摘要:
The present invention relates to cobalt oxide particles useful as a precursor of a cathode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell which is capable of showing a stable crystal structure by insertion reaction therein, and producing a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell having a high safety and especially a high heat stability, a process for producing the cobalt oxide particles, a cathode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell using the cobalt oxide particles, a process for producing the cathode active material, and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell using the cathode active material.
摘要:
A process for producing lithium-cobalt oxide, comprises: mixing cobalt oxide having a BET specific surface area of 30 to 200 m.sup.2 /g or an average particle size of not more than 0.1 .mu.m, with a lithium compound; and calcining the obtained mixture at a temperature of 500 to 850.degree. C. Such a process for producing lithium-cobalt oxide particles is useful especially as a cathode active substance for lithium ion batteries, which particles can be produced by calcination in a short time, and have a narrow particle size distribution and a uniform small particle size.
摘要:
Disclosed herein are a process for producing acicular goethite particles comprising the steps of: blowing an oxygen-containing gas into a ferrous salt reaction solution containing colloidal ferrous hydroxide or iron-containing colloidal precipitates which is obtained by reacting an aqueous ferrous salt solution with less than one equivalent of an aqueous alkali hydroxide solution and/or an aqueous alkali carbonate solution based on Fe.sup.2 + in said aqueous ferrous salt solution so as to oxidize said colloidal ferrous hydroxide or iron-containing colloidal precipitates and to produce acicular goethite nucleus particles, adding to the resultant aqueous ferrous salt reaction solution containing said acicular goethite nucleus particles not less than one equivalent of an aqueous alkali carbonate solution based on Fe.sup.2 + in said aqueous ferrous salt reaction solution, and blowing an oxygen-containing gas into the mixed aqueous ferrous salt reaction solution so as to grow said goethite nucleus particles; and a process for producing acicular magnetic iron oxide particles by reducing the acicular goethite particles obtained in the above process to produce acicular magnetite particles, and if necessary, oxidizing the acicular magnetite particles to obtain acicular maghemite particles, and if necessary, modifying the acicular magnetite or maghemite particles with Co or Co and Fe.sup.2 +.
摘要:
The present invention provides a precursor of positive electrode active substance particles for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries which have a high discharge voltage and a high discharge capacity, hardly suffer from side reactions with an electrolyte solution, and are excellent in cycle characteristics, positive electrode active substance particles for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, and processes for producing these particles, and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery. The present invention relates to positive electrode active substance particles for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries having a spinel structure with a composition represented by the following chemical formula (1), in which the positive electrode active substance particles satisfy the following characteristic (A) and/or characteristic (B) when indexed with Fd−3m in X-ray diffraction thereof: (A) when indexed with Fd−3m in X-ray diffraction of the positive electrode active substance particles, a ratio of I(311) to I(111) [I(311)/I(111)] is in the range of 35 to 43%, and/or (B) when indexed with Fd−3m in X-ray diffraction of the positive electrode active substance particles, a gradient of a straight line determined by a least square method in a graph prepared by plotting sin θ in an abscissa thereof and B cos θ in an ordinate thereof wherein B is a full-width at half maximum with respect to each peak position 2θ (10 to 90°) is in the range of 3.0×10−4 to 20.0×10−4; and Li1+xMn2−y−zNiyMzO4 Chemical Formula (1) wherein x, y, z fall within the range of −0.05≤x≤0.15, 0.4≤y≤0.6 and 0≤z≤0.20, respectively; and M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Ti, Co, Zn, Sb, Ba, W and Bi.
摘要:
The present invention provides lithium composite compound particles having good high-temperature storage property and excellent cycle characteristics as an active substance for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and a secondary battery using the lithium composite compound particles. The Li—Ni composite oxide particles for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to the present invention have a BET specific surface area of 0.05 to 0.8 m2/g; an atomic ratio (Ma/Ni) of a concentration of an amphoteric metal to a concentration of Ni on an outermost surface of the respective Li—Ni composite oxide particles is 2 to 6; and the concentration of the amphoteric metal on the outermost surface of the respective Li—Ni composite oxide particles is higher than a concentration of the amphoteric metal at a position spaced by 50 nm from the outermost surface toward a center of the respective Li—Ni composite oxide particles.
