Negative electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11043665-B2
Application number	US-201515324951-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 27, 2015
Priority date	Sep 3, 2014
Publication date	Jun 22, 2021
Grant date	Jun 22, 2021

Abstract

In a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery containing a silicon material as a negative electrode active material, the initial charge-discharge efficiency is improved. Negative electrode active material particles ( 10 ) according to an embodiment each contain a lithium silicate phase ( 11 ) represented by Li 2z SiO (2+z) (where 0<z<2) and silicon particles ( 12 ) dispersed in the lithium silicate phase ( 11 ). In base particles ( 13 ) each containing the lithium silicate phase ( 11 ) and the silicon particles ( 12 ), preferably, a peak originating from SiO 2 is not observed at 2θ=25° in an XRD pattern obtained by XRD measurement of the particles.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A negative electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising:
a lithium silicate phase comprising Li 2 Si 2 O 5 and silicon particles dispersed in the lithium silicate phase,
wherein a crystallinity of the Li 2 Si 2 O 5 is a diffraction peak corresponding to a (111) plane of Li 2 Si 2 O 5 in the XRD pattern has a full width at half maximum of in the range of 0.233° to 0.55°.

2. The negative electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the content of Li 2 Si 2 O 5 is more than 50% by mass and more with respect to the total mass of the lithium silicate phase.

3. The negative electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the content of Li 2 Si 2 O 5 is more than 80% by mass and more with respect to the total mass of the lithium silicate phase.

4. The negative electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein no peak originating from SiO 2 is observed at 2θ=25° in an XRD pattern obtained by XRD measurement.

5. The negative electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the lithium silicate phase does not include Li 4 SiO 4 .

6. The negative electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 5 , wherein the negative electrode active material does not include Li 4 SiO 4 .

7. The negative electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein lithium silicate in the lithium silicate phase consists essentially of Li 2 Si 2 O 5 .

8. The negative electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the silicon particles are substantially uniformly dispersed form in the lithium silicate phase.

9. The negative electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the silicon particles have an average particle diameter of 200 nm or less before initial charge.

10. The negative electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a conductive layer is formed on a surface of a base particle comprising the lithium silicate phase and the silicon particles.

11. The negative electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the content of Li 2 Si 2 O 5 is more than 80% by mass and more with respect to the total mass of the lithium silicate phase,
wherein the negative electrode active material does not include Li 4 SiO 4 .

12. The negative electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 11 , wherein a conductive layer is formed on a surface of a base particle comprising the lithium silicate phase and the silicon particles.

13. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising a negative electrode containing the negative electrode active material according to claim 1 , a positive electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte.

14. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising a negative electrode containing the negative electrode active material according to claim 1 , wherein the negative electrode further comprises graphite,
wherein a ratio by mass of the negative electrode active material to graphite is 1:99 to 30:70.

15. The negative electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a crystallinity of the Li 2 Si 2 O 5 is a diffraction peak corresponding to a (111) plane of Li 2 Si 2 O 5 in the XRD pattern has a full width at half maximum of in the range of 0.431° to 0.55°.

Assignees

• Sanyo Electric Co

Inventors

• Minami Hiroshi
• Tuduki Kouhei
• Fukui Atsushi
• Sunano Taizou
• Kato Yoshio

Classifications

• H01M2004/027

  Negative electrodes · CPC title

• H01M4/364 Primary

  as mixtures · CPC title

• H01M4/386

  Silicon or alloys based on silicon · CPC title

• H01M2004/021

  Physical characteristics, e.g. porosity, surface area · CPC title

• H01M4/485

  of mixed oxides or hydroxides for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiTi2O4 or LiTi2OxFy (H01M4/505, H01M4/525 take precedence) · CPC title