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US 8,465,872 · App. 12/595,088 · Granted Jun 18, 2013

Positive electrode active material sintered body for battery

Inventors: Ryuichi Akagi (Wakayama, JP); Kenichi Nishimura (Kouji-machi, JP); Yasuhisa Fukumoto (Wakayama, JP); Kyoichi Watanabe (Ebina, JP); Tamaki Miura (Yamato, JP); Takamitsu Saito (Yokohama, JP)
Assignees: Kao Corporation; Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,465,872
App. No.
12/595,088
Granted
Jun 18, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The positive electrode active material sintered body for a battery of the present invention is a positive electrode active material sintered body for a battery satisfying the following requirements (I) to (VII): (I) fine particles in a positive electrode active material are sintered to constitute the sintered body; (II) a peak pore diameter which provides a maximum differential pore volume value in a pore diameter range of 0.01 to 10 μm in a pore distribution is 0.3 to 5 μm; (III) a total pore volume is 0.1 to 1 cc/g; (IV) an average particle diameter is not less than the peak pore diameter and not more than 20 μm; (V) any peak, which provides a differential pore volume value of not less than 10% of the maximum differential pore volume value, is not present on a smaller pore diameter side than the peak pore diameter in the pore distribution; (VI) a BET specific surface area is 1 to 6 m 2 /g; and (VII) a full width at half maximum of a strongest X-ray diffraction peak is 0.13 to 0.2.

Claims (27)

1. A positive electrode active material sintered body for a battery satisfying the following requirements (I) to (VII):

(I) fine particles in a positive electrode active material and carbon particles are sintered to constitute the sintered body;

(II) a peak pore diameter which provides a maximum differential pore volume value in a pore diameter range of 0.01 to 10 μm in a pore distribution measured by a mercury porosimeter is 0.3 to 5 μm;

(III) a total pore volume measured by the mercury porosimeter is 0.1 to 1 cc/g;

(IV) an average particle diameter in laser diffraction/scattering particle diameter distribution measurement is not less than the peak pore diameter and not more than 5 μm;

(V) a peak, which provides a differential pore volume value of 10% or more of the maximum differential pore volume value and has a smaller pore diameter than the peak pore diameter in the pore distribution measured by the mercury porosimeter, is not present;

(VI) a BET specific surface area is 2 to 6 m 2 /g; and

(VII) a full width at half maximum of a strongest X-ray diffraction peak of the positive electrode active material sintered body is 0.13 to 0.2.

2. The positive electrode active material sintered body for the battery according to claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode active material is lithium manganate.

3. A composite material for a lithium battery containing the positive electrode active material sintered body for the battery according to claim 1 and a conductive material.

4. The composite material for the lithium battery according to claim 3 , wherein the conductive material is made of carbon.

5. A positive electrode for a lithium battery containing the composite material for the lithium battery according to claim 3 and a binder.

6. A lithium ion battery comprising a positive electrode containing the composite material for the lithium battery according to claim 3 and a binder.

7. The positive electrode active material sintered body for the battery according to claim 1 , wherein (III) a total pore volume measured by the mercury porosimeter is 0.3 to 1 cc/g.

8. A positive electrode active material sintered body for a battery satisfying the following requirements (I) to (IV) and (VI) to (VII):

(I) fine particles in a positive electrode active material and carbon particles are sintered to constitute the sintered body;

(II) a peak pore diameter which provides a maximum differential pore volume value in a pore diameter range of 0.01 to 10 μm in a pore distribution measured by a mercury porosimeter is 0.3 to 5 μm;

(III) a total pore volume measured by the mercury porosimeter is 0.1 to 1 cc/g;

(IV) an average particle diameter in laser diffraction/scattering particle diameter distribution measurement is not less than the peak pore diameter and not more than 5 μm;

(VI) a BET specific surface area is 2 to 6 m 2 /g; and

(VII) a full width at half maximum of a strongest X-ray diffraction peak of the positive electrode active material sintered body is 0.13 to 0.2.

9. The positive electrode active material sintered body for the battery according to claim 8 , wherein the positive electrode active material is lithium manganate.

10. A composite material for a lithium battery containing the positive electrode active material sintered body for the battery according to claim 8 and a conductive material.

11. The composite material for the lithium battery according to claim 10 , wherein the conductive material is made of carbon.

12. A positive electrode for a lithium battery containing the composite material for the lithium battery according to claim 10 and a binder.

13. A lithium ion battery comprising a positive electrode containing the composite material for the lithium battery according to claim 10 and a binder.

14. The positive electrode active material sintered body for the battery according to claim 8 , wherein (III) a total pore volume measured by the mercury porosimeter is 0.3 to 1 cc/g.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2009
From: AKAGI, RYUICHI; NISHIMURA, KENICHI; FUKUMOTO, YASUHISA; WATANABE, KYOICHI; MIURA, TAMAKI; SAITO, TAKAMITSU
To: KAO CORPORATION; NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2007-101430 · Apr 9, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100119945A1 · May 13, 2010