Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery
View Patent ↗A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: an electrode body in which a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate are wound with a separator interposed therebetween; and an exterior package which receives the electrode body, the negative electrode plate includes a negative electrode collector, a first negative electrode mixture layer formed on a winding inside first surface of the negative electrode collector, and a second negative electrode mixture layer formed on a winding outside second surface of the negative electrode collector, the first negative electrode mixture layer contains first graphite particles as a primary component, the second negative electrode mixture layer contains second graphite particles as a primary component, and the first graphite particles has an internal void rate lower than an internal void rate of the second graphite particles.
1. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising: an electrode body in which a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate are wound with a separator interposed therebetween; and an exterior package which receives the electrode body,
wherein the negative electrode plate includes a negative electrode collector, a first negative electrode mixture layer formed on a winding inside first surface of the negative electrode collector, and a second negative electrode mixture layer formed on a winding outside second surface of the negative electrode collector,
the first negative electrode mixture layer contains first graphite particles as a primary component,
the second negative electrode mixture layer contains second graphite particles as a primary component, and
the first graphite particles has an internal void rate lower than an internal void rate of the second graphite particles,
wherein the internal void rate represents an average ratio of internal voids to a graphite particle,
the internal voids being enclosed within, and apart from a perimeter of, the graphite particle, wherein the internal void rate is calculated based on the following equation: (internal void rate of graphite particle)=(areas of internal voids of cross-section of graphite particle)/(cross-sectional area of graphite particle)×100(%), wherein the internal void rate of the first graphite particles is 5% or less, and the internal void rate of the second graphite particles is 8% to 20%.
2. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first negative electrode mixture layer contains first silicon material particles containing silicon, and a content of the first silicon material particles is 2 to 10 percent by mass with respect to the total mass of the first graphite particles and the first silicon material particles, and
the second negative electrode mixture layer contains second silicon material particles containing silicon, and a content of the second silicon material particles is 2 to 10 percent by mass with respect to the total mass of the second graphite particles and the second silicon material particles.
3. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 2 ,
wherein the first silicon material particles and the second silicon material particles each include at least one selected from silicon oxide particles represented by a general formula of SiO x wherein 0.5≤x<1.6, and lithium silicate-silicon composite particles represented by a general formula of Li 2z SiO (2+z) wherein 0<z<2, in which silicon phases are dispersed in a lithium silicate phase.