Positive electrode material and battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11524902-B2
Application number	US-202016914329-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 27, 2020
Priority date	Jan 5, 2018
Publication date	Dec 13, 2022
Grant date	Dec 13, 2022

Abstract

A positive electrode material contains a positive electrode active material and a first solid electrolyte material. The first solid electrolyte material contains Li, M, and X; M at least contains yttrium; and X is at least one selected from the group consisting of Cl, Br, and I.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A positive electrode material comprising:
a positive electrode active material; and
a first solid electrolyte material, wherein
the first solid electrolyte material contains Li, M, and X;
M at least contains yttrium; and
X is at least one selected from the group consisting of Cl, Br, and I.

2. The positive electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein
the first solid electrolyte material does not contain sulfur.

3. The positive electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein
the first solid electrolyte material is represented by compositional formula (1): Li α M β X γ ,
where α, β, and γ are all values larger than 0.

4. The positive electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein
the first solid electrolyte material is in contact with the positive electrode active material.

5. The positive electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein
the first solid electrolyte material is Li 3 YCl 6 , or Li 3 YBr 6 .

6. The positive electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein
M contains an element selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr, Ba, and Zn, and yttrium.

7. The positive electrode material according to claim 6 , wherein
the first solid electrolyte material is
Li 3.1 Y 0.9 Ca 0.1 Cl 6 ,
Li 3.1 Y 0.9 Sr 0.1 Cl 6 ,
Li 3.1 Y 0.9 Ba 0.1 Cl 6 , or
Li 3.1 Y 0.9 Zn 0.1 Cl 6 .

8. The positive electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein
the positive electrode active material contains
at least one selected from the group consisting of cobalt, nickel, manganese, and aluminum;
lithium; and
oxygen.

9. The positive electrode material according to claim 8 , wherein
the positive electrode active material is
lithium cobalt oxide,
lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide, or
lithium nickel cobalt aluminum oxide.

10. The positive electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein
the positive electrode active material has an average charge and discharge potential higher than a redox potential of metal lithium by 3.7 V or more.

11. A battery comprising:
a positive electrode containing the positive electrode material according to claim 1 ;
a negative electrode; and
an electrolyte layer disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode.

12. The battery according to claim 11 , further comprising:
a positive electrode current collector disposed in contact with the positive electrode, wherein
the first solid electrolyte material is in contact with the positive electrode current collector.

13. The battery according to claim 11 , wherein
the electrolyte layer contains the first solid electrolyte material.

14. The battery according to claim 11 , wherein
the electrolyte layer contains a halide solid electrolyte material different from the first solid electrolyte material.

15. The battery according to claim 11 , wherein
the electrolyte layer contains a sulfide solid electrolyte.

16. The positive electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein the first solid electrolyte material is a compound represented by the following compositional formula:
Li a Me b Y c X 6 ,
where a+mb+3c=6, c>0, Me is at least one of metal elements other than Li and Y and semimetal elements, and m is a valence of Me.

17. The positive electrode material according to claim 16 , wherein Me is any of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Zn, Sc, Al, Ga, Bi, Zr, Hf, Ti, Sn, Ta, and Nb or a mixture thereof.

18. The positive electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein the first solid electrolyte material is a compound represented by the following compositional formula (A2):
Li 3 YX 6   (A2),

where X is two or more elements selected from the group consisting of Cl, Br, and I.

19. The positive electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein the first solid electrolyte material is a compound represented by the following compositional formula (A5):
Li 3−3δ+a Y 1+δ−a Me a Cl 6−x−y Br x I y   (A5),

where Me is at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and Zn, and −1<δ<2, 0<a<3, 0<(3−3δ+a), 0<(1+δ−a), 0≤x≤6, 0≤y≤6, and (x+y)≤δ are satisfied.

20. The positive electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein the first solid electrolyte material is a compound represented by the following compositional formula (A6):
Li 3−3δ Y 1+δ−a Me a Cl 6−x−y Br x I y   (A6),

where Me is at least one selected from the group consisting of Al, Sc, Ga, and Bi, and −1<δ<1, 0<a<2, 0<(1+δ−a), 0≤x≤6, 0≤y≤6, and (x+y)≤6 are satisfied.

21. The positive electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein the first solid electrolyte material is a compound represented by the following compositional formula (A7):
Li 3−3δ−a Y 1+δ−a Me a Cl 6−x−y Br x I y   (A7),

where Me is at least one selected from the group consisting of Zr, Hf, and Ti, and −1<δ<1, 0<a<1.5, 0<(3−3δ−a), 0<(1+δ−a), 0≤x≤6, 0≤y≤6, and (x+y)≤6 are satisfied.

22. The positive electrode material according to claim 1 , wherein the first solid electrolyte material is a compound represented by the following compositional formula (A8):
Li 3−3δ−2a Y 1+δ−a Me a Cl 6−x−y Br x I y   (A8),

where Me is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ta and Nb, and −1<δ<1, 0<a<1.2, 0<(3−3δ−2a), 0<(1+δ−a), 0≤x≤6, 0≤y≤6, and (x+y)≤6 are satisfied.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Asano Tetsuya
• Sakai Akihiro

Classifications

• H01M10/0562

  Solid materials · CPC title

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title

• C01G9/006

  Compounds containing zinc, with or without oxygen or hydrogen, and containing two or more other elements · CPC title

• H01M2300/008

  Halides · CPC title

• H01M4/525

  of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy · CPC title