IP Library Granted Patent US 8,993,166
Granted Patent B2
US 8,993,166 · App. 12/026,594 · Granted Mar 31, 2015

Anode active material and battery

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Patent No.
US 8,993,166
App. No.
12/026,594
Granted
Mar 31, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A battery with the high capacity, the superior cycle characteristics, and the superior initial charge and discharge efficiency, and an anode active material used for it are provided. The anode active material contains at least tin, cobalt, carbon, and phosphorus as an element. A carbon content is from 9.9 wt % to 29.7 wt %, a phosphorus content is from 0.1 wt % to 2.2 wt %, and a cobalt ration to the total of the tin and the cobalt is from 24 wt % to 70 wt %.

Claims (43)

1. An anode active material comprising:

(a) at least tin, cobalt, carbon, phosphorus, iron, and silicon; and

(b) at least one of titanium or bismuth

wherein,

a carbon content is from and including 9.9 wt % to 29.7 wt %,

a phosphorus content is from and including 0.5 wt % to 2.0 wt %

a silicon content is from and including 0.5 wt % to 7.9 wt %,

an iron content is from 0.1 wt % to 5.9 wt %, and

a ratio of cobalt to the total of the tin and the cobalt is from and including 24 wt % to 70 wt %.

2. The anode active material according to claim 1 , wherein a 1s peak of the carbon is obtained in a region lower than 284.5 eV by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy.

3. The anode active material according to claim 1 having a reactive phase which is capable of reacting with lithium (Li), and whose half-width of a diffraction peak obtained by X-ray diffraction is 1 degree or more.

4. The anode active material according to claim 1 further comprising at least one element selected from the group consisting of indium, niobium, germanium, titanium, molybdenum, and gallium, and bismuth, in an amount of 14.9 wt % or less.

5. The anode active material according to claim 1 comprising at least one element selected from the group consisting of indium, niobium, germanium, titanium, molybdenum, and gallium, and bismuth in an amount 1.5 wt % or more.

6. The anode active material according to claim 5 further comprising at least one element selected from the group consisting of indium, niobium, germanium, titanium, molybdenum, and gallium, and bismuth in an amount from 1.5 wt % to 14.9 wt %.

7. A battery comprising:

a cathode;

an anode; and

an electrolyte,

wherein,

the anode contains an anode active material containing (a) at least tin, cobalt, carbon, phosphorus, iron, and silicon, and (b) at least one of titanium and bismuth, a carbon content in the anode active material is from and including 9.9 wt % to 29.7 wt %,

a phosphorus content in the anode active material is from and including 0.5 wt % to 2.0 wt %

a silicon content in the anode active material is from and including 0.5 wt % to 7.9 wt %,

an iron content is from 0.1 wt % to 5.9 wt %, and

a ratio of cobalt to the total of the tin and the cobalt is from and including 24 wt % to 70 wt %.

8. The battery according to claim 7 , wherein in the anode active material, a Is peak of the carbon is obtained in a region lower than 284.5 eV by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy.

9. The battery according to claim 7 , wherein the anode active material has a reactive phase which is capable of reacting with lithium, and whose half-width of a diffraction peak obtained by X-ray diffraction is 1 degree or more.

10. The battery according to claim 7 , wherein the anode active material further comprises at least one element selected from the group consisting of indium, niobium, germanium, titanium, molybdenum, and gallium, and bismuth in an amount of 14.9 wt % or less.

11. The battery according to claim 10 , wherein the anode active material comprises at least one element selected from the group consisting of the indium, niobium, germanium, titanium, molybdenum, and gallium, and bismuth in an amount of 1.5 wt % or more.

12. The battery according to claim 11 , wherein the anode active material further comprises at least one element selected from the group consisting of indium, niobium, germanium, titanium, molybdenum, and gallium, and bismuth in an amount of 1.5 wt % to 14.9 wt %.

13. The battery according to claim 7 , wherein the electrolyte contains a cyclic ester carbonate derivative having a halogen atom.

14. The anode active material according to claim 1 wherein the amount of titanium or bismuth is 14.9 wt % or less.

15. The anode active material according to claim 1 wherein the amount of titanium or bismuth is 1.5 wt % or more.

16. The anode active material according to claim 1 wherein the amount of titanium or bismuth is from 1.5 wt % to 14.9 wt %.

17. The battery according to claim 7 wherein the amount of titanium or bismuth is 14.9 wt % or less.

18. The battery according to claim 7 wherein the amount of titanium or bismuth is 1.5 wt % or more.

19. The battery according to claim 7 wherein the amount of titanium or bismuth is from 1.5 wt % to 14.9 wt %.

20. An anode active material comprising at least tin, cobalt, carbon, phosphorus, iron and silicon,

wherein,

a carbon content is from and including 9.9 wt % to 29.7 wt %,

a phosphorus content is from and including 0.5 wt % to 2.0 wt %

a silicon content is from and including 0.5 wt % to 7.9 wt %,

an iron content is from 0.1 wt % to 5.9 wt %, and

a ratio of cobalt to the total of the tin and the cobalt is from and including 24 wt % to 70 wt %.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2018
From: TOHOKU MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD
To: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045103/0835 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2018
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: TOHOKU MURATA MANUFACTURING CO.,LTD
Reel/Frame 045104/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 6, 2008
From: MIZUTANI, SATOSHI; INOUE, HIROSHI; KITA, AKINORI; YAMAGUCHI, AKIRA
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 020470/0469 →