Patents by Inventor Mikio Yukawa

Mikio Yukawa has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230307639
    Abstract: The formation method of graphene includes the steps of forming a layer including graphene oxide over a first conductive layer; and supplying a potential at which the reduction reaction of the graphene oxide occurs to the first conductive layer in an electrolyte where the first conductive layer as a working electrode and a second conductive layer with a as a counter electrode are immersed. A manufacturing method of a power storage device including at least a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolyte, and a separator includes a step of forming graphene for an active material layer of one of or both the positive electrode and the negative electrode by the formation method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroatsu TODORIKI, Yumiko SAITO, Takahiro KAWAKAMI, Kuniharu NOMOTO, Mikio YUKAWA
  • Patent number: 11735731
    Abstract: The formation method of graphene includes the steps of forming a layer including graphene oxide over a first conductive layer; and supplying a potential at which the reduction reaction of the graphene oxide occurs to the first conductive layer in an electrolyte where the first conductive layer as a working electrode and a second conductive layer with a as a counter electrode are immersed. A manufacturing method of a power storage device including at least a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolyte, and a separator includes a step of forming graphene for an active material layer of one of or both the positive electrode and the negative electrode by the formation method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroatsu Todoriki, Yumiko Saito, Takahiro Kawakami, Kuniharu Nomoto, Mikio Yukawa
  • Publication number: 20230073850
    Abstract: The formation method of graphene includes the steps of forming a layer including graphene oxide over a first conductive layer; and supplying a potential at which the reduction reaction of the graphene oxide occurs to the first conductive layer in an electrolyte where the first conductive layer as a working electrode and a second conductive layer with a as a counter electrode are immersed. A manufacturing method of a power storage device including at least a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolyte, and a separator includes a step of forming graphene for an active material layer of one of or both the positive electrode and the negative electrode by the formation method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroatsu TODORIKI, Yumiko SAITO, Takahiro KAWAKAMI, Kuniharu NOMOTO, Mikio YUKAWA
  • Patent number: 11411209
    Abstract: To provide a method for forming a storage battery electrode including an active material layer with high density in which the proportion of conductive additive is low and the proportion of the active material is high. To provide a storage battery having a higher capacity per unit volume of an electrode with the use of a storage battery electrode formed by the formation method. A method for forming a storage battery electrode includes the steps of forming a mixture including an active material, graphene oxide, and a binder; providing a mixture over a current collector; and immersing the mixture provided over the current collector in a polar solvent containing a reducer, so that the graphene oxide is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mikio Yukawa
  • Publication number: 20220115668
    Abstract: A graphene oxide used as a raw material of a conductive additive for forming an active material layer with high electron conductivity with a small amount of a conductive additive is provided. A positive electrode for a nonaqueous secondary battery using the graphene oxide as a conductive additive is provided. The graphene oxide is used as a raw material of a conductive additive in a positive electrode for a nonaqueous secondary battery and, in the graphene oxide, the atomic ratio of oxygen to carbon is greater than or equal to 0.405.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroatsu TODORIKI, Mikio YUKAWA, Yumiko SAITO, Masaki YAMAKAJI, Rika YATABE, Tatsuya IKENUMA
  • Publication number: 20210036303
    Abstract: To provide a method for forming a storage battery electrode including an active material layer with high density in which the proportion of conductive additive is low and the proportion of the active material is high. To provide a storage battery having a higher capacity per unit volume of an electrode with the use of a storage battery electrode formed by the formation method. A method for forming a storage battery electrode includes the steps of forming a mixture including an active material, graphene oxide, and a binder; providing a mixture over a current collector; and immersing the mixture provided over the current collector in a polar solvent containing a reducer, so that the graphene oxide is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventor: Mikio YUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200373581
    Abstract: A graphene oxide used as a raw material of a conductive additive for forming an active material layer with high electron conductivity with a small amount of a conductive additive is provided. A positive electrode for a nonaqueous secondary battery using the graphene oxide as a conductive additive is provided. The graphene oxide is used as a raw material of a conductive additive in a positive electrode for a nonaqueous secondary battery and, in the graphene oxide, the atomic ratio of oxygen to carbon is greater than or equal to 0.405.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroatsu TODORIKI, Mikio YUKAWA, Yumiko SAITO, Masaki YAMAKAJI, Rika YATABE, Tatsuya IKENUMA
