# US 12,009,512 B2 · Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery

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- Number: US 12,009,512 B2
- Document ID: US12009512B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/054,881
- Filed: 2019-04-26
- Published: 2021-07-15
- Granted: 2024-06-11
- Earliest claimed: 2018-05-30
- Assignees: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Takamasa Tamura; Nobuhiro Sakitani; Takaharu Morikawa
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12009512B2

## CPC

- H01M 4/0404: {by coating on electrode collectors}
- H01M 4/386: {Silicon or alloys based on silicon}
- H01M 4/134: Electrodes based on metals, Si or alloys
- H01M 4/364: {as mixtures}
- H01M 4/483: {for non-aqueous cells (H01M4/485 takes precedence)}
- H01M 4/583: Carbonaceous material, e.g. graphite-intercalation compounds or CFx
- H01M 4/587: for inserting or intercalating light metals
- H01M 4/64: Carriers or collectors
- H01M 10/0431: {Cells with wound or folded electrodes (H01M10/045 takes precedence)}
- H01M 10/0525: Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
- H01M 10/0587: of accumulators having only wound construction elements, i.e. wound positive electrodes, wound negative electrodes and wound separators
- H01M 2004/021: {Physical characteristics, e.g. porosity, surface area}
- H01M 2004/027: {Negative electrodes}
- Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries
- Y02P 70/50: Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product
- H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
- Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS

## Abstract

A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to an embodiment includes a negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector, a first negative electrode mixture layer disposed on a first surface of the negative electrode current collector, and a second negative electrode mixture layer disposed on a second surface of the negative electrode current collector. The first surface and the second surface face outward and inward of the electrode body, respectively. The first negative electrode mixture layer includes a Si active material. The content of the Si active material in teens of Si is lower in a portion of the first negative electrode mixture layer which faces the negative electrode current collector in a thickness direction of the first negative electrode mixture layer, than in a portion of the first negative electrode mixture layer which faces the surface of the first negative electrode mixture layer in the thickness direction.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising a spirally wound electrode body in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are spirally wound with a separator interposed therebetween,
wherein the negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector, a first negative electrode mixture layer disposed on a first surface of the negative electrode current collector, and a second negative electrode mixture layer disposed on a second surface of the negative electrode current collector, the first surface and the second surface facing outward and inward of the electrode body, respectively,
wherein the first negative electrode mixture layer includes a Si active material composed of at least one of Si and a Si-containing material,
wherein a content of the Si active material in terms of Si is lower in a portion of the first negative electrode mixture layer which faces the negative electrode current collector in a thickness direction of the first negative electrode mixture layer, than in a portion of the first negative electrode mixture layer which faces a surface of the first negative electrode mixture layer in the thickness direction,
wherein the second negative electrode mixture layer includes the Si active material, and
wherein the content of the Si active material in terms of Si is lower in a portion of the second negative electrode mixture layer which faces a surface of the second negative electrode mixture layer in a thickness direction of the second negative electrode mixture layer, than in a portion of the second negative electrode mixture layer which faces the negative electrode current collector in the thickness direction.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein an average content of the Si active material in terms of Si in the second negative electrode mixture layer is lower than an average content of the Si active material in terms of Si in the first negative electrode mixture layer.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 2, wherein the first negative electrode mixture layer includes a first layer arranged to face the surface of the first negative electrode mixture layer and a second layer arranged closer to the negative electrode current collector than the first layer, the second layer containing the Si active material at a lower proportion than the first layer in terms of Si, and
wherein the second negative electrode mixture layer includes a third layer arranged to face the negative electrode current collector and a fourth layer arranged to face the surface of the second negative electrode mixture layer, the fourth layer containing the Si active material at a lower proportion than the third layer in terms of Si.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 2, wherein the content of the Si active material in the first negative electrode mixture layer is 5% to 25% by weight, and
wherein the content of the Si active material in the second negative electrode mixture layer is less than 15% by weight.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein a minimum radius of curvature of the negative electrode is 1 to 5 mm.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein the first negative electrode mixture layer and the second negative electrode mixture layer include a carbon negative electrode active material.