Abstract:
To provide a lithium-ion secondary battery which has high charge and discharge capacity, is capable of being charged and discharged at high rate and has good cycle characteristics. A negative electrode includes a current collector and a negative electrode active material layer. The current collector includes a plurality of protrusion portions extending in the direction substantially perpendicular to the current collector and a base portion connected to the plurality of protrusion portions. The protrusion portions and the base portion are formed using the same material containing titanium. At least side surfaces of the protrusion portions are covered with the negative electrode active material layer. In the negative electrode active material layer, silicon layers and silicon oxide layers are alternately stacked between a plane where the protrusion portions are in contact with the negative electrode active material layer and a surface of the negative electrode active material layer.
Abstract:
A power storage device that is less likely to be influenced by an ambient temperature is provided. The power storage device capable of being charged and discharged even in a low-temperature environment is provided. A first secondary battery capable of being charged and discharged even at low temperatures and a general second secondary battery are adjacent to each other in the power storage device. The power storage device having such a structure can use, as an internal heat source in a low-temperature environment, heat generated by charge and discharge of the secondary battery capable of being charged and discharged even at low temperatures. Specifically, the power storage device includes the first secondary battery and the second secondary battery adjacent to each other, the first secondary battery has flexibility, and a value of discharge capacity in discharge at −40° C. is higher than or equal to 50% of a value of discharge capacity in discharge at 25° C.
Abstract:
Provided is a power storage device whose charging and discharging characteristics are unlikely to be degraded by heat treatment or a power storage device that is highly safe against heat treatment. The power storage device includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, an electrolyte, and an exterior body. The separator is positioned between the positive electrode and the negative electrode and includes polyphenylene sulfide or cellulosic fiber. The electrolyte includes propylene carbonate, ethylene carbonate, and vinylene carbonate, lithium hexafluorophosphate, and lithium bis(pentafluoroethanesulfonyl)amide. A concentration of lithium hexafluorophosphate with respect to the electrolyte is more than or equal to 0.01 wt % and less than or equal to 1.9 wt % in a weight ratio.
Abstract:
A gel electrolyte and a separator are provided between the positive electrode current collector and the negative electrode current collector. The plurality of positive electrode current collectors and the plurality of negative electrode current collectors are stacked such that surfaces of negative electrodes with which active material layers are not coated or surfaces of positive electrodes with which active material layers are not coated are in contact with each other.
Abstract:
A display device or a driving support system which enables a driver to obtain information easily is provided. A display device or a driving support system which is unlikely to impose a burden on a driver is provided. A display device or a driving support system which is suitable for space saving is provided. A display device or a driving support system which is capable of large-area display is provided. A display device or a driving support system which does not impair the aesthetic appearance of the car interior is provided. The display device includes a display panel which has flexibility and can be transformed between a first form and a second form, and a driving means having a function of reversibly changing the display panel between the first form and the second form. The first form is a form in which a display surface of the display panel is suspended, and the second form is a form in which the display panel is stored upward.
Abstract:
A highly safe power storage system is provided. If n (n is an integer over or equal to three) secondary batteries are used in a vehicle such as an electric vehicle, a circuit configuration is used with which the condition of each secondary battery is monitored using an anomaly detection unit; and if an anomaly such as a micro-short circuit is detected, only the detected anomalous secondary battery is electrically separated from the charging system or the discharging system. At least one microcomputer monitors anomalies in n secondary batteries consecutively, selects the anomalous secondary battery or the detected secondary battery which causes an anomaly, and gives an instruction to bypass the secondary battery with each switch.
Abstract:
An all-solid-state secondary battery having a higher level of safety than a conventional lithium-ion secondary battery using an electrolyte solution, specifically, a thin-film-type solid-state secondary battery, and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. As a solid electrolyte, a mixed material obtained by co-evaporation of SiO and an organic complex of lithium is used. That is, a solid electrolyte layer formed using a mixed material of an inorganic material and an organic material is used in a solid-state secondary battery. The ratio of oxygen to silicon in the solid electrolyte layer is higher than 1 and lower than 2.
Abstract:
Use of silicon as a negative electrode active material particle causes a problem of expansion and contraction of the negative electrode active material particle due to charging and discharging. A negative electrode active material particle or a plurality of negative electrode active material particles are bound or fixed using a graphene compound to inhibit expansion and contraction of the negative electrode active material particle due to charging and discharging. In an all-solid-state secondary battery, an interface between a solid electrolyte and a negative electrode or an interface between the solid electrolyte and a positive electrode has the highest resistance. In order to reduce the interface resistance, at least the negative electrode active material particle is surrounded by a graphene compound to increase the conductivity. Alternatively, a positive electrode active material particle is surrounded by a graphene compound to increase the conductivity. Carrier ions, e.g., lithium ions, pass through a graphene compound, and thus the graphene compound does not hinder the transfer of lithium ions between the positive electrode and the negative electrode in charging or discharging.
Abstract:
A positive electrode active material, which has high capacity and excellent charge and discharge cycle performance, for a lithium-ion secondary battery is provided. The positive electrode active material contains lithium, cobalt, an element X, and fluorine, and includes a region represented by a layered rock-salt structure. The space group of the region is represented by R-3m. The element X is one or more selected from elements that have a property in which ΔE3 obtained by subtracting, from the stabilization energy in the case of substitution of the element at a lithium position in lithium cobalt oxide, the stabilization energy before the substitution is smaller than ΔE4 obtained by subtracting, from the stabilization energy in the case of substitution of the element at a cobalt position in lithium cobalt oxide, the stabilization energy before the substitution. ΔE3 and ΔE4 are calculated by the first-principles calculation.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device capable of charging that is less likely to cause deterioration of a power storage device is provided. The amount of a charging current is adjusted in accordance with the ambient temperature. Charging under low-temperature environments is performed with a reduced charging current. When the ambient temperature is too low or too high, the charging is stopped. Measurement of the ambient temperature is performed with a memory element using an oxide semiconductor. The use of a memory element using an oxide semiconductor enables measurement of the ambient temperature and retention of the temperature information to be performed at the same time.