Positive electrode for lithium ion battery and lithium ion battery

US11024835B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-11024835-B2
Application numberUS-201716346337-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateNov 7, 2017
Priority dateNov 7, 2016
Publication dateJun 1, 2021
Grant dateJun 1, 2021

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A positive electrode for a lithium ion battery, the positive electrode including a positive electrode current collector, a positive electrode active material layer formed on the surface of the positive electrode current collector, and a non-aqueous liquid electrolyte including an electrolyte containing lithium ions and a non-aqueous solvent, in which the positive electrode active material layer includes a positive electrode active material and voids, the voids are filled with the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte, and a proportion of the battery capacity based on a total amount of lithium ions in the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte existing in the positive electrode active material layer with respect to the battery capacity based on a total amount of the positive electrode active material is 3.5 to 15%.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A positive electrode for a lithium ion battery, the positive electrode comprising: a positive electrode current collector; a positive electrode active material layer formed on a surface of the positive electrode current collector; and a non-aqueous liquid electrolyte including an electrolyte containing lithium ions and a non-aqueous solvent, wherein the positive electrode active material layer includes a positive electrode active material and voids, the voids are filled with the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte, a proportion of a battery capacity based on a total amount of lithium ions in the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte existing in the positive electrode active material layer with respect to a battery capacity based on a total amount of the positive electrode active material is 3.5 to 15%, and a concentration of the electrolyte of the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte is 2 to 5 mol/L. 2. The positive electrode for a lithium ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein a proportion of a battery capacity based on a total amount of lithium ions in the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte existing in the positive electrode active material layer with respect to a battery capacity based on a total amount of the positive electrode active material is 5 to 15%. 3. The positive electrode for a lithium ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the positive electrode active material layer is 100 to 900 μm. 4. The positive electrode for a lithium ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein a total volume of the voids is 35% to 60% by volume of a total volume of the positive electrode active material layer. 5. The positive electrode for a lithium ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein a concentration of the electrolyte of the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte is 2 to 3 mol/L. 6. The positive electrode for a lithium ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolyte is a sulfonylimide-based electrolyte having a fluorine atom. 7. The positive electrode for a lithium ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolyte includes at least LiN(FSO 2 ) 2 . 8. The positive electrode for a lithium ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolyte consists of LiN(FSO 2 ) 2 . 9. The positive electrode for a lithium ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode current collector is a resin current collector including an electrically conductive material and a resin. 10. The positive electrode for a lithium ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode active material is a coated positive electrode active material in which a portion or an entirety of a surface of the positive electrode active material is coated with a coating layer including a polymer compound. 11. The positive electrode for a lithium ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein the content of a binder in the positive electrode active material layer is 0.5% by weight or less based on 100% by weight of the total solid content included in the positive electrode active material layer. 12. A lithium ion battery using the positive electrode for a lithium ion battery according to claim 1 .

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  • Room temperature molten salts · CPC title

  • being polymers · CPC title

  • Liquid materials · CPC title

  • in the form of layers, e.g. coatings · CPC title

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

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What does patent US11024835B2 cover?
A positive electrode for a lithium ion battery, the positive electrode including a positive electrode current collector, a positive electrode active material layer formed on the surface of the positive electrode current collector, and a non-aqueous liquid electrolyte including an electrolyte containing lithium ions and a non-aqueous solvent, in which the positive electrode active material layer…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Nissan Motor
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H01M4/13. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
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