Patents Assigned to MU IONIC SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
  • Publication number: 20230057670
    Abstract: The present invention provides a non-aqueous electrolytic solution which can be handled industrially stably, and which allows for achieving a good durability performance, particularly, a good capacity retention rate during repeated charging and discharging, of an energy device typified by a non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery. The non-aqueous electrolytic solution contains a compound(s) represented by the following general formula(e) (A1) and/or (A2). In formula (A1), X1 represents a halogen atom; each of R1, R2, R5 and R6 independently represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a hydrocarbon group having 10 or less carbon atoms optionally substituted with a halogen atom; and each of R3 and R4 independently represents a halogen atom, or a hydrocarbon group having 10 or less carbon atoms optionally substituted with a halogen atom; wherein at least two of R1 to R6 may be bonded to each other to form a ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION, MU IONIC SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaho TAMAI, Taiki ABE, Aiko WATANABE, Kanako ITO, Takeshi NAKAMURA, Hiroyuki TOKUDA, Keiji SHITO, Ryo NOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20220384840
    Abstract: Provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, including a positive electrode with a positive electrode active material capable of absorbing and releasing a metal ion; a negative electrode with a negative electrode active material capable of absorbing and releasing a metal ion; and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution; wherein the positive electrode active material includes a lithium transition metal compound, and the positive electrode active material includes at least Ni, Mn and Co, wherein the molar ratio of Mn/(Ni+Mn+Co) is larger than 0 and not larger than 0.32, the molar ratio of Ni/(Ni+Mn+Co) is 0.55 or more, the plate density of the positive electrode is 3.0 g/cm3 or more; and the nonaqueous electrolyte solution includes a monofluorophosphate and/or a difluorophosphate. A total content of the monofluorophosphate and/or difluorophosphate is 0.01% by mass or more in terms of the concentration in the nonaqueous electrolyte solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, MU IONIC SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi NISHIO, Jungmin KIM
  • Publication number: 20220359913
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a non-aqueous electrolytic solution secondary battery capable of improving low-temperature output characteristics. The problem is solved by a secondary battery including a non-aqueous electrolytic solution containing fluorosulfonic acid ions, difluorophosphate ions, and bisoxalate borate ions, in which [FSO3?]>[PO2F2?]>[BOB?] is satisfied in the non-aqueous electrolytic solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, MU IONIC SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuhiko HONDA
  • Publication number: 20220336858
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte solution, which contains a compound represented by the following general formula (A), and (1) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a nitrile compound, an isocyanate compound, a difluorophosphate, a fluorosulfonate, a lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide and a compound represented by the following general formula (B), or (2) a cyclic carbonate compound having a fluorine atom in an amount of 0.01% by mass to 50.0% by mass based on the total amount of the nonaqueous electrolyte solution. (In formula (A), R1 to R3 may be mutually the same or different and represent optionally substituted organic groups having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.) (In formula (B), R4, R5 and R6 respectively and independently represent an alkyl group, alkenyl group or alkynyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms that may be substituted with a halogen atom, and n represents an integer of 0 to 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicants: Mitusbishi Chemical Corporation, MU IONIC SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji NAKAZAWA, Yoichi OOHASHI, Minoru KOTATO, Takamichi MITSUI, Takayuki AOSHIMA, Takeshi NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220328878
    Abstract: Provided are: a non-aqueous electrolyte solution that can suppress the room-temperature and/or low-temperature discharge resistance growth of an energy device; and an energy device that includes the non-aqueous electrolyte solution. A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for an energy device that comprises a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution is characterized by containing an electrolyte, a non-aqueous solvent, a linear sulfonic acid ester, and at least one compound selected from the group that consists of fluorosulfonates, monofluorophosphates, difluorophosphates, imide salts, and oxalates, the mass ratio of the amount of the linear sulfonic acid ester to the amount of the at least one compound selected from the group that consists of fluorosulfonates, monofluorophosphates, difluorophosphates, imide salts, and oxalates being within a specific range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, MU Ionic Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Shuhei Sawa, Daisuke Kawakami, Koichi Nishio
  • Publication number: 20220320570
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing lithium fluorosulfonate which comprises reacting a lithium salt and fluorosulfonic acid in a nonaqueous solvent, wherein the lithium salt is a lithium salt not generating water through the reaction step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, MU IONIC SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke KAWAKAMI, Ryo Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Tokuda, Masahiro Takehara
  • Patent number: 11462771
