WO2016104488A1 - リチウム二次電池用正極活物質、リチウム二次電池用正極、及びリチウム二次電池 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery, a positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery, and a lithium secondary battery.
- This application claims priority based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2014-263116 for which it applied to Japan on December 25, 2014, and uses the content here.
- the lithium-containing composite metal oxide is used as a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery.
- Lithium secondary batteries have already been put into practical use not only for small power sources for mobile phones and laptop computers, but also for medium and large power sources for automobiles and power storage.
- Patent Document 1 discloses a lithium transition metal composite oxide represented by Li 1.00 Ni 0.33 Co 0.34 Mn 0.33 O 2 , A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a specific surface area of 0.7 m 2 / g and a crystallite size in the perpendicular direction of 104 planes obtained on the basis of an X-ray diffraction pattern obtained by an X-ray diffraction method is 800 mm A positive electrode active material is disclosed.
- Patent Document 2 discloses a lithium transition metal composite represented by Li 1.15 (Ni 0.34 Co 0.33 Mn 0.33 ) 0.9682 Mg 0.001 Ca 0.03 Na 0.0008 O 2.
- Patent Document 3 discloses a positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery represented by a general formula LiMO 2 (M is Co, Ni, etc.), and a microparticle crystallite constituting the positive electrode active material, A positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery that is three-dimensionally substantially isotropic is disclosed.
- a lithium secondary battery obtained by using the above-described conventional lithium-containing composite metal oxide as a positive electrode active material has room for improvement in order to further improve battery performance such as discharge capacity.
- the present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery that can achieve a higher discharge capacity than before. It is another object of the present invention to provide a positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery using such a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery.
- one embodiment of the present invention is a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery including secondary particles formed by agglomerating primary particles that can be doped and dedoped with lithium ions, and includes CuK ⁇ rays.
- Li [Li x (Ni a Co b Mn c M d ) 1-x ] O 2 (I) (Where 0 ⁇ x ⁇ 0.1, 0.7 ⁇ a ⁇ 1, 0 ⁇ b ⁇ 0.2, 0 ⁇ c ⁇ 0.2, 0 ⁇ d ⁇ 0.1, a + b + c + d 1, M is Fe, Cr, Ti, Mg, Al, Zr, Ca, Sc, V, Cr, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Tc, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, Cd And at least one metal selected from the group consisting of In, Sn, and Sn.)
- the product of the 10% cumulative diameter (D 10 ) obtained from the particle size distribution measurement value and the heavy density is 17 or more and 25 g ⁇ ⁇ m / mL or less.
- the BET specific surface area is preferably 0.1 m 2 / g or more and 1.0 m 2 / g or less.
- the atomic ratio c / b of Mn to Co is preferably 0 ⁇ c / b ⁇ 1.3.
- M is preferably Al.
- one embodiment of the present invention provides a lithium secondary battery including the negative electrode and the positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery described above.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery that can achieve a higher discharge capacity than before. Moreover, the positive electrode for lithium secondary batteries and the lithium secondary battery using such a positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries can be provided.
- it is a schematic diagram for demonstrating a crystallite size Comprising: The schematic diagram of 003 plane and 104 plane in a crystallite is shown.
- it is a schematic diagram for demonstrating crystallite size Comprising: It is a schematic diagram which shows the relationship between crystallite size (alpha) which can be calculated from the peak A mentioned later, and crystallite size (beta) which can be calculated from the peak B mentioned later. is there.
- Li [Li x (Ni a Co b Mn c M d ) 1-x ] O 2 (I) (Where 0 ⁇ x ⁇ 0.1, 0.7 ⁇ a ⁇ 1, 0 ⁇ b ⁇ 0.2, 0 ⁇ c ⁇ 0.2, 0 ⁇ d ⁇ 0.1, a + b + c + d 1, M is Fe, Cr, Ti, Mg, Al, Zr, Ca, Sc, V, Cr, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Tc, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, Cd And at least one metal selected from the group consisting of In, Sn, and Sn.)
- M is Fe, Cr, Ti, Mg, Al, Zr, Ca, Sc, V, Cr, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Tc, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, Cd
- the positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery of this embodiment has an ⁇ -NaFeO 2 type crystal structure represented by the following composition formula (I).
- Li [Li x (Ni a Co b Mn c M d ) 1-x ] O 2 (I) (Where 0 ⁇ x ⁇ 0.1, 0.7 ⁇ a ⁇ 1, 0 ⁇ b ⁇ 0.2, 0 ⁇ c ⁇ 0.2, 0 ⁇ d ⁇ 0.1, a + b + c + d 1, M is Fe, Cr, Ti, Mg, Al, Zr, Ca, Sc, V, Cr, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Tc, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, Cd And at least one metal selected from the group consisting of In, Sn, and Sn.)
- x is preferably 0.08 or less, more preferably 0.05 or less, and further preferably 0.03 or less. preferable.
- a in the composition formula (I) is preferably 0.8 or more, preferably 0.85 or more, in order to obtain a lithium secondary battery having a high capacity. More preferably, it is 0.87 or more.
- a is preferably 0.96 or less, more preferably 0.94 or less, and further preferably 0.92 or less.
- the upper limit value and lower limit value of a can be arbitrarily combined.
- “high cycle characteristics” means that the discharge capacity retention rate is high when the charge / discharge cycle is repeated.
- b in the composition formula (I) is preferably 0.02 or more, more preferably 0.03 or more, and 0.04 or more. Is more preferable. Further, in the sense of obtaining a lithium secondary battery having high thermal stability, b is preferably 0.16 or less, more preferably 0.12 or less, and even more preferably 0.10 or less. .
- the upper limit value and lower limit value of b can be arbitrarily combined.
- c in the composition formula (I) is preferably 0.01 or more, and more preferably 0.02 or more. Further, in order to obtain a lithium secondary battery having high storage characteristics at a high temperature (for example, in an environment of 60 ° C.), c is preferably 0.15 or less, more preferably 0.10 or less, and More preferably, it is 08 or less.
- the upper limit value and lower limit value of c can be arbitrarily combined.
- the atomic ratio c / b of Mn to Co is 0 ⁇ c / b ⁇ 1.3. Preferably, it is 1.0 or less, more preferably 0.5 or less.
- the atomic ratio c / b between Mn and Co is preferably 0.1 or more, more preferably 0.15 or more, and particularly preferably 0.2 or more.
- the upper limit value and lower limit value of c / b can be arbitrarily combined.
- M in the composition formula (I) is Fe, Cr, Ti, Mg, Al, Zr, Ca, Sc, V, Cr, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Tc, Ru. And at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Rh, Pd, Ag, Cd, In, and Sn.
- d in the composition formula (I) is preferably more than 0, more preferably 0.001 or more, and More preferably, it is 005 or more.
- a lithium secondary battery having a high discharge capacity at a high current rate it is preferably 0.08 or less, more preferably 0.04 or less, and further preferably 0.02 or less. preferable.
- the upper limit value and the lower limit value of d can be arbitrarily combined.
- M in the composition formula (I) is preferably Al, Mg, or Zr, and in the sense of obtaining a lithium secondary battery with high thermal stability, Mg or Al is preferable, and Al is particularly preferable.
- the crystal structure of the positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery according to the present embodiment is a layered structure, and more preferably a hexagonal crystal structure or a monoclinic crystal structure.
- the hexagonal crystal structures are P3, P3 1 , P3 2 , R3, P-3, R-3, P312, P321, P3 1 12, P3 1 21, P3 2 12, P3 2 21, R32, P3m1, P31m, P3c1, P31c, R3m, R3c, P-31m, P-31c, P-3m1, P-3c1, R-3m, R-3c, P6, P6 1 , P6 5 , P6 2 , P6 4 , P6 3 , P-6, P6 / m, P6 3 / m, P622, P6 1 22, P6 5 22, P6 2 22, P6 4 22, P6 3 22, P6 mm, P6 cc, P6 3 cm, P6 3 mc, P- It belongs to any one space group selected from the group consisting of 6m2, P-6c2, P-62m, P-62c, P6 / mmm, P6 / mcc, P6 3 / mcm, P-
- the monoclinic crystal structure is P2, P2 1 , C2, Pm, Pc, Cm, Cc, P2 / m, P2 1 / m, C2 / m, P2 / c, P2 1 / c, C2 / It belongs to any one space group selected from the group consisting of c.
- the crystal structure is a hexagonal crystal structure belonging to the space group R-3m, or a monoclinic crystal belonging to C2 / m.
- a crystal structure is particularly preferred.
- the space group of the positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery of the present embodiment can be confirmed as follows.
- powder X-ray diffraction measurement was performed using CuK ⁇ as a radiation source and a diffraction angle 2 ⁇ measurement range of 10 ° or more and 90 ° or less.
- a belt analysis is performed to determine the crystal structure of the lithium-containing composite metal oxide and the space group in this crystal structure.
- Rietveld analysis is a technique for analyzing the crystal structure of a material using diffraction peak data (diffraction peak intensity, diffraction angle 2 ⁇ ) in powder X-ray diffraction measurement of the material, and is a conventionally used technique. (See, for example, “Practice of Powder X-ray Analysis—Introduction to Rietveld Method”, published on February 10, 2002, edited by the Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry X-ray Analysis Research Meeting)
- the crystallite size ⁇ at the peak A and the crystallite size ⁇ at the peak B of the positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery of this embodiment can be confirmed as follows.
- powder X-ray diffraction measurement was performed using CuK ⁇ as a radiation source and a measurement range of a diffraction angle 2 ⁇ of 10 ° or more and 90 ° or less.
- the peak corresponding to B is determined.
- FIG. 2A shows a schematic diagram of the 003 plane and the 104 plane in the crystallite.
- the crystallite size in the perpendicular direction of the 003 plane corresponds to the crystallite size ⁇
- the crystallite size in the perpendicular direction of the 104 plane corresponds to the crystallite size ⁇
- FIG. 2B is a schematic diagram showing the relationship between the crystallite size ⁇ that can be calculated from the peak A and the crystallite size ⁇ that can be calculated from the peak B. 2 indicates that the crystallite size ⁇ / ⁇ is larger than 1, indicating that the crystallite is anisotropically grown parallel to the z-axis in FIG.
