Abstract: A method for manufacturing a positive electrode active material includes: (a) preparing a fired powder of a lithium nickel composite oxide by mixing a nickel compound selected from a nickel hydroxide including nickel, and an element selected from other transition metal elements, elements of the second group and elements of the thirteenth group of the Periodic System, a nickel oxyhydroxide thereof, and a nickel oxide obtained by roasting thereof, and a lithium compound, and firing the mixture at a maximum temperature of 650° C. to 850° C. under oxygen atmosphere; and (b) preparing a lithium nickel composite oxide powder by mixing the fired powder with water to obtain a slurry, washing the fired powder with water at a temperature of 10° C. to 40° C., while controlling an electrical conductivity of a liquid portion of the slurry to 30 mS/cm to 60 mS/cm, then filtering and drying the resultant fired powder.

Abstract: A coated nickel hydroxide powder that has improved dispersibility in a paste to inhibit agglomeration and can be densely packed in a three-dimensional metal porous body in the preparation of a positive electrode for alkaline secondary battery includes nickel hydroxide particles and a coating layer made of a cobalt compound and formed on a surface of the nickel hydroxide particles, wherein when 10 mL of water is added to 10 g of the coated nickel hydroxide powder to prepare a suspension, a total amount of eluted ions except for oxonium ions, hydroxide ions, and carbonate ions in the suspension is 6.5 mmol/L or less. The coated nickel hydroxide powder obtained through a crystallization step, a coating step, and a washing step is dried in a drying step in a decarbonated atmosphere whose partial pressure of a carbon-containing gas is 15 Pa or less.

Abstract: A coated nickel hydroxide powder that has improved dispersibility in a paste to inhibit agglomeration and can be densely packed in a three-dimensional metal porous body in the preparation of a positive electrode for alkaline secondary battery includes nickel hydroxide particles having a coating layer made of a cobalt compound formed on a surface of the nickel hydroxide particles, wherein when 10 mL of water is added to 10 g of the coated nickel hydroxide powder to prepare a suspension, the suspension has a pH of 10.2 or higher (as measured at 25° C.). The coated nickel hydroxide powder obtained through a crystallization step and a coating step is washed in a washing step until an amount of ammonium ions eluted into a suspension obtained by adding 10 mL of water to 10 g of the coated nickel hydroxide powder becomes 0.35 mmol/L or less.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a positive electrode active material includes: (a) preparing a fired powder of a lithium nickel composite oxide by mixing a nickel compound selected from a nickel hydroxide including nickel, and an element selected from other transition metal elements, elements of the second group and elements of the thirteenth group of the Periodic System, a nickel oxyhydroxide thereof, and a nickel oxide obtained by roasting thereof, and a lithium compound, and firing the mixture at a maximum temperature of 650° C. to 850° C. under oxygen atmosphere; and (b) preparing a lithium nickel composite oxide powder by mixing the fired powder with water to obtain a slurry, washing the fired powder with water at a temperature of 10° C. to 40° C., while controlling an electrical conductivity of a liquid portion of the slurry to 30 mS/cm to 60 mS/cm, then filtering and drying the resultant fired powder.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery that is constituted by a lithium nickel composite oxide that combines a high capacity with excellent thermal stability, a manufacturing method suitable for industrial production, and a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of high safety. A positive electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a lithium nickel composite oxide represented by the following composition formula (1): LibNi1-aM1aO2??(1) (where M1 represents at least one element selected from transition metal elements other than Ni, elements of the second group of the Periodic System and elements of the thirteenth group of the Periodic System; a satisfies the condition 0.01?a?0.5; and b satisfies the condition 0.85?b?1.05). The content of carbon in the lithium nickel composite oxide is equal to or less than 0.08% by mass.

Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery positive electrode active material formed from a lithium-nickel composite oxide which, while retaining high capacity and a high level of safety, has an excellent cycle characteristic by controlling reaction resistance and a method for producing it. [Solution] A lithium-nickel composite oxide is produced by steps (a) to (c) described below: (a) nickel hydroxide and/or nickel oxyhydroxide in a prescribed composition are sintered in a non-reducing atmosphere having 850° C. or lower to give nickel oxide; (b) after the nickel oxide and a lithium compound are mixed in a prescribed molar ratio, the mixture is sintered in an oxygen atmosphere at a temperature of 650 to 850° C.

Abstract: Provided is a coated nickel hydroxide powder that is obtained by forming a coating mainly containing cobalt oxyhydroxide on the surface of particles of a nickel hydroxide powder so that the uniformity and adhesion properties of the coating are ensured, and is therefore suitable for a positive electrode active material of alkaline secondary battery. The pH of a suspension of a nickel hydroxide powder is kept at 8 to 11.5, and an aqueous cobalt salt solution and an aqueous alkali, solution are supplied to the suspension while the ratio of the supply rate ? of the aqueous cobalt salt solution to the product of the supply width d of the aqueous cobalt salt solution in a direction orthogonal to the flow direction of the suspension and the flow velocity v of the suspension in a contact portion between the suspension and the aqueous cobalt salt solution, that is, ?/(d×v) is controlled to be 3.8×10?4 mol/cm2 or less to coat the surface of nickel hydroxide particles with cobalt hydroxide.