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nonaqueous electrolytic solution having an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, the nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing 0.1 to 5% by mass of a compound represented by the following general formula (I) and an energy storage device including the foregoing nonaqueous electrolytic solution. This nonaqueous electrolytic solution is able to improve charging storage properties and discharging storage properties of an energy storage device when used in the high-temperature and high-voltage environment. In the formula, R1 and R2 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: MU IONIC SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji Abe
  • Patent number: 11450880
    Abstract: Provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, in which the capacity retention rate after high temperature storage is high, the gas amount after high temperature storage is suppressed, the resistance after high temperature storage is low, the amount of metal dissolution from a positive electrode is small, and the amount of heat generation at a high temperature is small. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode with a positive electrode active material capable of absorbing and releasing a metal ion; a negative electrode with a negative electrode active material capable of absorbing and releasing a metal ion; and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution; wherein the positive electrode active material includes a lithium transition metal compound, and the positive electrode active material includes at least Ni, Mn and Co, wherein the molar ratio of Mn/(Ni+Mn+Co) is larger than 0 and not larger than 0.32, the molar ratio of Ni/(Ni+Mn+Co) is 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, MU IONIC SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Nishio, Jungmin Kim
  • Publication number: 20220278370
    Abstract: An object is to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte and a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery which have excellent discharge load characteristics and are excellent in high-temperature storability, cycle characteristics, high capacity, continuous-charge characteristics, storability, gas evolution inhibition during continuous charge, high-current-density charge/discharge characteristics, discharge load characteristics, etc. The object has been accomplished with a nonaqueous electrolyte which comprises: an acyclic carbonate having a halogen atom, a monofluorophosphate and/or a difluorophosphate; and further a compound having a specific chemical structure or specific properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, MU IONIC SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki TOKUDA, Minoru KOTAKO, Shinichi KINOSHITA
  • Patent number: 11424482
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a nonaqueous electrolyte solution containing an electrolyte and a nonaqueous solvent, the nonaqueous electrolyte solution including a compound represented by formula (A) and: (1) at least one compound selected from a nitrile compound, an isocyanate compound, a difluorophosphate, a fluorosulfonate, a lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide and a compound represented by the formula (B) below, or (2) a cyclic carbonate compound having a fluorine atom in an amount of 0.01% by mass to 50.0% by mass based on a total amount of the nonaqueous electrolyte solution. In formula (A), R1 to R3 represent optionally substituted organic groups having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and in formula (B), R4, R5 and R6 independently represent an alkyl group, alkenyl group or alkynyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms that may be substituted with a halogen atom, and n represents an integer of 0 to 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION, MU IONIC SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji Nakazawa, Yoichi Oohashi, Minoru Kotato, Takamichi Mitsui, Takayuki Aoshima, Takeshi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11387484
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolytic solution that includes lithium fluorosulfonate and a sulfate ion in an amount of from 1.0×10?7 mol/L to 1.0×10?2 mol/L.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, MU IONIC SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Kawakami, Ryo Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Tokuda, Masahiro Takehara
  • Publication number: 20220209300
    Abstract: Provided are: a non-aqueous electrolyte solution with which a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having both excellent durability and excellent charging characteristics can be provided; and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including the same. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution contains: a non-aqueous solvent: a compound represented by the following Formula (1); and at least one heteroatom-containing lithium salt selected from the group consisting of (A) a lithium salt having an F—S bond, (B) a lithium salt having an oxalic acid skeleton, and (C) a lithium salt having P?O and P—F bonds, and the content of the heteroatom-containing lithium salt is 0.001% by mass or more and 5% by mass or less: wherein, R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R2 represents a hydrogen atom, or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms and optionally containing a halogen atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, MU IONIC SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aiko WATANABE, Eiji NAKAZAWA
  • Patent number: 11367899
    Abstract: An object is to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte and a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery which have excellent discharge load characteristics and are excellent in high-temperature storability, cycle characteristics, high capacity, continuous-charge characteristics, storability, gas evolution inhibition during continuous charge, high-current-density charge/discharge characteristics, discharge load characteristics, etc. The object has been accomplished with a nonaqueous electrolyte which comprises: a monofluorophosphate and/or a difluorophosphate; and further a compound having a specific chemical structure or specific properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, MU IONIC SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tokuda, Minoru Kotato, Shinichi Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20220158244