- the crystallite is in the z-axis direction with respect to the x-axis or y-axis in FIG. (In other words, the stacking proceeds in a direction parallel to the z-axis).
- the present inventors have found that battery performance such as discharge capacity can be improved by adopting anisotropically grown crystallites as positive electrode active materials for lithium secondary batteries rather than isotropically grown crystallites. It was.
- ⁇ / ⁇ is preferably more than 1.60, more preferably 1.70 or more, and 1.75 or more. Is more preferable.
- ⁇ / ⁇ is preferably less than 2.40, more preferably 2.20 or less, and particularly preferably 2.10 or less.
- the upper limit value and the lower limit value of ⁇ / ⁇ can be arbitrarily combined.
- the crystallite size ⁇ is preferably 400 to 1200 ⁇ , more preferably 1100 ⁇ or less, still more preferably 1000 ⁇ or less, and 900 ⁇ or less. More preferably, it is particularly preferably 840 mm or less. In order to obtain a lithium secondary battery having a high charge capacity, the crystallite size ⁇ is more preferably 450 ⁇ or more, and further preferably 500 ⁇ or more.
- the upper limit value and lower limit value of ⁇ can be arbitrarily combined.
- the crystallite size ⁇ is preferably 600 ⁇ or less, more preferably 550 ⁇ or less, further preferably 500 ⁇ or less, and 450 ⁇ or less. Particularly preferred. In order to obtain a lithium secondary battery having a high charge capacity, the crystallite size ⁇ is preferably 200 ⁇ or more, more preferably 250 ⁇ or more, and further preferably 300 ⁇ or more. The upper limit value and lower limit value of ⁇ can be arbitrarily combined.
- the particle form of the positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery of this embodiment is a secondary particle formed by agglomerating primary particles.
- the average primary particle diameter is preferably 0.1 ⁇ m or more and 2.0 ⁇ m or less, more preferably 0.1 ⁇ m or more and 1.5 ⁇ m or less, and more preferably 0.1 ⁇ m or more in order to enhance the effect of the present invention. More preferably, it is 1.2 ⁇ m or less.
- the average primary particle diameter can be measured by SEM observation.
- the average secondary particle diameter of the secondary particles formed by agglomerating primary particles is 6 ⁇ m or more and 20 ⁇ m or less, and more preferably 8 ⁇ m or more and 17 ⁇ m or less in order to enhance the effect of the present invention. More preferably, it is as follows.
- the “average secondary particle size” of the positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery refers to a value measured by the following method (laser diffraction scattering method).
- 0.1 g of a powder of a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery is put into 50 ml of a 0.2 mass% sodium hexametaphosphate aqueous solution to obtain a dispersion in which the powder is dispersed.
- the particle size distribution of the obtained dispersion is measured using LA950 (Laser diffraction scattering particle size distribution measuring device) manufactured by Horiba, Ltd., and a volume-based cumulative particle size distribution curve is obtained.
- the value of the particle diameter (D 50 ) viewed from the fine particle side at 50% accumulation was taken as the average secondary particle diameter of the positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries.
- D 10 the particle size as seen from the microparticles side at 10% accumulates (D 10) of 10% cumulative diameter
- cumulative particle size as seen from the microparticles side at 90% accumulates (D 90) 90% The diameter.
- the 10% cumulative diameter (D 10 ) of the positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery of this embodiment is 4.0 ⁇ m or more from the viewpoint of improving the handleability (handling property) of the positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery. Is more preferably 5.0 ⁇ m or more, and particularly preferably 6.0 ⁇ m or more. Further, in order to obtain a lithium secondary battery having a high discharge capacity at a high current rate, it is preferably 10.0 ⁇ m or less, more preferably 9.0 ⁇ m or less, and particularly preferably 8.0 ⁇ m or less. .
- the upper limit value and the lower limit value of (D 10 ) can be arbitrarily combined.
- BET specific surface area of the lithium positive electrode active material for a secondary battery of the present embodiment is preferably less 0.1 m 2 / g or more 1.0 m 2 / g. Further, it is preferably less 0.12 m 2 / g or more 0.8 m 2 / g, more preferably not more than 0.15 m 2 / g or more 0.6 m 2 / g.
- a lithium secondary battery having a high discharge capacity at a high current rate can be obtained.
- the handleability of the positive electrode active material for lithium secondary battery (handling property) High lithium secondary battery can be obtained.
- the tap bulk density of the positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery is preferably 2.0 g / mL or more in the sense of obtaining a lithium secondary battery having a high electrode density, and is 2.2 g / mL or more. It is more preferable that it is 2.3 g / mL or more.
- it in order to obtain an electrode with high electrolyte impregnation property, it is preferably 3.5 g / mL or less, more preferably 3.2 g / mL or less, and 3.0 g / mL or less. More preferred.
- the tap bulk density can be measured based on JIS R 1628-1997. In the present specification, the “heavy load density” corresponds to the tap bulk density in JIS R 1628-1997.
- the positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery of the present embodiment has a product of 10% cumulative diameter (D 10 ) determined from the particle size distribution measurement value and the weight density of 17 to 25 g. -It is preferable that it is below ⁇ m / mL. According to the study by the present inventors, when the product of the 10% cumulative diameter (D 10 ) and the stacking density is in the predetermined range, a positive electrode active for a lithium secondary battery that can achieve a higher discharge capacity than the conventional one. It was found to be a substance.
- the product of the 10% cumulative diameter (D 10 ) and the weight density is more preferably 18 g ⁇ ⁇ m / mL or more, and more than 18.8 g ⁇ ⁇ m / mL. It is more preferable. Further, it is more preferably 22 g ⁇ ⁇ m / mL or less, and particularly preferably 20 g ⁇ ⁇ m / mL or less.
- the upper limit value and the lower limit value of the product of the 10% cumulative diameter (D 10 ) and the heavy density can be arbitrarily combined.
- the positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery according to the present embodiment has a (104) diffraction peak when the diffraction peak is assigned as the space group R-3m ( 003)
- the integrated intensity ratio of diffraction peaks is preferably 1 or more and 1.5 or less, more preferably 1.1 or more and 1.4 or less, and further preferably 1.15 or more and 1.3 or less. .
- active materials may be mixed with the positive electrode active material for the lithium secondary battery of the present embodiment within a range not impairing the effects of the present embodiment.
- metals other than lithium that is, Ni and Co, and Mg, Al, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe Metal containing at least one arbitrary metal selected from the group consisting of Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Tc, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, Cd, In, and Sn
- a metal complex compound a metal complex hydroxide or a metal complex oxide is preferable.
- the metal complex compound can be produced by a generally known batch method or coprecipitation method.
- the manufacturing method will be described in detail by taking a metal composite hydroxide containing nickel, cobalt, and manganese as an example.
- a nickel salt solution, a cobalt salt solution, a manganese salt solution, and a complexing agent are reacted by a coprecipitation method, in particular, a continuous method described in JP-A-2002-201028, and Ni x Co y Mn z (OH) 2
- a metal composite hydroxide represented by the formula (where x + y + z 1) is produced.
- nickel salt which is the solute of the said nickel salt solution For example, any one of nickel sulfate, nickel nitrate, nickel chloride, and nickel acetate can be used.
- cobalt salt that is a solute of the cobalt salt solution for example, any one of cobalt sulfate, cobalt nitrate, and cobalt chloride can be used.
- manganese salt that is a solute of the manganese salt solution for example, any one of manganese sulfate, manganese nitrate, and manganese chloride can be used.
- the above metal salt is used in a proportion corresponding to the composition ratio of Ni x Co y Mn z (OH) 2 .
- water is used as a solvent.
- the complexing agent is capable of forming a complex with nickel, cobalt, and manganese ions in an aqueous solution.
- an ammonium ion supplier (ammonium sulfate, ammonium chloride, ammonium carbonate, ammonium fluoride, etc.), hydrazine, Examples include ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, nitrilotriacetic acid, uracil diacetic acid, and glycine.
- an alkali metal hydroxide for example, sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide
- an alkali metal hydroxide for example, sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide
- the complexing agent When the complexing agent is continuously supplied to the reaction vessel in addition to the nickel salt solution, the cobalt salt solution, and the manganese salt solution, nickel, cobalt, and manganese react to form Ni x Co y Mn z (OH) 2. Is manufactured.
- the temperature of the reaction vessel is controlled within a range of, for example, 10 ° C. or more and 60 ° C. or less, preferably 20 ° C. or more and 60 ° C. or less, and the pH value in the reaction vessel is, for example, pH 9 or more and pH 13 or less, preferably pH 10 or more and 13
- the substance in the reaction vessel is appropriately stirred while being controlled within the following range.
- the reaction can be carried out either batchwise or continuously, but can be carried out continuously using a reaction vessel provided with an overflow pipe described in JP-A-2-6340.
- the obtained reaction precipitate is washed with water and then dried to isolate nickel cobalt manganese composite hydroxide as a nickel cobalt manganese composite compound. Moreover, you may wash
- nickel cobalt manganese composite hydroxide is manufactured, but nickel cobalt manganese composite oxide may be prepared.
- the average of the positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery finally obtained in the following steps by appropriately controlling the concentration of metal salt to be supplied to the reaction tank, the stirring speed, the reaction temperature, the reaction pH, the firing conditions described later, etc.
- Various physical properties such as primary particle diameter, average secondary particle diameter, and BET specific surface area can be controlled.
- the “light weight density” corresponds to the initial bulk density in JIS R 1628-1997.
- bubbling with various gases for example, inert gas such as nitrogen, argon and carbon dioxide, air, oxygen and the like is used in combination. Also good. Since the reaction conditions depend on the size of the reaction tank to be used and the like, the reaction conditions may be optimized while monitoring various physical properties of the finally obtained positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery.
- the metal composite oxide or metal composite hydroxide is dried and then mixed with a lithium salt.
- the drying conditions are not particularly limited.
- the metal composite oxide or the metal composite hydroxide is not oxidized / reduced (oxide ⁇ oxide, hydroxide ⁇ hydroxide), and the metal composite hydroxide is oxidized.
- the conditions may be any of the conditions under which the metal composite oxide is reduced (oxides ⁇ hydroxides).
- An inert gas such as nitrogen, helium, or an inert gas such as argon may be used for conditions where oxidation / reduction is not performed.
- drying is performed in an oxygen or air atmosphere. Just do.
- a reducing agent such as hydrazine or sodium sulfite may be used in an inert gas atmosphere.
- the lithium salt any one of lithium carbonate, lithium nitrate, lithium acetate, lithium hydroxide, lithium hydroxide hydrate, lithium oxide, or a mixture of two or more can be used. Classification may be appropriately performed after the metal composite oxide or metal composite hydroxide is dried. The above lithium salt and metal composite hydroxide are used in consideration of the composition ratio of the final object.
- a lithium-nickel cobalt manganese composite oxide is obtained by firing a mixture of a nickel cobalt manganese composite hydroxide and a lithium salt. That is, a lithium-containing composite metal oxide is obtained.
- dry air, an oxygen atmosphere, an inert atmosphere, or the like is used according to a desired composition, and a plurality of heating steps are performed if necessary.
- ⁇ Mixing may be either dry mixing or wet mixing, but in consideration of simplicity, dry mixing is preferable.
- the mixing device include a stirring mixer, a V-type mixer, a W-type mixer, a ribbon mixer, a drum mixer, and a ball mill. The mixing is preferably performed under conditions so that the aggregated particles are not crushed.
- the firing temperature of the metal composite oxide or metal composite hydroxide and a lithium compound such as lithium hydroxide or lithium carbonate is not particularly limited, but is preferably 650 ° C. or higher and 850 ° C. or lower, more preferably 700 ° C.
- the temperature is 850 ° C. or lower.
- the firing temperature is lower than 650 ° C., the problem that the energy density (discharge capacity) and the high rate discharge performance are deteriorated easily occurs. In a region below this, there may be a structural factor that hinders the movement of Li.
- the firing temperature exceeds 850 ° C.
- the production performance such as difficulty in obtaining a lithium-containing composite metal oxide having a target composition due to the volatilization of Li, and the battery performance deteriorates due to the high density of particles. Problems are likely to occur.
- the temperature exceeds 850 ° C.
- the primary particle growth rate increases and the crystal particles of the lithium-containing composite metal oxide become too large.
- the amount of Li deficiency locally increases and is considered to be structurally unstable.
- the higher the temperature the more element substitution occurs between the site occupied by the Li element and the site occupied by the transition metal element. This suppresses the Li conduction path, thereby reducing the discharge capacity.
- the firing temperature in the range of 700 ° C. or higher and 850 ° C. or lower, a battery having a particularly high energy density (discharge capacity) and excellent charge / discharge cycle performance can be produced.
- the firing time is preferably 3 to 20 hours. If the firing time exceeds 20 hours, the battery performance may be substantially inferior due to the volatilization of Li. If the firing time is less than 3 hours, the crystal growth is poor and the battery performance tends to be poor.
- the temperature for such preliminary firing is preferably in the range of 300 to 750 ° C. for 1 to 10 hours.
- An example of the lithium secondary battery of the present embodiment includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode, a separator sandwiched between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode.
- FIG. 1A is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating an example of an electrode group used in a lithium ion secondary battery
- FIG. 1B is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating an example of a lithium ion secondary battery including the electrode group illustrated in FIG. 1A. is there.
- the cylindrical lithium secondary battery 10 of this embodiment is manufactured as follows.
- a pair of separators 1 having a strip shape, a strip-like positive electrode 2 having a positive electrode lead 21 at one end, and a strip-like negative electrode 3 having a negative electrode lead 31 at one end, a separator 1, a positive electrode 2, and a separator 1 and negative electrode 3 are laminated in this order and wound to form electrode group 4.
- the lithium secondary battery 10 can be manufactured by sealing the upper part of the battery can 5 with the top insulator 7 and the sealing body 8.
- a columnar shape in which the cross-sectional shape when the electrode group 4 is cut in a direction perpendicular to the winding axis is a circle, an ellipse, a rectangle, or a rectangle with rounded corners. Can be mentioned.
- a shape of the lithium secondary battery having such an electrode group 4 a shape defined by IEC 60086 or JIS C 8500 which is a standard for a battery defined by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) can be adopted. .
- IEC 60086 or JIS C 8500 which is a standard for a battery defined by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
- cylindrical shape, square shape, etc. can be mentioned.
- the lithium secondary battery is not limited to the above-described wound type configuration, and may have a stacked type configuration in which a stacked structure of a positive electrode, a separator, a negative electrode and a separator is repeatedly stacked.
- Examples of the stacked lithium secondary battery include so-called coin-type batteries, button-type batteries, and paper-type (or sheet-type) batteries.
- the positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery of the present embodiment is manufactured by first adjusting a positive electrode mixture containing a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery, a conductive material and a binder, and supporting the positive electrode mixture on a positive electrode current collector. be able to.
- a carbon material can be used as the conductive material included in the positive electrode for the lithium secondary battery of the present embodiment.
- the carbon material include graphite powder, carbon black (for example, acetylene black), and a fibrous carbon material. Since carbon black is fine and has a large surface area, the addition of a small amount to the positive electrode mixture can increase the electrical conductivity inside the positive electrode for lithium secondary batteries and improve the charge / discharge efficiency and output characteristics. If too much is added, both the binding force between the positive electrode mixture and the positive electrode current collector by the binder and the binding force inside the positive electrode mixture are lowered, which causes an increase in internal resistance.
- the proportion of the conductive material in the positive electrode mixture is preferably 5 parts by mass or more and 20 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery.
- a fibrous carbon material such as graphitized carbon fiber or carbon nanotube is used as the conductive material, this ratio can be lowered.
- thermoplastic resin As a binder which the positive electrode for lithium secondary batteries of this embodiment has, a thermoplastic resin can be used.
- the thermoplastic resin include polyvinylidene fluoride (hereinafter sometimes referred to as PVdF), polytetrafluoroethylene (hereinafter sometimes referred to as PTFE), tetrafluoroethylene, hexafluoropropylene, and vinylidene fluoride.
- fluororesins such as copolymers, propylene hexafluoride / vinylidene fluoride copolymers, tetrafluoroethylene / perfluorovinyl ether copolymers; polyolefin resins such as polyethylene and polypropylene.
- thermoplastic resins may be used as a mixture of two or more.
- a fluororesin and a polyolefin resin as a binder, the ratio of the fluororesin to the total positive electrode mixture is 1% by mass or more and 10% by mass or less, and the ratio of the polyolefin resin is 0.1% by mass or more and 2% by mass or less.
- a positive electrode mixture having both high adhesion to the current collector and high bonding strength inside the positive electrode mixture can be obtained.
- a band-shaped member made of a metal material such as Al, Ni, and stainless steel can be used as the positive electrode current collector included in the positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery of the present embodiment.
- a material that is made of Al and formed into a thin film is preferable because it is easy to process and inexpensive.
- Examples of the method of supporting the positive electrode mixture on the positive electrode current collector include a method of pressure-molding the positive electrode mixture on the positive electrode current collector. Also, the positive electrode mixture is made into a paste using an organic solvent, and the resulting positive electrode mixture paste is applied to at least one surface side of the positive electrode current collector, dried, pressed and fixed, whereby the positive electrode current collector is bonded to the positive electrode current collector. A mixture may be supported.
- usable organic solvents include amine solvents such as N, N-dimethylaminopropylamine and diethylenetriamine; ether solvents such as tetrahydrofuran; ketone solvents such as methyl ethyl ketone; methyl acetate And amide solvents such as dimethylacetamide and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (hereinafter sometimes referred to as NMP).
- amine solvents such as N, N-dimethylaminopropylamine and diethylenetriamine
- ether solvents such as tetrahydrofuran
- ketone solvents such as methyl ethyl ketone
- amide solvents such as dimethylacetamide and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (hereinafter sometimes referred to as NMP).
- Examples of the method of applying the positive electrode mixture paste to the positive electrode current collector include a slit die coating method, a screen coating method, a curtain coating method, a knife coating method, a gravure coating method, and an electrostatic spray method.
- the positive electrode for lithium secondary batteries can be manufactured.
- the negative electrode included in the lithium secondary battery of this embodiment is only required to be capable of doping and dedoping lithium ions at a lower potential than the positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery, and the negative electrode mixture containing the negative electrode active material is a negative electrode current collector. Examples thereof include an electrode carried on a body and an electrode made of a negative electrode active material alone.
- the negative electrode active material possessed by the negative electrode is a carbon material, a chalcogen compound (oxide, sulfide, etc.), a nitride, a metal or an alloy, and lithium ions are doped and dedoped at a lower potential than the positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery. Possible materials are mentioned.
- Examples of carbon materials that can be used as the negative electrode active material include graphite such as natural graphite and artificial graphite, cokes, carbon black, pyrolytic carbons, carbon fibers, and organic polymer compound fired bodies.
- the oxide can be used as an anode active material, (wherein, x represents a positive real number) SiO 2, SiO, etc. formula SiO x oxides of silicon represented by; TiO 2, TiO, etc. formula TiO x (wherein , X is a positive real number); oxide of titanium represented by formula VO x (where x is a positive real number) such as V 2 O 5 and VO 2 ; Fe 3 O 4 , Fe 2 O 3 , FeO, etc. Iron oxide represented by the formula FeO x (where x is a positive real number); SnO 2 , SnO, etc.
- Examples of sulfides that can be used as the negative electrode active material include titanium sulfides represented by the formula TiS x (where x is a positive real number) such as Ti 2 S 3 , TiS 2 , and TiS; V 3 S 4 , VS 2, VS and other vanadium sulfides represented by the formula VS x (where x is a positive real number); Fe 3 S 4 , FeS 2 , FeS and other formulas FeS x (where x is a positive real number) Iron sulfide represented; Mo 2 S 3 , MoS 2 and the like MoS x (where x is a positive real number) Molybdenum sulfide; SnS 2, SnS and other formula SnS x (where, a sulfide of tin represented by x is a positive real number; a sulfide of tungsten represented by a formula WS x (where x is a positive real number) such as WS 2
- Examples of the nitride that can be used as the negative electrode active material include Li 3 N and Li 3-x A x N (where A is one or both of Ni and Co, and 0 ⁇ x ⁇ 3). And lithium-containing nitrides.
- These carbon materials, oxides, sulfides and nitrides may be used alone or in combination of two or more. These carbon materials, oxides, sulfides and nitrides may be crystalline or amorphous.
- examples of the metal that can be used as the negative electrode active material include lithium metal, silicon metal, and tin metal.
- Alloys that can be used as the negative electrode active material include lithium alloys such as Li—Al, Li—Ni, Li—Si, Li—Sn, and Li—Sn—Ni; silicon alloys such as Si—Zn; Sn—Mn, Sn -Tin alloys such as Co, Sn-Ni, Sn-Cu, Sn-La; alloys such as Cu 2 Sb, La 3 Ni 2 Sn 7 ;
- These metals and alloys are mainly used alone as electrodes after being processed into a foil shape, for example.
- the potential of the negative electrode hardly changes from the uncharged state to the fully charged state during charging (potential flatness is good), the average discharge potential is low, and the capacity retention rate when repeatedly charged and discharged is high.
- a carbon material mainly composed of graphite such as natural graphite or artificial graphite is preferably used.
- the shape of the carbon material may be any of a flake shape such as natural graphite, a spherical shape such as mesocarbon microbeads, a fibrous shape such as graphitized carbon fiber, or an aggregate of fine powder.
- the negative electrode mixture may contain a binder as necessary.
- the binder include thermoplastic resins, and specific examples include PVdF, thermoplastic polyimide, carboxymethyl cellulose, polyethylene, and polypropylene.
- the negative electrode current collector of the negative electrode examples include a band-shaped member made of a metal material such as Cu, Ni, and stainless steel. In particular, it is preferable to use Cu as a forming material and process it into a thin film from the viewpoint that it is difficult to make an alloy with lithium and it is easy to process.
- Examples of the separator included in the lithium secondary battery of the present embodiment include a porous film, a nonwoven fabric, a woven fabric, and the like made of a material such as a polyolefin resin such as polyethylene and polypropylene, a fluororesin, and a nitrogen-containing aromatic polymer. The material which has can be used. Moreover, a separator may be formed by using two or more of these materials, or a separator may be formed by laminating these materials.
- separator examples include separators described in JP 2000-30686 A, JP 10-324758 A, and the like.
- the thickness of the separator should be as thin as possible so that the mechanical strength can be maintained in that the volume energy density of the battery is increased and the internal resistance is reduced, preferably about 5 to 200 ⁇ m, more preferably about 5 to 40 ⁇ m. is there.
- the electrolyte solution included in the lithium secondary battery of this embodiment contains an electrolyte and an organic solvent.
- the electrolyte contained in the electrolyte includes LiClO 4 , LiPF 6 , LiAsF 6 , LiSbF 6 , LiBF 4 , LiCF 3 SO 3 , LiN (SO 2 CF 3 ) 2 , LiN (SO 2 C 2 F 5 ) 2 , LiN (SO 2 CF 3 ) (COCF 3 ), Li (C 4 F 9 SO 3 ), LiC (SO 2 CF 3 ) 3 , Li 2 B 10 Cl 10 , LiBOB (where BOB is bis (oxalato) borate LiFSI (here, FSI is bis (fluorosulfonyl) imide), lithium salt such as lower aliphatic carboxylic acid lithium salt, LiAlCl 4, and a mixture of two or more of these May be used.
- BOB bis (oxalato) borate LiFSI (here, FSI is bis (fluorosulfonyl) imide)
- lithium salt such as lower aliphatic
- the electrolyte at least selected from the group consisting of LiPF 6 , LiAsF 6 , LiSbF 6 , LiBF 4 , LiCF 3 SO 3 , LiN (SO 2 CF 3 ) 2 and LiC (SO 2 CF 3 ) 3 containing fluorine. It is preferable to use one containing one kind.
- Examples of the organic solvent contained in the electrolyte include propylene carbonate, ethylene carbonate, dimethyl carbonate, diethyl carbonate, ethyl methyl carbonate, 4-trifluoromethyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-one, and 1,2-di- Carbonates such as (methoxycarbonyloxy) ethane; 1,2-dimethoxyethane, 1,3-dimethoxypropane, pentafluoropropyl methyl ether, 2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropyl difluoromethyl ether, tetrahydrofuran, 2- Ethers such as methyltetrahydrofuran; Esters such as methyl formate, methyl acetate and ⁇ -butyrolactone; Nitriles such as acetonitrile and butyronitrile; N, N-dimethylformamide, N, N-dimethyla Amides such as toamide; carbamates such as 3-methyl-2-oxazolidone;
- a mixed solvent containing carbonates is preferable, and a mixed solvent of cyclic carbonate and acyclic carbonate and a mixed solvent of cyclic carbonate and ethers are more preferable.
- a mixed solvent of a cyclic carbonate and an acyclic carbonate a mixed solvent containing ethylene carbonate, dimethyl carbonate and ethyl methyl carbonate is preferable.
- the electrolyte using such a mixed solvent has a wide operating temperature range, hardly deteriorates even when charged and discharged at a high current rate, hardly deteriorates even when used for a long time, and natural graphite as an active material of the negative electrode. Even when a graphite material such as artificial graphite is used, it has many features that it is hardly decomposable.
- an electrolytic solution containing a lithium salt containing fluorine such as LiPF 6 and an organic solvent having a fluorine substituent since the thermal stability of the obtained lithium secondary battery is increased.
- a mixed solvent containing ethers having fluorine substituents such as pentafluoropropyl methyl ether and 2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropyl difluoromethyl ether and dimethyl carbonate is capable of capacity even when charging / discharging at a high current rate. Since the maintenance rate is high, it is more preferable.
- a solid electrolyte may be used instead of the above electrolytic solution.
- the solid electrolyte for example, an organic polymer electrolyte such as a polyethylene oxide polymer compound, a polymer compound containing at least one of a polyorganosiloxane chain or a polyoxyalkylene chain can be used.
- maintained the nonaqueous electrolyte in the high molecular compound can also be used.
- Li 2 S—SiS 2 , Li 2 S—GeS 2 , Li 2 S—P 2 S 5 , Li 2 S—B 2 S 3 , Li 2 S—SiS 2 —Li 3 PO 4 , Li 2 S—SiS 2 -Li 2 SO 4, Li 2 S-GeS 2 -P 2 S 5 inorganic solid electrolytes containing a sulfide, and the like, may be used a mixture of two or more thereof. By using these solid electrolytes, the thermal stability of the lithium secondary battery may be further improved.
- the solid electrolyte when a solid electrolyte is used, the solid electrolyte may serve as a separator, and in that case, the separator may not be required.
- the positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery of the present invention having the above-described configuration can exhibit a higher discharge capacity than that of a conventional lithium secondary battery.
- the positive electrode for lithium secondary batteries having the above-described structure has the positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries using the above-described lithium-containing composite metal oxide of the present embodiment, the lithium secondary battery is conventionally used. Can also exhibit a high discharge capacity.
- the lithium secondary battery having the above-described configuration has the above-described positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery, it becomes a lithium secondary battery exhibiting a higher discharge capacity than before.
- evaluation of a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery and production evaluation of a positive electrode and a lithium secondary battery were performed as follows.
- composition analysis of positive electrode active material for lithium secondary battery is conducted by dissolving the obtained lithium-containing composite metal oxide powder in hydrochloric acid and then inductively bonding The measurement was performed using a plasma emission analyzer (manufactured by SII Nanotechnology Inc., SPS3000).
- the half width of the peak corresponding to the peak A and the half width of the peak corresponding to the peak B are obtained from the powder X-ray diffraction pattern, and the crystallite size ⁇ is obtained by the Scherrer equation. And ⁇ were calculated.
- a paste-like positive electrode mixture was prepared by adding and kneading so as to have a composition of 5: 3 (mass ratio).
- N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone was used as the organic solvent.
- the obtained positive electrode mixture was applied to a 40 ⁇ m thick Al foil serving as a current collector and vacuum dried at 150 ° C. for 8 hours to obtain a positive electrode.
- the electrode area of this positive electrode was 1.65 cm 2 .
- the positive electrode for lithium secondary battery produced in “(2) Production of positive electrode for lithium secondary battery” is used as a part for coin type battery R2032 (Hosen Co., Ltd.).
- the aluminum foil surface was placed downward on the lower lid, and a laminated film separator (a heat-resistant porous layer (thickness 16 ⁇ m) laminated on a polyethylene porous film) was placed thereon. 300 ⁇ l of electrolyte was injected here.
- the electrolyte was 30:35:35 of ethylene carbonate (hereinafter sometimes referred to as EC), dimethyl carbonate (hereinafter sometimes referred to as DMC) and ethyl methyl carbonate (hereinafter sometimes referred to as EMC).
- EC ethylene carbonate
- DMC dimethyl carbonate
- EMC ethyl methyl carbonate
- the negative electrode is placed on the upper side of the laminated film separator, covered with a gasket, and caulked with a caulking machine to form a lithium secondary battery (coin-type battery R2032, hereinafter “coin-type”). This may be referred to as “half-cell”.
- Example 1-1 Manufacture of positive electrode active material 1 for lithium secondary battery After putting water in the reaction tank provided with the stirrer and the overflow pipe, sodium hydroxide aqueous solution was added and liquid temperature was hold
- this mixed raw material solution and ammonium sulfate aqueous solution are continuously added as a complexing agent to the reaction vessel, and a sodium hydroxide aqueous solution is added dropwise as needed so that the pH of the solution in the reaction vessel becomes 11.2.
- nickel cobalt manganese aluminum composite hydroxide particles were obtained, washed with water after filtration, and dried at 100 ° C. to obtain nickel cobalt manganese aluminum composite hydroxide 1.
- This nickel cobalt manganese aluminum composite hydroxide 1 had a BET specific surface area of 11.59 m 2 / g.
