IP Library Granted Patent US 9,761,871
Granted Patent B2
US 9,761,871 · App. 14/906,872 · Granted Sep 12, 2017

Negative electrode for sodium molten salt battery, method for producing same, and sodium molten salt battery

Inventors: Shoichiro Sakai (Osaka, JP); Atsushi Fukunaga (Osaka, JP); Koma Numata (Osaka, JP); Eiko Imazaki (Osaka, JP); Koji Nitta (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
H01M4/366H01M4/0404H01M4/0454H01M4/133H01M4/1393H01M4/587H01M4/628H01M10/399H01M10/4235H01M2004/027
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Patent No.
US 9,761,871
App. No.
14/906,872
Granted
Sep 12, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An aspect of the present invention relates to a negative electrode for a sodium molten salt battery, the negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode mixture layer arranged on a surface of the negative electrode current collector, the negative electrode mixture layer including negative electrode active material particles and a film arranged on a surface of each of the negative electrode active material particles, the negative electrode active material particles containing hard carbon, and the film containing a sodium-containing sulfide.

Claims (12)

1. A negative electrode for a sodium molten salt battery, comprising:

a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode mixture layer arranged on a surface of the negative electrode current collector,

the negative electrode mixture layer including negative electrode active material particles and a film arranged on a surface of each of the negative electrode active material particles,

the negative electrode active material particles containing hard carbon, and

the film containing sodium sulfide.

2. The negative electrode for a sodium molten salt battery according to claim 1 , wherein the film has an average thickness of 10 to 500 nm.

3. The negative electrode for a sodium molten salt battery according to claim 1 ,

wherein the hard carbon contains sulfur, and

the negative electrode mixture layer has a sulfur content of 0.05% by mass or more.

4. The negative electrode for a sodium molten salt battery according to claim 3 , wherein the hard carbon contains a mercapto group.

5. A sodium molten salt battery comprising:

a positive electrode, the negative electrode according to claim 1 , a separator arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a molten salt electrolyte having sodium ion conductivity.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 21, 2016
From: SAKAI, SHOICHIRO; FUKUNAGA, ATSUSHI; NUMATA, KOMA; IMAZAKI, EIKO; NITTA, KOJI
To: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 037554/0426 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-155665 · Jul 26, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160156029A1 · Jun 2, 2016