Lithium secondary battery positive electrode plate and lithium secondary battery

• US 20030068557A1
• Filed: 01/17/2002
• Published: 04/10/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd., Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Company Limited (Resonac Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd., Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Company Limited (Resonac Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Kumashiro, Yoshiaki, Kasai, Masahiro, Takeuchi, Seiji
• Application Number:
  US10/046,736
• Publication Number:
  US 20030068557A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 429/231.8
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/0525 Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/42 Methods or arrangements for servicing or maintenance of secondary cells or secondary half-cells H01M10/60 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2004/021 Physical characteristics, e.g. porosity, surface area
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2010/4292 Aspects relating to capacity ratio of electrodes/electrolyte or anode/cathode
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 4/02 Electrodes composed of, or comprising, active material
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 4/505 of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 4/625 Carbon or graphite
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 6/42 Grouping of primary cells into batteries H01M6/40 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

To provide a lithium secondary battery excellent in output characteristic at a large current by realizing an electrode which does not inhibit diffusion of lithium ions in particles, and has high electron conduction and high electrolytic solution holding ratio for realizing a low resistance positive electrode.

A nonaqueous lithium secondary battery comprising a positive electrode which inserts/detaches lithium ions, and includes a collector on which a positive electrode active material for inserting/detaching lithium ions, a conduction assistant for increasing electric conduction of the positive electrode active material, and a binding agent for binding the positive electrode active material and the conduction assistant are applied, a negative electrode for inserting/detaching lithium ions, and a separator for separating the positive electrode and the negative electrode where a ratio (B/A) of an average particle diameter of the conduction assistant (A) to an average particle diameter of the positive electrode active material (B) is from 0.1 to 100, and the conduction assistant includes at least clustered amorphous carbon.

Claims

1. A nonaqueous lithium secondary battery comprising:

a positive electrode which inserts/detaches lithium ions, and includes a collector on which a positive electrode active material for inserting/detaching lithium ions, a conduction assistant for increasing electric conduction of said positive electrode active material, and a binding agent for binding said positive electrode active material and said conduction assistant are pasted;

a negative electrode for inserting/detaching lithium ions; and

a separator for separating said positive electrode and said negative electrode;

wherein a ratio (B/A) of the average particle diameter of said conduction assistant (A) to the average particle diameter of said positive electrode active material (B) is from 0.1 to 100, and said conduction assistant includes at least clustered amorphous carbon.

6. The lithium secondary battery according to any one of claim 1 to claim 5 wherein electrolytic solution holding ratio per mixture weight of said positive electrode is 10 to 25 wt %.

7. A battery module which is constituted by connecting multiple lithium secondary batteries according to any one of claim 1 to claim 6.

8. The battery module according to claim 7 wherein said lithium secondary battery respectively includes a battery voltage detector for detecting battery voltage, a current controller for controlling a charge current flowing to said each lithium secondary battery or a discharge current flowing from said lithium secondary battery, and a battery controller for controlling said current controller according to the state of said lithium secondary battery from said battery voltage detector.

9. The battery module according to claim 7 or claim 8 wherein said lithium secondary batteries are connected in serial.

10. The second battery module according to any one of claim 7 to claim 9 wherein said lithium secondary batteries are connected in parallel.

11. An electric vehicle which is loaded with, and is driven by a battery module according to any one of claim 7 to claim 10.

12. An information machine which is loaded with, and driven by a secondary battery according to any one of claim 7 to claim 10.

2. A nonaqueous lithium secondary battery comprising:

a positive electrode which inserts/detaches lithium ions, and includes a collector on which a positive electrode active material for inserting/detaching lithium ions, a conduction assistant for increasing electric conduction of said positive electrode active material, and a binding agent for binding said positive electrode active material and said conduction assistant are pasted;

a negative electrode for inserting/detaching lithium ions; and

a separator for separating said positive electrode and said negative electrode;

wherein said conduction assistant includes a mixture of clustered amorphous carbon where a ratio (B/A) of the average particle diameter of said conduction assistant (A) to the average particle diameter of said positive electrode active material (B) is from 0.1 to 100, and graphite carbon where the spacing of a surface d₀₀₂ with surface index (002) by X-ray analysis is from 0.335 nm to 0.337 nm.

3. A nonaqueous lithium secondary battery comprising:

a positive electrode which inserts/detaches lithium ions, and includes a collector on which a positive electrode active material for inserting/detaching lithium ions, a conduction assistant for increasing electric conduction of said positive electrode active material, and a binding agent for binding said positive electrode active material and said conduction assistant are applied;

a negative electrode for inserting/detaching lithium ions; and

a separator for separating said positive electrode and said negative electrode;

wherein said positive electrode includes at least clustered amorphous carbon where a ratio (B/A) of an average particle diameter of said conduction assistant (A) to an average particle diameter of said positive electrode active material (B) is from 0.1 to 100, and carbon black.

5. The lithium secondary battery according to claim 3 or claim 4 wherein said carbon black is acetylene black.

4. A nonaqueous lithium secondary battery comprising:

a positive electrode which inserts/detaches lithium ions, and includes a collector on which a positive electrode active material for inserting/detaching lithium ions, a conduction assistant for increasing electric conduction of said positive electrode active material, and a binding agent for binding said positive electrode active material and said conduction assistant are applied;

a negative electrode for inserting/detaching lithium ions; and

a separator for separating said positive electrode and said negative electrode;

wherein said conduction assistant includes a mixture of clustered amorphous carbon where a ratio (B/A) of an average particle diameter of said conduction assistant (A) to an average particle diameter of said positive electrode active material (B) is from 0.1 to 100, graphite carbon where the spacing of a surface d₀₀₂ with surface index (002) by X-ray analysis is from 0.335 nm to 0.337 nm, and carbon black.

13. An information machine which is loaded with, and driven by a secondary battery according to any one of claim