Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9484599-B2
Application number	US-201214241033-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 30, 2012
Priority date	Aug 31, 2011
Publication date	Nov 1, 2016
Grant date	Nov 1, 2016

Abstract

Provided is a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a high capacity and an improved cycle life. The battery includes an electrode group and a non-aqueous electrolyte, and has a volume energy density of 650 Wh/L or more. The electrode group includes wound positive and negative electrodes with a separator interposed therebetween. The positive and negative electrodes each include a current collector and a material mixture layer adhering thereto. The positive and negative electrode material mixture layers each have a porosity P p of 22% or less and porosity P n of 25% or less. The ratio V E /V T of a volume V E of the electrolyte to a total V T of the pore volumes of the positive and negative electrode material mixture layers, and the separator is 1 to 1.5. The difference between contact angles CA p and CA n of the positive and negative electrodes with respect to the non-aqueous electrolyte is 23° or less.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery
comprising: an electrode group including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the separator being wound together; and a non-aqueous electrolyte, and
having a volume energy density of 650 Wh/L or more,
the positive electrode including a positive electrode current collector, and a positive electrode material mixture layer adhering to a surface of the positive electrode current collector;
the negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector, and a negative electrode material mixture layer adhering to a surface of the negative electrode current collector;
the positive electrode material mixture layer having a porosity P p of 22% or less, and the negative electrode material mixture layer having a porosity P n of 25% or less;
a ratio V E /V T of a volume V E of the non-aqueous electrolyte to a total V T of a pore volume of the positive electrode material mixture layer, a pore volume of the negative electrode material mixture layer, and a pore volume of the separator being 1 or more and 1.5 or less; and
a difference between a contact angle CA p of the positive electrode and a contact angle CA n of the negative electrode with respect to the non-aqueous electrolyte being 23° or less.

2. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the difference between the contact angle CA p of the positive electrode and the contact angle CA n of the negative electrode is 21° or less.

3. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein:
the non-aqueous electrolyte includes a non-aqueous solvent, and a lithium salt dissolved in the non-aqueous solvent;
the non-aqueous solvent includes ethylene carbonate, ethyl methyl carbonate, and dimethyl carbonate; and
in the non-aqueous solvent, a content of the ethylene carbonate is 10 to 25 vol %, a content of the ethyl methyl carbonate is 2 to 7 vol %, and a content of the dimethyl carbonate is 68 to 88 vol %.

4. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 3 , wherein in the non-aqueous solvent, the content of the ethylene carbonate is 18 to 23 vol %, the content of the ethyl methyl carbonate is 3 to 7 vol %, and the content of the dimethyl carbonate is 70 to 79 vol %.

5. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a difference between the porosity P p of the positive electrode material mixture layer and the porosity P n of the negative electrode material mixture layer is 7% or less.

6. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the difference between the porosity P p of the positive electrode material mixture layer and the porosity P n of the negative electrode material mixture layer is 2.2 to 5.5%.

7. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a viscosity at 25° C. of the non-aqueous electrolyte is 5 mPa·s or less.

8. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein:
the positive electrode material mixture layer having a porosity P p of 19% or less, and
the negative electrode material mixture layer having a porosity P n of 22% or less.

9. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the difference between the contact angle CA p of the positive electrode and the contact angle CA n of the negative electrode is 3° or more and 23° or less.

10. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the difference between the contact angle CA p of the positive electrode and the contact angle CA n of the negative electrode is 18° or more and 23° or less.

11. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the contact angle CA p of the positive electrode is 1 to 20°.

12. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the contact angle CA n of the negative electrode is 10 to 45°.

13. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein the contact angle CA p of the positive electrode is smaller than the contact angle CA n of the negative electrode.

Assignees

• Mizawa Atsushi
• Muraoka Yoshiyuki
• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Mizawa Atsushi
• Muraoka Yoshiyuki

Classifications

• H01M4/133

  Electrodes based on carbonaceous material, e.g. graphite-intercalation compounds or CFx · CPC title

• H01M2010/4292

  Aspects relating to capacity ratio of electrodes/electrolyte or anode/cathode · CPC title

• H01M2004/021

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

• H01M2/1673

  Electricity · mapped topic

• Y02T10/7011

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic