Abstract:
A method for producing an alkali-metal-including active material by pre-doping an active material with an alkali metal ion includes: mixing the alkali metal, an organic solvent with which the alkali metal is solvated, and a ligand having an electrophilic substitution reactivity to produce an alkali metal complex; and contacting and reacting the alkali metal complex and the active material with each other to pre-dope the active material with the alkali metal ion.
Abstract:
A positive-electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery includes a core portion and a shell portion. The core portion includes at least one of an inorganic oxide having a polyanionic structure and an inorganic compound oxide having a polyanionic structure and including a carbon. The shell portion includes a carbon and covers the core portion. The positive-electrode active material has a property that indicates a continuous pore distribution curve in a graph where a horizontal axis represents a pore diameter and a vertical axis represents a log differentiation pore volume. The positive-electrode active material is manufactured by wet-cracking the inorganic oxide or the inorganic compound oxide with an organic acid solution, and sintering a cracked substance in an inert atmosphere.
Abstract:
In the battery deterioration prediction system, a polarization calculation unit calculates negative and positive electrode polarizations from negative and positive electrode resistances, and an electrical current value flowing through the secondary battery. A CCP calculation unit calculates a negative electrode closed-circuit potential on the secondary battery negative electrode open circuit potential and the negative electrode polarization calculated by the polarization calculation unit, and calculates a positive electrode closed-circuit potential based on the secondary battery positive electrode open circuit potential and the positive electrode polarization calculated by the polarization calculation unit. A capacity prediction unit predicts the positive/negative electrode capacity, and positive/negative electrode SOC deviation capacity of a secondary battery based on at least one of the closed-circuit potential of the negative and positive electrodes calculated by the CCP calculation unit, and predicts the battery capacity based on the negative and positive electrode capacities, and the positive/negative electrode SOC capacity deviation.
Abstract:
To provide a battery service life estimation system capable of improving estimation accuracy, a new battery service life estimation system includes an intersection time estimation unit and a service life estimation unit. In view of a relation between a cumulative usage period and a capacity retention0 rate of a secondary battery containing a non-aqueous electrolyte, the intersection time estimation unit estimates a prediction line intersection time tx when an anode service life prediction line intersects with a cathode service life prediction line on a plane coordinate system. The service life estimation unit estimates a battery service life by using the anode service life prediction formula before a point of the prediction line intersection time tx and the cathode service life prediction formula described the prediction line intersection time tx.
Abstract:
An electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: a core part including at least one of an inorganic oxide and a carbon-composite inorganic composite oxide; and a shell part for carbon coating on the core part. The electrode active material has a specific surface area of 6.0 m2/g or more. The electrode active material has a moisture content of 400 ppm or less, which is measured by a Karl Fischer method such that the electrode active material is heated in a heat-evaporating manner, and continuously maintained at 250° C. for 40 minutes without exposing to an atmosphere after the electrode active material is exposed to the atmosphere to absorb moisture to be saturated.
Abstract:
An assembled battery includes a plurality of secondary cells, a first arithmetic operator, a second arithmetic operator, and a discharger. The first arithmetic operator calculates a voltage change rate of each of the secondary cells during charging/discharging thereof. The second arithmetic operator determines a discharge condition for each of the secondary cells from the voltage change rate calculated in the first arithmetic operator and a state of charge of each of the secondary cells. The discharger performs discharging of each of the secondary cells on the basis of the discharge condition when the assembled battery is neither being charged nor being discharged. The second arithmetic operator determines the discharge condition of each of the secondary cells such that each of the secondary cells after the discharging has the same state of charge.