- the crystallite sizes ⁇ and ⁇ calculated from the peak A and the peak B of the positive electrode active material 1 for a lithium secondary battery are 895 ⁇ and 502 ⁇ , respectively, and the ratio ⁇ / ⁇ between the crystallite size ⁇ and the crystallite size ⁇ is 1.78.
- 10% cumulative volume particle size D 10 of the positive electrode active material 1 for a lithium secondary battery was 7.57Myuemu.
- the BET specific surface area of the positive electrode active material 1 for a lithium secondary battery was 0.40 m 2 / g.
- the tap bulk density was 2.50 g / ml.
- a 10% cumulative volume particle size D 10 of the positive electrode active material 1 for a lithium secondary battery, the product of the tapped bulk density was 18.9g ⁇ ⁇ m / ml.
- the Mn / Co composition of the positive electrode active material 1 for a lithium secondary battery was 0.29.
- a coin-type half cell was prepared using the positive electrode active material 1 for a lithium secondary battery, and an initial charge / discharge test was performed.
- the initial discharge capacity was 215 mAh / g.
- the crystallite sizes ⁇ and ⁇ calculated from the peak A and the peak B of the positive electrode active material 2 for a lithium secondary battery are 694 ⁇ and 405 ⁇ , respectively, and the ratio ⁇ / ⁇ between the crystallite size ⁇ and the crystallite size ⁇ is 1.71.
- 10% cumulative volume particle size D 10 of the positive electrode active material 2 for a lithium secondary battery was 6.85.
- the BET specific surface area of the positive electrode active material 2 for a lithium secondary battery was 0.42 m 2 / g.
- the tap bulk density was 2.55 g / ml.
- a 10% cumulative volume particle size D 10 of the positive electrode active material 2 for a lithium secondary battery, the product of the tapped bulk density was 17.5g ⁇ ⁇ m / ml.
- the Mn / Co composition of the positive electrode active material 2 for a lithium secondary battery was 0.29.
- the crystallite sizes ⁇ and ⁇ calculated from the peak A and the peak B of the positive electrode active material 3 for a lithium secondary battery are 857 ⁇ and 472 ⁇ , respectively, and the ratio ⁇ / ⁇ between the crystallite size ⁇ and the crystallite size ⁇ is It was 1.82.
- 10% cumulative volume particle size D 10 of the positive electrode active material 3 for a lithium secondary battery was 7.17Myuemu.
- the BET specific surface area of the positive electrode active material 3 for a lithium secondary battery was 0.44 m 2 / g.
- the tap bulk density was 2.46 g / ml.
- a 10% cumulative volume particle size D 10 of the positive electrode active material 3 for a lithium secondary battery, the product of the tapped bulk density was 17.6g ⁇ ⁇ m / ml.
- the Mn / Co composition of the positive electrode active material 3 for a lithium secondary battery was 0.29.
- a coin-type half cell was prepared using the positive electrode active material 3 for a lithium secondary battery, and an initial charge / discharge test was performed.
- the initial discharge capacity was 208 mAh / g.
- Example 1-4 Production of Positive Electrode Active Material 4 for Lithium Secondary Battery Example 1 except that the temperature of the liquid in the reaction vessel was 55 ° C. and an aqueous sodium hydroxide solution was added dropwise so that the pH of the solution in the reaction vessel was 11.6. The same operation as 1 was performed to obtain nickel cobalt manganese aluminum composite hydroxide 2.
- the nickel cobalt manganese aluminum composite hydroxide 2 had a BET specific surface area of 13.47 m 2 / g.
- the crystallite sizes ⁇ and ⁇ calculated from the peak A and the peak B of the positive electrode active material 4 for a lithium secondary battery are 848 ⁇ and 493 ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ , respectively, and the ratio ⁇ / ⁇ between the crystallite size ⁇ and the crystallite size ⁇ is 1.72.
- 10% cumulative volume particle size D 10 of the positive electrode active material 4 for a lithium secondary battery was 7.10Myuemu.
- the BET specific surface area of the positive electrode active material 4 for a lithium secondary battery was 0.24 m 2 / g.
- the tap bulk density was 2.74 g / ml.
- a 10% cumulative volume particle size D 10 of the positive electrode active material 4 for a lithium secondary battery, the product of the tapped bulk density was 19.5g ⁇ ⁇ m / ml.
- the Mn / Co composition of the positive electrode active material 4 for a lithium secondary battery was 0.29.
- Example 1 Production of Positive Electrode Active Material 5 for Lithium Secondary Battery Example 1 except that the temperature of the solution in the reaction vessel was set to 50 ° C. and an aqueous sodium hydroxide solution was added dropwise so that the pH of the solution in the reaction vessel was 11.9. The same operation as 1 was performed to obtain a nickel cobalt manganese aluminum composite hydroxide 3.
- the nickel cobalt manganese aluminum composite hydroxide 3 had a BET specific surface area of 19.23 m 2 / g.
- Time-baking was performed to obtain a pre-fired product 4.
- the temporarily fired product 4 was fired at 760 ° C. for 10 hours in an oxygen atmosphere to obtain a positive electrode active material 5 for a lithium secondary battery.
- the crystallite sizes ⁇ and ⁇ calculated from the peak A and the peak B of the positive electrode active material 5 for a lithium secondary battery are 732 ⁇ and 466 ⁇ , respectively, and the ratio ⁇ / ⁇ between the crystallite size ⁇ and the crystallite size ⁇ is 1.57.
- 10% cumulative volume particle size D 10 of the positive electrode active material 5 for a lithium secondary battery was 7.14Myuemu.
- the BET specific surface area of the positive electrode active material 5 for a lithium secondary battery was 0.34 m 2 / g.
- the tap bulk density was 2.40 g / ml.
- a 10% cumulative volume particle size D 10 of the positive electrode active material 5 for a lithium secondary battery, the product of the tapped bulk density was 17.1g ⁇ ⁇ m / ml.
- the Mn / Co composition of the positive electrode active material 5 for a lithium secondary battery was 0.29.
- a coin-type half cell was prepared using the positive electrode active material 5 for a lithium secondary battery, and an initial charge / discharge test was performed.
- the initial discharge capacity was 179 mAh / g.
- the crystallite sizes ⁇ and ⁇ calculated from the peak A and the peak B of the positive electrode active material 6 for a lithium secondary battery are 579 and 399 respectively, and the ratio ⁇ / ⁇ between the crystallite size ⁇ and the crystallite size ⁇ is 1.45.
- 10% cumulative volume particle size D 10 of the positive electrode active material 6 for a lithium secondary battery was 6.65Myuemu.
- the BET specific surface area of the positive electrode active material 6 for a lithium secondary battery was 0.28 m 2 / g.
- the tap bulk density was 2.47 g / ml.
- a 10% cumulative volume particle size D 10 of the positive electrode active material 6 for a lithium secondary battery, the product of the tapped bulk density was 16.4g ⁇ ⁇ m / ml.
- the Mn / Co composition of the positive electrode active material 6 for a lithium secondary battery was 0.29.
- Example 2-1 Manufacture of positive electrode active material 7 for lithium secondary battery After putting water in the reaction tank provided with the stirrer and the overflow pipe, the sodium hydroxide aqueous solution was added and liquid temperature was hold
- this mixed raw material solution and aqueous ammonium sulfate solution are continuously added as a complexing agent to the reaction vessel, and a sodium hydroxide aqueous solution is added dropwise as needed so that the pH of the solution in the reaction vessel becomes 11.6.
- nickel cobalt manganese aluminum composite hydroxide particles were obtained, washed with water after filtration, and dried at 100 ° C. to obtain nickel cobalt manganese aluminum composite hydroxide 4.
- the nickel cobalt manganese aluminum composite hydroxide 4 had a BET specific surface area of 14.12 m 2 / g.
- the crystallite sizes ⁇ and ⁇ calculated from the peak A and the peak B of the positive electrode active material 7 for a lithium secondary battery are 789 ⁇ and 479 ⁇ , respectively, and the ratio ⁇ / ⁇ between the crystallite size ⁇ and the crystallite size ⁇ is 1.65.
- 10% cumulative volume particle size D 10 of the positive electrode active material 7 for a lithium secondary battery was 7.08Myuemu.
- the BET specific surface area of the positive electrode active material 7 for a lithium secondary battery was 0.24 m 2 / g.
- the tap bulk density was 2.71 g / ml.
- a 10% cumulative volume particle size D 10 of the positive electrode active material 7 for a lithium secondary battery, the product of the tapped bulk density was 19.2g ⁇ ⁇ m / ml.
- the Mn / Co composition of the positive electrode active material 7 for a lithium secondary battery was 1.25.
- a coin-type half cell was prepared using the positive electrode active material 7 for a lithium secondary battery, and an initial charge / discharge test was performed.
- the initial discharge capacity was 192 mAh / g.
- Example 2 Production of Positive Electrode Active Material 8 for Lithium Secondary Battery Example 2 except that the temperature of the liquid in the reaction vessel was 50 ° C. and an aqueous sodium hydroxide solution was added dropwise so that the pH of the solution in the reaction vessel was 12.0 1 to obtain nickel cobalt manganese aluminum composite hydroxide 5.
- the nickel cobalt manganese aluminum composite hydroxide 5 had a BET specific surface area of 17.99 m 2 / g.
- the crystallite sizes ⁇ and ⁇ calculated from the peak A and the peak B of the positive electrode active material 8 for a lithium secondary battery are 615 ⁇ and 425 ⁇ , respectively, and the ratio ⁇ / ⁇ between the crystallite size ⁇ and the crystallite size ⁇ is 1.45.
- the BET specific surface area of the positive electrode active material 8 for a lithium secondary battery was 0.25 m 2 / g.
- the tap bulk density was 2.56 g / ml.
- a 10% cumulative volume particle size D 10 of the lithium secondary battery positive electrode active material 8 was 17.2g ⁇ ⁇ m / ml.
- the Mn / Co composition of the positive electrode active material 8 for a lithium secondary battery was 1.25.
- a coin-type half cell was prepared using the positive electrode active material 8 for a lithium secondary battery, and an initial charge / discharge test was performed.
- the initial discharge capacity was 180 mAh / g.
