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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2022
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Mitsutoshi Otaki, Susono, JP;
Jun Yoshida, Mishima, JP;
Masanori Harata, Kariya, JP;
Yasuhiro Yamaguchi, Kariya, JP;
Kota Urabe, Kariya, JP;
Tatsuya Eguchi, Kariya, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/38 (2006.01); C01B 33/021 (2006.01); H01M 4/04 (2006.01); H01M 10/0525 (2010.01); H01M 4/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/386 (2013.01); C01B 33/021 (2013.01); H01M 4/0433 (2013.01); H01M 10/0525 (2013.01); C01P 2002/72 (2013.01); C01P 2002/74 (2013.01); C01P 2002/77 (2013.01); C01P 2006/14 (2013.01); C01P 2006/16 (2013.01); C01P 2006/40 (2013.01); H01M 2004/021 (2013.01); H01M 2004/027 (2013.01);
Abstract
A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an active material wherein a volume variation due to charge/discharge is small. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an active material comprising a silicon clathrate II type crystal phase, including a void inside a primary particle, and a void amount A of the void with a fine pore diameter of 100 nm or less is more than 0.15 cc/g and 0.40 cc/g or less.