Battery, battery pack, electronic apparatus, electrically driven vehicle, electrical storage device, and power system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10096812-B2
Application number	US-201715585541-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 3, 2017
Priority date	Oct 15, 2013
Publication date	Oct 9, 2018
Grant date	Oct 9, 2018

Abstract

A battery is provided. The battery including a positive electrode that includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer provided on the positive electrode current collector; a negative electrode; and a separator that includes at least a porous film; wherein the porous film satisfies the following equations:

0.04≤ Ri ≤−0.07 L −0.09× S +4.99

Ri =τ 2 L/ε′

ε′=[{( L ε/100)− Rz ×0.46/3}/ L ]×100

τ={(1.216×ε Td ×10 −4 )/ L} 0.5
where Ri represents a film resistance (μm), L represents a film thickness (μm), τ represents a tortuosity factor, T represents air permeability (sec/100 cc), d represents a pore size (nm), Rz represents a surface roughness maximum height (μm), ε represents a porosity (%), ε′ represents a corrected porosity (%), and S represents an area density of the positive electrode active material layer (mg/cm 2 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A battery comprising:
a positive electrode that includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer provided on the positive electrode current collector;
a negative electrode; and
a separator that includes at least a porous film;
wherein the porous film satisfies the following expressions:
0.04≤ Ri≤− 0.07 L− 0.09× S+ 4.99

Ri=τ 2 L/ε′
ε′=[{( L×ε/ 100)− Rz× 0.46/3}/ L]× 100

τ={(1.216×ε′ Td× 10 −4 )/ L} 0.5

where Ri represents a film leakage resistance (μm), L represents a film thickness (μm), τ represents a tortuosity factor, T represents air permeability (sec/100 cc), d represents a pore size (nm), Rz represents a surface roughness maximum height (μm), ε represents a porosity (%), ε′ represents a corrected porosity (%), and S represents an area density of the positive electrode active material layer (mg/cm 2 ).

2. The battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the battery includes an electrolyte including an electrolyte solution retained by a polymer compound.

3. The battery according to claim 2 ,
wherein the electrolyte further includes particles.

4. The battery according to claim 2 ,
wherein the positive electrode, the negative electrode, the separator, and the electrolyte are provided in a film-shaped exterior packaging member.

5. The battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein a thickness of the separator is in a range of 3 μm to 17 μm.

6. The battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the positive electrode includes a coating particle that includes a coating layer provided at least on a part of a surface of the positive electrode active material layer.

7. The battery according to claim 6 ,
wherein the coating layer comprises:
(1) an oxide including one or more of lithium (Li), nickel (Ni), and manganese (Mn),
(2) a compound including one or more of nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), aluminum (Al), magnesium (Mg), and zinc (Zn), oxygen (O), and phosphorus (P), or
(3) lithium fluoride or a chalcogenide other than oxygen.

8. The battery according to claim 6 ,
wherein the coating layer comprises:
(1) at least one element M selected from Group 2 to Group 16, and
(2) at least one element X selected from phosphorous (P), silicon (Si), germanium (Ge), and a halogen element.

9. The battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the separator further includes a surface layer which is provided at least on one main surface of the porous film and which includes one or both of particles and a resin.

10. The battery according to claim 9 ,
wherein the particles comprise at least one material selected from aluminum oxide (alumina), boehmite, magnesium oxide (magnesia), titanium oxide (titania), zirconium oxide (zirconia), silicon oxide (silica), yttrium oxide (yttria), zinc oxide, a silicon nitride, aluminum nitride, boron nitride, and titanium nitride, silicon carbide, boron carbide, barium sulfate, aluminum hydroxide, zeolite, talc, barium titanate, and strontium titanate.

11. The battery according to claim 9 ,
wherein the resin comprises at least one material selected from polyvinylidene fluoride, polytetrafluoroethylene, vinylidene fluoride-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer, ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer, styrene-butadiene copolymer and a hydride thereof, an acrylonitrile-butadiene copolymer and a hydride thereof, and, an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer and a hydride thereof.

12. The battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the porous film is a polyolefin resin film.

13. The battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein a thickness of the separator satisfies a range of −0.0873S 2 +6.9788S−122.66 or less.

14. The battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein an open-circuit voltage in a fully charged state per a pair of the positive electrode and the negative electrode is 4.25 V or higher.

15. The battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the positive electrode active material layer comprises a binder agent including at least one resin material selected from polyvinylidene fluoride (PVdF), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), polyacrylonitrile (PAN), styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), and carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC).

16. The battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the porosity ε of the porous film is in a range of 20% to 57%.

17. The battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the air permeability T of the porous film is in a range of 50 sec/100 cc to 500 sec/100 cc.

18. The battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the negative electrode includes one or more of tin (Sn), lead (Pb), aluminum (Al), indium (In), silicon (Si), zinc (Zn), antimony (Sb), bismuth (Bi), gallium (Ga), germanium (Ge), arsenic (As), silver (Ag), hafnium (Hf), zirconium (Zr) and yttrium (Y).

19. The battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the negative electrode comprises an alloy of tin including one or more of silicon, magnesium, nickel, copper, iron, cobalt, manganese, zinc, indium, silver, titanium, germanium, bismuth, antimony and chromium.

20. The battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the negative electrode comprises an alloy of silicon including one or more of tin, magnesium, nickel, copper, iron, cobalt, manganese, zinc, indium, silver, titanium, germanium, bismuth, antimony and chromium.

21. The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode comprises compounds of tin or silicon, and wherein the compounds include oxygen (O) or carbon (C).

22. A battery pack, comprising:
the battery according to claim 1 ;
a control unit that controls the battery; and
an exterior packaging member configured to accommodate the battery.

23. An electronic apparatus, comprising:
the battery according to claim 1 .

24. An electrically driven vehicle, comprising:
the battery according to claim 1 ;
a converting device to which electric power is supplied from the battery, and which converts the electric power to a driving force; and
a control device that performs information processing relating to vehicle control based on information relating to the battery.

25. An electrical storage device, comprising:
the battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the electrical storage device is configured to supply electric power to an electronic apparatus.

26. The electrical storage device according to claim 25 , further comprising:
a power information control device that transmits and receives a signal to and from other apparatuses through a network,
wherein charging and discharging control of the battery is based on information that is received by the power information control device.

27. A power system,
wherein electric power is supplied from the battery according to claim 1 , or electric power is supplied to the battery of claim 1 from a power generating device or a power network.

Assignees

• Sony Corp
• Murata Manufacturing Co

Inventors

• Abe Tomohiro
• Takagi Kentaro

Classifications

• H02J7/663

  using battery or load disconnect circuits (H02J9/002 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02J7/70

  characterised by the mechanical construction · CPC title

• H02J7/63

  against overdischarge · CPC title

• H02J7/61

  against overcharge · CPC title

• H02J7/64

  against overvoltage · CPC title