Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including tungsten
Provided is a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery with reduced resistance in a low SOC range, with the battery having a coating on its negative electrode active material. This invention provides a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising a positive electrode that has a positive electrode active material layer comprising a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode that has a negative electrode active material layer comprising a negative electrode active material, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode active material has a coating. The coating comprises an oxalato complex-derived component and an N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone-derived component. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery internally comprises tungsten. The tungsten content per unit capacity of the non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is 0.0048 g/Ah to 0.0078 g/Ah.
1. A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having
a positive electrode that has a positive electrode active material layer comprising a positive electrode active material,
a negative electrode that has a negative electrode active material layer comprising a negative electrode active material, and
a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein
the negative electrode active material has a coating, with the coating comprising an oxalato complex-derived component and an N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone-derived component, and
the non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery internally comprises tungsten, with the tungsten content per unit capacity being 0.0048 g/Ah or greater, but 0.0078 g/Ah or less.
2. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode active material layer comprises N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone.
3. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein the N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone in per unit mass of the positive electrode active material layer is 5 ppm or greater.
4. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein the N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone in per unit mass of the positive electrode active material layer is 10 ppm or greater.
5. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein the N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone in per unit mass of the positive electrode active material layer is 20 ppm or greater.
6. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein the N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone in per unit mass of the positive electrode active material layer is 50 ppm or greater.
7. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode active material has a DBP oil absorption of 32 ml/100 g or greater, but 43 ml/100 g or less.
8. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode active material comprises a lithium composite oxide that has, as constituent elements, lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese and tungsten.
9. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte comprises, as an oxalato complex, at least either lithium bis(oxalato)borate (LiBOB) or lithium difluorobis(oxalato)phosphate (LPFO).
10. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode active material is in a form of a hollow particle having a shell with an empty space formed therein.