Positive electrode active material particle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025349829-A1
Application number	US-202519273184-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 18, 2025
Priority date	May 12, 2017
Publication date	Nov 13, 2025
Grant date	—

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 battery comprising:
a positive electrode active material comprising lithium, cobalt, oxygen, and magnesium, wherein the positive electrode active material comprises a layered rock-salt crystal structure, wherein the positive electrode active material comprises a grain boundary positioned between a first crystal grain and a second crystal grain being adjacent to the first crystal grain, wherein, when a cross section of the positive electrode active material is subjected to energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and a region comprising the grain boundary and a periphery of the grain boundary is evaluated by linear analysis, the region comprising the grain boundary and the periphery of the grain boundary comprises an area comprising oxygen, wherein the area comprising oxygen has a higher atomic concentration of magnesium than an atomic concentration of magnesium in a region included in the first crystal grain and an atomic concentration of magnesium in a region included in the second crystal grain, and wherein the area comprising oxygen has a ratio of the atomic concentration of magnesium to a total atomic concentration of a transition metal, in an EDX measurement point, of greater than or equal to 0.010 and less than or equal to 0.50.

2 . The lithium-ion battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein, when the cross section of the positive electrode active material is subjected to energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and the region comprising the grain boundary and the periphery of the grain boundary is evaluated by linear analysis, the region comprising the grain boundary and the periphery of the grain boundary comprises an area having a higher atomic concentration of fluorine than an atomic concentration of fluorine in the region included in the first crystal grain and an atomic concentration of fluorine in the region included in the second crystal grain, and wherein the area having the higher atomic concentration of fluorine has a ratio of the atomic concentration of fluorine to a total atomic concentration of a transition metal, in an EDX measurement point, of greater than or equal to 0.020 and less than or equal to 1.00.

3 . A lithium-ion battery comprising:
a positive electrode active material comprising lithium, cobalt, oxygen, and magnesium, wherein the positive electrode active material comprises a layered rock-salt crystal structure, wherein the positive electrode active material comprises a grain boundary positioned between a first crystal grain and a second crystal grain being adjacent to the first crystal grain, wherein, when a cross section of the positive electrode active material is subjected to energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and a region comprising the grain boundary and a periphery of the grain boundary is evaluated by linear analysis, the region comprising the grain boundary and the periphery of the grain boundary comprises an area comprising oxygen, wherein the area comprising oxygen has a higher atomic concentration of magnesium than an atomic concentration of magnesium in a region included in the first crystal grain and an atomic concentration of magnesium in a region included in the second crystal grain, and wherein the area comprising oxygen has a ratio of the atomic concentration of magnesium to an atomic concentration of cobalt, in an EDX measurement point, of greater than or equal to 0.030.

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