Patents by Inventor Daisuke Kawasaki

Daisuke Kawasaki 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: 20140045069
    Abstract: Provided is a lithium secondary cell in which elution of manganese from a manganese olivine compound into an electrolyte is suppressed, a high level of safety is obtained, the charge/discharge cycle efficiency and suppression of leakage of manganese during storage can be maintained over a long period, a long lifespan is obtained, a rapid decrease in cell voltage near the end of discharge is suppressed, and output characteristics are enhanced, when a manganese olivine compound having excellent stability during charge/discharge is used as the principal component in the positive electrode active material. The positive electrode contains a positive electrode active material containing an olivine compound represented by LiMm1-aXaPO4 (where X represents Mg and/or Fe, and a represents a value that satisfies 0?a?0.3) and a lithium nickel oxide represented by LiNi1-bZbO2 (where Z represents one or more selected from Co, Mn, Al, Mg, and V; and b represents a value that satisfies 0?b?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Inventors: Tatsuji Numata, Tetsuya Kajita, Hiroo Takahashi, Daisuke Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20140017572
    Abstract: The object is to provide a lithium ion secondary battery which has an excellent cycle property even in high-temperature environment and which has small volume increase. An exemplary embodiment of the invention is a lithium ion secondary battery, comprising: a positive electrode, a negative electrode comprising a negative electrode active material, and an electrolyte liquid; wherein the electrolyte liquid comprises a chain-type fluorinated ester compound represented by a predetermined formula and a chain-type fluorinated ether compound represented by a predetermined formula; wherein the negative electrode active material comprises metal (a) that can be alloyed with lithium, metal oxide (b) that can absorb and desorb lithium ion, and carbon material (c) that can absorb and desorb lithium ion; and wherein metal (a) is silicon, and metal oxide (b) is silicon oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makiko Uehara, Daisuke Kawasaki, Takehiro Noguchi, Akinobu Nakamura, Kenichi Shimura, Yoko Hashizume
  • Publication number: 20140017559
    Abstract: The object is to provide a secondary battery which has an excellent cycle property even in high-temperature environment and which has small resistance increase even when it is used in high-temperature environment. An exemplary embodiment of the invention is a secondary battery, comprising: a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte liquid; wherein the electrolyte liquid comprises a chain-type fluorinated sulfone compound represented by a predetermined formula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Daisuke Kawasaki, Kenichi Shimura, Yoko Hashizume
  • Publication number: 20130266846
    Abstract: A secondary battery having high capacity and satisfactory high-temperature cycle characteristics is provided. A secondary battery according to the exemplary embodiment has an electrode element in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are arranged so as to face each other, an electrolytic solution and an outer package packaging the electrode element and the electrolytic solution, wherein the negative electrode is formed by binding a negative electrode active material containing at least one of a metal (a) capable of forming an alloy with lithium and a metal oxide (b) capable of absorbing and releasing lithium ions, to a negative electrode collector, with a polyimide or a polyamide-imide serving as a negative electrode binder; and the electrolytic solution contains a phosphazene compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Kawasaki, Masahiro Suguro, Midori Shimura, Kazuaki Matsumoto, Yoko Hashizume
  • Publication number: 20130266875
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention is a secondary battery which comprises a negative electrode and a battery electrolyte liquid comprising a supporting salt and a non-aqueous electrolyte solvent; wherein the negative electrode is obtained by pre-forming a SEI coating film on a negative electrode structure which is formed by binding a negative electrode active substance comprising a metal (a). that can be alloyed with lithium, a metal oxide (b) that can absorb and desorb lithium ion and a carbon material (c) that can absorb and desorb lithium ion, to a negative electrode current collector with a negative electrode binder, and wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte solvent contains at least an ionic liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki Matsumoto, Daisuke Kawasaki, Masahiro Suguro, Midori Shimura, Yoko Hashizume
  • Publication number: 20130260218
    Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery having a good battery property at a high temperature. A secondary battery according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention comprises a negative electrode and an electrolyte liquid; wherein the negative electrode is formed by binding a negative electrode active substance on a negative electrode collector with a negative electrode binder; and wherein the electrolyte liquid comprises a compound (A) having a C?S bond. In this embodiment, the negative electrode active substance is formed by covering at least one of a metal (a) that can be alloyed with lithium and a metal oxide (b) that can absorb and desorb a lithium ion with a carbon material (c). Alternatively, the negative electrode active substance comprises a metal (a) that can be alloyed with lithium and the negative electrode binder negative electrode is a polyimide or a polyamide-imide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoko Hashizume, Daisuke Kawasaki, Masahiro Suguro, Midori Shimura, Kazuaki Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20130244086
    Abstract: Provided are a negative electrode for a secondary battery realizing satisfactory cycle characteristics and a method for manufacturing the same, and a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having satisfactory cycle characteristics. A negative electrode for a secondary battery formed by bonding a negative electrode active material to a negative electrode collector with a negative electrode binder, in which the negative electrode binder is a polyimide or a polyamide-imide, and the negative electrode collector is a Cu alloy containing at least one metal (a) selected from the group consisting of Sn, In, Mg and Ag and has a conductivity of 50 IACS % or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: NEC ENERGY DEVICES, LTD.
