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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2015
Applicant:
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/38 (2006.01); H01M 4/134 (2010.01); C22C 9/02 (2006.01); H01M 4/36 (2006.01); H01M 4/04 (2006.01); H01M 4/62 (2006.01); H01M 10/0525 (2010.01); H01M 4/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/38 (2013.01); C22C 9/02 (2013.01); H01M 4/043 (2013.01); H01M 4/0404 (2013.01); H01M 4/0471 (2013.01); H01M 4/134 (2013.01); H01M 4/364 (2013.01); H01M 4/387 (2013.01); H01M 4/622 (2013.01); H01M 4/625 (2013.01); H01M 10/0525 (2013.01); H01M 2004/027 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a negative electrode active material that can improve the discharge capacity per volume and charge-discharge cycle characteristics. The negative electrode active material of the present embodiment includes a powder material and an oxide layer. The powder material contains an alloy phase which undergoes thermoelastic diffusionless transformation when releasing metal ions or occluding the metal ions. The oxide layer is formed on the surface of the powder material, and has a thickness of not more than 10 nm.