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20090162750 | METHOD OF PRODUCING LITHIUM ION-STORING/RELEASING MATERIAL, LITHIUM ION-STORING/RELEASING MATERIAL, AND ELECTRODE STRUCTURE AND ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE USING THE MATERIAL - A method of producing a material capable of electrochemically storing and releasing a large amount of lithium ions is provided. The material is used as an electrode material for a negative electrode, and includes silicon or tin primary particles composed of crystal particles each having a specific diameter and an amorphous surface layer formed of at least a metal oxide, having a specific thickness. Gibbs free energy when the metal oxide is produced by oxidation of a metal is smaller than Gibbs free energy when silicon or tin is oxidized, and the metal oxide has higher thermodynamic stability than silicon oxide or tin oxide. The method of producing the electrode material includes reacting silicon or tin with a metal oxide, reacting a silicon oxide or a tin oxide with a metal, or reacting a silicon compound or a tin compound with a metal compound to react with each other. | 06-25-2009 |
20110052985 | ELECTRODE STRUCTURE AND ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE - Provided is an electrode structure having a high power density and being superior in repetitive charge/discharge efficiency and an electric energy storage device using the electrode structure. The electrode structure includes an electrode material layer including an electrode material including active material particles containing at least one of silicon, tin and alloys containing at least one of them, and a binder binding the active material particles, the binder has the following characteristics: tensile modulus: 2000 MPa or more, breaking strength: 100 MPa or more, break elongation: 20% to 120% and the ratio of breaking strength/break elongation >1.4 (MPa/%), and an average particle size of the particles is 0.5 μm or less, the electrode structure has a maximum thermal history temperature less than 350° C. and lower than the glass transition temperature of the binder. The electric energy storage device uses, as its negative electrode, the electrode structure. | 03-03-2011 |
20110084229 | POWDER MATERIAL, ELECTRODE STRUCTURE USING THE POWDER MATERIAL, AND ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE HAVING THE ELECTRODE STRUCTURE - A powder material which can electrochemically store and release lithium ions rapidly in a large amount is provided. In addition, an electrode structure for an energy storage device which can provide a high energy density and a high power density and has a long life, and an energy storage device using the electrode structure are provided. In a powder material which can electrochemically store and release lithium ions, the surface of particles of one of silicon metal and tin metal and an alloy of any thereof is coated by an oxide including a transition metal element selected from the group consisting of W, Ti, Mo, Nb, and V as a main component. The electrode structure includes the powder material. The battery device includes a negative electrode having the electrode structure, a lithium ion conductor, and a positive electrode, and utilizes an oxidation reaction of lithium and a reduction reaction of lithium ion. | 04-14-2011 |
20120321949 | METHOD OF PRODUCING LITHIUM ION-STORING/RELEASING MATERIAL, LITHIUM ION-STORING/RELEASING MATERIAL, AND ELECTRODE STRUCTURE AND ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE USING THE MATERIAL - A method of producing a material capable of electrochemically storing and releasing a large amount of lithium ions is provided. The material is used as an electrode material for a negative electrode, and includes silicon or tin primary particles composed of crystal particles each having a specific diameter and an amorphous surface layer formed of at least a metal oxide, having a specific thickness. Gibbs free energy when the metal oxide is produced by oxidation of a metal is smaller than Gibbs free energy when silicon or tin is oxidized, and the metal oxide has higher thermodynamic stability than silicon oxide or tin oxide. The method of producing the electrode material includes reacting silicon or tin with a metal oxide, reacting a silicon oxide or a tin oxide with a metal, or reacting a silicon compound or a tin compound with a metal compound to react with each other. | 12-20-2012 |
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20080248398 | ION CONDUCTOR STRUCTURAL BODY AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ION CONDUCTOR STRUCTURAL BODY - An ion conductor structural body having a high ion conductivity and excellent mechanical strength, principally comprising is provided. This ion conductor structural body includes (a) a polymer matrix; (b) a solvent capable of functioning as a plasticizer; and (c) an electrolyte. The polymer matrix (a) includes a polymer chain having at least a segment represented by the following general formula (1): | 10-09-2008 |
20090075175 | LITHIUM METAL COMPOSITE OXIDE PARTICLES, PROCESS OF PRODUCING LITHIUM METAL COMPOSITE OXIDE PARTICLES, ELECTRODE STRUCTURE CONTAINING LITHIUM METAL COMPOSITE OXIDE PARTICLES, PROCESS OF PRODUCING ELECTRODE STRUCTURE , AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY HAVING ELECTRODE STRUCTURE - There is provided a lithium secondary battery having a high capacity and excellent high-rate discharge characteristic and charge/discharge cycle characteristic. The lithium secondary battery comprises a negative electrode, a positive electrode and an ionic conductor, wherein the positive electrode comprises lithium metal composite oxide particles; the lithium metal composite oxide particles comprise a plurality of secondary particles in an elongated shape each comprised of a plurality of primary particles with an average particle size of 0.1 to 1 μm so aggregated as to form a void therebetween; and the secondary particle is columnar or planar and has an average size in a long length direction of 5 to 15 μm. | 03-19-2009 |