    Inventors: Jiro Iriyama, Daisuke Kawasaki, Ryuichi Kasahara, Tetsuya Kajita, Tatsuji Numata
  • Publication number: 20130230762
    Abstract: A secondary battery capable of suppressing deterioration of rate characteristics and cycle characteristics even under a high-temperature environment is provided. The secondary battery according to an exemplary embodiment is a secondary battery having an electrode element in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are arranged so as to face each other, an electrolytic solution and an outer package packaging the electrode element and the electrolytic solution, in which the negative electrode is formed by binding a negative electrode active material to a negative electrode collector, with a negative electrode binder; and the electrolytic solution contains an organic sulfurane compound. The secondary battery electrolytic solution according to the exemplary embodiment contains an organic sulfurane compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoko Hashizume, Daisuke Kawasaki, Masahiro Suguro, Midori Shimura, Kazuaki Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20130183576
    Abstract: An object is to provide a higher-performance secondary battery, particularly to provide a secondary battery having a low impedance. The present exemplary embodiment is a secondary battery comprising an electrode assembly in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are arranged to face each other, an electrolyte liquid, and a package accommodating the electrode assembly and the electrolyte liquid, wherein the negative electrode includes a negative electrode active substance containing at least one selected from a metal (a) capable of being alloyed with lithium, and a metal oxide (b) capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions, a negative electrode binder, and a negative electrode current collector; and the electrolyte liquid contains a sulfide compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Suguro, Daisuke Kawasaki, Midori Shimura, Kazuaki Matsumoto, Yoko Hashizume
  • Publication number: 20130164604
    Abstract: An objection is to provide a high performance secondary battery having good flame retardancy and cycle properties. The present exemplary embodiment provides a secondary battery comprising an electrode assembly in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are arranged to face each other, an electrolyte liquid and a package accommodating the electrode assembly and the electrolyte liquid, wherein the negative electrode is formed by binding a negative electrode active substance comprising a metal (a) capable of being alloyed with lithium, a metal oxide (b) capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions and a carbon material (c) capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions, to a negative electrode current collector, with a negative electrode binder, and the electrolyte liquid comprises a supporting salt and an electrolytic solvent, the electrolytic solvent comprising at least one phosphate ester compound selected from phosphite esters, phosphonate esters and bisphosphonate esters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki Matsumoto, Daisuke Kawasaki, Masahiro Suguro, Midori Shimura, Yoko Hashizume
  • Publication number: 20130164603
    Abstract: The object is to provide a secondary battery with higher performance, and especially to provide a secondary battery having low impedance. An exemplary embodiment of the invention is a secondary battery, comprising an electrode assembly in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are oppositely disposed, an electrolyte liquid, and a package which encloses the electrode assembly and the electrolyte liquid inside; wherein the negative electrode is formed by binding a negative electrode active substance to a negative electrode collector with a negative electrode binder; and wherein the electrolyte liquid comprises a fluorine-containing cyclic ether compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Suguro, Daisuke Kawasaki, Midori Shimura, Kazuaki Matsumoto, Yoko Hashizume
  • Publication number: 20130164605
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a secondary battery in which the decomposition of an electrolyte liquid is suppressed and the generation of a gas is reduced, even in the case of using a laminate film as a package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Midori Shimura, Daisuke Kawasaki, Masahiro Suguro, Yoko Hashizume, Kazuaki Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20130157119
    Abstract: An object is to provide a secondary battery in which decomposition of an electrolyte liquid is suppressed and generation of a gas is reduced, even in the case of using a laminate film as a package. Further, the present exemplary embodiment provides a secondary battery of stacked laminate type comprising an electrode assembly in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are arranged to face each other, an electrolyte liquid and a package accommodating the electrode assembly and said electrolyte liquid, wherein the negative electrode is formed by binding a negative electrode active substance comprising a metal (a) capable of being alloyed with lithium, a metal oxide (b) capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions and a carbon material (c) capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions, to a negative electrode current collector, with at least one selected from polyimides and polyamideimides, and the electrolyte liquid comprises a predetermined nitrile compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Midori Shimura, Daisuke Kawasaki, Masahiro Suguro, Yoko Hashizume, Kazuaki Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20130157120
