发明名称 Nonaqueous secondary battery and method of using the same
摘要 A nonaqueous secondary battery containing a positive electrode having a positive electrode mixture layer, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode comprises, as active materials, two or more lithium-containing transition metal oxides having different average particle sizes, and the lithium-containing transition metal oxide having the smallest average particle size contains one or more of Mg, Ti, Zr, Ge, Nb, Al and Sn.
申请公布号 US9077035(B2) 申请公布日期 2015.07.07
申请号 US200711723350 申请日期 2007.03.16
申请人 HITACHI MAXELL, LTD. 发明人 Kita Fusaji;Tsubata Hideki;Inoue Hiroyasu
分类号 H01M4/52;H01M4/36;H01M6/16;H01M10/0567;H01M4/131;H01M4/485;H01M10/0569;H01M10/0525;H01M4/02 主分类号 H01M4/52
代理机构 Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP 代理人 Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
主权项 1. A nonaqueous secondary battery comprising: a positive electrode having a positive electrode mixture layer, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode comprises, as active materials, at least two lithium-containing transition metal oxides having different average particle sizes, and the lithium-containing transition metal oxide having the smallest average particle size is a lithium-containing transition metal oxide represented by the formula (1): LixM1yM2zM3vO2  (1) wherein M1 represents at least one transition metal element selected from Co, Ni and Mn, M2 represents Mg and at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Ge, Nb, Al and Sn, M3 represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Na, K, Rb, Be, Ca, Sr, Ba, Sc, Y, La, Hf, V, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Tc, Re, Fe, Ru, Rh, Cu, Ag, Au, B, Ca, In, Si, P and Bi, and x, y, z and v are numbers satisfying the equations respectively: 0.97≦x<1.02, 0.8≦y<1.02, 0.002≦z≦0.05, and 0≦v≦0.05, and has an average particle size from 2 μm to 10 μm, and the lithium-containing transition metal oxide having the largest average particle size is a lithium-containing transition metal oxide represented by the formula (2): LiaM1bM2cM3dO2  (2) wherein M1, M2 and M3 are the same as defined in the formula (1), and a, b, c and d are numbers satisfying the equations respectively: 0.97≦a<1.02, 0.8≦b<1.02, 0.0002≦c≦0.02, and 0≦d≦0.02, and has an average particle size from 5 μm to 25 μm, wherein said electrolyte contains a fluorine-containing organic solvent, wherein the content of Co in the transition metal M1 of the formulae (1) and (2) is from 30% by mole to 100% by mole, wherein the content of said lithium-containing transition metal oxide having the smallest average particle size in the lithium-containing transition metal oxides is from 5% by weight to 60% by weight, wherein the content of said lithium-containing transition metal oxide having the largest average particle size in the lithium-containing transition metal oxides is from 40% by weight to 95% by weight, and wherein an amount of said fluorine-containing organic solvent is 0.1% by weight to 30% by weight based on the whole weight of the electrolyte.
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