Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Hiroki Kamitake

Izuru Sasaki

Seiji Nishiyama

Akihiro Sakai

Akinobu Miyazaki

Yuta Sugimoto

Akira Kawase

Tatsuya Oshima

A positive-electrode material according to the present disclosure includes a positive-electrode active material and a coating layer covering the positive-electrode active material, wherein the coating layer contains niobium and carbon, the positive-electrode active material and the coating layer constitute a coated active material, and the ratio Nb/C of the niobium content to the carbon content in a surface layer portion of the coated active material is 0.11 or more based on the atomic ratio.

Positive-electrode material and battery

A positive-electrode material according to the present disclosure includes a positive-electrode active material and a coating layer covering the positive-electrode active material, wherein the coating layer contains oxygen and lithium, the positive-electrode active material and the coating layer constitute a coated active material, and the ratio Li/O of the lithium content to the oxygen content in a surface layer portion of the coated active material is 0.26 or less based on the atomic ratio.

A positive-electrode material according to the present disclosure includes a positive-electrode active material and a coating layer covering the positive-electrode active material, wherein the coating layer contains lithium and carbon, the positive-electrode active material and the coating layer constitute a coated active material, and the ratio C/Li of the carbon content to the lithium content in a surface layer portion of the coated active material is 3.27 or more based on the atomic ratio.

The present disclosure provides a cathode material which has improved charge/discharge efficiency; and a battery using the same. The cathode material includes a cathode active material and a first solid electrolyte material; and the first solid electrolyte material contains Li, M and X; however, does not include sulfur. M represents at least one element that is selected from the group consisting of metalloid elements and metal elements other than Li. X represents at least one selected from the group consisting of Cl and Br, and I. The cathode active material includes lithium iron phosphate.

Cathode material and battery using same

A battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte layer disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The electrolyte layer includes a first layer, a second layer, and a mixture layer disposed between the first layer and the second layer. The first layer includes a first solid electrolyte material. The second layer includes a second solid electrolyte material, the second solid electrolyte material being different from the first solid electrolyte material. The mixture layer includes the first solid electrolyte material and the second solid electrolyte material.

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