Lithium ion secondary battery and method for manufacturing same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10333174-B2
Application number	US-201615560639-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 22, 2016
Priority date	Mar 24, 2015
Publication date	Jun 25, 2019
Grant date	Jun 25, 2019

Abstract

The present invention relates to a lithium ion secondary battery comprising a positive electrode having a coating amount per unit area of 50 mg/cm2 or more and an electrode density of 3.3 g/cc or more and a negative electrode having a coating amount per unit area of 24 mg/cm2 or more and an electrode density of 1.5 g/cc or more, a separator having a shrinking ratio of 2% or less by heat treatment at 80° C. for 6 hours, and an electrolyte solution comprising at least one sulfonic acid ester compound, and a ratio of a sulfur content in the central portion (As) and a sulfur content in the edge portion (Bs) of the positive electrode and the negative electrode, in each, is 0.7≤As/Bs≤1.1.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A lithium ion secondary battery comprising an electrode element comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator, and an electrolyte solution,
wherein a coating amount per unit area of the positive electrode is 50 mg/cm2 or more and an electrode density of the positive electrode is 3.3 g/cc or more,
a coating amount per unit area of the negative electrode is 24 mg/cm2 or more and an electrode density of the negative electrode is 1.5 g/cc or more,
the separator has a shrinking ratio of 2% or less by heat treatment at 80° C. for 6 hours,
the electrolyte solution comprises at least one sulfonic acid ester compound, and
a ratio of a sulfur content in the central portion (As) and a sulfur content in the edge portion (Bs) of the positive electrode and the negative electrode, in each, is 0.7≤As/Bs≤1.1.

2. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the separator comprises a heat-resistant resin having a thermal melting temperature or a thermal decomposition temperature of 160° C. or higher.

3. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 2 , wherein the separator comprises an aramid resin.

4. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode comprises a lithium nickel composite oxide represented by the following formula:
Li α Ni β Me γ O 2   (1)

(In formula (1), 0.9≤α≤1.5, β+γ=1, 0.6≤β<1, Me is at least one selected from the group consisting of Co, Mn, Al, Fe, Mg, Ti, Ba and B).

5. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolyte solution comprises a phosphoric acid ester.

6. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , which is a stacked laminate type.

7. A method of manufacturing a lithium ion secondary battery comprising an electrode element comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator, and an electrolyte solution,
wherein a shrinking ratio of the separator by heat treatment at 80° C. for 6 hours is 2% or less,
the method comprising the steps of:
preparing an electrode element comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator,
enclosing the prepared electrode element in an outer package,
injecting the electrolyte solution into an outer package,
sealing the outer package comprising the electrode element and the electrolyte solution,
wherein, in the step of injecting the electrolyte solution, the electrolyte solution is heated to 80° C. or higher to perform injection.

8. The method of manufacturing a lithium ion secondary batter according to claim 7 ,
wherein a coating amount per unit area of the positive electrode is 50 mg/cm 2 or more and an electrode density of the positive electrode is 3.3 g/cc or more, and
a coating amount per unit area of the negative electrode is 24 mg/cm 2 or more and an electrode density of the negative electrode is 1.5 g/cc or more.

9. The method of manufacturing a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 7 , wherein the electrolyte solution comprises at least one sulfonic acid ester compound.

10. A lithium ion secondary battery produced by the method of manufacturing a lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 7 .

Assignees

• Nec Corp

Inventors

• Kawasaki Daisuke
• Shimura Kenichi
• Yoshida Noboru
• Inoue Kazuhiko
• Iriyama Jiro

Classifications

• H01M50/491

  Porosity · CPC title

• Y02T10/7011

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• H01M10/0585 Primary

  of accumulators having only flat construction elements, i.e. flat positive electrodes, flat negative electrodes and flat separators · CPC title

• H01M2300/0028

  characterised by the solvent · CPC title

• H01M4/131

  Electrodes based on mixed oxides or hydroxides, or on mixtures of oxides or hydroxides, e.g. LiCoOx · CPC title