Abstract:
A lithium ion secondary battery with a high electrode density and an excellent rate discharge characteristic. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material of a compound represented by Lia(NixCoyAl1−x−y)O2 (0.95:≦a≦1.05, 0.5≦x≦0.9, 0.05≦y≦0.2), and carbon adhered to the surface of the material, in the Raman spectrum using a laser of 532 nm, the positive electrode includes a peak PA (D band) at 1200˜1450 cm−1, a peak PB (G band) at 1450˜1700 cm−1 and a peak PC at 400˜600 cm−1, and when the intensities are normalized by regarding the maximum intensity as 1 and the minimum intensity as 0 in the wavenumber domain of 200˜1800 cm−1, Raman intensity of the minimum (V band) between the two peaks of said peak PA and said peak PB is 0.6 or less, and Raman intensity of said peak PC is 0.1 or more and 0.5 or less.
Abstract:
Provided are a negative electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery, which has sufficiently high discharge capacity at a high rate. The negative electrode active material containing silicon and silicon oxide includes primary particles having two phases of different compositions therein. One of the two phases has a higher silicon element concentration than the other phase, and is a fibrous phase forming a network structure in a cross section of the primary particle. Use of the negative electrode active material enables a sufficient increase in discharge capacity at a high rate.
Abstract:
A positive electrode active material contains a compound represented by a chemical formula LiVOPO4. A crystal system of the compound is an orthorhombic system, and the amount of tetravalent V of the compound is 27.7 mass % or more and 28.2 mass % or less.
Abstract:
A negative electrode active material is provided for a lithium ion secondary battery having high initial charging/discharging efficiency. The negative electrode active material containing silicon and silicon oxide has two phases with different compositions therein. One of the two phases has a lower silicon element concentration than the other phase, and is a fibrous phase forming a network structure in a cross section of primary particle of the negative electrode active material. Use of the negative electrode active material enables a sufficient increase in initial charging/discharging efficiency.
Abstract:
A negative electrode active material with sufficiently high discharge capacity at a high rate, and a negative electrode and a lithium ion secondary battery using the negative electrode active material. A negative electrode active material according to the invention includes a negative electrode active material particle containing silicon and silicon oxide, wherein a surface layer part of the negative electrode active material particle is a layer with lower density than a core part of the negative electrode active material particle. With such a structure of the negative electrode active material, the sufficiently high discharge capacity at a high rate can be obtained.
Abstract:
A negative electrode active material mainly contains silicon and silicon oxide. In the negative electrode active material, an Ar-laser Raman spectrum thereof includes a peak A corresponding to 950±30 cm−1 and a peak B corresponding to 480±30 cm−1, and an intensity ratio of the peak B to the peak A (B/A) is in the range of 1 to 10.