Patents by Inventor Akihiko SAGARA

Akihiko SAGARA 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: 20240105928
    Abstract: The composite active material according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes an active material including Li, Ti, and O and a first solid electrolyte. The active material is a porous material having a plurality of pores. The first solid electrolyte includes Li, M, and X. M is at least one selected from the group consisting of metal elements and metalloid elements belonging to the 5th or 6th period. X is at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I. At least a part of the first solid electrolyte is present inside the plurality of pores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: TAKANORI OMAE, TOMOKATSU WADA, SHOHEI KUSUMOTO, TAKUJI TSUJITA, AKIHIKO SAGARA
  • Publication number: 20240097132
    Abstract: An electrode material includes an active material particle and a solid electrolyte particle. The solid electrolyte particle includes Li, M, and X, wherein M is at least one selected from the group consisting of metal elements excluding Li and metalloid elements, and X is at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I. The ratio R1 of the volume of the active material particle to the sum of the volume of the active material particle and the volume of the solid electrolyte particle is greater than or equal to 10% and less than 65% when expressed as percentage. The ratio R2 of the average particle diameter of the active material particle to the average particle diameter of the solid electrolyte particle is greater than or equal to 0.5 and less than or equal to 3.4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: MASAYOSHI UEMATSU, AKIHIKO SAGARA, HIROSHI ASANO, SHOHEI KUSUMOTO, TOMOKATSU WADA
  • Publication number: 20240097123
    Abstract: The electrode material according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a first active material particle, a second active material particle, and a solid electrolyte. The first active material particle and the second active material particle each include Li, Ti, and O. The ratio of the average particle size of the second active material particle to the average particle size of the first active material particle is greater than or equal to 1.5 and less than or equal to 6.0. The battery according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte layer located between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. At least one selected from the group consisting of the positive electrode and the negative electrode includes the electrode material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: TOMOKATSU WADA, YU OTSUKA, AKIHIKO SAGARA, SHOHEI KUSUMOTO, TAKANORI OMAE
  • Publication number: 20240063378
    Abstract: An electrode material according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a first active material containing Li, Ti, and O, a second active material containing Mo and O, and a solid electrolyte. A battery according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an electrolyte layer arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode. At least one selected from the group consisting of the first electrode and the second electrode includes the electrode material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: AKIHIKO SAGARA, TAKASHI OTO
  • Publication number: 20230420667
    Abstract: A negative-electrode material includes a negative-electrode active material and a solid electrolyte. The negative-electrode active material contains Li, Ti, M1, and O, wherein M1 denotes at least one selected from the group consisting of metal elements and metalloid elements other than Li and Ti. The solid electrolyte contains Li, M2, and X, wherein M2 denotes at least one selected from the group consisting of metal elements and metalloid elements other than Li, and X denotes at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: SHOHEI KUSUMOTO, MASAYOSHI UEMATSU, TOMOKATSU WADA, AKIHIKO SAGARA
  • Publication number: 20230420736
    Abstract: A battery includes a positive-electrode layer, a negative-electrode layer, and an electrolyte layer between the positive-electrode layer and the negative-electrode layer, wherein the negative-electrode layer includes a negative-electrode active material and a first solid electrolyte, the electrolyte layer contains a second solid electrolyte, the negative-electrode active material contains Li, Ti, and O, the first solid electrolyte contains a crystalline phase assigned to a monoclinic crystal and contains Li, M1, and X1, wherein M1 denotes at least one of metal elements and metalloid elements other than Li, and X1 denotes at least one of F, Cl, Br, and I, and the second solid electrolyte contains a crystalline phase assigned to a trigonal crystal and contains Li, M2, and X2, wherein M2 denotes at least one of metal elements and metalloid elements other than Li, and X2 denotes at least one of F, Cl, Br, and I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: AKIHIKO SAGARA, SHOHEI KUSUMOTO, TOMOKATSU WADA, MASAYOSHI UEMATSU
  • Patent number: 11777143
