Sodium ion battery system, method for using sodium ion battery, and method for producing sodium ion battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9425633-B2
Application number	US-201314044966-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 3, 2013
Priority date	Oct 9, 2012
Publication date	Aug 23, 2016
Grant date	Aug 23, 2016

Abstract

The problem of the present invention is to provide a sodium ion battery system capable of intending higher capacity. The present invention solves the above-mentioned problem by providing a sodium ion battery system comprising a sodium ion battery and a charge control unit, wherein the anode active material is an active material having an Na 2 Ti 6 O 13 crystal phase, and the above-mentioned charge control unit controls electric current and electric potential of the above-mentioned anode active material so as to cause a second Na insertion reaction on the lower electric potential side in addition to a first Na insertion reaction in the above-mentioned Na 2 Ti 6 O 13 crystal phase.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sodium ion battery system comprising:
a sodium ion battery having a cathode active material layer containing a cathode active material, an anode active material layer containing an anode active material, and an electrolyte layer formed between the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer; and
a charge control unit; wherein
the anode active material is an active material having an Na 2 Ti 6 O 13 crystal phase;
a ratio of the Na 2 Ti 6 O 13 crystal phase in all crystal phases contained in the anode active material is 50 mol % or more,
the charge control unit is configured to control electric current and electric potential of the anode active material so as to cause a second Na insertion reaction on a lower electric potential side in addition to a first Na insertion reaction in the Na 2 Ti 6 O 13 crystal phase, and
C 2 /C 1 is 0.3 or more, where capacity obtained by the first Na insertion reaction is C 1 and capacity obtained by the second Na insertion reaction is C 2 .

2. The sodium ion battery system according to claim 1 , wherein the charge control unit is configured to control the electric current to 6 mA/g or less.

3. The sodium ion battery system according to claim 1 , wherein the charge control unit is configured to control the electric potential of the anode active material to 0.1 V (vs Na/Na + ) or less.

4. The sodium ion battery system according to claim 1 , wherein the anode active material is composited with a conductive material.

5. A method for using a sodium ion battery having a cathode active material layer containing a cathode active material, an anode active material layer containing an anode active material, and an electrolyte layer formed between the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer, wherein the anode active material is an active material having an Na 2 Ti 6 O 13 crystal phase, and a ratio of the NaiThOn crystal phase in all crystal phases contained in the anode active material is 50 mol % or more, the method comprising a step of:
charging while controlling electric current and electric potential of the anode active material so as to cause a second Na insertion reaction on a lower electric potential side in addition to a first Na insertion reaction in the Na 2 Ti 6 O 13 crystal phase;
wherein C 2 /C 1 is 0.3 or more, where capacity obtained by the first Na insertion reaction is C 1 and capacity obtained by the second Na insertion reaction is C 2 .

6. A method for producing a sodium ion battery having a cathode active material layer containing a cathode active material, an anode active material layer containing an anode active material, and an electrolyte layer formed between the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer, wherein the anode active material is an active material having an Na 2 Ti 6 O 13 crystal phase in all crystal phases contained in the anode active material is 50 mol % or more, the method comprising a charging step of:
charging while controlling electric current and electric potential of the anode active material so as to cause a second Na insertion reaction on a lower electric potential side in addition to a first Na insertion reaction in the Na 2 Ti 6 O 13 crystal phase;
wherein C 2 /C 1 is 0.3 or more, where capacity obtained by the first Na insertion reaction is C 1 and capacity obtained by the second Na insertion reaction is C 2 .

Assignees

• Nakayama Hideki
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nakayama Hideki

Classifications

• H02J7/00 Primary

  Circuit arrangements for charging or discharging batteries or for supplying loads from batteries · CPC title

• C01G23/005 Primary

  Alkali titanates · CPC title

• H01M10/058

  Construction or manufacture · CPC title

• Y10T29/49108

  Electric battery cell making · CPC title

• H01M4/485 Primary

  of mixed oxides or hydroxides for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiTi2O4 or LiTi2OxFy (H01M4/505, H01M4/525 take precedence) · CPC title