    Abstract: Provided is a non-aqueous electrolyte solution which can reduce the amount of gas generation during initial conditioning of a non-aqueous electrolyte battery. This non-aqueous electrolyte solution is for a non-aqueous electrolyte battery which includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode that are capable of occluding and releasing metal ions, and the non-aqueous electrolyte solution is characterized by containing an alkali metal salt, a non-aqueous solvent, at least one Si—O structure-containing compound represented by Formula (A) or (B), and a compound represented by Formula (?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, MU Ionic Solutions Corporation
    Inventor: Eiji Nakazawa
  • Publication number: 20220149436
    Abstract: A non-aqueous liquid electrolyte secondary battery using negative-electrode active material having Si, Sn and/or Pb, with high charge-capacity, superior characteristics including discharge-capacity retention rate over long is provided. Its non-aqueous liquid electrolyte contains carbonate having unsaturated bond and/or halogen and compounds like LiPF6 and/or LiBF4 (first lithium salt) and lithium salt different from said first one, represented by formula below (second lithium salt). Lil(?mXan) (In the formula, l, m and n represent integers of 1 to 10, 1 to 100 and 1 to 200, respectively. ? represents boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen or phosphorus. Xa represents functional group having atom selected from 14th to 17th groups of periodic table at its binding-position to ?. Two or more of Xa may be connected to each other to form a ring structure. However, such a case where ? is boron and Xa is compound represented by (CiH2(i-2)O4)(CjH2(j-2)O4) is omitted (i and j represent integers of 2 or larger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION, MU IONIC SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi FUJII, Noriko SHIMA, Youichi OHASHI, Shinichi KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20220149435
    Abstract: Provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte solution which can provide an energy device in which the initial discharge resistance is reduced and the gas generation during storage is inhibited. This nonaqueous electrolyte solution for an energy device including a positive electrode and a negative electrode is characterized by containing a compound represented by the following Formula (1) together with an electrolyte and a nonaqueous solvent: (wherein, X represents an optionally substituted unsaturated hydrocarbon group and at least one unsaturated carbon-carbon bond; Y represents an organic group, which is constituted by atoms selected from the group consisting of a carbon atom, a hydrogen atom, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, and a phosphorus atom; R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or an unsubstituted or halogen atom-substituted hydrocarbon group; R2 represents an unsubstituted or halogen atom-substituted hydrocarbon group; and n represents an integer of 1 to 3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, MU Ionic Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Shuhei Sawa, Koichi Nishio, Takeshi Nakamura, Kaho Tamai
  • Patent number: 11302966
    Abstract: Provided is a nonaqueous electrolytic solution having an excellent capacity retention rate and an excellent output retention rate during cycles. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution includes a nonaqueous solvent; a hexafluorophosphate (A); a compound (B) represented by the following formula (1) in which an arbitrary hydrogen atom bonded to a carbon atom may be substituted with a fluorine atom; and at least one salt (C) selected from the group consisting of fluorophosphates other than the hexafluorophosphate (A), fluorosulfonates, imide salts represented by MN(SO2F)2, wherein M represents an alkali metal, and oxalate salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION, MU Ionic Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Jungmin Kim, Hiroyuki Tokuda
  • Patent number: 11296357
    Abstract: An object of the present invention 1 is to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having excellent general performance balance between durability performance and properties, such as a capacity, a resistance, and output characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, MU IONIC SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji Nakazawa, Youichi Oohashi, Atsushi Watarai
  • Publication number: 20220093973
    Abstract: Provided are: a non-aqueous electrolyte solution that can improve the charged storage characteristics of a non-aqueous electrolyte battery under a high-temperature environment while containing FSO3Li; and a non-aqueous electrolyte battery having excellent charged storage characteristics under a high-temperature environment. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution contains FSO3Li and a specific amount of ions of a specific metal element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, MU IONIC SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko HONDA, Hiroyuki TOKUDA, Daisuke KAWAKAMI, Ryo YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11283107
    Abstract: A non-aqueous liquid electrolyte secondary battery using negative-electrode active material having Si, Sn and/or Pb, with high charge-capacity, superior characteristics including discharge-capacity retention rate over long is provided. Its non-aqueous liquid electrolyte contains carbonate having unsaturated bond and/or halogen and compounds like LiPF6 and/or LiBF4 (first lithium salt) and lithium salt different from said first one, represented by formula below (second lithium salt). Li1(?mXan) (In the formula, l, m and n represent integers of 1 to 10, 1 to 100 and 1 to 200, respectively. ? represents boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen or phosphorus. Xa represents functional group having atom selected from 14th to 17th groups of periodic table at its binding-position to ?. Two or more of Xa may be connected to each other to form a ring structure. However, such a case where a is boron and Xa is compound represented by (CiH2(i-2)O4)(CjH2(j-2)O4) is omitted (i and j represent integers of 2 or larger.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION, MU IONIC SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Fujii, Noriko Shima, Youichi Ohashi, Shinichi Kinoshita