  • Publication number: 20200358102
    Abstract: A graphene oxide used as a raw material of a conductive additive for forming an active material layer with high electron conductivity with a small amount of a conductive additive is provided. A positive electrode for a nonaqueous secondary battery using the graphene oxide as a conductive additive is provided. The graphene oxide is used as a raw material of a conductive additive in a positive electrode for a nonaqueous secondary battery and, in the graphene oxide, the atomic ratio of oxygen to carbon is greater than or equal to 0.405.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroatsu TODORIKI, Mikio YUKAWA, Yumiko SAITO, Masaki YAMAKAJI, Rika YATABE, Tatsuya IKENUMA
  • Publication number: 20200350585
    Abstract: The formation method of graphene includes the steps of forming a layer including graphene oxide over a first conductive layer; and supplying a potential at which the reduction reaction of the graphene oxide occurs to the first conductive layer in an electrolyte where the first conductive layer as a working electrode and a second conductive layer with a as a counter electrode are immersed. A manufacturing method of a power storage device including at least a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolyte, and a separator includes a step of forming graphene for an active material layer of one of or both the positive electrode and the negative electrode by the formation method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroatsu TODORIKI, Yumiko SAITO, Takahiro KAWAKAMI, Kuniharu NOMOTO, Mikio YUKAWA
  • Patent number: 10818908
    Abstract: To provide a method for forming a storage battery electrode including an active material layer with high density in which the proportion of conductive additive is low and the proportion of the active material is high. To provide a storage battery having a higher capacity per unit volume of an electrode with the use of a storage battery electrode formed by the formation method. A method for forming a storage battery electrode includes the steps of forming a mixture including an active material, graphene oxide, and a binder; providing a mixture over a current collector; and immersing the mixture provided over the current collector in a polar solvent containing a reducer, so that the graphene oxide is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mikio Yukawa
  • Publication number: 20200144622
    Abstract: A graphene oxide used as a raw material of a conductive additive for forming an active material layer with high electron conductivity with a small amount of a conductive additive is provided. A positive electrode for a nonaqueous secondary battery using the graphene oxide as a conductive additive is provided. The graphene oxide is used as a raw material of a conductive additive in a positive electrode for a nonaqueous secondary battery and, in the graphene oxide, the atomic ratio of oxygen to carbon is greater than or equal to 0.405.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroatsu TODORIKI, Mikio YUKAWA, Yumiko SAITO, Masaki YAMAKAJI, Rika YATABE, Tatsuya IKENUMA
  • Publication number: 20200052299
    Abstract: The formation method of graphene includes the steps of forming a layer including graphene oxide over a first conductive layer; and supplying a potential at which the reduction reaction of the graphene oxide occurs to the first conductive layer in an electrolyte where the first conductive layer as a working electrode and a second conductive layer with a as a counter electrode are immersed. A manufacturing method of a power storage device including at least a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolyte, and a separator includes a step of forming graphene for an active material layer of one of or both the positive electrode and the negative electrode by the formation method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroatsu TODORIKI, Yumiko SAITO, Takahiro KAWAKAMI, Kuniharu NOMOTO, Mikio YUKAWA
  • Patent number: 10461332
    Abstract: The formation method of graphene includes the steps of forming a layer including graphene oxide over a first conductive layer; and supplying a potential at which the reduction reaction of the graphene oxide occurs to the first conductive layer in an electrolyte where the first conductive layer as a working electrode and a second conductive layer with a as a counter electrode are immersed. A manufacturing method of a power storage device including at least a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolyte, and a separator includes a step of forming graphene for an active material layer of one of or both the positive electrode and the negative electrode by the formation method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroatsu Todoriki, Yumiko Saito, Takahiro Kawakami, Kuniharu Nomoto, Mikio Yukawa
  • Patent number: 10347905
    Abstract: To provide a storage battery electrode including an active material layer with high density that contains a smaller percentage of conductive additive. To provide a storage battery having a higher capacity per unit volume of an electrode with the use of the electrode for a storage battery. A slurry that contains an active material and graphene oxide is applied to a current collector and dried to form an active material layer over the current collector, the active material layer over the current collector is rolled up together with a spacer, and a rolled electrode which includes the spacer are immersed in a reducing solution so that graphene oxide is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenryo Nanba, Mikio Yukawa
