Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

Tatsuya Ikenuma

Takahiro Kawakami

Yohei Momma

Teruaki Ochiai

Satoshi Seo

Yumiko Yoneda

Kazutaka Kuriki

Shuhei Yoshitomi

Hiroyuki Miyake

Takuya Hirohashi

Mako Motoyoshi

Ai Nakagawa

Teppei Oguni

Mikio Yukawa

Nobuhiro Inoue

Masaki Yamakaji

Yumiko Saito

Hiroatsu Todoriki

Kai Kimura

Rika Yatabe

To provide a highly reliable power storage device. To provide a long-life power storage device. To provide a power storage device electrode having high adhesion with a current collector. To reduce or inhibit electrochemical decomposition of an electrolytic solution or the like on a surface of an electrode. The power storage device electrode includes a current collector and a second electrode layer provided over the current collector and including a second binder and an active material. A first electrode layer including a first binder and conductive particles is provided between the current collector and the second electrode layer. At least part of a surface of the active material is provided with a coating film, and the coating film is porous.

Power storage device electrode, method for manufacturing the same, power storage device, and electronic device

As a positive electrode active material of a secondary battery, a lithium-manganese composite oxide containing lithium, manganese, and an element represented by M, and oxygen is used, and the lithium-manganese composite oxide is covered with reduced graphene oxide. An active material layer including the active material, graphene oxide, a conductive additive, and a binder is formed and soaked in alcohol, and then heat treatment is performed, whereby an electrode with reduced graphene oxide is fabricated.

Electrode, manufacturing method thereof, storage battery, and electronic device

To provide graphene oxide that has high dispersibility and is easily reduced. To provide graphene with high electron conductivity. To provide a storage battery electrode including an active material layer with high electric conductivity and a manufacturing method thereof. To provide a storage battery with increased discharge capacity. A method for manufacturing a storage battery electrode that is to be provided includes a step of dispersing graphene oxide into a solution containing alcohol or acid, a step of heating the graphene oxide dispersed into the solution, and a step or reducing the graphene oxide.

Storage battery electrode, manufacturing method thereof, storage battery, electronic device, and graphene

In manufacturing a storage battery electrode, a method for manufacturing a storage battery electrode with high capacity and stability is provided. As a method for preventing a mixture for forming an active material layer from becoming strongly basic, a first aqueous solution is formed by mixing an active material exhibiting basicity with an aqueous solution exhibiting acidity and including an oxidized derivative of a first conductive additive; a first mixture is formed by reducing the oxidized derivative of the first conductive additive by drying the first aqueous solution; a second mixture is formed by mixing a second conductive additive and a binder; a third mixture is formed by mixing the first mixture and the second mixture; and a current collector is coated with the third mixture. The strong basicity of the mixture for forming an active material layer is lowered; thus, the binder can be prevented from becoming gelled.

Storage battery electrode, manufacturing method thereof, storage battery, and electronic device

An electrode improved for achieving a storage battery having both a high electrode strength and favorable electrode conductivity is provided. The electrode includes graphene and a modified polymer in an active material layer or includes a layer substantially formed of carbon particles and an active material layer including a modified polymer over a current collector. The modified polymer has a poly(vinylidene fluoride) structure and partly has a polyene structure or an aromatic ring structure. The polyene structure or the aromatic ring structure is sandwiched between poly(vinylidene fluoride) structures.

Method for forming electrode, electrode, storage battery, and electric device

Provided is an electrode including a current collector and an active material layer. The active material layer includes an active material, a film including silicone, a conductive additive, and a binder. The active material is in the form of a particle. The film including silicone covers at least part of the active material.

Electrode, power storage device, electronic device, and manufacturing method of electrode

The volume density or weight density of lithium ions that can be received and released in and from a positive electrode active material is increased to achieve high capacity and high energy density of a secondary battery. In a lithium manganese composite oxide, each particle includes a first region including a crystal with a layered rock-salt crystal structure and a second region including a crystal with a spinel crystal structure. The second region is in contact with the outside of the first region. The lithium manganese composite oxide has high structural stability and high capacity.

Lithium manganese composite oxide, secondary battery, and electrical device

To increase the volume density or weight density of lithium ions that can be received and released in and from a positive electrode active material to achieve high capacity and high energy density of a secondary battery. A lithium manganese composite oxide represented by LiMnMOthat includes a region belonging to a space group C2/c and is covered with a carbon-containing layer is used as the positive electrode active material. The element M is an element other than lithium and manganese. The lithium manganese composite oxide has high structural stability and high capacity.

Lithium manganese composite oxide, secondary battery, electronic device, and method for forming layer

The cycle performance of a lithium-ion secondary battery or a lithium-ion capacitor can be obtained by minimizing the decomposition reaction of an electrolytic solution, etc. in the repeated charge and discharge cycles of the lithium-ion secondary battery or the lithium-ion capacitor. An electrode includes a current collector and an active material layer over the current collector. The active material layer includes active material particles, a conductive additive, a binder, and a film containing silicon oxide as its main component. The surface of one of the active material particles includes at least one of a region in contact with the surface of another active material particle, a region in contact with the conductive additive, and a region in contact with the binder. The surface of the active material particle except these regions is at least partly in contact with the film containing silicon oxide as its main component.

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Tatsuya Ikenuma