Non-aqueous electrolyte storage element

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10090554-B2
Application number	US-201514942379-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 16, 2015
Priority date	Dec 18, 2014
Publication date	Oct 2, 2018
Grant date	Oct 2, 2018

Abstract

Non-aqueous electrolyte storage element including; positive electrode including positive electrode material layer, which contains positive electrode active material capable of reversibly accumulating and releasing anions; negative electrode including negative electrode material layer, which contains negative electrode active material capable of reversibly accumulating and releasing cations; separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and non-aqueous electrolyte containing electrolyte salt, the non-aqueous electrolyte storage element satisfying formulae:

0.5≤[( V 1+ V 2+ V 3)/ V 4]≤0.61; and

0.14≤ P 1/ P 2≤0.84,

where V1 is volume of pores of the positive electrode material layer per unit area of the positive electrode, V2 is volume of pores of the negative electrode material layer per unit area of the negative electrode, V3 is volume of pores per unit area of the separator, and V4 is total volume of the non-aqueous electrolyte storage element, and P1 is porosity of the positive electrode material layer, and P2 is porosity of the separator.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A non-aqueous electrolyte storage element comprising:
a positive electrode comprising a positive electrode material layer, where the positive electrode material layer comprises a positive electrode active material capable of reversibly accumulating and releasing anions;
a negative electrode comprising a negative electrode material layer, where the negative electrode material layer comprises a negative electrode active material capable of reversibly accumulating and releasing cations;
a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and
a non-aqueous electrolyte comprising an electrolyte salt,
wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte storage element satisfies the following formulae:
0.5≤[( V 1 +V 2 +V 3)/ V 4]≤0.61; and

0.14 ≤P 1 /P 2≤0.84,

where V1 is a volume of pores of the positive electrode material layer per unit area of the positive electrode, V2 is a volume of pores of the negative electrode material layer per unit area of the negative electrode, V3 is a volume of pores per unit area of the separator, and V4 is a total volume of the non-aqueous electrolyte storage element, and
where P1 is a porosity of the positive electrode material layer, and P2 is a porosity of the separator.

2. The non-aqueous electrolyte storage element according to claim 1 , wherein both the porosity P1 of the positive electrode material layer, and a porosity of the negative electrode material layer are 0.25 to 0.65.

3. The non-aqueous electrolyte storage element according to claim 1 , wherein an anion storage and desorption amount per unit area of the positive electrode is 0.15 mAh/cm 2 to 0.60 mAh/cm 2 .

4. The non-aqueous electrolyte storage element according to claim 1 , wherein a capacity of the negative electrode per unit area is larger than a capacity of the positive electrode per unit area.

5. The non-aqueous electrolyte storage element according to claim 4 , wherein a capacity ratio represented by C 1 /C 2 is 1.05 to 6, where C 1 is the capacity of the negative electrode per unit area, and C 2 is the capacity of the positive electrode per unit area.

6. The non-aqueous electrolyte storage element according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolyte salt is a lithium salt.

7. The non-aqueous electrolyte storage element according to claim 1 , wherein an amount of the electrolyte salt in the non-aqueous electrolyte is 1.5 mol/L to 3.0 mol/L.

8. The non-aqueous electrolyte storage element according to claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode active material is a carbonaceous material.

9. The non-aqueous electrolyte storage element according to claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode active material is a carbonaceous material, or lithium titanate.

10. The non-aqueous electrolyte storage element according to claim 1 , wherein an average thickness of the separator is 20 μm to 200 μm.

Assignees

• Yanagita Hideo
• Nakajima Satoshi
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yanagita Hideo
• Nakajima Satoshi

Classifications

• H01M4/587

  for inserting or intercalating light metals · CPC title

• H01M10/0568

  characterised by the solutes · CPC title

• H01M2010/4292

  Aspects relating to capacity ratio of electrodes/electrolyte or anode/cathode · CPC title

• H01M4/133

  Electrodes based on carbonaceous material, e.g. graphite-intercalation compounds or CFx · CPC title

• H01M10/0566

  Liquid materials · CPC title