Positive electrode active substance for lithium ion batteries, positive electrode for lithium ion batteries, and lithium ion battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9240594-B2
Application number	US-201113582096-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 2, 2011
Priority date	Mar 4, 2010
Publication date	Jan 19, 2016
Grant date	Jan 19, 2016

Abstract

The present invention provides a positive electrode active material for lithium ion battery which has a high capacity and good rate characteristics can be provided. The positive electrode active material for lithium ion battery has a layer structure represented by the compositional formula: Li x (Ni y Me 1-y )O z (wherein Me represents at least one type selected from the group consisting of Mn, Co, Al, Mg, Cr, Ti, Fe, Nb, Cu and Zr, x denotes a number from 0.9 to 1.2, y denotes a number from 0.70 to 0.79, and z denotes a number of 1.9 or more), wherein the coordinates of the lattice constant a and compositional ratio (Li/M) are within the region enclosed by three lines given by the equations: y=1.108, y=−37.298x+108.27, and y=75.833x−217.1 on a graph in which the x-axis represents a lattice constant a and the y-axis represents a compositional ratio (Li/M) of Li to M, and the lattice constant c is 14.2 to 14.25.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A positive electrode active material for a lithium ion battery which has a layer structure represented by a compositional formula:
Li α (Ni β Me 1-β )O γ ,
wherein Me represents at least one type selected from the group consisting of Mn, Co, Al, Mg, Cr, Ti, Fe, Nb, Cu and Zr,
α denotes a number from 0.9 to 1.2,
β denotes a number from 0.70 to 0.79, and
γ denotes a number of 1.9 or more,
wherein measured coordinates of lattice constant a and a compositional ratio (Li/M) of Li to M, wherein M is the sum of all metals excluding Li in the above compositional formula, are within a region enclosed by three lines given by a set of equations: y=1.108, y=−37.298x+108.27, and y=75.833x−217.1 on a graph in which the x-axis represents a lattice constant a and the y-axis represents the compositional ratio (Li/M) of Li to M, and measured coordinates of lattice constant c is from 14.2 to 4.25.

2. The positive electrode active material for a lithium ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein the coordinates of the lattice constant a and compositional ratio (Li/M) are within the region enclosed by three lines given by the equations: y=5x−13.311, y=49.737x−142.02, and y=−60x+173.56.

3. The positive electrode active material for a lithium ion battery according to claim 1 , wherein Me is one metal selected from the group consisting of Mn, Co, and Al.

4. A positive electrode for a lithium ion battery comprising the positive electrode active material described in claim 1 .

5. A lithium ion battery comprising the positive electrode for lithium ion battery described in claim 4 .

6. A positive electrode for lithium ion battery comprising the positive electrode active material described in claim 2 .

7. A positive electrode for lithium ion battery comprising the positive electrode active material described in claim 3 .

8. A lithium ion battery comprising the positive electrode for lithium ion battery described in claim 6 .

9. A lithium ion battery comprising the positive electrode for lithium ion battery described in claim 7 .

Assignees

• Okamoto Kentaro
• Kajiya Yoshio
• Jx Nippon Mining & Metals Corp

Inventors

• Okamoto Kentaro
• Kajiya Yoshio

Classifications

• H01M10/052

  Li-accumulators · CPC title

• C01G53/66

  containing alkaline earth metals, e.g. SrNiO3 or SrNiO2 · CPC title

• Y02E60/122

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• C01P2002/77

  by unit-cell parameters, atom positions or structure diagrams · 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