摘要:
The present invention relates to cobalt oxide particles useful as a precursor of a cathode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell which is capable of showing a stable crystal structure by insertion reaction therein, and producing a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell having a high safety and especially a high heat stability, a process for producing the cobalt oxide particles, a cathode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell using the cobalt oxide particles, a process for producing the cathode active material, and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell using the cathode active material.
摘要:
Acicular magnetic iron oxide particles comprise:acicular magnetite particles having 10 to 24% by weight of ferrous as core particles;a magnetite coating which is formed on the surfaces of said acicular magnetite particles by epitaxial growth and which has maghemite at least in a part of the surface of said magnetite coating; anda cobalt-containing oxide layer which is formed on said magnetite coating and which contains cobalt of 1.5 to 2.5 wt % based on the total weight of said acicular magnetic iron oxide particles.
摘要:
The present invention provides lithium composite compound particles having good high-temperature storage property and excellent cycle characteristics as an active substance for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and a secondary battery using the lithium composite compound particles. The Li—Ni composite oxide particles for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to the present invention have a BET specific surface area of 0.05 to 0.8 m2/g; an atomic ratio (Ma/Ni) of a concentration of an amphoteric metal to a concentration of Ni on an outermost surface of the respective Li—Ni composite oxide particles is 2 to 6; and the concentration of the amphoteric metal on the outermost surface of the respective Li—Ni composite oxide particles is higher than a concentration of the amphoteric metal at a position spaced by 50 nm from the outermost surface toward a center of the respective Li—Ni composite oxide particles.
摘要:
The present invention provides positive electrode active substance particles which are improved in charge/discharge capacities, cycle characteristics and thermal stability. The positive electrode active substance particles according to the present invention comprise a compound having at least a crystal system belonging to a space group of R-3m and a crystal system belonging to a space group of C2/m and having a specific peak intensity ratio, in which a content of Mn in the compound is controlled such that a molar ratio of Mn/(Ni+Co+Mn) therein is not less than 0.55; a content of boron in the compound is 0.01 to 1% by weight; a content of fluorine in the compound is 0.01 to 5% by weight; and a content of an element A (at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Mg, Ti, Zr, Ca, Fe, Zn, Mo and Bi) in the compound is 0.004 to 9% by weight, and can be produced by calcining a mixture comprising precursor particles comprising Mn and Ni and/or Co, a lithium compound, a boron compound, a fluorine compound and a compound of the element A.
摘要:
The present invention relates to positive electrode active substance particles comprising a compound having at least a crystal system belonging to a space group of R−3m and a crystal system belonging to a space group of C2/m, and boron, wherein the compound is a composite oxide comprising at least Li, Mn, and Co and/or Ni; a relative intensity ratio [(a)/(b)] of a maximum diffraction peak intensity (a) observed at 2θ=20.8±1° in a powder X-ray diffraction pattern of the positive electrode active substance as measured using a Cu-Ka ray to a maximum diffraction peak intensity (b) observed at 2θ=18.6±1° in the powder X-ray diffraction pattern, is 0.02 to 0.5; a content of Mn in the positive electrode active substance particles is controlled such that a molar ratio of Mn/(Ni+Co+Mn) therein is not less than 0.55; and the positive electrode active substance particles comprise the boron in an amount of 0.001 to 3% by weight. The positive electrode active substance particles of the present invention are produced by calcining a mixture comprising precursor particles comprising Mn, and Ni and/or Co, a lithium compound and a boron compound at a temperature of 500 to 1500° C. The positive electrode active substance particles of the present invention can provide a secondary battery which can be improved in charge/discharge capacity and cycle characteristics.