  • Patent number: 10236502
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a power storage device in which a crystalline silicon layer including a whisker-like crystalline silicon region is formed as an active material layer over a current collector by a low-pressure CVD method in which heating is performed using a deposition gas containing silicon. The power storage device includes the current collector, a mixed layer formed over the current collector, and the crystalline silicon layer functioning as the active material layer formed over the mixed layer. The crystalline silicon layer includes a crystalline silicon region and a whisker-like crystalline silicon region including a plurality of protrusions which project over the crystalline silicon region. With the protrusions, the surface area of the crystalline silicon layer functioning as the active material layer can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutaka Kuriki, Mikio Yukawa, Yuji Asano
  • Publication number: 20190067701
    Abstract: A graphene oxide used as a raw material of a conductive additive for forming an active material layer with high electron conductivity with a small amount of a conductive additive is provided. A positive electrode for a nonaqueous secondary battery using the graphene oxide as a conductive additive is provided. The graphene oxide is used as a raw material of a conductive additive in a positive electrode for a nonaqueous secondary battery and, in the graphene oxide, the atomic ratio of oxygen to carbon is greater than or equal to 0.405.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroatsu Todoriki, Mikio Yukawa, Yumiko Saito, Masaki Yamakaji, Rika Yatabe, Tatsuya Ikenuma
  • Patent number: 10141120
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a power storage system including a negative electrode which has a crystalline silicon film provided as a negative electrode active material on the surface of a current collector and contains a conductive oxide in a surface layer section of the crystalline silicon film. Alternatively, the present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a power storage system, which includes the step of forming an amorphous silicon film on a current collector, adding a catalytic element for promoting crystallization of the amorphous silicon, onto a surface of the amorphous silicon film, heating the amorphous silicon film with the catalytic element added to crystallize the amorphous silicon film and thereby form a crystalline silicon film, and using the crystalline silicon film as a negative electrode active material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Tamae Moriwaka, Kazutaka Kuriki, Mikio Yukawa
  • Publication number: 20180315993
    Abstract: To provide a method for forming a storage battery electrode including an active material layer with high density in which the proportion of conductive additive is low and the proportion of the active material is high. To provide a storage battery having a higher capacity per unit volume of an electrode with the use of a storage battery electrode formed by the formation method. A method for forming a storage battery electrode includes the steps of forming a mixture including an active material, graphene oxide, and a binder; providing a mixture over a current collector; and immersing the mixture provided over the current collector in a polar solvent containing a reducer, so that the graphene oxide is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventor: Mikio YUKAWA
  • Patent number: 10038177
    Abstract: To provide a method for forming a storage battery electrode including an active material layer with high density in which the proportion of conductive additive is low and the proportion of the active material is high. To provide a storage battery having a higher capacity per unit volume of an electrode with the use of a storage battery electrode formed by the formation method. A method for forming a storage battery electrode includes the steps of forming a mixture including an active material, graphene oxide, and a binder; providing a mixture over a current collector; and immersing the mixture provided over the current collector in a polar solvent containing a reducer, so that the graphene oxide is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mikio Yukawa
  • Patent number: 9997568
    Abstract: The invention provides a semiconductor device which is non-volatile, easily manufactured, and can be additionally written. A semiconductor device of the invention includes a plurality of transistors, a conductive layer which functions as a source wiring or a drain wiring of the transistors, and a memory element which overlaps one of the plurality of transistors, and a conductive layer which functions as an antenna. The memory element includes a first conductive layer, an organic compound layer and a phase change layer, and a second conductive layer stacked in this order. The conductive layer which functions as an antenna and a conductive layer which functions as a source wiring or a drain wiring of the plurality of transistors are provided on the same layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Hiroko Abe, Yukie Nemoto, Ryoji Nomura, Mikio Yukawa