Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Nichia Corporation

Soshi Kawamura

Toru Sukigara

Kenichi Kobayashi

Hiroto Maeyama

Atsushi Ogawa

Ushio Harada

Wataru Shimizu

A positive electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes particles of a lithium-transition metal composite oxide that contains nickel in the composition thereof and has a layered structure. The particles have an average particle size Dbased on electron microscopic observation in a range of 1 μm to 7 μm in which a ratio D/Dof a 50% particle size Din volume-based cumulative particle size distribution to the average particle size based on electron microscopic observation is in a range of 1 to 4, and a ratio D/Dof a 90% particle size Dto a 10% particle size Din volume-based cumulative particle size distribution is 4 or less.

Positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery

An electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, provided with a collector and a positive electrode active material layer arranged on the collector and contains a positive electrode active material. The positive electrode active material contains compound particles which have a layered structure composed of two or more transition metals, and which have an average particle diameter DSEM of from 1 μm to 7 μm (inclusive) based on the observation with an electron microscope, a ratio of the 50% particle diameter D50 in a volume-based cumulative particle size distribution to the average particle diameter DSEM, namely D50/DSEM of from 1 to 4 (inclusive), and a ratio of the 90% particle diameter D90 in the volume-based cumulative particle size distribution to the 10% particle diameter D10 in the volume-based cumulative particle size distribution, namely D90/D10 of 4 or less. The positive electrode active material layer has a void fraction of 10-45%.

Electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery provided with same

A positive electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes particles of a lithium-transition metal composite oxide that contains nickel in the composition thereof and has a layered structure. The particles have an average particle size Dbased on electron microscopic observation in a range of 1 &#x3bc;m to 7 &#x3bc;m in which a ratio D/Dof a 50% particle size Din volume-based cumulative particle size distribution to the average particle size based on electron microscopic observation is in a range of 1 to 4, and a ratio D/Dof a 90% particle size Dto a 10% particle size Din volume-based cumulative particle size distribution is 4 or less.

A method for manufacturing a solid-state battery includes: an electrode material filling step of filling a plurality of holes of a porous conductive base material with an active material contained in an electrode slurry so as to form a first electrode body, by dipping the porous conductive base material having the plurality of holes into the electrode slurry; a solid electrolyte material coating step of coating a surface with a solid electrolyte material contained in a solid-electrolyte slurry by dipping at least one of the first electrode body or a second electrode body having a polarity different from that of the first electrode body into the solid-electrolyte slurry; and a solid-state battery laminating step of obtaining a solid-state battery by laminating and pressing the first electrode body and the second electrode body.

Method for manufacturing solid-state battery and solid-state battery

An electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, which is provided with a collector and a positive electrode active material layer that is arranged on the collector and contains a positive electrode active material. The positive electrode active material is configured to contain compound particles which have a layered structure composed of two or more transition metals, and which have an average particle diameter DSEM of from 1 &#x3bc;m to 7 &#x3bc;m (inclusive), a ratio of the 50% particle diameter Din a volume-based cumulative particle size distribution to the average particle diameter DSEM, namely D/DSEM of from 1 to 4 (inclusive), and a ratio of the 90% particle diameter Din the volume-based cumulative particle size distribution to the 10% particle diameter Din the volume-based cumulative particle size distribution, namely D/Dof 4 or less. The positive electrode active material layer has a void fraction of 10-45%.

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