IP Library Granted Patent US 10,938,020
Granted Patent B2
US 10,938,020 · App. 16/289,009 · Granted Mar 2, 2021

Electrode, laminate, lithium ion secondary battery, battery pack, and vehicle

Inventors: Kazuomi Yoshima (Yokohama, JP); Yasunobu Yamashita (Tokyo, JP); Yasuhiro Harada (Isehara, JP); Norio Takami (Yokohama, JP)
Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
H01M4/131B60L7/10B60L50/64H01M4/62H01M10/0525H01M10/0562H01M10/0566H01M10/4257H01M4/505H01M4/525H01M2004/028H01M2010/4271H01M2220/20H01M2300/0037
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Patent No.
US 10,938,020
App. No.
16/289,009
Granted
Mar 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electrode is provided. The electrode includes an active material-containing layer including active material particles and solid electrolyte particles being present away from the active material particles. The active material particles have lithium ion conductivity. The solid electrolyte particles have first ion conductivity. The solid electrolyte particles include a first ion that is at least one selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal ion excluding a lithium ion, a Ca ion, an Mg ion, and an Al ion.

Claims (47)

1. An electrode comprising an active material-containing layer comprising:

active material particles having lithium ion conductivity; and

solid electrolyte particles being present away from the active material particles,

wherein the solid electrolyte particles comprise a first ion being at least one selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal ion excluding lithium ion, a Ca ion, an Mg ion, and an Al ion, and

the solid electrolyte particles have first ion conductivity, and have a higher ionic conductance for the first ion than for the lithium ion.

2. The electrode according to claim 1 , wherein

in a scanning electron microscope (SEM) image with respect to the active material-containing layer, a ratio of an area occupied by the solid electrolyte particles is less than or equal to 20% of a total visual field area of the scanning electron microscope (SEM) image.

3. The electrode according to claim 1 , wherein

a ratio of a weight of the solid electrolyte particles relative to a weigh active material-containing layer is in a range of 0.1 wt. % to 30 wt. %.

4. The electrode according to claim 1 , wherein

the solid electrolyte particles have an average particle size in a range of 0.1 μm to 5 μm.

5. The electrode according to claim 1 , wherein

the solid electrolyte particles further comprise a lithium ion, and

in the solid electrolyte particles, a concentration of the first ion is greater than a concentration of the lithium ion.

6. The electrode according to claim 1 , wherein

the solid electrolyte particles comprise at least one selected from the group consisting of Na 3 Zr 2 Si 2 PO 12 , Na 2 Zr 2 SiP 2 O 12 , Na 3.5 Zr 2 Si 2.5 P 0.5 O 12 , Na 1.5 Zr 2 Si 0.5 P 2.5 O 12 , Na 2 B 10 H 10 , Na 2 O.11Al 2 O 3 , K 2 Zr 2 SiP 2 O 12 , CaZr 2 SiP 2 O 12 , MgZr 2 SiP 2 O 12 , and AlZr 2 Si 2 PO 12 .

7. The electrode according to claim 1 for use for a lithium ion secondary battery.

8. A laminate, comprising:

the electrode according to claim 1 ; and

a solid electrolyte layer,

the solid electrolyte layer comprising the solid electrolyte particles present away from the active material particles.

9. A laminate, comprising:

an electrode that comprises an active material-containing layer; and

a solid electrolyte layer,

wherein the active material-containing layer comprises active material particles having lithium ion conductivity,

the solid electrolyte layer comprises solid electrolyte particles being present away from the active material particles, and

the solid electrolyte particles comprise a first ion being at least one selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal ion excluding lithium ion, a Ca ion, an M ion, and an Al ion, and

the solid electrolyte particles have first ion conductivity, and have a higher ionic conductance for the first ion than for the lithium ion.

10. The laminate according to claim 9 , wherein

the solid electrolyte particles further comprise a lithium ion, and

in the solid electrolyte particles, a concentration of the first ion is greater than a concentration of the lithium ion.

11. The laminate according to claim 9 , wherein

the solid electrolyte particles comprise at least one selected from the group consisting of Na 3 Zr 2 Si 2 PO 12 , Na 2 Zr 2 SiP 2 O 12 , Na 3.5 Zr 2 Si 2.5 P 0.5 O 12 , Na 1.5 Zr 2 Si 0.5 P 2.5 O 12 , Na 2 B 10 H 10 , Na 2 O.11Al 2 O 3 , K 2 Zr 2 SiP 2 O 12 , CaZr 2 SiP 2 O 12 , MgZr 2 SiP 2 O 12 , and AlZr 2 Si 2 PO 12 .

12. A lithium ion secondary battery, comprising:

a nonaqueous electrolyte; and

the electrode according to claim 1 .

13. A lithium ion secondary battery, comprising:

a nonaqueous electrolyte; and

the laminate according to claim 8 .

14. A battery pack comprising the lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 12 .

15. The battery pack according to claim 14 , further comprising:

an external power distribution terminal; and

a protective circuit.

16. The battery pack according to claim 14 , comprising a plurality of the lithium ion secondary battery, wherein

the lithium ion secondary batteries are electrically connected to in series, in parallel, or in combination of series connection and parallel connection.

17. A vehicle comprising the battery pack according to claim 14 .

18. The vehicle according to claim 17 , comprising a mechanism configured to convert kinetic energy of the vehicle into regenerative energy.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Jan 15, 2026
From: TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 074381/0191 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2019
From: YOSHIMA, KAZUOMI; YAMASHITA, YASUNOBU; HARADA, YASUHIRO; TAKAMI, NORIO
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048689/0292 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-174721 · Sep 19, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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