# US 12,224,430 B2 · Positive electrode material and battery

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- Number: US 12,224,430 B2
- Document ID: US12224430B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/506,720
- Filed: 2021-10-21
- Published: 2022-02-10
- Granted: 2025-02-11
- Earliest claimed: 2019-06-26
- Assignees: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Izuru Sasaki
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12224430B2

## CPC

- H01M 4/366: {as layered products}
- C01F 17/00: Compounds of rare earth metals
- H01M 4/131: Electrodes based on mixed oxides or hydroxides, or on mixtures of oxides or hydroxides, e.g. LiCoOx
- H01M 4/525: of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing iron, cobalt or nickel for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiNiO2, LiCoO2 or LiCoOxFy
- H01M 4/62: Selection of inactive substances as ingredients for active masses, e.g. binders, fillers
- H01M 10/0525: Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
- H01M 10/0562: Solid materials
- H01M 2004/028: {Positive electrodes}
- H01M 2300/0068: inorganic
- H01M 2300/008: Halides
- Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries
- H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
- C01F: COMPOUNDS OF THE METALS BERYLLIUM, MAGNESIUM, ALUMINIUM, CALCIUM, STRONTIUM, BARIUM, RADIUM, THORIUM, OR OF THE RARE-EARTH METALS (metal hydrides {monoborane, diborane or addition complexes thereof} C01B6/00; salts of oxyacids of halogens C01B11/00; peroxides, salts of peroxyacids C01B15/00; sulfides or polysulfides of magnesium, calcium, strontium, or barium C01B17/42; thiosulfates, dithionites, polythionates C01B17/64; compounds containing selenium or tellurium C01B19/00; binary compounds of nitrogen with metals C01B21/06; azides C01B21/08; {compounds other than ammonia or cyanogen containing nitrogen and non-metals and optionally metals C01B21/082; amides or imides of silicon C01B21/087}; metal {imides or} amides C01B21/092, {C01B21/0923}; nitrites C01B21/50; {compounds of noble gases C01B23/0005}; phosphides C01B25/08; salts of oxyacids of phosphorus C01B25/16; carbides C01B32/90; compounds containing silicon C01B33/00; compounds containing boron C01B35/00; compounds having molecular sieve properties but not having base-exchange properties C01B37/00; compounds having molecular sieve and base-exchange properties, e.g. crystalline zeolites, C01B39/00; cyanides C01C3/08; salts of cyanic acid C01C3/14; salts of cyanamide C01C3/16; thiocyanates C01C3/20; {double sulfates of magnesium with sodium or potassium C01D5/12; with other alkali metals C01D15/00, C01D17/00})
- Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

## Abstract

A positive electrode material contains at least one positive electrode active material, a solid electrolyte, and a coating material. The solid electrolyte is represented by formula (1), LiαMβXγ (1) where α, β, and γ are each independently a value greater than 0, M includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of non-Li metals and metalloids, and X includes at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I. The coating material covers the surface of the positive electrode active material and contains lithium carbonate.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A positive electrode material comprising:
at least one positive electrode active material;
a solid electrolyte; and
a coating material, wherein:
the solid electrolyte is represented by composition formula (A1),
Li6-3dYdX6 (A1)
where X is two or more elements selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I, and d satisfy the relation 0<d<2, and
the coating material covers a surface of the positive electrode active material and contains lithium carbonate.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The positive electrode material according to claim 1, wherein
a percentage of weight of the lithium carbonate to weight of the positive electrode active material is larger than or equal to 1.3% by weight and smaller than or equal to 4.0% by weight.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The positive electrode material according to claim 1, wherein
coverage of the surface of the positive electrode active material by the coating material is greater than or equal to 91.1%.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The positive electrode material according to claim 1, wherein
the positive electrode active material includes a lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

A battery comprising:
a positive electrode containing the positive electrode material according to claim 1;
a negative electrode; and
an electrolyte layer between the positive electrode and the negative electrode.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The battery according to claim 5, wherein
the electrolyte layer contains the solid electrolyte.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The battery according to claim 5, wherein
the electrolyte layer contains a halide solid electrolyte different from the solid electrolyte.

### Claim 8 (depends on 5)

The battery according to claim 5, wherein
the electrolyte layer contains a sulfide solid electrolyte.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The positive electrode material according to claim 1, wherein
the solid electrolyte is represented by the formula Li3YBr2Cl4.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The positive electrode material according to claim 9, wherein
the positive electrode active material includes a lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The positive electrode material according to claim 1, wherein
a percentage of weight of the lithium carbonate to weight of the positive electrode active material is larger than or equal to 1.3% by weight and smaller than or equal to 4.0% by weight, and coverage of the surface of the positive electrode active material by the coating material is greater than or equal to 91.1%.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The positive electrode material according to claim 11, wherein
the positive electrode active material includes a lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide.
