IP Library Granted Patent US 9,406,929
Granted Patent B2
US 9,406,929 · App. 13/994,605 · Granted Aug 2, 2016

Lithium ion battery

Inventors: Takayuki Kimura (Tokyo, JP); Takefumi Okumura (Tokyo, JP); Hiroo Nishiyama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
H01M4/364H01M4/131H01M4/505H01M4/525H01M10/0431H01M10/0525H01M10/0587H01M2004/028Y02E60/122
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Patent No.
US 9,406,929
App. No.
13/994,605
Granted
Aug 2, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A high-input and high-output battery having a large capacity while guaranteeing safety is provided. In a lithium ion battery having an electrode wound group in which a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator are wound and an electrolytic solution provided in a battery container, a discharge capacity of the battery being 30 Ah or more, the positive electrode has a current collector and a positive electrode composite applied to both surfaces of the current collector, and the positive electrode composite has following configuration. The positive electrode composite contains a mixed active material of layered lithium nickel manganese cobalt composite oxide (NMC) and spinel lithium manganese oxide (sp-Mn), a density of the positive electrode composite is 2.4 g/cm 3 or more and 2.7 g/cm 3 or less, and a porosity of the active electrode composite is 29.5% or more and 40.0% or less. Furthermore, a weight ratio (NMC/sp-Mn) of the mixed active materials is set to 10/90 or more and 60/40 or less.

Claims (25)

1. A lithium ion battery having an electrode wound group in which a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator are wound and an electrolytic solution provided in a battery container, a discharge capacity X of the battery when discharging a voltage from 4.2 V to 2.7 V at a current of 0.5 C being 30 Ah or more and less than 100 Ah,

wherein the positive electrode has a current collector and a positive electrode composite applied to both surfaces of the current collector,

the positive electrode composite contains a mixed active material of layered lithium nickel manganese cobalt composite oxide (NMC) and spinel lithium manganese oxide (sp-Mn),

a density of the positive electrode composite is 2.4 g/cm 3 or more and 2.7 g/cm 3 or less, a porosity of the active electrode composite is 29.5% or more and 40.0% or less, and an application quantity of the positive electrode composite is 175 g/m 2 or more and 250 g/m 2 or less, and

the discharge capacity X and a weight ratio Y (NMC/sp-Mn) between the layered lithium nickel manganese cobalt composite oxide (NMC) and the spinel lithium manganese oxide (sp-Mn) satisfy a following relational expression 1:

Y<− 0.0062 X+ 1.05 (30≦ X< 100)  (relational expression 1).

2. A lithium ion battery having an electrode wound group in which a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator are wound and an electrolytic solution provided in a battery container, a discharge capacity of the battery when discharging a voltage from 4.2 V to 2.7 V at a current of 0.5 C being 30 Ah or more and less than 100 Ah,

wherein the positive electrode has a current collector and a positive electrode composite applied to both surfaces of the current collector,

the positive electrode composite contains a mixed active material of layered lithium nickel manganese cobalt composite oxide (NMC) and spinel lithium manganese oxide (sp-Mn),

a density of the positive electrode composite is 2.4 g/cm 3 or more and 2.7 g/cm 3 or less, and a porosity of the active electrode composite is 29.5% or more and 40.0% or less, and an application quantity of the positive electrode composite is 175 g/m 2 or more and 250 g/m 2 or less, and

a weight ratio (NMC/sp-Mn) between the layered lithium nickel manganese cobalt composite oxide (NMC) and the spinel lithium manganese oxide (sp-Mn) is 10/90 or more and 60/40 or less.

3. The lithium ion battery according to claim 1 ,

wherein the mixed active material is composed of a mixture of layered lithium nickel manganese cobalt composite oxide represented by a following composition formula (Chem. 1), that is:

Li (1+δ) Mn x Ni y Co (1-x-y-z) M z O 2   (Chem. 1)

(where, M is at least one element selected from a group including Ti, Zr, Nb, Mo, W, Al, Si, Ga, Ge, and Sn, and −0.15<δ<0.15, 0.1<x≦0.5, 0.6<x+y+z≦1.0, and 0≦z≦0.1 are satisfied), and

spinel lithium manganese oxide represented by a following composition formula (Chem. 2), that is:

Li (1+η) Mn (2−λ) M′ λ O 4   (Chem. 2)

(where, M′ is at least one element selected from a group including Mg, Ca, Sr, Al, Ga, Zn, and Cu, and 0≦η≦0.2 and 0≦λ≦0.1 are satisfied).

4. The lithium ion battery according to claim 2 ,

wherein the mixed active material is composed of a mixture of layered lithium nickel manganese cobalt composite oxide represented by a following composition formula (Chem. 1), that is:

Li (1+δ) Mn x Ni y Co (1-x-y-z) M z O 2   (Chem. 1)

(where, M is at least one element selected from a group including Ti, Zr, Nb, Mo, W, Al, Si, Ga, Ge, and Sn, and −0.15<δ<0.15, 0.1<x≦0.5, 0.6<x+y+z≦1.0, and 0≦z≦0.1 are satisfied), and

spinel lithium manganese oxide represented by a following composition formula (Chem. 2), that is:

Li (1+η) Mn (2−λ) M′ λ O 4   (Chem. 2)

(where, M′ is at least one element selected from a group including Mg, Ca, Sr, Al, Ga, Zn, and Cu, and 0≦η≦0.2 and 0≦λ≦0.1 are satisfied).

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded May 20, 2016
From: SHIN-KOBE ELECTRIC MACHINERY CO., LTD.
To: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 038766/0210 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 23, 2014
From: KIMURA, TAKAYUKI; OKUMURA, TAKEFUMI; NISHIYAMA, HIROO
To: SHIN-KOBE ELECTRIC MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034574/0019 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-042911 · Feb 29, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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