Anode and battery

• US 9,112,238 B2
• Filed: 03/12/2007
• Issued: 08/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co Limited
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Hirose, Takakazu, Kawase, Kenichi, Konishiike, Isamu, Iwama, Masayuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Mayes, Melvin C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Forrest, Michael
• Application Number:
  US11/684,880
• Publication Number:
  US 20080113270A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,081 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/0431 Cells with wound or folded electrodes H01M10/045 takes precedence
• 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 2004/021 Physical characteristics, e.g. porosity, surface area
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2220/30 Batteries in portable systems, e.g. mobile phone, laptop
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2300/004 Three solvents
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 4/0423 Physical vapour deposition
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 4/13 Electrodes for accumulators with non-aqueous electrolyte, e.g. for lithium-accumulators; Processes of manufacture thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 4/131 Electrodes based on mixed oxides or hydroxides, or on mixtures of oxides or hydroxides, e.g. LiCoOx
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 4/139 Processes of manufacture
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 4/485 of mixed oxides or hydroxides for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiTi2O4 or LiTi2OxFy H01M4/505, H01M4/525 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 4/582 Halogenides
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/107 having curved cross-section, e.g. round or elliptic H01M50/103, H01M50/109, H01M50/11 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/109 of button or coin shape
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 70/50 Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product

Abstract

An anode capable of preventing expansion of an anode active material layer and a battery using it are provided. The anode includes an anode current collector, and an anode active material layer containing silicon (Si) as an element, wherein the anode active material layer therein contains at least one selected from the group consisting of a fluoride of an alkali metal and a fluoride of an alkali earth metal.

Claims

1. An anode comprising:

an anode current collector; and

an anode active material layer,

wherein,

the anode active material layer contains -silicon and a fluoride of an alkali metal where a content of fluoride is in an amount from 1 atomic % to 40 atomic %, inclusive, as a total abundance of the alkali metal and fluorine,

the anode active material layer has a plurality of active material particles, and

the anode active material layer contains oxygen in an amount from 3 atomic % to 15 atomic % inclusive.

2. The anode according to claim 1, wherein the fluoride includes at least one selected from the group consisting of lithium fluoride, sodium fluoride, and potassium fluoride.

3. The anode according to claim 1, wherein:

the anode active material layer has an active material particle containing silicon, and at least part of the active material particle contains the fluoride in the particle.

4. The anode according to claim 1, wherein at least part of the anode active material layer is formed by vapor-phase deposition method.

5. The anode according to claim 1, wherein the anode active material layer is alloyed with the anode current collector at least in part.

6. The anode according to claim 1, wherein:

the anode active material layer contains oxygen, and has a lamination structure in which a first layer and a second layer with different contents of oxygen are alternately layered,

the second layer has the content of oxygen larger than the content of oxygen of the first layer, and at least one or more second layers exist between the first layers and

a silicon content in the second layer is between about 90 atomic % and about 70 atomic % inclusive.

7. The anode according to claim 1, wherein the anode active material layer further contains at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), and titanium (Ti) as an element.

8. The anode according to claim 7, wherein a content of the metal element in the anode active material layer is from 0.5 atomic % to 30 atomic %.

9. The anode according to claim 1, wherein a surface roughness of the anode current collector is 0.1 μ

m or more in units of an Ra value.

10. The anode according to claim 1 wherein the active material particles form a plurality of secondary particles, and each secondary particle is separated by a groove.

11. An anode comprising:

an anode current collector; and

an anode active material layer,

wherein,

the anode includes an anode current collector and an anode active material layer,

the anode active material layer contains silicon and a fluoride of an alkali earth metal, where a content of the fluoride of the alkali earth metal in the anode active material layer is within the range from 0.5 atomic % to 30 atomic %, inclusive, as a total abundance of the alkali earth metal and fluorine,

the anode active material layer has a plurality of active material particles, and

the anode active material layer contains oxygen in an amount from 3 atomic % to 15 atomic % inclusive.

12. The anode according to claim 11, wherein the fluoride includes at least one selected from the group consisting of magnesium fluoride, calcium fluoride, strontium fluoride, and barium fluoride.

13. The anode according to claim 11, wherein:

the anode active material layer has an active material particle containing silicon and at least part of the active material particle contains the fluoride in the particle.

14. The anode according to claim 11, wherein at least part of the anode active material layer is formed by vapor-phase deposition method.

15. The anode according to claim 11, wherein the anode active material layer is alloyed with the anode current collector at least in part.

16. The anode according to claim 11, wherein:

the anode active material layer contains oxygen as an element, and has a lamination structure in which a first layer and a second layer with different contents of oxygen are alternately layered,

the second layer has the content of oxygen larger than the content of oxygen of the first layer, and at least one or more second layers exist between the first layers, and

a silicon content in the second layer is between about 90 atomic % and about 70 atomic % inclusive.

17. The anode according to claim 11, wherein the anode active material layer further contains at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), and titanium (Ti) as an element.

18. The anode according to claim 17, wherein a content of the metal element in the anode active material layer is from 0.5 atomic % to 30 atomic %.

19. The anode according to claim 11, wherein a surface roughness of the anode current collector is 0.1 μ

m or more in units of an Ra value.

20. The anode according to claim 11 wherein the active material particles form a plurality of secondary particles, and each secondary particle is separated by a groove.

21. A battery comprising:

a cathode;

an anode;

and an electrolyte,

wherein,

the anode includes an anode current collector and an anode active material layer,

the anode active material layer contains silicon and a fluoride of an alkali earth metal, where a content of the fluoride of the alkali earth metal in the anode active material layer is within the range from 0.5 atomic % to 30 atomic %, inclusive, as a total abundance of the alkali earth metal and fluorine,

the anode active material layer has a plurality of active material particles, and

the anode active material layer contains oxygen in an amount from 3 atomic % to 15 atomic % inclusive.

22. A battery comprising:

a cathode;

an anode;

and an electrolyte,

wherein,

the anode includes an anode current collector and an anode active material layer,

the anode active material layer contains silicon and a flouride of an alkali metal where a content of fluoride is in an amount from 1 atomic % to 40 atomic %, inclusive, as a total abundance of the alkali metal and fluorine

the anode active material layer has a plurality of active material particles, and

the anode active material layer contains oxygen in an amount from 3 atomic % to 15 atomic % inclusive.