Sumitomo Rubber Industries Limited

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Fumiya Chujo

Tatsuya Kubo

Yasuhisa Minagawa

Takashi Mukai

Naoto Yamashita

Masahiro Yanagida

It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel organic sulfur material which is capable of improving a charge/discharge capacity and cycle characteristics, an electrode comprising the organic sulfur material, that is, a positive electrode or a negative electrode, and a lithium-ion secondary battery comprising the electrode. Provided is an organic sulfur material comprising a sulfur-modified acrylic resin, wherein an acrylic resin has peaks around 756 cm, around 1066 cm, around 1150 cm, around 1245 cm, around 1270 cm, around 1453 cm, and around 1732 cmin an FT-IR spectrum.

Organic sulfur material, electrode, and lithium-ion secondary batteries, and producing method

Provided is a sulfur-based active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a large charge/discharge capacity and excellent cycle characteristics which is inexpensively and easily provided, an electrode comprising the sulfur-based active material, and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising the electrode, as well as a producing method thereof. The sulfur-based active material is obtainable by calcinating a raw material, the raw material comprising (1) a heat-expandable particle comprising an outer shell comprising an acryl-based copolymer and a hydrocarbon included inside the outer shell, the heat-expandable particle having an expansion starting temperature of 150° C. or lower, and (2) sulfur.

Sulfur-based active material, electrode, non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and producing methods thereof

Provided is an organic sulfur material comprising a sulfur-modified acrylic resin, wherein an acrylic resin is at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of (a) a polymer of at least one selected from the group consisting of acrylate compounds represented by CH═C(R)COOR, wherein Ris a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and Ris an alkyl group, and (b) a polymer of at least one selected from the group consisting of acrylate compounds above and at least one selected from the group consisting of diacrylate compounds represented by CH═C(R)COO—Y—OCO(R)C═CH, wherein each of Rand Ris the same or different and is a methyl group, etc., Y is a hydrocarbylene group, etc., wherein the hydrocarbylene group may have a substituent selected from a hydroxyl group and an alkyl group.

An object of the present invention is to provide a lithium-ion secondary battery having a large charge and discharge capacity and excellent cycle characteristics irrespective of kind and shape of a current collector. The lithium-ion secondary battery comprises an electrode comprising a primer layer for protecting a current collector and a crosslinking agent layer comprising a compound being capable of crosslinking an aqueous binder contained in the primer layer, the both layers being disposed between a current collector and an active material layer comprising a sulfur-based active material.

Electrode for lithium-ion secondary battery

An object of the present disclosure is to provide a new sulfur-based positive-electrode active material which can improve cyclability of a lithium-ion secondary battery while maintaining a charging and discharging capacity, a positive-electrode comprising the positive-electrode active material, and a lithium-ion secondary battery comprising the positive-electrode. The sulfur-based positive-electrode active material is one comprising doped nitrogen atoms obtainable by heat-treating a starting material comprising a chain organic compound and sulfur under an atmosphere of a nitrogen atom-doping gas.

Sulfur-based positive-electrode active material, positive-electrode and lithium-ion secondary battery

The present invention provides a sulfur-based active material prepared using an inexpensive polymer material as a starting material and a method of preparing the sulfur-based active material. A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery such as a lithium-ion secondary battery provided with an electrode comprising the sulfur-based active material has a large charging and discharging capacity and an excellent cyclability.

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Fumiya Chujo