Abstract:
An energy storage device having sufficient energy density and sufficient power is provided. In this embodiment, an energy storage device that includes a negative electrode containing an active material layer including an active material is provided. The active material layer includes particulate graphite as the active material. A particle diameter frequency distribution of the graphite includes a first peak and a second peak which appears in a region where a particle diameter is larger than a particle diameter of the first peak, the particle diameter of the first peak is equal to or less than 10 μm and the particle diameter of the second peak is more than 10 μm. The active material layer further includes a particulate high hardness active material which has higher hardness than the graphite.
Abstract:
An energy storage device includes: an electrode assembly which includes: an approximately rectangular positive electrode; an approximately rectangular negative electrode which is stacked alternately with the positive electrode; and a strip-like elongated separator having a base material layer and an inorganic layer which is made to overlap with the first base material layer, wherein the elongated separator is arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and the base material layer of the elongated separator faces the negative electrode in an opposed manner between the positive electrode and the negative electrode.
Abstract:
An energy storage device includes a positive electrode provided with a positive composite layer containing a positive active material, a negative electrode provided with a negative composite layer containing a negative active material, and a separator partitioning between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein the separator includes a substrate uniaxially drawn into a sheet shape and a coating layer coating at least one of surfaces of the substrate, and the coating layer has an anisotropic structure with orientation in a direction different from a drawing direction of the substrate.
Abstract:
Provided is an energy storage device provided with a negative electrode including a negative substrate having a surface, and a negative composite layer formed on the surface of the negative substrate and including a negative active material; a positive electrode including a positive substrate, and a positive composite layer formed on the positive substrate and including a positive active material; and a separator placed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. 10% cumulative diameter D10 in the particle size distribution of the negative active material on a volume basis is 1.3 μm or more, and 90% cumulative diameter D90 in the particle size distribution of the negative active material on a volume basis is 8.9 μm or less. The surface of the negative substrate has a center line roughness Ra of 0.205 μm or more and 0.781 μm or less, and has a center line roughness Ra to a ten-point mean height Rz of 0.072 or more and 0.100 or less.
Abstract:
An aspect of the present invention is a nonaqueous electrolyte energy storage device including: a positive electrode having a positive composite layer including a positive active material; a negative electrode having a negative composite layer including a negative active material; and a nonaqueous electrolyte including a nonaqueous solvent, in which the positive active material includes a lithium-transition metal composite oxide that contains nickel as a transition metal and has a layered α-NaFeO2-type crystal structure, a ratio (N/P) between mass (N) per unit area of the negative active material and mass (P) per unit area of the positive active material is 0.30 or more and 0.45 or less, the nonaqueous solvent contains PC, DEC, and EMC, a content of the PC in the nonaqueous solvent is 25% by volume or more and 55% by volume or less, a total content of the DEC and the EMC in the nonaqueous solvent is 45% by volume or more and 75% by volume or less, and a content of the DEC is equal to or higher than the content of the EMC.
Abstract:
Provided is an energy storage device including an electrolyte solution including a compound represented by the general formula (1), a compound represented by the general formula (2), and a compound represented by the general formula (3):
Abstract:
An energy storage device comprising: a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, a nonaqueous electrolyte, and an insulating layer disposed between the positive electrode and the separator, wherein the positive electrode contains a compound represented by LiaNibCocMdWxNbyZrzO2 (provided that a, b, c, d, x, y and z satisfy the equations of 0≦a≦1.2, 0≦b≦1, 0.1≦c≦0.4, 0≦d≦0.5, 0≦x≦0.1, 0≦y≦0.1, 0≦z≦0.1 and b+c+d=1, and M denotes at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of Mn, Ti, Cr, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn, Al, Ge, Sn and Mg) as a positive active material and the negative electrode contains hardly graphitizable carbon with a D50 particle diameter greater than or equal to 1.0 μm and less than or equal to 6.0 μm as a negative active material.
Abstract:
An energy storage device comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode has a negative substrate layer, and a negative composite layer arranged on the surface of the negative substrate layer. The separator has a separator substrate layer. The negative composite layer contains a non-graphitizable carbon having a particle diameter D50 of 2.0 μm or more and 6.0 μm or less. A corrected negative electrode density, which is defined as a value obtained by dividing, by a thickness of the separator substrate layer, a value obtained by multiplying a density of the negative composite layer by a thickness of the negative composite layer, is 1.2 (g/cm3) or more and 5.1 (g/cm3) or less.
Abstract:
An electric storage device includes an electrode assembly including a winding core and electrodes, and a case. The case and the winding core each have a rigidity satisfying 0.01≦P2/P1≦100, where P2/P1 is a ratio of a first pressure P1 applied to a first part as a specific part of the case by an indenter when the first part is pressed by the indenter so as to be displaced 1 mm from the initial position in a state where the electrode assembly is not housed in the case, and a second pressure P2 applied to a second part as a part of the winding core facing the first part by the indenter when the second part is pressed by the indenter so as to be displaced 1 mm from the initial position in a state where the electrodes are not wound.
Abstract:
An energy storage device according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a negative electrode including a negative substrate made of pure aluminum or an aluminum alloy, a conductive layer directly or indirectly layered on the negative substrate and containing a conductive agent, and a negative active material layer containing a negative active material capable of occluding lithium ions at a potential of 0.05 V vs. Li/Li+ or lower; and a positive electrode opposed to the negative electrode and including a positive substrate and a positive active material layer directly or indirectly layered on the positive substrate, and the negative active material layer is layered on the negative substrate and the conductive layer so as to include a region in contact with the negative substrate and a region in contact with the conductive layer.