Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

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Sumitomo Metal Mining Company, Ltd.

Takashi Ko

Fumiharu Niina

Katsunori Yanagida

Natsumi Goto

Sho Tsuruta

Shinya Suzuki

Ryo Hanazaki

Yasunori Baba

Keiichi Takahashi

Yuki Morikawa

Kohei Kintsu

Akira Tsujiko

Haruki Kaneda

Nobuhiro Hirano

Yuki Koshika

Kouhei Tuduki

Disclosed is a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery positive electrode that includes a positive electrode core and a positive electrode mixture layer disposed on the positive electrode core. The positive electrode mixture layer contains a positive electrode active material and carbon nanotubes. The positive electrode active material contains a lithium transition metal composite oxide (I) that either comprises secondary particles that are aggregates of primary particles having an average particle size of 1 μm or greater, or is substantially composed of single particles, the lithium transition metal composite oxide (I) having a volume-based median diameter of 0.6 μm to 6 μm, and a lithium transition metal composite oxide (II) that comprises secondary particles that are aggregates of primary particles having an average particle size of less than 1 μm, the lithium transition metal composite oxide (II) having a volume-based median diameter of 3 μm to 25 μm.

Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery positive electrode and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery

A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprises a positive electrode that contains, as positive electrode active materials: (A) a lithium transition metal composite oxide that has a volume-based D50 of 0.6 μm to 3 μm and that consists of secondary particles comprising aggregated primary particles with an average particle diameter of 0.5 μm or more or is configured of substantially one kind of particle; and (B) a lithium transition metal composite oxide that has a volume-based D50 of 6 μm to 25 μm and that consists of secondary particles, comprising aggregated primary particles with an average particle diameter of 0.3 μm or less.

Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery

This positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries is a positive electrode active material that comprises a lithium transition metal composite oxide containing at least 80 mol % Ni with reference to the total number of moles of metal elements excluding Li, and that has B present on the particle surface of at least this composite oxide. Assuming that a particle having a particle diameter larger than the 70% volume-based particle diameter (D70) is denoted as a first particle and a particle having a particle diameter smaller than the 30% volume-based particle diameter (D30) is denoted as a second particle, the mole fraction of B, with reference to the total number of moles of metal elements excluding Li, in the first particle is larger than the mole fraction of B, with reference to the total number of moles of metal elements excluding Li, in the second particle.

Positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery

The positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery contains a lithium-nickel-manganese composite oxide, in which metal elements constituting the lithium-nickel-manganese composite oxide include lithium, nickel, manganese, cobalt, titanium, niobium, and optionally zirconium, an amount of substance ratio of the elements is represented as Li:Ni:Mn:Co:Zr:Ti:Nb=a:b:c:d:e:f:g (provided that, 0.97≤a≤1.10, 0.80≤b≤0.88, 0.04≤c≤0.12, 0.04≤d≤0.10, 0≤e≤0.004, 0.003<f≤0.030, 0.001<g≤0.006, and b+c+d+e+f+g=1), in the amount of substance ratio, (f+g)≤0.030 and f>g are satisfied.

Positive electrode active material for lithium ion secondary battery and lithium ion secondary battery

A positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries contains a lithium transition metal composite oxide that contains not less than 80% by mole of Ni relative to the total number of moles of metal elements other than Li; and Ti is present at least in the surfaces of particles of the composite oxide. With respect to this positive electrode active material, if particles having a volume-based particle diameter more than the 70% particle diameter (D70) are taken as first particles and particles having a volume-based particle diameter less than the 30% particle diameter (D30) are taken as second particles, the molar fraction (A2) of Ti relative to the total number of moles of metal elements in the surfaces of the second particles is higher than the molar fraction (A1) of Ti relative to the total number of moles of metal elements in the surfaces of the first particles.

A positive electrode material consists of composite particles. Each of the composite particles includes a base material particle, a film, and a carbon nanotube. The film covers at least a part of a surface of the base material particle. The base material particle includes a positive electrode active material. The film includes a boron oxide. The carbon nanotube includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is buried in the film. The second portion is exposed on a surface of the film.

