Negative electrode for lithium ion secondary battery, and lithium ion secondary battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10340514-B2
Application number	US-201414910045-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 20, 2014
Priority date	Aug 23, 2013
Publication date	Jul 2, 2019
Grant date	Jul 2, 2019

Abstract

A negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery, including a negative electrode active material layer containing a negative electrode active material including silicon (Si) as a constituent element, in which a coating including iron (Fe), manganese (Mn) and oxygen (O) as constituent elements is formed on a surface of the negative electrode active material layer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lithium ion secondary battery comprising a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte,
wherein the negative electrode comprises a negative electrode active material layer containing a negative electrode active material comprising silicon (Si) as a constituent element, wherein a coating comprising iron (Fe), manganese (Mn) and oxygen (O) as constituent elements is formed on a surface of the negative electrode active material layer, and a ratio (Fe/Si) of Fe of the coating to Si of the negative electrode active material layer is in a range of 0.001% by mass or more and 1.0% by mass or less; and
the positive electrode active material comprises a lithium iron manganese-based composite oxide having a layered rock-salt structure and represented by the following formula (1):
Li x M 1 y M 2 z-s Fe s O 2-δ   (1)

wherein x, y, z, s and δsatisfy conditions of 1.05≤x≤1.32, 0.33≤y≤0.63, 0.06≤z≤0.50, 0.06≤s≤0.50, z≥s, and 0≤δ≤0.80, M 1 represents at least one metal element selected from Mn, Ti and Zr, and including Mn, and M 2 represents at least one metal element selected from Co, Ni and Mn.

2. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the coating is a coating comprising Fe and Mn that are metal elements derived from the positive electrode.

3. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the coating is a coating that is formed by performing at least constant current charging with a final voltage or a charging current changed in a stepwise manner at the time of performing an activation treatment by a charging/discharging operation including initial charging, and comprises Fe and Mn that are metal elements derived from the positive electrode.

4. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the coating is a coating that is formed by performing at least constant current charging with a final voltage increased in a stepwise manner at the time of performing an activation treatment by a charging/discharging operation including initial charging, and comprises Fe and Mn that are metal elements derived from the positive electrode.

5. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio (Mn/Si) of Mn of the coating to Si of the negative electrode active material layer is in a range of 0.01% by mass or more and 5.0% by mass or less.

6. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the coating further comprises nickel (Ni) as a constituent element.

7. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 6 , wherein a ratio (Ni/Si) of Ni of the coating to Si of the negative electrode active material layer is in a range of 0.01% by mass or more and 5.0% by mass or less.

8. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the negative electrode active material layer is in a range of 1 μm or more and 100 μm or less.

9. A lithium ion secondary battery comprising a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte,
wherein the negative electrode comprises a negative electrode active material layer containing a negative electrode active material comprising silicon (Si) as a constituent element, wherein a coating comprising iron (Fe), manganese (Mn) and oxygen (O) as constituent elements is formed on a surface of the negative electrode active material layer, and a ratio (Mn/Si) of Mn of the coating to Si of the negative electrode active material layer is in a range of 0.01% by mass or more and 5.0% by mass or less; and
the positive electrode active material comprises a lithium iron manganese-based composite oxide having a layered rock-salt structure and represented by the following formula (1):
Li x M 1 y M 2 z-s Fe s O 2-δ   (1)

wherein x, y, z, s and δsatisfy conditions of 1.05≤x≤1.32, 0.33≤y≤0.63, 0.06≤z≤0.50, 0.06≤s≤0.50, z≥s, and 0≤δ≤0.80, M 1 represents at least one metal element selected from Mn, Ti and Zr, and including Mn, and M 2 represents at least one metal element selected from Co, Ni and Mn.

10. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 9 , wherein the coating further comprises nickel (Ni) as a constituent element.

11. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 10 , wherein a ratio (Ni/Si) of Ni of the coating to Si of the negative electrode active material layer is in a range of 0.01% by mass or more and 5.0% by mass or less.

12. The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 9 , wherein a thickness of the negative electrode active material layer is in a range of 1 μm or more and 100 μm or less.

13. A method for producing a lithium ion secondary battery comprising a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte, wherein the negative electrode comprises a negative electrode active material layer containing a negative electrode active material comprising silicon (Si) as a constituent element, wherein a coating comprising iron (Fe), manganese (Mn) and oxygen (O) as constituent elements is formed on a surface of the negative electrode active material layer; and the positive electrode active material comprises a lithium iron manganese-based composite oxide having a layered rock-salt structure and represented by the following formula (1):
Li x M 1 y M 2 z-s Fe s O 2-δ   (1)

wherein x, y, z, s and δsatisfy conditions of 1.05≤x≤1.32, 0.33≤y≤0.63, 0.06≤z≤0.50, 0.06≤s≤0.50, z≥s, and 0≤δ≤0.80, M 1 represents at least one metal element selected from Mn, Ti and Zr, and including Mn, and M 2 represents at least one metal element selected from Co, Ni and Mn,
the method comprising:
forming the coating comprising Fe and Mn that are metal elements derived from the positive electrode on the surface of the negative electrode active material layer by performing at least constant current charging with a final voltage or a charging current changed in a stepwise manner at the time of performing an activation treatment by a charging/discharging operation including initial charging wherein at least one of a ratio (Fe/Si) of Fe of the coating to Si of the negative electrode active material layer is in a range of 0.001% by mass or more and 1.0% by mass or less and a ratio (Mn/Si) of Mn of the coating to Si of the negative electrode active material layer is in a range of 0.01% by mass or more and 5.0% by mass or less.

14. The method for producing the lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 13 , wherein the coating comprising the metal elements derived from the positive electrode is formed on the surface of the negative electrode active material layer by performing at least constant current charging with the final voltage increased in a stepwise manner at the time of performing the activation treatment.

15. The method for producing the lithium ion secondary battery, according to claim 13 , wherein the coating further comprises nickel (Ni) as a constituent element.

16. The method for producing the lithium ion secondary battery, according to claim 15 , wherein a ratio (Ni/Si) of Ni of the coating to Si of the negative electrode active material layer is in a range of 0.01% by mass or more and 5.0% by mass or less.

17. The method for producing the lithium ion secondary battery, according to claim 13 , wherein a thickness of the negative electrode active material layer is in a range of 1 μm or more and 100 μm or less.

Assignees

• Nec Corp

Inventors

• Tamura Noriyuki
• Yuge Ryota
• Cheng Qian
• Nakahara Kentaro

Classifications

• H01M10/052

  Li-accumulators · CPC title

• H01M10/0525

  Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries · CPC title

• H01M2004/027

  Negative electrodes · CPC title

• H01M4/505

  of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy · CPC title

• H01M4/131

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