IP Library Granted Patent US 9,455,442
Granted Patent B2
US 9,455,442 · App. 14/430,408 · Granted Sep 27, 2016

Carbon-coated active material composite and lithium ion battery

Inventors: Hiroyuki Mine (Tokyo, JP); Takao Kitagawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
H01M4/366H01M4/133H01M4/587H01M4/625H01M10/0525H01M10/0569H01M4/5825H01M2004/021H01M2004/028H01M2300/0037Y02E60/122Y02T10/7011
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Patent No.
US 9,455,442
App. No.
14/430,408
Granted
Sep 27, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A carbon-coated active material composite, an electrode and a lithium ion battery capable of improving electron conductivity and lithium ion conductivity when an electrode active material having a carbonaceous film formed on the surface is used as an electrode material are provided. In the carbon-coated active material composite, charge migration of lithium ions occurs at an interface between a carbonaceous film and an electrode active material, an activation energy of an insertion and removal reaction of lithium ions at an interface between the carbon-coated active material composite and an electrolytic solution is 45 kJ/mol to 85 kJ/mol, a value of a carbon supported amount to a specific surface area of particles of an electrode active material is 0.01 to 0.5, and the activation energy is measured using an electrolyte solution obtained by mixing ethylene carbonate and diethyl carbonate at a 1:1 ratio.

Claims (14)

1. A carbon-coated active material composite, comprising a particle in which a carbonaceous film is formed on an electrode active material and charge migration of lithium ions occurs at an interface between the carbonaceous film and the electrode active material,

wherein an activation energy of an insertion and removal reaction of lithium ions occurring at an interface between the carbon-coated active material composite and an electrolytic solution is in a range of 45 kJ/mol to 85 kJ/mol, a value of a carbon supported amount with respect to a specific surface area of particles of an electrode active material, calculated as [carbon supported amount]/[specific surface area of the particles of the electrode active material], is in a range of 0.01 to 0.5, and the activation energy is a value measured using an electrolyte solution obtained by mixing ethylene carbonate and diethyl carbonate at a 1:1 ratio.

2. A carbon-coated active material composite, comprising a particle in which a carbonaceous film is formed on an electrode active material and charge migration of lithium ions occurs at an interface between the carbonaceous film and the electrode active material,

wherein an activation energy of an insertion and removal reaction of lithium ions occurring at an interface between the carbon-coated active material composite and an electrolytic solution increases by a range of 5 kJ/mol to 40 kJ/mol compared with the activation energy of the insertion and removal reaction of lithium ions occurring at an interface between the electrode active material that is yet to be coated with carbon and the electrolytic solution, and a value of a carbon supported amount with respect to a specific surface area of particles of the electrode active material, calculated as [carbon supported amount]/[specific surface area of the particles of the electrode active material], is in a range of 0.01 to 0.5, and the activation energy is a value measured using an electrolyte solution obtained by mixing ethylene carbonate and diethyl carbonate at a 1:1 ratio.

3. The carbon-coated active material composite according to claim 1 ,

wherein the carbonaceous film has a net-shaped structure, coats 70% or more of surfaces of the particles of the electrode active material, and a density of the carbonaceous film is in a range of 0.1 g/cm 3 to 1.5 g/cm 3 .

4. The carbon-coated active material composite according to claim 1 ,

wherein a film thickness of the carbonaceous film is in a range of 0.1 nm to 10 nm.

5. A lithium ion battery comprising:

a cathode which comprises the carbon-coated active material composite according to claim 1 .

6. The carbon-coated active material composite according to claim 2 ,

wherein the carbonaceous film has a net-shaped structure, coats 70% or more of surfaces of the particles of the electrode active material, and a density of the carbonaceous film is in a range of 0.1 g/cm 3 to 1.5 g/cm 3 .

7. The carbon-coated active material composite according to claim 2 , wherein a film thickness of the carbonaceous film is in a range of 0.1 nm to 10 nm.

8. A lithium ion battery, comprising a cathode which comprises the carbon-coated active material composite according to claim 2 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 2, 2022
From: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
To: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060256/0348 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2015
From: MINE, HIROYUKI; KITAGAWA, TAKAO
To: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035231/0750 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-104393 · May 16, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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