Lithium ion secondary battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016240885-A1
Application number	US-201415025446-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 26, 2014
Priority date	Sep 30, 2013
Publication date	Aug 18, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Provided is a lithium ion secondary battery, wherein a separator has a porosity of from 80% to 98% and at least one of the following conditions (1) and (2) is fulfilled: (1) a cathode includes a first current collector and a cathode mixture applied onto at least one side of the first current collector, wherein an amount of the cathode mixture applied onto the one side of the first current collector is from 1 mg/cm 2 to 10 mg/cm 2 and a volume porosity of the cathode mixture is from 20% by volume to 45% by volume; and (2) an anode includes a second current collector and an anode mixture applied onto at least one side of the second current collector, wherein an amount of the anode mixture applied onto the one side of the second current collector is from 1 mg/cm 2 to 10 mg/cm 2 and a volume porosity of the cathode mixture is from 20% by volume to 45% by volume.

First claim

1 . A lithium ion secondary battery, comprising:
a cathode; an anode; a separator; and an electrolyte comprising an ionic liquid and a lithium salt, wherein the separator has a porosity of from 80% to 98%, and at least one of the following conditions (1) or (2) is fulfilled: (1) the cathode comprises a first current collector and a cathode mixture applied onto at least one side of the first current collector, wherein an amount of the cathode mixture applied onto the one side of the first current collector is from 1 mg/cm 2 to 10 mg/cm 2 and a volume porosity of the cathode mixture is from 20% by volume to 45% by volume; and (2) the anode comprises a second current collector and an anode mixture applied onto at least one side of the second current collector, wherein an amount of the anode mixture applied onto the one side of the second current collector is from 1 mg/cm 2 to 10 mg/cm 2 and a volume porosity of the cathode mixture is from 20% by volume to 45% by volume.

2 . The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the separator comprises a nonwoven fabric comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of polyolefin fiber, glass fiber, cellulose fiber, and polyimide fiber.

3 . The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein an anion component of the ionic liquid comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of N(C 4 F 9 SO 2 ) 2 —, CF 3 SO 3 —, N(SO 2 F) 2 —, N(SO 2 CF 3 ) 2 —, and N(SO 2 CF 2 CF 3 ) 2 —.

4 . The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a cation component of the ionic liquid comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a chain quaternary ammonium cation, a piperidinium cation, a pyrrolidinium cation, and an imidazolium cation.

5 . The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the cathode mixture or the anode mixture comprises an active material having a median diameter determined by a laser diffraction method of from 0.3 μm to 30 μm.

6 . The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the separator has a total pore volume of from 2 ml/g to 10 ml/g.

7 . The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the separator has an air permeability of from 0.1 s/100 ml to 10 s/100 ml.

8 . The lithium ion secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the cathode mixture comprises a lithium transition metal compound as a cathode active material.

Assignees

• Hitachi Chemical Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nishimura Takuya

Classifications

• H01M10/0569

  characterised by the solvents · CPC title

• H01M2004/021

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

• H01M4/13 Primary

  Electrodes for accumulators with non-aqueous electrolyte, e.g. for lithium-accumulators; Processes of manufacture thereof · CPC title

• H01M2300/0045

  Room temperature molten salts comprising at least one organic ion · CPC title

• H01M10/0525 Primary

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