Positive electrode material, non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and method of producing positive electrode material

A positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to a configuration includes a lithium-transition metal composite oxide containing nickel (Ni) in an amount of greater than or equal to 80 mol %, in which boron (B) is present at least on a particle surface of the lithium-transition metal composite oxide. In the lithium-transition metal composite oxide, when particles having a larger particle size than a volume-based 70% particle size (D70) are first particles and particles having a smaller particle size than a volume-based 30% particle size (D30) are second particles, a coverage ratio of B on surfaces of the second particle is larger than a coverage ratio of B on surfaces of the first particle by 5% or greater.

Positive electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery

A positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to a configuration includes a lithium-transition metal composite oxide containing nickel (Ni) in an amount of greater than or equal to 80 mol %, in which boron (B) is present at least on a particle surface of the lithium-transition metal composite oxide. In the lithium-transition metal composite oxide, when particles having a larger particle size than a volume-based 70% particle size (D70) are first particles and particles having a smaller particle size than a volume-based 30% particle size (D30) are second particles, a coverage ratio of B on surfaces of the first particles is larger than a coverage ratio of B on surfaces of the second particles by 5% or greater.

A positive electrode including a positive electrode current collector, an intermediate layer disposed on the positive electrode current collector and including a conductive agent and inorganic particles, and a positive electrode mixture layer disposed on the intermediate layer and including a positive electrode active material and a hydrogen phosphate salt represented by the general formula MaHbPO4 (wherein a satisfies 1&#x2264;a&#x2264;2, b satisfies 1&#x2264;b&#x2264;2, and M includes at least one element selected from alkali metals and alkaline earth metals), the positive electrode satisfying 0.5&#x2264;X&#x2264;3.0, 1.0&#x2264;Y&#x2264;7.0, and 0.07&#x2264;X/Y&#x2264;3.0 wherein X is the mass ratio (mass %) of the hydrogen phosphate salt relative to the total mass of the positive electrode active material and Y is the mass ratio (mass %) of the conductive agent relative to the total mass of the intermediate layer.

Positive electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery

An advantage is to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery with improved heat resistance. A positive electrode active material contains a lithium-transition metal composite oxide containing 80 mol % or more of Ni and 0.1 mol % to 1.5 mol % of B on the basis of the total number of moles of metal elements excluding Li, and B and at least one element (M1) selected from Groups 4 to 6 are present on at least the surfaces of particles of the composite oxide. When particles having a volume-based particle size larger than 70% particle size (D70) are first particles, and particles having a volume-based particle size smaller than 30% particle size (D30) are second particles, the molar fraction of M1 on the basis of the total number of moles of metallic elements excluding Li on the surfaces of the second particles is greater than that of the first particles.

A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode containing a lithium transition metal oxide as a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode containing a carbon material as a negative electrode active material, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The lithium transition metal oxide contains W and Si, and W and Si adhere to the surface of the carbon material constituting the negative electrode active material. The amount of W adhering to the surface of the carbon material is 2 times or less in terms of a molar ratio to the amount of Si adhering to the surface of the carbon material.

Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery

This non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided with: a wound electrode body which comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator, and wherein the positive electrode and the negative electrode are wound into a roll, with the separator being interposed therebetween; and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode comprises a negative electrode collector and a negative electrode mixture layer that is formed on the negative electrode collector. The negative electrode mixture layer contains graphite, a carbon material that has a BET specific surface area of 10 m/g or more, said BET specific surface area being larger than that of the graphite, and a hydrophobic binder. The coverage of the particle surfaces of the carbon material by the binder is higher than the coverage of the particle surfaces of the graphite by the binder.

Negative electrode for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery

A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode contains a lithium transition metal oxide, at least one element of a group 5 element and group 6 element in the periodic table, and a phosphoric acid compound. The nonaqueous electrolyte contains a lithium salt containing a P&#x2014;O bond and a P&#x2014;F bond.

A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery in which low-crystalline carbon-covered graphite is used as negative electrode active material, wherein a cobalt-containing lithium transitional metal oxide is used for: a first positive electrode active material in which the volume per unit mass of pores having a pore size of 100 nm or less is 8 mm/g or greater; and a second positive electrode active material in which the volume per unit mass of pores having a pore size of 100 nm or less is 5 mm/g or less.

A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery which uses a lithium titanium composite oxide as a negative electrode active material is configured to use a first positive electrode active material that is a Co-containing lithium transition metal oxide and has a volume per mass of 8 mm/g or more with respect to pores having a pore diameter of 100 nm or less and a second positive electrode active material that has a volume per mass of 5 mm/g or less with respect to pores having a pore diameter of 100 nm or less.

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