Lithium ion battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9406929-B2
Application number	US-201213994605-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 20, 2012
Priority date	Feb 29, 2012
Publication date	Aug 2, 2016
Grant date	Aug 2, 2016

Abstract

A high-input and high-output battery having a large capacity while guaranteeing safety is provided. In a lithium ion battery having an electrode wound group in which a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator are wound and an electrolytic solution provided in a battery container, a discharge capacity of the battery being 30 Ah or more, the positive electrode has a current collector and a positive electrode composite applied to both surfaces of the current collector, and the positive electrode composite has following configuration. The positive electrode composite contains a mixed active material of layered lithium nickel manganese cobalt composite oxide (NMC) and spinel lithium manganese oxide (sp-Mn), a density of the positive electrode composite is 2.4 g/cm 3 or more and 2.7 g/cm 3 or less, and a porosity of the active electrode composite is 29.5% or more and 40.0% or less. Furthermore, a weight ratio (NMC/sp-Mn) of the mixed active materials is set to 10/90 or more and 60/40 or less.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A lithium ion battery having an electrode wound group in which a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator are wound and an electrolytic solution provided in a battery container, a discharge capacity X of the battery when discharging a voltage from 4.2 V to 2.7 V at a current of 0.5 C being 30 Ah or more and less than 100 Ah,
wherein the positive electrode has a current collector and a positive electrode composite applied to both surfaces of the current collector,
the positive electrode composite contains a mixed active material of layered lithium nickel manganese cobalt composite oxide (NMC) and spinel lithium manganese oxide (sp-Mn),
a density of the positive electrode composite is 2.4 g/cm 3 or more and 2.7 g/cm 3 or less, a porosity of the active electrode composite is 29.5% or more and 40.0% or less, and an application quantity of the positive electrode composite is 175 g/m 2 or more and 250 g/m 2 or less, and
the discharge capacity X and a weight ratio Y (NMC/sp-Mn) between the layered lithium nickel manganese cobalt composite oxide (NMC) and the spinel lithium manganese oxide (sp-Mn) satisfy a following relational expression 1:
Y<− 0.0062 X+ 1.05 (30≦ X< 100)  (relational expression 1).

2. A lithium ion battery having an electrode wound group in which a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator are wound and an electrolytic solution provided in a battery container, a discharge capacity of the battery when discharging a voltage from 4.2 V to 2.7 V at a current of 0.5 C being 30 Ah or more and less than 100 Ah,
wherein the positive electrode has a current collector and a positive electrode composite applied to both surfaces of the current collector,
the positive electrode composite contains a mixed active material of layered lithium nickel manganese cobalt composite oxide (NMC) and spinel lithium manganese oxide (sp-Mn),
a density of the positive electrode composite is 2.4 g/cm 3 or more and 2.7 g/cm 3 or less, and a porosity of the active electrode composite is 29.5% or more and 40.0% or less, and an application quantity of the positive electrode composite is 175 g/m 2 or more and 250 g/m 2 or less, and
a weight ratio (NMC/sp-Mn) between the layered lithium nickel manganese cobalt composite oxide (NMC) and the spinel lithium manganese oxide (sp-Mn) is 10/90 or more and 60/40 or less.

3. The lithium ion battery according to claim 1 ,
wherein the mixed active material is composed of a mixture of layered lithium nickel manganese cobalt composite oxide represented by a following composition formula (Chem. 1), that is:
Li (1+δ) Mn x Ni y Co (1-x-y-z) M z O 2   (Chem. 1)

(where, M is at least one element selected from a group including Ti, Zr, Nb, Mo, W, Al, Si, Ga, Ge, and Sn, and −0.15<δ<0.15, 0.1<x≦0.5, 0.6<x+y+z≦1.0, and 0≦z≦0.1 are satisfied), and
spinel lithium manganese oxide represented by a following composition formula (Chem. 2), that is:
Li (1+η) Mn (2−λ) M′ λ O 4   (Chem. 2)

(where, M′ is at least one element selected from a group including Mg, Ca, Sr, Al, Ga, Zn, and Cu, and 0≦η≦0.2 and 0≦λ≦0.1 are satisfied).

4. The lithium ion battery according to claim 2 ,
wherein the mixed active material is composed of a mixture of layered lithium nickel manganese cobalt composite oxide represented by a following composition formula (Chem. 1), that is:
Li (1+δ) Mn x Ni y Co (1-x-y-z) M z O 2   (Chem. 1)

(where, M is at least one element selected from a group including Ti, Zr, Nb, Mo, W, Al, Si, Ga, Ge, and Sn, and −0.15<δ<0.15, 0.1<x≦0.5, 0.6<x+y+z≦1.0, and 0≦z≦0.1 are satisfied), and
spinel lithium manganese oxide represented by a following composition formula (Chem. 2), that is:
Li (1+η) Mn (2−λ) M′ λ O 4   (Chem. 2)

(where, M′ is at least one element selected from a group including Mg, Ca, Sr, Al, Ga, Zn, and Cu, and 0≦η≦0.2 and 0≦λ≦0.1 are satisfied).

Assignees

• Kimura Takayuki
• Okumura Takefumi
• Nishiyama Hiroo
• Hitachi Chemical Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kimura Takayuki
• Okumura Takefumi
• Nishiyama Hiroo

Classifications

• H01M10/0587

  of accumulators having only wound construction elements, i.e. wound positive electrodes, wound negative electrodes and wound separators · CPC title

• H01M10/0525

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

• H01M4/505

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

• H01M2004/028

  Positive electrodes · 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