摘要:
A secondary battery according to the present invention includes: a fiber negative electrode including a carbon fiber, the carbon fiber having a surface on which a negative electrode active material coating is formed, the negative electrode active material coating containing a compound represented by a chemical formula 1 which is A a M b X c Z d ; a fiber positive electrode including a carbon fiber, the carbon fiber having a surface on which a positive electrode active material coating is formed, the positive electrode active material coating containing nickel hydroxide; an aqueous electrolyte solution; and a separator. The negative electrode active material coating has a surface uncoated with an electrically conductive material. In the chemical formula 1, A represents at least one kind of metal element selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba; M represents at least one kind of transition metal element selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Nb, Mo, Ru, Pd, Ag, Ta, W, Pr, Sm, Eu, and Pb; X represents at least one kind of typical element selected from the group consisting of B, Al, Si, P, S, Ga, and Ge; Z represents at least one kind of typical element selected from the group consisting of O, S, N, F, Cl, Br, and I; and 0≦a≦6, 1≦b≦5, ≦
摘要:
The present invention provides a method of efficiently fabricating a large number of fiber electrodes at the same time from a large number of fibers while taking advantage of inherent characteristics of fiber electrodes. A fiber electrode fabrication method according to the present invention includes: a step (2, 2a) of spreading a fiber tow; a step (3, 4, 5) of obtaining fiber positive electrodes or fiber negative electrodes by forming a positive electrode active material coating or a negative electrode active material coating on each of single fibers that are obtained by spreading the fiber tow; and a step (6, 6a) of forming a separator coating on the fiber positive electrodes or the fiber negative electrodes.
摘要:
Provided is a method for mass manufacturing, at low cost, of a fiber positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery, which has excellent charge/discharge cycle characteristics, and which is capable of charging/discharging with high current density, and a main active material of which is a lithium-doped transition metal oxide. The method includes the steps of: (a) forming a tubular coating of either a transition metal oxide or a transition metal hydroxide on a carbon fiber current collector; and (b) performing, in a lithium ion containing solution in a sealed system under presence of an oxidant or a reductant, heat treatment at 100 to 250 °C on the carbon fiber current collector, on which the tubular coating of either the transition metal oxide or the transition metal hydroxide is formed, to obtain a coating of a lithium-doped transition metal oxide on the carbon fiber current collector. Further provided are: a fiber negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery, which has high current density, high energy density, and excellent charge/discharge cycle characteristics, and which can be fabricated in a relatively easy manner; and a method for fabricating the fiber negative electrode. The fiber negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery includes: (c) a carbon fiber current collector; (d) an outer layer which is a tubular composite layer of a Sn oxide and M x O y formed on the carbon fiber current collector; and (e) an intermediate layer formed of a Sn alloy, which has a lithium occlusion capacity and which is present at an interface between the carbon fiber current collector and the outer layer. The method for fabricating the fiber negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery includes: forming a coating of one of Sn and a Sn alloy, and a coating of at least one kind of metal selected from the group consisting of Fe, Mo, Co, Ni, Cr, Cu, In, Sb, and Bi, on a carbon fiber current collector by an electroplating method; and then performing heat treatment on the carbon fiber current collector under a trace oxygen atmosphere at 350 to 650 °C. Moreover, the lithium secondary battery includes: the fiber positive electrode and the fiber negative electrode fabricated in the above methods; and an electrolyte.