LITHIUM SULFIDE-IRON-CARBON COMPLEX

摘要

The main object is to provide a novel material with excellent charge and discharge characteristics, such as a high utilization rate of a positive electrode, a high capacity, and good cycle characteristic, in which the material is a compound containing as the major component lithium sulfide useful as a cathode active material for lithium secondary batteries. The invention provides a lithium sulfide-iron-carbon composite containing lithium, iron, sulfur and carbon as constituent elements, with lithium sulfide (Li2S), as the main phase, having a crystallite size of 50 nm or less as calculated from the half width of the diffraction peak based on the (111) plane of Li2S as determined by X-ray powder diffraction.

主权项

1. A lithium sulfide-iron-carbon composite comprising, as constituent elements, lithium, iron, sulfur, and carbon, wherein lithium sulfide (Li2S) is present as the main phase, and wherein the crystallite size calculated from a half width of a diffraction peak based on the (111) plane of Li2S as determined by X-ray powder diffraction is 50 nm or less.