20090157339 | ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, ELECTRODE STRUCTURE AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - An electrode material for a lithium secondary battery which includes particles each having a central portion and a surface portion covering the surface of the central portion. The central portion occupies 80 to 99% of a distance from a center to an outermost surface of the particle and the surface portion occupies 20 to 1% of the distance. The central portion includes LiM | 06-18-2009 |
20100143801 | LITHIUM METAL COMPOSITE OXIDE PARTICLES, PROCESS OF PRODUCING LITHIUM METAL COMPOSITE OXIDE PARTICLES, ELECTRODE STRUCTURE CONTAINING LITHIUM METAL COMPOSITE OXIDE PARTICLES, PROCESS OF PRODUCING ELECTRODE STRUCTURE , AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY HAVING ELECTRODE STRUCTURE - There is provided a lithium secondary battery having a high capacity and excellent high-rate discharge characteristic and charge/discharge cycle characteristic. The lithium secondary battery comprises a negative electrode, a positive electrode and an ionic conductor, wherein the positive electrode comprises lithium metal composite oxide particles; the lithium metal composite oxide particles comprise a plurality of secondary particles in an elongated shape each comprised of a plurality of primary particles with an average particle size of 0.1 to 1 μm so aggregated as to form a void therebetween; and the secondary particle is columnar or planar and has an average size in a long length direction of 5 to 15 μm. | 06-10-2010 |
20100323098 | ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY, ELECTRODE STRUCTURAL BODY COMPRISING SAID ELECTRODE MATERIAL, RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY HAVING SAID ELECTRODE STRUCTURAL BODY, PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SAID ELECTRODE STRUCTURAL BODY, AND PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SAID RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY - An electrode material for a rechargeable lithium battery, characterized in that said electrode material comprises a fine powder of a silicon-based material whose principal component is silicon element, said fine powder having an average particle size (R) in a range of 0.1 μm≦R<0.5 μm. An electrode structural body for a rechargeable lithium battery, having an electrode material layer comprising said silicon-based material fine powder. A rechargeable lithium battery whose anode comprising said electrode structural body. | 12-23-2010 |
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20090061322 | ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND ELECTRODE STRUCTURE HAVING THE ELECTRODE MATERIAL - The electrode material for a lithium secondary battery according to the present invention includes particles of a solid state alloy having silicon as a main component, wherein the particles of the solid state alloy have a microcrystal or amorphous material including an element other than silicon, dispersed in microcrystalline silicon or amorphized silicon. The solid state alloy preferably contains a pure metal or a solid solution. The composition of the alloy preferably has an element composition in which the alloy is completely mixed in a melted liquid state, whereby the alloy has a single phase in a melted liquid state without presence of two or more phases. The element composition can be determined by the kind of elements constituting the alloy and an atomic ratio of the elements. | 03-05-2009 |
20100021817 | ELECTRODE STRUCTURE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND SECONDARY BATTERY HAVING SUCH ELECTRODE STRUCTURE - An electrode structure for a lithium secondary battery including: a main active material layer including a metal powder selected from silicon, tin and an alloy thereof that can store and discharge of lithium by electrochemical reaction, and a binder of an organic polymer; and a wherein the collector. The main active material layer includes a powder of a support material for supporting the electron conduction of the main active material layer in addition to the metal powder and the powder of the support material are particles having a spherical, pseudo-spherical or pillar shape with an average particle size of 0.3 to 1.35 times the thickness of the main active material layer. The support material is one or more selected from graphite, oxides of transition metals and metals that do not electrochemically form alloy with lithium. Organic polymer compounded with a conductive polymer is used for the binder. | 01-28-2010 |
20100323241 | ELECTRODE STRUCTURE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND SECONDARY BATTERY HAVING SUCH ELECTRODE STRUCTURE - An electrode structure for a lithium secondary battery including: a main active material layer including a metal powder selected from silicon, tin and an alloy thereof that can store and discharge lithium by electrochemical reaction, and a binder of an organic polymer; and a current collector. The main active material layer includes a powder of a support material for supporting the electron conduction of the main active material layer in addition to the metal powder and the powder of the support material are particles having a spherical, pseudo-spherical or pillar shape with an average particle size of 0.3 to 1.35 times the thickness of the main active material layer. The support material is one or more selected from graphite, oxides of transition metals and metals that do not electrochemically form alloy with lithium. Organic polymer compounded with a conductive polymer is used for the binder. | 12-23-2010 |