Abstract: A method for producing coated nickel hydroxide powder for a positive electrode of an alkaline secondary battery wherein the pH of a suspension of a nickel hydroxide powder is kept at 8 to 11.5, and an aqueous cobalt salt solution and an aqueous alkali solution are supplied to the suspension to coat the surface of nickel hydroxide particles with cobalt hydroxide. Then, the pH of a slurry of the cobalt hydroxide-coated nickel hydroxide powder is adjusted to 12.5 to 13.0, and oxygen is supplied to the slurry so that the total amount of oxygen supplied per mole of cobalt in the coating is 30 l/mol or more to oxidize the cobalt hydroxide.

Abstract: A coated nickel hydroxide powder that has a cobalt compound coating having improved uniformity and adhesion properties on the surface of particles thereof and is therefore suitable for a positive electrode active material of an alkaline secondary battery is obtained by coating the surface of nickel hydroxide particles with a cobalt compound, and has a transmittance ratio of 30% or higher as determined by (A?Bmax)/(B0?Bmax). The transmittance A (coated nickel hydroxide powder), the transmittance B0 (nickel hydroxide powder), or the transmittance Bmax (nickel hydroxide powder and cobalt compound containing cobalt in an amount corresponding to the amount of cobalt contained in the coating) can be determined by measuring the transmittance of a tubular transparent cell after shaking the tightly-closed transparent cell containing each powder for a certain time and then taking the contents out of the transparent cell.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cathode active material that makes possible a high capacity nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery that has excellent discharge load characteristics that provide both good cycle characteristics and thermal stability. The cathode active material comprises a lithium nickel composite oxide having the compositional formula LiNi1?aMaO2 (where, M is at least one kind of element that is selected from among a transitional metal other than Ni, a group 2 element, and group 13 element, and 0.01?a?0.5) to which fine lithium manganese composite oxide particle adhere to the surface thereof. This lithium nickel composite oxide is obtained by adding manganese salt solution to a lithium nickel composite oxide slurry, causing manganese hydroxide that contains lithium to adhere to the surface of the lithium nickel composite oxide particles, and then baking that lithium nickel composite oxide.

Abstract: The present invention provides nickel-cobalt-manganese composite hydroxide and a method for manufacturing same, the nickel-cobalt-manganese composite hydroxide as a precursor allowing a positive electrode active material having excellent battery characteristics and a high-density to be manufactured. The nickel-cobalt-manganese composite hydroxide is represented by a general formula: Ni1-x-y-zCoxMnyMz(OH)2 (wherein 0<x?1/3, 0<y?1/3, 0?z?0.1, and M is at least one element selected from Mg, Al, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Nb, Mo, and W) and serves as a precursor of a positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries; wherein the specific surface area measured by a nitrogen adsorption BET method is 1.0 to 10.0 m2/g, the carbon content measured by a high frequency combustion infrared absorption method is not more than 0.1% by mass, and the half-value width of a plane in X-ray diffraction is not more than 1.5°.

Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery positive electrode active material formed from a lithium-nickel composite oxide which, while retaining high capacity and a high level of safety, has an excellent cycle characteristic by controlling reaction resistance and a method for producing it. [Solution] A lithium-nickel composite oxide is produced by steps (a) to (c) described below: (a) nickel hydroxide and/or nickel oxyhydroxide in a prescribed composition are sintered in a non-reducing atmosphere having 850° C. or lower to give nickel oxide; (b) after the nickel oxide and a lithium compound are mixed in a prescribed molar ratio, the mixture is sintered in an oxygen atmosphere at a temperature of 650 to 850° C.

Abstract: A coated nickel hydroxide powder that has improved dispersibility in a paste to inhibit agglomeration and can be densely packed in a three-dimensional metal porous body in the preparation of a positive electrode for alkaline secondary battery includes nickel hydroxide particles and a coating layer made of a cobalt compound and formed on a surface of the nickel hydroxide particles, wherein when 10 mL of water is added to 10 g of the coated nickel hydroxide powder to prepare a suspension, a total amount of eluted ions except for oxonium ions, hydroxide ions, and carbonate ions in the suspension is 6.5 mmol/L or less. The coated nickel hydroxide powder obtained through a crystallization step, a coating step, and a washing step is dried in a drying step in a decarbonated atmosphere whose partial pressure of a carbon-containing gas is 15 Pa or less.