    Abstract: The object of an exemplary embodiment of the invention is to provide a secondary battery with a high performance in which the generation of the swelling can be suppressed and in which the cycle property is excellent. An exemplary embodiment of the invention is a secondary battery, comprising an electrode assembly in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are oppositely disposed, an electrolyte liquid, and a package which encloses the electrode assembly and the electrolyte liquid inside; wherein the negative electrode is formed by binding a negative electrode active substance, which comprises metal (a) that can be alloyed with lithium, metal oxide (b) that can absorb and desorb lithium ion, and carbon material (c) that can absorb and desorb lithium ion, to a negative electrode collector with at least one selected from polyimides and a polyamide-imides; and wherein the electrolyte liquid comprises a compound represented by any one of predetermined formulae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Midori Shimura, Daisuke Kawasaki, Masahiro Suguro, Yoko Hashizume, Kazuaki Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20130157117
    Abstract: Provided is a lithium ion secondary battery in which a high-energy type negative electrode is used, the lithium ion secondary battery having high capacity and excellent thermal stability. A secondary battery according to the present embodiment comprises: an electrode element having a positive electrode and a negative electrode opposed each other; an electrolyte; and an outer casing containing the electrode element and the electrolyte, wherein the negative electrode comprises a negative electrode active material, which includes at least one of a metal (a) capable of alloying with lithium and a metal oxide (b) capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions, is bonded to a negative electrode current collector by a negative electrode bonding agent, and the electrolyte comprises 70˜99 vol % of a phosphoric acid ester compound and 1˜15 vol % of a fluorinated carbonate compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki Matsumoto, Daisuke Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20130119940
    Abstract: There is provided a control system for a lithium secondary battery that can quantitatively sense a deterioration state inherent in a lithium secondary battery using silicon oxide as a negative electrode active material, that is, the nonuniform reaction state of a negative electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicants: NEC ENERGY DEVICES, LTD., NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jiro Iriyama, Tetsuya Kajita, Daisuke Kawasaki, Ryuichi Kasahara, Tatsuji Numata
  • Publication number: 20130122353
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a secondary battery having satisfactory high-temperature cycle characteristics. The present invention relates to a laminate type secondary battery including an electrode element containing an electrode pair in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are arranged so as to face each other, an electrolyte and a jacket housing the electrode element and the electrolyte, in which the negative electrode includes a negative-electrode active material containing at least one of a metal (a) capable of forming an alloy with lithium and a metal oxide (b) capable of absorbing and desorbing lithium ions, a negative electrode binder and a negative electrode current collector; the electrolyte contains a nonaqueous solvent and biphenyl; and the content of the biphenyl in the electrolyte is 0.5 to 2.5% by mass, based on the total of the nonaqueous solvent and the biphenyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Kawasaki, Masahiro Suguro, Midori Shimura, Kazuaki Matsumoto, Yoko Hashizume
  • Publication number: 20130108914
    Abstract: In a lithium ion secondary battery including a positive electrode, a separator, a negative electrode, and a package body, the negative electrode includes simple substance silicon as a negative electrode active material, and a negative electrode binder, and is doped with lithium, and the following formulas (1) and (2) are satisfied: 1.2?Ma/Mc?1.9??(1) 1.0<Ma/(Mc+MLi)<1.6??(2) wherein an amount of lithium inserted into the negative electrode until the negative electrode reaches a potential of 0.02 V with respect to metal lithium is Ma (a number of atoms), an amount of lithium released from the positive electrode until the positive electrode reaches a potential of 4.3 V with respect to metal lithium is Mc (a number of atoms), and an amount of lithium with which the negative electrode is doped is MLi (a number of atoms).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicants: NEC ENERGY DEVICES, LTD., NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi Kasahara, Jiro Iriyama, Tetsuya Kajita, Hiroo Takahashi, Tatsuji Numata, Daisuke Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20120321940
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to a present exemplary embodiment comprises an electrode element including a positive electrode and a negative electrode arranged to face each other, a nonaqueous electrolyte and a jacket housing the electrode element and the nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode is formed by bounding a negative electrode active material to a negative electrode collector with a negative electrode binder, the negative electrode active material containing (a) a carbon material capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium ions, (b) a metal capable of forming an alloy with lithium and (c) a metal oxide capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium ions. The nonaqueous electrolyte contains a nonaqueous solvent, a cyclic fluorinated carbonate and a linear fluorinated ether.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Daisuke Kawasaki, Shinako Kaneko, Jiro Iriyama
  • Publication number: 20120244420
    Abstract: A secondary battery according to the present exemplary embodiment is a secondary battery including a laminated electrode body provided with at least one pair of positive and negative electrodes and an outer enclosure that accommodates the laminated electrode body, wherein the outer enclosure includes one or more concave portions, inside a border corresponding to an outer edge of an electrode surface of an outermost layer of the laminated electrode body, on a surface facing the electrode surface, and wherein, when a band-shaped outer circumferential region having an area that is a half of an area inside the border is set inside the border, at least one of the concave portions is located inside the outer circumferential region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin SERIZAWA, Hiroo TAKAHASHI, Daisuke KAWASAKI, Jiro IRIYAMA, Ryuichi KASAHARA, Emiko FUJII, Tetsuya KAJITA, Tatsuji NUMATA