Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

Nobuyuki Ishiwatari

Hideaki Tanaka

Akio Ueda

Shunsuke Yamada

Shingo Morokuma

Satoshi Akasaka

Tooru Fuse

Junko Kagimoto

Iwao Soga

Naoto Maru

Takashi Kameda

Koichi Nishio

Daigo Nagayama

Hiromitsu Ikeda

Atsushi Watarai

Koji Fukamizu

Masakazu Yokomizo

Akihiro Katou

A carbon material may include granulated particles satisfying (1L) and (2L):

Carbon material, method for producing carbon material, and non-aqueous secondary battery using carbon material

Provided are: a negative electrode material for nonaqueous secondary batteries, which can yield a high-capacity nonaqueous secondary battery having excellent discharge rate characteristics; and a negative electrode for nonaqueous secondary batteries and a nonaqueous secondary battery. Also provided is a nonaqueous secondary battery having excellent charge-discharge efficiency. The negative electrode material for nonaqueous secondary batteries includes carbonaceous particles (A) and silicon oxide particles (B), and satisfies the followings: a) the average particle size (50% cumulative particle size from the smaller particle side; d50) is 3 μm to 30 μm, and the 10% cumulative particle size from the smaller particle side (d10) is 0.1 μm to 10 μm; b) the ratio (R1=d90/d10) between the 90% cumulative particle size from the smaller particle side (d90) and the d10 is 3 to 20; and c) the ratio (R2=d50/d10) between the d50 and the d10 is 1.7 to 5.

Negative electrode material for nonaqueous secondary batteries, negative electrode for nonaqueous secondary batteries, and nonaqueous secondary battery

A carbon material for a non-aqueous secondary battery containing a graphite capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions, and having a cumulative pore volume at pore diameters in a range of 0.01 μm to 1 μm of 0.08 mL/g or more, a roundness, as determined by flow-type particle image analysis, of 0.88 or greater, and a pore diameter to particle diameter ratio (PD/d50 (%)) of 1.8 or less, the ratio being given by equation (1A): PD/d50 (%)=mode pore diameter (PD) in a pore diameter range of 0.01 μm to 1 μm in a pore distribution determined by mercury intrusion/volume-based average particle diameter (d50)×100 is provided.

The invention relates to composite graphite particles for a nonaqueous secondary battery negative electrode containing graphite (A) and metal particles (B) capable of alloying with Li, wherein the degree of dispersion of the metal particles (B) in the composite graphite particles is 0.78 or more and the internal void fraction of the composite graphite particles is 3% or more and 40% or less.

Method to prepare composite graphite particles for nonaqueous secondary battery negative electrode, active material for nonaqueous secondary battery negative electrode, and nonaqueous secondary battery

The invention includes a method to provide composite graphite particles for a nonaqueous secondary battery negative electrode, wherein metal particles capable of alloying with Li can be internally present with favorable dispersibility. The present invention relates to composite graphite particles for a nonaqueous secondary battery negative electrode containing graphite (A) and metal particles (B) capable of alloying with Li, wherein the degree of dispersion of the metal particles (B) in the composite graphite particles is 0.78 or more.

Provided are: a negative electrode material for nonaqueous secondary batteries, which has a high capacity and exhibits excellent low-temperature input-output characteristics, charge-discharge rate characteristics, cycle characteristics, and the like; and a negative electrode for nonaqueous secondary batteries and a nonaqueous secondary battery, which include the negative electrode material. The negative electrode material for nonaqueous secondary batteries includes silicon oxide particles (A) and a carbon material (B), wherein the silicon oxide particles (A) contain zero-valent silicon atoms, and the carbon material (B) has a volume resistivity of less than 0.14 &#x3a9;&#xb7;cm at a powder density of 1.1 g/cm.

Negative electrode material for nonaqueous secondary battery, negative electrode for nonaqueous secondary battery, and nonaqueous secondary battery

An objet of the invention is to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery superior in input-output characteristics even at a low temperature. To achieve the object, hybrid particles (carbon material) satisfying certain conditions, and composed of graphite particles and carbon particles with a primary particle size from 3 nm to 500 nm, preferably as well as amorphous carbon, are used as a negative electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, so that the input-output characteristics of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery at a low temperature can be improved remarkably.

Carbon material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, negative electrode for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and manufacturing method for carbon material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery

This invention aims to provide a carbon material for a nonaqueous secondary battery having a high capacity and excellent charging/discharging load characteristics, which is used as a negative electrode material for a nonaqueous secondary battery. This invention relates to a carbon material for a nonaqueous secondary battery, which has a specific (1) Raman R value, (2) N atom concentration/C atom concentration ratio, and (3) S atom concentration/C atom concentration ratio.

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Inashiki-gun, Japan

Nobuyuki Ishiwatari