- Example 3-1 Manufacture of positive electrode active material 9 for lithium secondary battery After putting water in the reaction tank provided with the stirrer and the overflow pipe, sodium hydroxide aqueous solution was added and liquid temperature was hold
- a nickel sulfate aqueous solution, a cobalt sulfate aqueous solution, and an aluminum sulfate aqueous solution were mixed so that the atomic ratio of nickel atoms, cobalt atoms, and aluminum atoms was 83: 14: 3 to prepare a mixed raw material solution.
- the mixed raw material solution and the ammonium sulfate aqueous solution are continuously added as a complexing agent to the reaction vessel, and a sodium hydroxide aqueous solution is added dropwise in a timely manner so that the pH of the solution in the reaction vessel becomes 12.0.
- nickel cobalt aluminum composite hydroxide particles were obtained, washed with water after filtration, and dried at 100 ° C. to obtain nickel cobalt aluminum composite hydroxide 1.
- the crystallite sizes ⁇ and ⁇ calculated from the peak A and the peak B of the positive electrode active material 9 for a lithium secondary battery are 1032 ⁇ and 537 ⁇ , respectively, and the ratio ⁇ / ⁇ between the crystallite size ⁇ and the crystallite size ⁇ is 1.92.
- 10% cumulative volume particle size D 10 of the positive electrode active material 9 for a lithium secondary battery was 7.18Myuemu.
- the BET specific surface area of the positive electrode active material 9 for a lithium secondary battery was 0.20 m 2 / g.
- the tap bulk density was 2.65 g / ml.
- a 10% cumulative volume particle size D 10 of the positive electrode active material 9 for a rechargeable lithium battery, the product of the tapped bulk density was 19.0g ⁇ ⁇ m / ml.
- the Mn / Co composition of the positive electrode active material 9 for a lithium secondary battery was 0.00.
- ⁇ / ⁇ is 1.65 to 1.92
- ⁇ / ⁇ is 1.45 to 1.57
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また、特許文献2にはLi1.15(Ni0.34Co0.33Mn0.33)0.9682Mg0.001Ca0.03Na0.0008O2で表されるリチウム遷移金属複合酸化物であって、X線回折法により得られたX線回折パターンを基にして求めた003面の垂線方向の結晶子サイズが1580Åである非水電解液二次電池用正極活物質が開示されている。
さらに、特許文献3には、一般式LiMO2(MはCo、Ni等)で表されるリチウムイオン二次電池用正極活物質であって、正極活物質を構成する微小粒子の結晶子が、立体的にほぼ等方的形状であるリチウムイオン二次電池用正極活物質が開示されている。
2θ=18.7±1°の範囲内のピークにおける結晶子サイズαと、
2θ=44.4±1°の範囲内のピークにおける結晶子サイズβとの比α/βが1.60以上2.40以下であり、以下組成式(I)で表されるα-NaFeO2型の結晶構造を有するリチウム二次電池用正極活物質を提供する。
Li[Lix(NiaCobMncMd)1-x]O2 ・・・(I)
(ここで、0≦x≦0.1、0.7<a<1、0<b<0.2、0≦c<0.2、0<d<0.1、a+b+c+d=1、Mは、Fe、Cr、Ti、Mg、Al、Zr、Ca、Sc、V、Cr、Cu、Zn、Ga、Ge、Sr、Y、Zr、Nb、Mo、Tc、Ru、Rh、Pd、Ag、Cd、In、及びSnからなる群より選ばれる少なくとも1種の金属である。)
本実施形態のリチウム二次電池用正極活物質は、リチウムイオンをドープ・脱ドープ可能な一次粒子が凝集してなる二次粒子を含むリチウム二次電池用正極活物質であって、CuKα線を使用した粉末X線回折測定において、
2θ=18.7±1°の範囲内のピークにおける結晶子サイズαと、
2θ=44.4±1°の範囲内のピークにおける結晶子サイズβとの比α/βが1.60以上2.40以下であり、以下組成式(I)で表されるα-NaFeO2型の結晶構造を有する。
Li[Lix(NiaCobMncMd)1-x]O2 ・・・(I)
(ここで、0≦x≦0.1、0.7<a<1、0<b<0.2、0≦c<0.2、0<d<0.1、a+b+c+d=1、Mは、Fe、Cr、Ti、Mg、Al、Zr、Ca、Sc、V、Cr、Cu、Zn、Ga、Ge、Sr、Y、Zr、Nb、Mo、Tc、Ru、Rh、Pd、Ag、Cd、In、及びSnからなる群より選ばれる少なくとも1種の金属である。)
以下、本実施形態のリチウム二次電池用正極活物質について、詳細に説明する。
Li[Lix(NiaCobMncMd)1-x]O2 ・・・(I)
(ここで、0≦x≦0.1、0.7<a<1、0<b<0.2、0≦c<0.2、0<d<0.1、a+b+c+d=1、Mは、Fe、Cr、Ti、Mg、Al、Zr、Ca、Sc、V、Cr、Cu、Zn、Ga、Ge、Sr、Y、Zr、Nb、Mo、Tc、Ru、Rh、Pd、Ag、Cd、In、及びSnからなる群より選ばれる少なくとも1種の金属である。)
aの上限値と下限値は任意に組み合わせることができる。
本明細書において、「サイクル特性が高い」とは、充放電サイクルを繰り返した際の放電容量維持率が高いことを意味する。
bの上限値と下限値は任意に組み合わせることができる。
cの上限値と下限値は任意に組み合わせることができる。
c/bの上限値と下限値は任意に組み合わせることができる。
リチウム二次電池用正極活物質のサイクル特性が高いリチウム二次電池を得る意味で、組成式(I)におけるdは0を超えることが好ましく、0.001以上であることがより好ましく、0.005以上であることがさらに好ましい。また、高い電流レートでの放電容量が高いリチウム二次電池を得る意味で、0.08以下であることが好ましく、0.04以下であることがより好ましく、0.02以下であることがさらに好ましい。
dの上限値と下限値は任意に組み合わせることができる。
まず、本実施形態のリチウム二次電池用正極活物質の結晶構造は、層状構造であり、六方晶型の結晶構造又は単斜晶型の結晶構造であることがより好ましい。
本実施形態のリチウム二次電池用正極活物質は、CuKα線を使用した粉末X線回折測定において、2θ=18.7±1°の範囲内のピーク(以下、ピークAと呼ぶこともある)における結晶子サイズαと2θ=44.6±1°の範囲内のピーク(以下、ピークBと呼ぶこともある)における結晶子サイズβとの比α/βが1.60以上2.40以下である。
図2Bは、ピークAから算出できる結晶子サイズαと、ピークBから算出できる結晶子サイズβとの関係を示す模式図である。
結晶子サイズα/βの値が1よりも大きいほど、図2A中のz軸に対して平行に結晶子が異方成長したものであることを示し、α/βの値が1に近づくほど、結晶子が等方成長したものであることを示す。
本実施形態のリチウム二次電池用正極活物質は、上記α/βが1.60以上2.40以下であるため、結晶子が図2A中のx軸あるいはy軸に対して、z軸方向に異方成長したもの(換言すれば、z軸に対して平行な方向に積層が進んだもの)である。本発明者らは、等方成長した結晶子よりも、異方成長した結晶子をリチウム二次電池用正極活物質に採用することにより、放電容量等の電池性能を向上させることができることを見出した。これは、z軸に平行な方向に異方成長した結晶子であると、扁平に異方成長した結晶子(例えば図2Aに示すy軸に対して平行な方向に結晶子が異方成長したもの)に比べて、結晶子の中心までの距離が短くなるため、充放電に伴うLiの移動が容易となると推察される。
α/βの上限値と下限値は任意に組み合わせることができる。
前記αの上限値と下限値は任意に組み合わせることができる。
前記βの上限値と下限値は任意に組み合わせることができる。
本実施形態のリチウム二次電池用正極活物質の粒子形態は、一次粒子が凝集して形成された二次粒子である。本実施形態において、平均一次粒子径は、本発明の効果を高める意味で、0.1μm以上2.0μm以下が好ましく、0.1μm以上1.5μm以下であることがより好ましく、0.1μm以上1.2μm以下であることが更に好ましい。平均一次粒子径は、SEM観察により、測定することができる。
一次粒子が凝集して形成された二次粒子の平均二次粒子径は、6μm以上20μm以下であり、本発明の効果を高める意味で、8μm以上17μm以下であることがより好ましく、10μm以上16μm以下であることが更に好ましい。
