IP Library Granted Patent US 10,826,038
Granted Patent B2
US 10,826,038 · App. 13/974,848 · Granted Nov 3, 2020

Secondary battery, battery pack, and electric vehicle

Inventors: Keitaro Kitada (Kanagawa, JP); Takashi Fujinaga (Fukushima, JP)
Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,826,038
App. No.
13/974,848
Granted
Nov 3, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A secondary battery includes: a cathode and an anode opposed to each other with a separator in between; an electrolyte layer provided between the anode and the separator; and an adhesion layer provided between the anode and the electrolyte layer, wherein the anode includes an active material and a first polymer compound, the electrolyte layer includes an electrolytic solution and a second polymer compound, the adhesion layer includes a third polymer compound, the first polymer compound includes a polar group, the second polymer compound includes a polymer chain, and the third polymer compound includes a polar group and a polymer chain same as the polymer chain of the second polymer compound.

Claims (64)

1. A secondary battery, comprising:

a cathode and an anode opposed to each other with a separator in between;

an electrolyte layer provided between the anode and the separator; and

an adhesion layer provided between the anode and the electrolyte layer, wherein:

the anode includes an active material and a first polymer compound,

the active material of the anode includes at least one of SnSiO 3 , LiSnO, or Mg 2 Sn,

the first polymer compound comprises an engineering plastic, which includes a first polar group,

the engineering plastic included in the first polymer compound suppresses expansion and shrinkage of the active material of the anode during charge and discharge of the secondary battery,

the electrolyte layer includes an electrolytic solution and a second polymer compound,

the second polymer compound includes a first polymer chain,

the adhesion layer includes a third polymer compound,

the third polymer compound includes a second polar group and a second polymer chain,

a chemical structure of the second polymer chain is same as a chemical structure of the first polymer chain,

swelling characteristics of the first polymer chain is suppressed by the second polar group, in a range of operational temperature of the secondary battery, and

adhesion between the anode and the adhesion layer is based on the suppression of the swelling characteristics of the first polymer chain and interaction between the first polar group and the second polar group.

2. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein:

the first polymer chain includes a halogenated alkylene group.

3. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein:

each of the first polar group and the second polar group includes at least one of a hydroxyl group (—OH), an amino group (—NH 2 ), a nitro group (—NO 2 ), a carboxyl group (—COOH), a cyano group (—CN), or a carbonyl group (—C(═O)—), and the first polymer chain includes a difluoro ethylene group (—CH 2 —CF 2 —).

4. The secondary battery according to claim 3 , wherein:

the second polymer compound includes at least one of polyvinylidene fluoride or a copolymer that includes vinylidene fluoride as a monomer unit, and

the third polymer compound includes a copolymer of maleate and vinylidene fluoride or a mixture of polyvinylidene fluoride and polyacrylic acid.

5. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the secondary battery is a lithium ion secondary battery.

6. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first polar group and the second polar group are a same polar group.

7. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the adhesion layer is in contact with the anode on a first surface and is in contact with the electrolyte layer on a second surface opposite the first surface.

8. The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolyte layer is a gel electrolyte layer, and the adhesion layer is in contact with the gel electrolyte layer.

9. A battery pack, comprising:

a secondary battery;

a control section configured to control a used state of the secondary battery; and

a switch section configured to switch the used state of the secondary battery according to an instruction of the control section, wherein:

the secondary battery includes:

a cathode and an anode opposed to each other with a separator in between,

an electrolyte layer provided between the anode and the separator, and

an adhesion layer provided between the anode and the electrolyte layer, wherein:

the anode includes an active material and a first polymer compound,

the active material of the anode includes at least one of SnSiO 3 , LiSnO, or Mg 2 Sn,

the first polymer compound comprises an engineering plastic, which includes a first polar group,

the engineering plastic included in the first polymer compound suppresses expansion and shrinkage of the active material of the anode during charge and discharge of the secondary battery,

the electrolyte layer includes an electrolytic solution and a second polymer compound,

the second polymer compound includes a first polymer chain,

the adhesion layer includes a third polymer compound,

the third polymer compound includes a second polar group and a second polymer chain,

a chemical structure of the second polymer chain is same as a chemical structure of the first polymer chain,

swelling characteristics of the first polymer chain is suppressed by the second polar group, in a range of operational temperature of the secondary battery, and

adhesion between the anode and the adhesion layer is based on the suppression of the swelling characteristics of the first polymer chain and interaction between the first polar group and the second polar group.

10. An electric vehicle, comprising:

a secondary battery;

a conversion section configured to convert electric power supplied from the secondary battery into drive power;

a drive section configured to operate in accordance with the drive power; and

a control section configured to control a used state of the secondary battery, wherein:

the secondary battery includes:

a cathode and an anode opposed to each other with a separator in between,

an electrolyte layer provided between the anode and the separator, and

an adhesion layer provided between the anode and the electrolyte layer, wherein:

the anode includes an active material and a first polymer compound,

the active material of the anode includes at least one of SnSiO 3 , LiSnO, or Mg 2 Sn,

the first polymer compound comprises an engineering plastic, which includes a first polar group,

the engineering plastic included in the first polymer compound suppresses expansion and shrinkage of the active material of the anode during charge and discharge of the secondary battery,

the electrolyte layer includes an electrolytic solution and a second polymer compound,

the second polymer compound includes a first polymer chain,

the adhesion layer includes a third polymer compound,

the third polymer compound includes a second polar group and a second polymer chain,

a chemical structure of the second polymer chain is same as a chemical structure of the first polymer chain, swelling characteristics of the first polymer chain is suppressed by the second polar group, in a range of operational temperature of the secondary battery, and

adhesion between the anode and the adhesion layer is based on the suppression of the swelling characteristics of the first polymer chain and interaction between the first polar group and the second polar group.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: TOHOKU MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044880/0953 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2017
From: TOHOKU MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
To: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044881/0005 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2013
From: KITADA, KEITARO; FUJINAGA, TAKASHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031080/0768 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-200497 · Sep 12, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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