Magnesium-sulfur secondary battery positive electrode, method for producing same, and magnesium-sulfur secondary battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11355746-B2
Application number	US-201916600014-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 11, 2019
Priority date	Apr 14, 2017
Publication date	Jun 7, 2022
Grant date	Jun 7, 2022

Abstract

Provided is a magnesium-sulfur secondary battery including a positive electrode that includes a carbon material layer and a laminated structure of a positive electrode active material layer including sulfur or a sulfur compound; an electrolyte layer; and a negative electrode. In the magnesium-sulfur secondary battery, the positive electrode active material layer, the carbon material layer, and the electrolyte layer are provided in this order, and the positive electrode active material layer and the carbon material layer are in contact with each other.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A positive electrode for a magnesium-sulfur secondary battery, comprising:
a laminated structure including a positive electrode active material layer and a carbon material layer,
wherein the positive electrode active material layer includes sulfur or a sulfur compound,
wherein the laminated structure is sandwiched between a first mesh layer and a second mesh layer,
wherein the first mesh layer and the second mesh layer include a metal or a metal alloy thereof, and
wherein the first mesh layer, the positive electrode active material layer, the carbon material layer and the second mesh layer are disposed in order.

2. The positive electrode for magnesium-sulfur secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the carbon material layer including a graphite-based carbon material having conductivity.

3. The positive electrode for magnesium-sulfur secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode active material layer and the carbon material layer are pressure-bonded.

4. The positive electrode for magnesium-sulfur secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the first mesh layer and the second mesh layer include nickel.

5. A magnesium-sulfur secondary battery comprising:
a positive electrode including a laminated structure having a positive electrode active material layer and a carbon material layer;
an electrolyte layer; and
a negative electrode,
wherein the positive electrode active material layer includes sulfur or a sulfur compound,
wherein the laminated structure is sandwiched between a first mesh layer and a second mesh layer,
wherein the first mesh layer and the second mesh layer include a metal or a metal alloy thereof, and
wherein the first mesh layer, the positive electrode active material layer, the carbon material layer and the second mesh layer are disposed in order.

6. The magnesium-sulfur secondary battery according to claim 5 , wherein the carbon material layer and the electrolyte layer face each other.

7. A battery pack including:
the magnesium-sulfur secondary battery according to claim 5 ;
a controller configured to perform control relating to the secondary battery; and
an exterior housing configured to accommodate the magnesium-sulfur secondary battery.

8. An electronic device comprising the magnesium-sulfur secondary battery according to claim 5 .

9. An electric vehicle comprising:
the magnesium-sulfur secondary battery according to claim 5 ;
a converter configured to receive electric power supplied from the magnesium-sulfur secondary battery and convert the electric power into a driving force of the electric vehicle; and
a controller configured to perform information processing relating to vehicle control based on information relating to the magnesium-sulfur secondary battery.

10. A power storage comprising the magnesium-sulfur secondary battery according to claim 5 ,
wherein the power storage is configured to be connected to an electronic device.

11. A method for producing a positive electrode for a magnesium-sulfur secondary battery, wherein the positive electrode includes a laminated structure including a carbon material layer and a positive electrode active material layer having sulfur or a sulfur compound, and meshes including a metal or an alloy thereof, the method comprising:
sandwiching the laminated structure between the meshes; and
pressure-bonding the positive electrode active material layer and the carbon material layer by applying a pressure to a whole of the meshes and the laminated structure,
resulting in the positive electrode comprising:
the laminated structure including the positive electrode active material layer and the carbon material layer,
wherein the positive electrode active material layer includes sulfur or the sulfur compound,
wherein the laminated structure is sandwiched between a first mesh layer and a second mesh layer,
wherein the first mesh layer and the second mesh layer include the metal or the metal alloy thereof, and
wherein the first mesh layer, the positive electrode active material layer, the carbon material layer and the second mesh layer are disposed in order.

Assignees

• Murata Manufacturing Co

Inventors

• Mizuno Yoshifumi
• Nakayama Yuri

Classifications

• H01M4/74

  Meshes or woven material; Expanded metal · CPC title

• H01M4/366 Primary

  as layered products · CPC title

• H01M10/054

  Accumulators with insertion or intercalation of metals other than lithium, e.g. with magnesium or aluminium · CPC title

• H01M10/0585

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

• H01M4/625

  Carbon or graphite · CPC title