMOTO, RYOSUKE; HAYASHI, KAZUHIDE; TOMA, MIKAKO
To: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 068972/0975 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-129024 · Jul 30, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 18018166
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