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte of the present disclosure includes: a porous dielectric having a plurality of pores interconnected mutually; and an electrolyte including a metal salt and at least one selected from the group consisting of an ionic compound and a bipolar compound and at least partially filling an interior of the plurality of pores. Inner surfaces of the plurality of pores of the porous dielectric are at least partially modified by a functional group containing a halogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: IMEC VZW, PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xubin Chen, Knut Bjarne Gandrud, Maarten Mees, Philippe M. Vereecken, Akihiko Sagara, Hiroki Yabe, Hidekazu Arase
  • Patent number: 11710850
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte (10) of the present disclosure includes porous silica (11) having a plurality of pores (12) interconnected mutually and an electrolyte (13) coating inner surfaces of the plurality of pores (12). The electrolyte (13) includes 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide represented by EMI-TFSI and a lithium salt dissolved in the EMI-TFSI. A molar ratio of the EMI-TFSI to the porous silica (11) is larger than 1.5 and less than 2.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Imec VZW
    Inventors: Philippe Vereecken, Maarten Mees, Knut Bjarne Gandrud, Akihiko Sagara, Mitsuhiro Murata, Yukihiro Kaneko, Morio Tomiyama, Mikinari Shimada
  • Publication number: 20230092036
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte of the present disclosure includes: a porous dielectric having a plurality of pores interconnected; and an electrolyte including a metal salt and at least one selected from the group consisting of an ionic compound and a bipolar compound and at least partially filling an interior of the plurality of pores. The porous dielectric includes a polyether structure. The plurality of pores have an average pore diameter of 20 nm or more and 100 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroki YABE, Akihiko SAGARA
  • Patent number: 11557789
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte (10) of the present disclosure includes porous silica (11) having a plurality of pores (12) interconnected mutually and an electrolyte (13) coating inner surfaces of the plurality of pores (12). The electrolyte (13) includes 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide represented by EMI-FSI and a lithium salt dissolved in the EMI-FSI. A molar ratio of the EMI-FSI to the porous silica (11) is larger than 1.0 and less than 3.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: IMEC VZW
    Inventors: Xubin Chen, Philippe Vereecken, Maarten Mees, Knut Bjarne Gandrud, Mitsuhiro Murata, Akihiko Sagara, Yukihiro Kaneko, Morio Tomiyama, Mikinari Shimada
  • Patent number: 11081685
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte (10) of the present disclosure includes: a porous dielectric (11) having a plurality of pores (12) interconnected mutually; an electrolyte (13) including a metal salt and at least one selected from the group consisting of an ionic compound and a bipolar compound, the electrolyte (13) at least partially filling an interior of each of the plurality of pores (12); and a surface adsorption layer (15) adsorbed on inner surfaces of the plurality of pores (12) to induce polarization. The surface adsorption layer (15) may include water adsorbed on the inner surfaces of the plurality of pores (12). The surface adsorption layer (15) may include a polyether adsorbed on the inner surfaces of the plurality of pores (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignees: IMEC VZW, PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Philippe Vereecken, Knut Bjarne Gandrud, Maarten Mees, Akihiko Sagara, Mitsuhiro Murata
  • Publication number: 20210020988
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte of the present disclosure includes: a porous dielectric having a plurality of pores interconnected mutually; and an electrolyte including a metal salt and at least one selected from the group consisting of an ionic compound and a bipolar compound and at least partially filling an interior of the plurality of pores. Inner surfaces of the plurality of pores of the porous dielectric are at least partially modified by a functional group containing a halogen atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Xubin CHEN, Knut Bjarne GANDRUD, Maarten MEES, Philippe M. VEREECKEN, Akihiko SAGARA, Hiroki YABE, Hidekazu ARASE
  • Publication number: 20210013484
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte (10) of the present disclosure includes: a porous dielectric (11) having a plurality of pores (12) interconnected mutually; an electrolyte (13) including a metal salt and at least one selected from the group consisting of an ionic compound and a bipolar compound, the electrolyte (13) at least partially filling an interior of each of the plurality of pores (12); and a surface adsorption layer (15) adsorbed on inner surfaces of the plurality of pores (12) to induce polarization. The surface adsorption layer (15) may include water adsorbed on the inner surfaces of the plurality of pores (12). The surface adsorption layer (15) may include a polyether adsorbed on the inner surfaces of the plurality of pores (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Philippe VEREECKEN, Knut Bjarne GANDRUD, Maarten MEES, Akihiko SAGARA, Mitsuhiro MURATA