本実施形態のリチウム二次電池用正極活物質の10%累積径(D10)は、リチウム二次電池用正極活物質の取扱い性(ハンドリング性)を向上させる観点から、4.0μm以上であることが好ましく、5.0μm以上であることがより好ましく、6.0μm以上であることが特に好ましい。
また、高い電流レートにおける放電容量が高い、リチウム二次電池を得る意味で10.0μm以下であることが好ましく、9.0μm以下であることがより好ましく、8.0μm以下であることが特に好ましい。
前記(D10)の上限値と下限値は任意に組み合わせることができる。
また、本実施形態のリチウム二次電池用正極活物質のBET比表面積は、0.1m2/g以上1.0m2/g以下であることが好ましい。
また、0.12m2/g以上0.8m2/g以下であることが好ましく、0.15m2/g以上0.6m2/g以下であることがより好ましい。
上記下限値以上とすることにより、高い電流レートにおける放電容量が高いリチウム二次電池を得ることができ、上記上限値以下とすることによりリチウム二次電池用正極活物質の取扱い性(ハンドリング性)が高いリチウム二次電池を得ることができる。
本実施形態において、リチウム二次電池用正極活物質のタップかさ密度は、電極密度が高いリチウム二次電池を得る意味で、2.0g/mL以上であることが好ましく、2.2g/mL以上であることがより好ましく、2.3g/mL以上であることがより好ましい。また、電解液の含浸性が高い電極を得る意味で、3.5g/mL以下であることが好ましく、3.2g/mL以下であることがより好ましく、3.0g/mL以下であることがより好ましい。
タップかさ密度はJIS R 1628-1997に基づいて測定することができる。
なお、本明細書において、「重装密度」とは上記JIS R 1628-1997におけるタップかさ密度に該当する。
本発明の効果を高める意味で、本実施形態のリチウム二次電池用正極活物質は、粒度分布測定値から求めた10%累積径(D10)と、重装密度との積が17以上25g・μm/mL以下であることが好ましい。
本発明者らの検討により、10%累積径(D10)と、重装密度との積が上記所定の範囲である場合に、従来よりも高い放電容量を達成できるリチウム二次電池用正極活物質であることが見出された。
放電容量をより向上させる意味で、10%累積径(D10)と、重装密度との積は、18g・μm/mL以上であることがより好ましく、18.8g・μm/mL以上であることがより好ましい。また、22g・μm/mL以下であることがより好ましく、20g・μm/mL以下であることが特に好ましい。
前記10%累積径(D10)と、重装密度との積の上限値と下限値は任意に組み合わせることができる。
本実施形態のリチウム二次電池用正極活物質は、本発明の効果を高める意味で、粉末X線回折パターンにおいて、回折ピークを空間群R-3mとして帰属した場合の(104)回折ピークに対する(003)回折ピークの積分強度比が1以上1.5以下であることが好ましく、1.1以上1.4以下であることがより好ましく、1.15以上1.3以下であることが更に好ましい。
本実施形態において、リチウム二次電池用正極活物質を製造するにあたって、まず、リチウム以外の金属、すなわち、Ni及びCo、並びに、Mg、Al、Ca、Sc、Ti、V、Cr、Mn、Fe、Cu、Zn、Ga、Ge、Sr、Y、Zr、Nb、Mo、Tc、Ru、Rh、Pd、Ag、Cd、In、及びSnからなる群より選ばれる少なくとも1種の任意金属を含む金属複合化合物を調製し、当該金属複合化合物を適当なリチウム塩と焼成することが好ましい。金属複合化合物としては、金属複合水酸化物又は金属複合酸化物が好ましい。以下に、リチウム含有複合金属酸化物の製造方法の一例を、金属複合化合物の製造工程と、リチウム含有複合金属酸化物の製造工程とに分けて説明する。
金属複合化合物は、通常公知のバッチ法又は共沈殿法により製造することが可能である。以下、金属として、ニッケル、コバルト及びマンガンを含む金属複合水酸化物を例に、その製造方法を詳述する。
上記金属複合酸化物又は金属複合水酸化物を乾燥した後、リチウム塩と混合する。
金属複合酸化物又は金属複合水酸化物の乾燥後に、適宜分級を行っても良い。以上のリチウム塩と金属複合水酸化物とは、最終目的物の組成比を勘案して用いられる。例えば、ニッケルコバルトマンガン複合水酸化物を用いる場合、リチウム塩と当該金属複合水酸化物は、LiNixCoyMnzO2(式中、x+y+z=1)の組成比に対応する割合で用いられる。ニッケルコバルトマンガン複合水酸化物及びリチウム塩の混合物を焼成することによって、リチウム-ニッケルコバルトマンガン複合酸化物が得られる。すなわち、リチウム含有複合金属酸化物が得られる。なお、焼成には、所望の組成に応じて乾燥空気、酸素雰囲気、不活性雰囲気等が用いられ、必要ならば複数の加熱工程が実施される。
焼成時間が3時間より少ないと、結晶の発達が悪く、電池性能が悪くなる傾向となる。なお、上記の焼成の前に、仮焼成を行うことも有効である。この様な仮焼成の温度は、300~750℃の範囲で、1~10時間行うことが好ましい。
次いで、リチウム二次電池の構成を説明しながら、上述したリチウム含有複合金属酸化物をリチウム二次電池用正極活物質として用いたリチウム二次電池用正極、及びこのリチウム二次電池用正極を有するリチウム二次電池について説明する。
(正極)
本実施形態のリチウム二次電池用正極は、まずリチウム二次電池用正極活物質、導電材及びバインダーを含む正極合剤を調整し、正極合剤を正極集電体に担持させることで製造することができる。
本実施形態のリチウム二次電池用正極が有する導電材としては、炭素材料を用いることができる。炭素材料として黒鉛粉末、カーボンブラック(例えばアセチレンブラック)、繊維状炭素材料などを挙げることができる。カーボンブラックは、微粒で表面積が大きいため、少量を正極合剤中に添加することによりリチウム二次電池用正極内部の導電性を高め、充放電効率及び出力特性を向上させることができるが、多く入れすぎるとバインダーによる正極合剤と正極集電体との結着力、及び正極合剤内部の結着力がいずれも低下し、かえって内部抵抗を増加させる原因となる。
本実施形態のリチウム二次電池用正極が有するバインダーとしては、熱可塑性樹脂を用いることができる。この熱可塑性樹脂としては、ポリフッ化ビニリデン(以下、PVdFということがある。)、ポリテトラフルオロエチレン(以下、PTFEということがある。)、四フッ化エチレン・六フッ化プロピレン・フッ化ビニリデン系共重合体、六フッ化プロピレン・フッ化ビニリデン系共重合体、四フッ化エチレン・パーフルオロビニルエーテル系共重合体などのフッ素樹脂;ポリエチレン、ポリプロピレンなどのポリオレフィン樹脂;を挙げることができる。
本実施形態のリチウム二次電池用正極が有する正極集電体としては、Al、Ni、ステンレスなどの金属材料を形成材料とする帯状の部材を用いることができる。なかでも、加工しやすく、安価であるという点でAlを形成材料とし、薄膜状に加工したものが好ましい。
(負極)
本実施形態のリチウム二次電池が有する負極は、リチウム二次電池用正極よりも低い電位でリチウムイオンのドープかつ脱ドープが可能であればよく、負極活物質を含む負極合剤が負極集電体に担持されてなる電極、及び負極活物質単独からなる電極を挙げることができる。
負極が有する負極活物質としては、炭素材料、カルコゲン化合物(酸化物、硫化物など)、窒化物、金属または合金で、リチウム二次電池用正極よりも低い電位でリチウムイオンのドープかつ脱ドープが可能な材料が挙げられる。
負極が有する負極集電体としては、Cu、Ni、ステンレスなどの金属材料を形成材料とする帯状の部材を挙げることができる。なかでも、リチウムと合金を作り難く、加工しやすいという点で、Cuを形成材料とし、薄膜状に加工したものが好ましい。
本実施形態のリチウム二次電池が有するセパレータとしては、例えば、ポリエチレン、ポリプロピレンなどのポリオレフィン樹脂、フッ素樹脂、含窒素芳香族重合体などの材質からなる、多孔質膜、不織布、織布などの形態を有する材料を用いることができる。また、これらの材質を2種以上用いてセパレータを形成してもよいし、これらの材料を積層してセパレータを形成してもよい。
本実施形態のリチウム二次電池が有する電解液は、電解質及び有機溶媒を含有する。
本実施例においては、リチウム二次電池用正極活物質の評価、正極およびリチウム二次電池の作製評価を、次のようにして行った。
1.リチウム二次電池用正極活物質の組成分析
後述の方法で製造されるリチウム含有複合金属酸化物の組成分析は、得られたリチウム含有複合金属酸化物の粉末を塩酸に溶解させた後、誘導結合プラズマ発光分析装置(エスアイアイ・ナノテクノロジー株式会社製、SPS3000)を用いて行った。
測定するリチウム含有複合金属酸化物の粉末0.1gを、0.2質量%ヘキサメタりん酸ナトリウム水溶液50mlに投入し、該粉末を分散させた分散液を得た。得られた分散液について堀場製作所製LA950(レーザー回折散乱粒度分布測定装置)を用いて、粒度分布を測定し、体積基準の累積粒度分布曲線を得た。得られた累積粒度分布曲線において、微小粒子側から見て10%累積時の体積粒度を、D10とした。
リチウム含有複合金属酸化物の粉末X線回折測定は、X線回折装置(X‘Pert PRO、PANalytical社)を用いて行った。得られたリチウム含有複合金属酸化物を専用の基板に充填し、CuKα線源を用いて、回折角2θ=10°~90°の範囲にて測定を行うことで、粉末X線回折図形を得た。粉末X線回折パターン総合解析ソフトウェアJADE5を用い、該粉末X線回折図形からピークAに対応するピークの半値幅およびピークBに対応するピークの半値幅を得て、Scherrer式により、結晶子サイズαおよびβを算出した。
測定するリチウム含有複合金属酸化物の粉末1gを窒素雰囲気中、150℃で15分間乾燥させた後、マウンテック製Macsorbを用いて測定した。
5.リチウム二次電池用正極活物質の重装密度(以下、「タップかさ密度」と記載することがある)の測定
重装密度はJIS R 1628-1997に基づいて測定した。
後述する製造方法で得られるリチウム含有複合金属酸化物(正極活物質)と導電材(アセチレンブラック)とバインダー(PVdF)とを、正極活物質:導電材:バインダー=92:5:3(質量比)の組成となるように加えて混練することにより、ペースト状の正極合剤を調製した。正極合剤の調製時には、N-メチル-2-ピロリドンを有機溶媒として用いた。
得られた正極合剤を、集電体となる厚さ40μmのAl箔に塗布して150℃で8時間真空乾燥を行い、正極を得た。この正極の電極面積は1.65cm2とした。
