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Lithium secondary battery
Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1992-01-13
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Granted: 1993-09-14
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Expires: 2012-01-13
Abstract
Abstract A lithium secondary battery which comprises a vessel, a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte. Both of the electrodes are placed in the vessel and the vessel is filled with the electrolyte. The negative electrode includes carbonaceous material spherical particles or carbonaceous fibers which absorb and discharge lithium ions. The carbonaceous material has a graphite-like layered structure part and a turbulence-layered structure part. Fine structures of the carbonaceous material spherical particles are arranged in point-orientation.
Inventors
- 👤 Norio Takami
- 👤 Takahisa Ohasaki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 15:48
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01M; H01M4/00; H01M4/02; H01M4/36; H01M4/58; H01M4/583; H01M4/587; H01M10/00; H01M10/05; H01M10/052; H01M10/0525; H01M10/056; H01M10/0564; H01M10/0566; H01M10/0569; H01M10/058; H01M10/0587; H01M2300/00; H01M2300/0017; H01M2300/0025; H01M4/13; H01M4/131; H01M4/133; H01M6/00; H01M6/04; H01M6/06; H01M6/10; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E60/00; Y02E60/10; Y02P; Y02P70/00; Y02P70/50
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
76 words
A lithium secondary battery, comprising: a vessel; a positive electrode containing an active material housed in the vessel; a lithium ion conductive electrolyte in the vessel; and a negative electrode arranged in the vessel containing carbonaceous material spherical particles as active materials that absorb and discharge lithium ions, the carbonaceous material spherical particles containing a graphitoid layered structure part and a turbulence-layered structure part, fine structures of the carbonaceous material spherical particle being arranged in point-orientation.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
76 words
A lithium secondary battery, comprising: a vessel; a positive electrode containing an active material housed in the vessel; a lithium ion conductive electrolyte in the vessel; and a negative electrode arranged in the vessel containing carbonaceous material spherical particles as active materials that absorb and discharge lithium ions, the carbonaceous material spherical particles containing a graphitoid layered structure part and a turbulence-layered structure part, fine structures of the carbonaceous material spherical particle being arranged in point-orientation.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
The battery of claim 1, wherein the mean value of the (002) face distance (d 002 ) in the carbonaceous material spherical particle is 0.337 nm to 0.380 nm.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
The battery of claim 1, wherein the mean size of the crystal lattice (LC) along the C-axis in the spherical particle is 1 nm to 25 nm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
48 words
The battery of claim 1, wherein the Raman spectrum ratio R 1 /R 2 of the spherical particles is in the range of 0.5 to 1.5 where: R 1 is a peak value at 1,360 -1 cm, and R 2 is a peak value at 1,580 -1 cm.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
The battery of claim 1, wherein the atomic ratio of hydrogen to carbon (H/C) in the spherical particles is less than 0.15.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
The battery of claim 1, wherein the average size of the spherical particles is in the range of 0.5 μm to 100 μm.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
The battery of claim 1, wherein the ratio of the minor radius and the major radius of the spherical particles is at least 1/10.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
The battery of claim 1, wherein the spherical particles have an exothermic peak at 900° C. or less measured by differential thermal analysis.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
106 words
A lithium secondary battery, comprising: a vessel; a positive electrode containing an active material housed in the vessel; a lithium ion conductive electrolyte in the vessel; and, a negative electrode arranged in the vessel containing carbonaceous material fibers as active materials that absorb and discharge lithium ions, the carbonaceous material fibers containing a graphitoid layered structure part and a turbulence-layered structure part both having fine structures arranged in at least one of (a) a lamellar type structure and (b) a Brooks-Taylor type structure defined by a combination of lamellar and radiant type structures or by a radial crystallite orientation surface property and a random central structure.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
106 words
A lithium secondary battery, comprising: a vessel; a positive electrode containing an active material housed in the vessel; a lithium ion conductive electrolyte in the vessel; and, a negative electrode arranged in the vessel containing carbonaceous material fibers as active materials that absorb and discharge lithium ions, the carbonaceous material fibers containing a graphitoid layered structure part and a turbulence-layered structure part both having fine structures arranged in at least one of (a) a lamellar type structure and (b) a Brooks-Taylor type structure defined by a combination of lamellar and radiant type structures or by a radial crystallite orientation surface property and a random central structure.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
The battery of claim 9, wherein the mean value of the (002) face distance (d 002 ) in the carbonaceous material fibers is 0.337 nm to 0.380 nm.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
27 words
The battery of claim 9, wherein the mean size of the crystal lattice (Lc) along the C-axis direction in the fibers is 1 nm to 25 nm.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
47 words
The battery of claim 9, wherein the Raman spectrum ratio R 1 /R 2 of the fibers is in the range of 0.5 to 1.5 where; R 1 is a peak value at 1,360 -1 cm, and R 2 is a peak value at 1,580 -1 cm.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
19 words
The battery of claim 9, wherein the atomic ratio of hydrogen/carbon (H/C) of the fibers is less than 0.15.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
45 words
The battery of claim 9, wherein the average size of the diameter of the fibers is in the range of 1 μm to 100 μm and the average size of the length of the fibers is in the range of 1 μm to 200 μm.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
22 words
The battery of claim 9, wherein the fibers have an exothermic peak at 900° C. or less measured by differential thermal analysis.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
60 words
The battery of claim 1 or claim 9 alternatively, wherein the lithium ion conductive electrolyte contains a solvent including ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of 1,2-dimethoxyethane, 1,2-diethoxyethane, diethyl carbonate, dimethoxymethane, γ-butyrolactone and tetrahydrofuran, and an electrolytic salt selected from the group consisting of lithium borofluoride, lithium phosphate hexafluoride and lithium trifluorometasulfonate.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
22 words
The battery of claim 16, wherein the ratio of at least one compound in the solvent is 40 volume % or less.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
43 words
The battery of either of claims 1 or 9, wherein the lithium ion conductive electrolyte contains at least one nonaqueous solvent selected from a group consisting of ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, diethyl carbonate γ-butyrolactone, sulpholan, acetonitrile, 1,2-dimethoxyethane, 1,2-diethoxyethane, 1,3-dimethoxypropane, dimethylether, tetrahydrofuran and 2-methyltetrahydrofuran.
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