Abstract: A coated nickel hydroxide powder that has improved dispersibility in a paste to inhibit agglomeration and can be densely packed in a three-dimensional metal porous body in the preparation of a positive electrode for alkaline secondary battery includes nickel hydroxide particles and a coating layer made of a cobalt compound and formed on a surface of the nickel hydroxide particles, wherein when 10 mL of water is added to 10 g of the coated nickel hydroxide powder to prepare a suspension, the suspension having a pH of 10.2 or higher (as measured at 25° C.). The coated nickel hydroxide powder obtained through a crystallization step and a coating step is washed in a washing step until an amount of ammonium ions eluted into a suspension obtained by adding 10 mL of water to 10 g of the coated nickel hydroxide powder becomes 0.35 mmol/L or less.

Abstract: Provided are a coated nickel hydroxide powder that has a cobalt compound coating having improved uniformity and adhesion properties on the surface of particles thereof and is therefore suitable for use as a positive electrode active material of alkaline secondary battery, and an evaluation method for the adhesion properties of the coating. The coated nickel hydroxide powder for a positive electrode active material of alkaline secondary battery is obtained by coating the surface of nickel hydroxide particles with a cobalt compound, and has a. transmittance ratio of 30% or higher as determined by (A?Bmax)/(B0?Bmax).

Abstract: Provided is a coated nickel hydroxide powder that is obtained by forming a coating mainly containing cobalt oxyhydroxide on the surface of particles of a nickel hydroxide powder so that the uniformity and adhesion properties of the coating are ensured, and is therefore suitable for a positive electrode active material of alkaline secondary battery. The pH of a suspension of a nickel hydroxide powder is kept at 8 to 11.5, and an aqueous cobalt salt solution and an aqueous alkali solution are supplied to the suspension while the ratio of the supply rate ? of the aqueous cobalt salt solution to the product of the supply width d of the aqueous cobalt salt solution in a direction orthogonal to the flow direction of the suspension and the flow velocity v of the suspension in a contact portion between the suspension and the aqueous cobalt salt solution, that is, ?/(d×v) is controlled to be 3.5×10?4 mol/cm2 or less to coat the surface of nickel hydroxide particles with cobalt hydroxide.

Abstract: The present invention provides nickel-cobalt-manganese composite hydroxide and a method for manufacturing same, the nickel-cobalt-manganese composite hydroxide as a precursor allowing a positive electrode active material having excellent battery characteristics and a high-density to be manufactured. The nickel-cobalt-manganese composite hydroxide is represented by a general formula: Ni1-x-y-zCoxMnyMz(OH)2 (wherein 0<x?1/3, 0<y?1/3, 0?z?0.1, and M is at least one element selected from Mg, Al, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Nb, Mo, and W) and serves as a precursor of a positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries; wherein the specific surface area measured by a nitrogen adsorption BET method is 1.0 to 10.0 m2/g, the carbon content measured by a high frequency combustion infrared absorption method is not more than 0.1% by mass, and the half-value width of a plane in X-ray diffraction is not more than 1.5°.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery that is constituted by a lithium nickel composite oxide that combines a high capacity with excellent thermal stability, a manufacturing method suitable for industrial production, and a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of high safety. A positive electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a lithium nickel composite oxide represented by the following composition formula (1): LibNi1-aM1aO2??(1) (where M1 represents at least one element selected from transition metal elements other than Ni, elements of the second group of the Periodic System and elements of the thirteenth group of the Periodic System; a satisfies the condition 0.01?a?0.5; and b satisfies the condition 0.85?b?1.05). The content of carbon in the lithium nickel composite oxide is equal to or less than 0.08% by mass.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery composed of a lithium nickel composite oxide having high capacity and superior heat stability, a production method that is suitable for its industrial production, and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having high safety. The positive electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a lithium nickel composite oxide having by the following general formula (1): LibNi1-aM1aO2??(1) (wherein M1 represents at least one kind of element selected from transition metal elements other than Ni, the second group elements and the thirteenth group elements; a satisfies 0.01?a?0.5; and b satisfies 0.85?b?1.05). The amount of lithium at the surface of the lithium nickel composite oxide is 0.10% by mass or lower. The positive electrode active material is obtained by water washing fired powder at a temperature range of 10 to 40° C., and then filtering and drying the same.

Abstract: A lithium-containing composite oxide represented by the formula 1: LixNi1-y-z-v-wCoyAlzM1vM2wO2 is used as a positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery. The element M1 is at least one selected from the group consisting of Mn, Ti, Y, Nb, Mo, and W. The element M2 includes at least two selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba, and the element M2 includes at least Mg and Ca. The formula 1 satisfies 0.97?x?1.1, 0.05?y?0.35, 0.005?z?0.1, 0.0001?v?0.05, and 0.0001?w?0.05. The primary particles have a mean particle size of 0.1 ?m or more and 3 ?m or less, and the secondary particles have a mean particle size of 8 ?m or more and 20 ?m or less.