Positive electrode active material particle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12418021-B2
Application number	US-202418442470-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 15, 2024
Priority date	May 12, 2017
Publication date	Sep 16, 2025
Grant date	Sep 16, 2025

Abstract

A positive electrode active material particle with little deterioration is provided. A power storage device with little deterioration is provided. A highly safe power storage device is provided. The positive electrode active material particle includes a first crystal grain, a second crystal grain, and a crystal grain boundary positioned between the crystal grain and the second crystal grain; the first crystal grain and the second crystal grain include lithium, a transition metal, and oxygen; the crystal grain boundary includes magnesium and oxygen; and the positive electrode active material particle includes a region where the ratio of the atomic concentration of magnesium in the crystal grain boundary to the atomic concentration of the transition metal in first crystal grain and the second crystal grain is greater than or equal to 0.010 and less than or equal to 0.50.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lithium-ion secondary battery comprising:
a positive electrode active material particle comprises a composite material represented by a general formula LiFe a Mn b PO 4 (a+b≤1, 0<a<1, and 0<b<1),
wherein the composite material comprises an olivine crystal structure,
wherein the positive electrode active material particle comprises a crystal grain boundary and a crystal grain,
wherein the crystal grain boundary and a periphery of the crystal grain boundary comprises a region where a magnesium concentration is higher than an inner portion of the crystal grain,
wherein a width of the crystal grain boundary and the periphery of the crystal grain boundary is greater than or equal to 1 nm and less than or equal to 10 nm, and
wherein the positive electrode active material particle comprises a region in which a ratio of an atomic concentration of magnesium in the crystal grain boundary and the periphery of the crystal grain boundary to an atomic concentration of a transition metal in the inner portion of the crystal grain is greater than or equal to 0.01 and less than or equal to 0.5.

2. The lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the crystal grain boundary and the periphery of the crystal grain boundary comprises a region where a silicon concentration is higher than the inner portion of the crystal grain.

3. The lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the crystal grain boundary and the periphery of the crystal grain boundary comprises magnesium oxide, and
wherein fluorine is substituted for part of oxygen in the magnesium oxide.

4. The lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the crystal grain boundary and the periphery of the crystal grain boundary comprises magnesium oxide, and
wherein part of magnesium in the magnesium oxide is bonded to fluorine.

5. The lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the magnesium concentration in the crystal grain boundary and the periphery of the crystal grain boundary is measured by EDX analysis to a cross section of the positive electrode active material particle, and
wherein the cross section of the positive electrode active material particle is observed with TEM or STEM.

6. The lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 5 ,
wherein the EDX analysis is performed with a beam diameter of approximately 0.1 nmφ.

7. The lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , further comprising a conductive additive,
wherein the conductive comprises carbon fiber, and
wherein the conductive additive comprises a region making surface contact with the positive electrode active material particle.

8. The lithium-ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , further comprising a crystal defect,
wherein the crystal defect and a periphery of the crystal defect comprises a region where a magnesium concentration is higher than the inner portion of the crystal grain.

Assignees

• Semiconductor Energy Lab

Inventors

• Takahashi Masahiro
• Ochiai Teruaki
• Momma Yohei
• TSURUTA Ayae

Classifications

• H01M2004/028

  Positive electrodes · CPC title

• H01M4/525 Primary

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

• H01M4/505

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

• H01M10/052

  Li-accumulators · CPC title

• H01M2004/021

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