「(2)リチウム二次電池用正極の作製」で作製したリチウム二次電池用正極を、コイン型電池R2032用のパーツ(宝泉株式会社製)の下蓋にアルミ箔面を下に向けて置き、その上に積層フィルムセパレータ(ポリエチレン製多孔質フィルムの上に、耐熱多孔層を積層(厚み16μm)したもの。)を置いた。ここに電解液を300μl注入した。電解液は、エチレンカーボネート(以下、ECということがある。)とジメチルカーボネート(以下、DMCということがある。)とエチルメチルカーボネート(以下、EMCということがある。)の30:35:35(体積比)混合液にLiPF6を1モル/リットルとなるように溶解したもの(以下、LiPF6/EC+DMC+EMCと表すことがある。)を用いた。
「(3)リチウム二次電池(コイン型ハーフセル)の作製」で作製したコイン型ハーフセルを用いて、以下に示す条件で放電試験を実施した。
<放電レート試験>
試験温度:25℃
充電最大電圧4.3V、充電時間8時間、充電電流0.2CA定電流定電圧充電
放電最小電圧2.5V、定電流放電
本明細書において、放電容量が190mAh/gを超えるものが「放電容量に優れる」とした。
1.リチウム二次電池用正極活物質1の製造
攪拌器およびオーバーフローパイプを備えた反応槽内に水を入れた後、水酸化ナトリウム水溶液を添加し、液温を50℃に保持した。
得られたリチウム二次電池用正極活物質1の組成分析を行い、組成式(I)に対応させたところ、x=0.01、a=0.90、b=0.07、c=0.02、d=0.01であった。
また、タップかさ密度は2.50g/mlであった。
また、リチウム二次電池用正極活物質1の10%累積体積粒度D10と、タップかさ密度との積は、18.9g・μm/mlであった。
リチウム二次電池用正極活物質1を用いてコイン型ハーフセルを作製し、初回充放電試験を実施した。初回放電容量は215mAh/gであった。
1.リチウム二次電池用正極活物質2の製造
ニッケルコバルトマンガンアルミニウム複合水酸化物1と水酸化リチウム粉末とをLi/(Ni+Co+Mn+Al)=1.03となるように秤量して混合した後、酸素雰囲気下600℃で5時間焼成し、仮焼成品1を得た。該仮焼成品1を、酸素雰囲気下725℃で10時間焼成しリチウム二次電池用正極活物質2を得た。
得られたリチウム二次電池用正極活物質2の組成分析を行い、組成式(I)に対応させたところ、x=0.02、a=0.90、b=0.07、c=0.02、d=0.01であった。
また、タップかさ密度は2.55g/mlであった。
また、リチウム二次電池用正極活物質2の10%累積体積粒度D10と、タップかさ密度との積は、17.5g・μm/mlであった。
リチウム二次電池用正極活物質2を用いてコイン型ハーフセルを作製し、初回充放電試験を実施した。初回放電容量は204mAh/gであった。
1.リチウム二次電池用正極活物質3の製造
ニッケルコバルトマンガンアルミニウム複合水酸化物1と水酸化リチウム粉末とをLi/(Ni+Co+Mn+Al)=1.03となるように秤量して混合した後、酸素雰囲気下600℃で5時間焼成し、仮焼成品2を得た。該仮焼成品2を、酸素雰囲気下750℃で10時間焼成しリチウム二次電池用正極活物質3を得た。
得られたリチウム二次電池用正極活物質3の組成分析を行い、組成式(I)に対応させたところ、x=0.02、a=0.90、b=0.07、c=0.02、d=0.01であった。
また、タップかさ密度は2.46g/mlであった。
また、リチウム二次電池用正極活物質3の10%累積体積粒度D10と、タップかさ密度との積は、17.6g・μm/mlであった。
リチウム二次電池用正極活物質3を用いてコイン型ハーフセルを作製し、初回充放電試験を実施した。初回放電容量は208mAh/gであった。
1.リチウム二次電池用正極活物質4の製造
反応槽内の液温を55℃とし、反応槽内の溶液のpHが11.6になるよう水酸化ナトリウム水溶液を適時滴下した以外は実施例1-1と同様の操作を行い、ニッケルコバルトマンガンアルミニウム複合水酸化物2を得た。このニッケルコバルトマンガンアルミニウム複合水酸化物2のBET比表面積は、13.47m2/gであった。
得られたリチウム二次電池用正極活物質4の組成分析を行い、組成式(I)に対応させたところ、x=0.02、a=0.90、b=0.07、c=0.02、d=0.01であった。
また、タップかさ密度は2.74g/mlであった。
また、リチウム二次電池用正極活物質4の10%累積体積粒度D10と、タップかさ密度との積は、19.5g・μm/mlであった。
リチウム二次電池用正極活物質4を用いてコイン型ハーフセルを作製し、初回充放電試験を実施した。初回放電容量は196mAh/gであった。
1.リチウム二次電池用正極活物質5の製造
反応槽内の液温を50℃とし、反応槽内の溶液のpHが11.9になるよう水酸化ナトリウム水溶液を適時滴下した以外は実施例1-1と同様の操作を行い、ニッケルコバルトマンガンアルミニウム複合水酸化物3を得た。このニッケルコバルトマンガンアルミニウム複合水酸化物3のBET比表面積は、19.23m2/gであった。
得られたリチウム二次電池用正極活物質5の組成分析を行い、組成式(I)に対応させたところ、x=0、a=0.90、b=0.07、c=0.02、d=0.01であった。
また、タップかさ密度は2.40g/mlであった。
また、リチウム二次電池用正極活物質5の10%累積体積粒度D10と、タップかさ密度との積は、17.1g・μm/mlであった。
リチウム二次電池用正極活物質5を用いてコイン型ハーフセルを作製し、初回充放電試験を実施した。初回放電容量は179mAh/gであった。
1.リチウム二次電池用正極活物質6の製造
ニッケルコバルトマンガンアルミニウム複合水酸化物3と水酸化リチウム粉末とをLi/(Ni+Co+Mn+Al)=1.03となるように秤量して混合した後、酸素雰囲気下700℃で5時間焼成し、仮焼成品5を得た。該仮焼成品5を、酸素雰囲気下725℃で10時間焼成し、リチウム二次電池用正極活物質6を得た。
得られたリチウム二次電池用正極活物質6の組成分析を行い、組成式(I)に対応させたところ、x=0.01、a=0.90、b=0.07、c=0.02、d=0.01であった。
また、タップかさ密度は2.47g/mlであった。
また、リチウム二次電池用正極活物質6の10%累積体積粒度D10と、タップかさ密度との積は、16.4g・μm/mlであった。
リチウム二次電池用正極活物質6を用いてコイン型ハーフセルを作製し、初回充放電試験を実施した。初回放電容量は182mAh/gであった。
1.リチウム二次電池用正極活物質7の製造
攪拌器およびオーバーフローパイプを備えた反応槽内に水を入れた後、水酸化ナトリウム水溶液を添加し、液温を55℃に保持した。
得られたリチウム二次電池用正極活物質1の組成分析を行い、組成式(I)に対応させたところ、x=0.01、a=0.90、b=0.04、c=0.05、d=0.01であった。
また、タップかさ密度は2.71g/mlであった。
また、リチウム二次電池用正極活物質7の10%累積体積粒度D10と、タップかさ密度との積は、19.2g・μm/mlであった。
リチウム二次電池用正極活物質7を用いてコイン型ハーフセルを作製し、初回充放電試験を実施した。初回放電容量は192mAh/gであった。
1.リチウム二次電池用正極活物質8の製造
反応槽内の液温を50℃とし、反応槽内の溶液のpHが12.0になるよう水酸化ナトリウム水溶液を適時滴下した以外は実施例2-1と同様の操作を行い、ニッケルコバルトマンガンアルミニウム複合水酸化物5を得た。このニッケルコバルトマンガンアルミニウム複合水酸化物5のBET比表面積は、17.99m2/gであった。
得られたリチウム二次電池用正極活物質8の組成分析を行い、組成式(I)に対応させたところ、x=0.02、a=0.90、b=0.04、c=0.05、d=0.01であった。
また、タップかさ密度は2.56g/mlであった。
また、リチウム二次電池用正極活物質8の10%累積体積粒度D10と、タップかさ密度との積は、17.2g・μm/mlであった。
リチウム二次電池用正極活物質8を用いてコイン型ハーフセルを作製し、初回充放電試験を実施した。初回放電容量は180mAh/gであった。
1.リチウム二次電池用正極活物質9の製造
攪拌器およびオーバーフローパイプを備えた反応槽内に水を入れた後、水酸化ナトリウム水溶液を添加し、液温を50℃に保持した。
得られたリチウム二次電池用正極活物質9の組成分析を行い、組成式(I)に対応させたところ、x=0、a=0.83、b=0.14、c=0.00、d=0.03であった。
また、タップかさ密度は2.65g/mlであった。
また、リチウム二次電池用正極活物質9の10%累積体積粒度D10と、タップかさ密度との積は、19.0g・μm/mlであった。
リチウム二次電池用正極活物質9を用いてコイン型ハーフセルを作製し、初回充放電試験を実施した。初回放電容量は191mAh/gであった。
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- リチウムイオンをドープ・脱ドープ可能な一次粒子が凝集してなる二次粒子を含むリチウム二次電池用正極活物質であって、
CuKα線を使用した粉末X線回折測定において、
2θ=18.7±1°の範囲内のピークにおける結晶子サイズαと、
2θ=44.4±1°の範囲内のピークにおける結晶子サイズβとの比α/βが1.60以上2.40以下であり、以下組成式(I)で表されるα-NaFeO2型の結晶構造を有するリチウム二次電池用正極活物質。
Li[Lix(NiaCobMncMd)1-x]O2 ・・・(I)
(ここで、0≦x≦0.1、0.7<a<1、0<b<0.2、0≦c<0.2、0<d<0.1、a+b+c+d=1、Mは、Fe、Cr、Ti、Mg、Al、Zr、Ca、Sc、V、Cr、Cu、Zn、Ga、Ge、Sr、Y、Zr、Nb、Mo、Tc、Ru、Rh、Pd、Ag、Cd、In、及びSnからなる群より選ばれる少なくとも1種の金属である。) - 粒度分布測定値から求めた10%累積径(D10)と、重装密度の積が、17以上25g・μm/mL以下である、請求項1に記載のリチウム二次電池用正極活物質。
- CuKα線を使用した粉末X線回折測定において、2θ=18.7±1°の範囲内のピークにおける結晶子サイズαが、400Å以上1200Å以下である、請求項1または2に記載のリチウム二次電池用正極活物質。
- BET比表面積が0.1m2/g以上1.0m2/g以下である、請求項1から3のいずれか一項に記載のリチウム二次電池用正極活物質。
- 上記式(I)において、MnとCoの原子比c/bが0<c/b<1.3である、請求項1~4のいずれか一項に記載のリチウム二次電池用正極活物質。
- MがAlである、請求項1~5のいずれか一項に記載のリチウム二次電池用正極活物質。
- 請求項1~6のいずれか一項に記載のリチウム二次電池用正極活物質を有するリチウム二次電池用正極。
- 請求項7に記載のリチウム二次電池用正極を有するリチウム二次電池。
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