Abstract:
Provided is a lithium titanate powder for an electrode of an energy storage device, an active material containing the same, and an energy storage device using the active material. The lithium titanate powder comprises Li4Ti5O12 as a main component, and wherein, when a volume surface diameter calculated from specific surface area determined by the BET method is DBET and a crystallite diameter calculated from half-peak width of (111) plane of Li4Ti5O12 by the Scherrer equation is DX, DBET is 0.1 to 0.6 μm; DX is larger than 80 nm; DBET/DX (μm/μm), ratio of DBET to DX, is 3 or less; M (wherein M is at least one type of metal element selected from a group consisting of Mg, Zn, Al, Ga, and In) is contained; and when atomic concentrations of the M and titanium at 5 nm inner positions from a surface of a lithium titanate particle are D1 (atm %) and Dti (atm %) respectively, and when atomic concentration of the M at 100 nm inner position from the lithium titanate particle surface is D2 (atm %), following formulas (I) and (II) are satisfied. D1/D2≧5 (I) 0.02≦D1/Dti≦0.4 (II)
Abstract:
Provided is a lithium titanate powder for an electrode of an energy storage device, the lithium titanate powder comprising Li4Ti5O12 as a main component, wherein, when the volume surface diameter calculated from the specific surface area determined by the BET method is represented as DBET and the crystallite diameter calculated from the half-peak width of the peak of the (111) plane of Li4Ti5O12 by the Scherrer equation is represented as DX, DBET is 0.1 to 0.6 μm, DX is greater than 80 nm, and (DBET/DX (μm/μm)) the ratio of DBET to DX is 3 or less. Also provided are an active material including the lithium titanate powder and an energy storage device using the active material.