  • Publication number: 20200006807
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte (10) of the present disclosure includes porous silica (11) having a plurality of pores (12) interconnected mutually and an electrolyte (13) coating inner surfaces of the plurality of pores (12). The electrolyte (13) includes 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide represented by EMI-FSI and a lithium salt dissolved in the EMI-FSI. A molar ratio of the EMI-FSI to the porous silica (11) is larger than 1.0 and less than 3.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Xubin CHEN, Philippe VEREECKEN, Maarten MEES, Knut Bjarne GANDRUD, Mitsuhiro MURATA, Akihiko SAGARA, Yukihiro KANEKO, Morio TOMIYAMA, Mikinari SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20190393548
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte (10) of the present disclosure includes porous silica (11) having a plurality of pores (12) interconnected mutually and an electrolyte (13) coating inner surfaces of the plurality of pores (12). The electrolyte (13) includes 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide represented by EMI-TFSI and a lithium salt dissolved in the EMI-TFSI. A molar ratio of the EMI-TFSI to the porous silica (11) is larger than 1.5 and less than 2.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Philippe VEREECKEN, Maarten MEES, Knut Bjarne GANDRUD, Akihiko SAGARA, Mitsuhiro MURATA, Yukihiro KANEKO, Morio TOMIYAMA, Mikinari SHIMADA
  • Patent number: 9640606
    Abstract: An electricity storage device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, an electricity storage layer, and a p-type semiconductor layer. The electricity storage layer is placed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The electricity storage layer contains a mixture of an insulating material and n-type semiconductor particles. The p-type semiconductor layer is placed between the electricity storage layer and the second electrode. The n-type semiconductor particles contain at least one of a titanium-niobium composite oxide and a titanium-tantalum composite oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiko Sagara, Norihito Fujinoki, Yuki Nomura, Haruhiko Habuta
  • Publication number: 20150270580
    Abstract: An electrical storage device includes a stack structure including a conductive first electrode layer, a conductive second electrode layer, a charging layer disposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, the charging layer including a mixture containing an insulating material and at least one metal oxide selected from the group consisting of niobium oxide, tantalum oxide and molybdenum oxide, and an electron barrier layer disposed between the charging layer and the second electrode layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: HARUHIKO HABUTA, YUKI NOMURA, AKIHIKO SAGARA, NORIHITO FUJINOKI
  • Publication number: 20150270329
    Abstract: An electricity storage device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, an electricity storage layer, and a p-type semiconductor layer. The electricity storage layer is placed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The electricity storage layer contains a mixture of an insulating material and n-type semiconductor particles. The p-type semiconductor layer is placed between the electricity storage layer and the second electrode. The n-type semiconductor particles contain at least one of a titanium-niobium composite oxide and a titanium-tantalum composite oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: AKIHIKO SAGARA, NORIHITO FUJINOKI, YUKI NOMURA, HARUHIKO HABUTA
  • Patent number: 8895336
    Abstract: To provide a method of manufacturing an infrared light-emitting element having a wavelength of 1.57 ?m, including: forming a SiO2 film on a Si substrate containing C; and performing RTA treatment in an atmosphere containing oxygen, or implanting impurity ions therein and thereafter performing RTA treatment in an atmosphere containing oxygen, thereby forming C centers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko Sagara, Miori Hiraiwa, Satoshi Shibata
  • Publication number: 20140273328
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is fabricated by performing the steps of: (a) implanting dopant ions into a semiconductor base member, which is made of single-crystal Si, to define at least one of an n-type region and a p-type region in the semiconductor base member; (b) conducting a first heat treatment on the semiconductor base member, in which the n-type or p-type region has been defined, at a temperature rise/fall rate of 40° C./sec or more and with the highest temperature to reach set within the range of 1000° C. to 1200° C.; and (c) conducting a second heat treatment on the semiconductor base member, which has gone through the first heat treatment, at a lower temperature rise/fall rate than in the first heat treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Akihiko Sagara, Satoshi Shibata