IP Library Granted Patent US 12,597,612
Granted Patent B2
US 12,597,612 · App. 17/797,987 · Granted Apr 7, 2026

Nonaqueous electrolyte energy storage device, and method for manufacturing nonaqueous electrolyte energy storage device

Inventor: Norio Yamatani (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: GS Yuasa International Ltd.
H01M4/62H01G11/46H01G11/64H01G11/86H01M4/131H01M4/505H01M4/525H01M10/0567H01M10/058H01M2004/028H01M2300/0025
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Patent No.
US 12,597,612
App. No.
17/797,987
Granted
Apr 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An aspect of the present invention is a nonaqueous electrolyte energy storage device including: a positive electrode including a positive composite layer containing a transition metal oxide and a boron element; a negative electrode; and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a sulfuric acid ester compound, in which the content of the boron element in the positive composite layer is 0.03% by mass or more.

Claims (22)

1 . A nonaqueous electrolyte energy storage device comprising:

a positive electrode comprising a positive composite layer containing a transition metal oxide and an elemental boron;

a negative electrode; and

a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a sulfuric acid ester compound,

wherein a content of the elemental boron in the positive composite layer is 0.03% by mass or more, and

the sulfuric acid ester compound includes a compound represented by the following formula (4):

where R 7 and R 8 each independently represent a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a halogenated alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.

2 . The nonaqueous electrolyte energy storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the transition metal oxide comprises a nickel element, a cobalt element, and at least one selected from the group consisting of a manganese element and an aluminum element.

3 . A method for manufacturing a nonaqueous electrolyte energy storage device, the method comprising:

preparing a positive electrode comprising a positive composite layer containing a transition metal oxide and an elemental boron;

preparing a negative electrode; and

preparing a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a sulfuric acid ester compound,

wherein the preparing the positive electrode comprises:

providing the positive composite layer containing the elemental boron such that a content of the elemental boron in the positive composite layer is 0.03% by mass or more, and

the sulfuric acid ester compound includes a compound represented by the following formula (4):

where R 7 and R 8 each independently represent a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a halogenated alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.

4 . The nonaqueous electrolyte energy storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the transition metal oxide has an α-NaFeO 2 -type crystal structure.

5 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein the transition metal oxide has an α-NaFeO 2 -type crystal structure.

6 . The method according to claim 3 , further comprising

providing the positive composite layer containing the transition metal oxide and the elemental boron by mixing a positive composite with a boron compound, adding the elemental boron to particles of the transition metal oxide, coating the particles of the transition metal oxide with the elemental boron, or adding a boron-based additive to the nonaqueous electrolyte and then charging and discharging the nonaqueous electrolyte energy storage device in which the boron-based additive is added to the nonaqueous electrolyte,

wherein the boron compound is selected from a group consisting of a boric acid, a boron oxide, a lithium tetraborate and an ammonium borate, and

the boron-based additive is selected from a group consisting of lithium bisoxalate borate, a lithium difluoroxalate borate, a lithium tetrafluoroborate, a borate ester and a boroxine compound.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 15, 2022
From: YAMATANI, NORIO
To: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-028726 · Feb 21, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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