Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, Inc.

Masataka Tomita

Hiroyuki Yamaguchi

Yoshinari Makimura

A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided which is suppressed in capacity deterioration upon repeating charging and discharging irrespective of cracks being formed in a lithium manganese oxide particle having a spinel type crystal structure. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery herein disclosed includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material layer. The positive electrode active material layer includes lithium manganese oxide particles having a spinel type crystal structure as the positive electrode active material. At least a part of the lithium manganese oxide particles has a cracked part. The lithium manganese oxide particles have a coating film on the particle surface including the surface of the cracked part. The coating film contains a P component including a LiMnPOcomponent, and a F component.

Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and manufacturing method thereof

Provided is a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using a spinel-type manganese-containing composite oxide, in which the capacity deterioration in repeated charging and discharging at a high temperature is suppressed. A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery disclosed herein includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolytic solution. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material layer containing a positive electrode active material. The positive electrode active material includes a lithium composite oxide having a spinel-type crystal structure and including Mn. The positive electrode active material layer includes 0.05% by mass or more and 1.0% by mass or less of orthophosphoric acid with respect to the positive electrode active material. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material layer containing a negative electrode active material. The negative electrode active material is graphite. The non-aqueous electrolytic solution includes a fluorine-containing lithium salt.

Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and method for manufacturing same

The present disclosure provides a positive electrode active material having a spinel-type crystal structure that can reduce an increase in resistance and a decrease in capacity retention rate due to repeated charging and discharging of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery. The positive electrode active material disclosed herein is configured of a lithium manganese composite oxide having a spinel-type crystal structure, wherein the lithium manganese composite oxide includes secondary particles in which a plurality of primary particles are aggregated, an average particle diameter of the secondary particles based on a SEM image is 10 μm or more and 20 μm or less, an average particle diameter of the primary particles based on a SEM image is 4 μm or more and 8 μm or less, and nickel atoms are provided in the surface layer portion of the secondary particles.

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Okazaki, Japan

Masataka Tomita