Abstract: A negative electrode active material includes particles of negative electrode active material, wherein the particles of negative electrode active material contain particles of silicon compound containing silicon compound (SiOx:0.5?x?1.6), the particles of negative electrode active material contain crystalline Li2SiO3 in at least a part thereof, and the particles of negative electrode active material satisfy the following formula 1 and formula 2 between an intensity A of a peak derived from Li2SiO3, an intensity B of a peak derived from Si, an intensity C of a peak derived from Li2Si2O5, and an intensity D of a peak derived from SiO2, which are obtained from a 29Si-MAS-NMR spectrum. Thus a negative electrode active material capable of increasing a battery capacity, and improving the cycle characteristics and initial charge/discharge characteristics when used as a negative electrode active material of the lithium ion secondary battery is provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a negative electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising negative electrode active material particles containing a silicon compound expressed by SiOx at least partially coated with a carbon coating where 0.5?x?1.6. The negative electrode active material particles have a negative zeta potential and exhibiting fragments of CyHz compound in an outermost surface layer of the silicon compound when subjected to TOF-SIMS. This negative electrode material can increase the battery capacity and improve the cycle performance and battery initial efficiency. The invention also provides a negative electrode active material layer, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using this material, and a method of producing this material.

Abstract: A production method of a negative electrode active material containing a silicon compound (SiOx: 0.5?x?1.6) that contains Lithium includes: making a silicon compound into which the lithium has been inserted contact with a solution B containing a polycyclic aromatic compound or a derivative thereof or both thereof (here, the solution B contains one or more kinds selected from an ether-based solvent, a ketone-based solvent, an ester-based solvent, an alcohol-based solvent, and an amine-based solvent as a solvent); and making the silicon compound contact with a solution C (here, the solution C contains one or more kinds selected from an ether-based material, a ketone-based material, and an ester-based material as the solvent, and contains a compound having a quinoid structure in a molecule as a solute).

Abstract: The present invention is a negative electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, including negative electrode active material particles composed of a silicon compound (SiOx, where 0.5?x?1.6) containing a lithium compound, the negative electrode active material particles being coated with a coating containing at least two of a substance having two or more hydroxyl groups per molecule, phosphoryl fluoride, lithium carbonate, and a hydrocarbon that exhibits a positive ion spectrum CyH2 (1?y?3 and 2?z?5) when subjected to TOF-SIMS. There can be provided a negative electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a negative electrode using this negative electrode material, and a method of producing negative electrode active material particles that can increase the battery capacity and improve the cycle performance and initial charge and discharge performance.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material including: a particle of negative electrode active material containing silicon-based material of SiOx (0.5?x?1.6); wherein the intensity A of a peak in a Si-region given in the chemical shift region of from ?50 to ?95 ppm and the intensity B of a peak in a SiO2-region given in the chemical shift region of from ?96 to ?150 ppm in a 29Si-MAS-NMR spectrum of the silicon-based material satisfy a relationship that A/B?0.8. This provides a negative electrode active material which can increase a battery capacity, and can improve cycle characteristics and initial charge/discharge characteristics when used as a negative electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material, wherein the negative electrode active material is a negative electrode active material including negative electrode active material particles; the negative electrode active material particles include silicon compound particles including a silicon compound (SiOx: 0.5?x?1.6); the silicon compound particles include at least any one kind or more kinds of Li2SiO3 and Li4SiO4; the negative electrode active material particles have a loose bulk density BD of 0.5 g/cm3 or more and 0.9 g/cm3 or less, a tapped bulk density TD of 0.7 g/cm3 or more and 1.2 g/cm3 or less, and a compression degree of 25% or less, the compression degree being defined by (TD?BD)/TD. Therefore, the negative electrode active material which is capable of improving the initial charge and discharge characteristics as well as the cycle characteristics upon using it as the negative electrode active material of a secondary battery is provided.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material that includes negative electrode active material particles that contain a silicon compound that contains a Li compound. The silicon compound is at least partially coated with a carbon coating, and the negative electrode active material particles are coated with a coating composed of at least one of a compound having a boron-fluorine bond and a compound having a phosphorous-fluorine bond on at least a part of the surface of either or both of the silicon compound and the carbon coating. The negative electrode active material particles contain a boron or a phosphorous element in a range of 10 to 10000 ppm by mass with respect to the total amount of negative electrode active material particles. These features can provide for a negative electrode active material that can increase battery capacity and improve cycle performance in a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery.

Abstract: The present invention is a negative electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, including negative electrode active material particles containing a silicon compound expressed by SiOx where 0.5?x?1.6, the silicon compound being coated with a carbon coating layer composed of a carbon component, wherein the negative electrode active material particles contain a SiO2 component having a tridymite structure and exhibit a diffraction peak around 21.825° with a half width (2?) of 0.15° or less in X-ray diffraction. This negative electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery can increase the battery capacity and improve the cycle performance and the initial charge and discharge performance.

Abstract: A negative electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery contains negative electrode active material particles containing a silicon compound expressed by SiOx, where 0.5?x?1.6, and a coating layer composed of an organic polymer coating the silicon compound, the silicon compound containing a lithium compound on its surface or inside. As a result, a negative electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery can increase the battery capacity and improve the cycle performance and battery initial efficiency.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, including negative electrode active material particles containing a silicon compound expressed by SiOx where 0.5?x?1.6, the negative electrode active material particles at least partially coated with a carbon coating, the carbon coating exhibiting a specific surface area ranging from 5 m2/g to 1000 m2/g, the specific surface area being measured by a multipoint BET method after the carbon coating is separated from the negative electrode active material particles, the carbon coating exhibiting a compression resistivity ranging from 1.0×10?3 ?·cm to 1.0 ?·cm when the carbon coating is compressed so as to have a density of 1.0 g/cm3, the compression resistivity being measured after the carbon coating is separated from the negative electrode active material particles. This negative electrode active material can increase the battery capacity and improve the cycle performance and battery initial efficiency.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, includes: negative electrode active material particles that contain a silicon compound (SiOx: 0.5?x?1.6) containing a Li compound, wherein the silicon compound is at least partially coated with a carbon coating, and at least a part of a surface of the silicon compound, a surface of the carbon coating, or both of them are coated with a composite layer that contains a composite composed of amorphous metal oxide and metal hydroxide. This provides a negative electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that is highly stable in aqueous slurry, having a high capacity, favorable cycle performance and first efficiency.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a negative electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, including a conductive powder composed of silicon-based active material particles coated with a conductive carbon film, in which the conductive carbon film exhibits a d-band having a peak half width of 100 cm?1 or more as determined from a Raman spectrum of the conductive carbon film. The invention provides a negative electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that has excellent cycle performance and keeps high charge and discharge capacity due to use of a silicon-based active material, a method of producing the negative electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, including negative electrode active material particles containing a silicon compound (SiOx where 0.5?x?1.6), the negative electrode active material particles being coated with a carbon coating composed of a substance at least partially containing carbon, the carbon coating having a density ranging from 1.2 g/cm3 to 1.9 g/cm3, the negative electrode active material particles having a characteristic of type II or type III adsorption-desorption isotherm in the IUPAC classification, as obtained by adsorption-desorption isotherm measurement with nitrogen gas. This negative electrode active material can increase the battery capacity and improve the cycle performance and battery initial efficiency.

Abstract: A negative electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery contains negative electrode active material particles containing a silicon compound expressed by SiOx, where 0.5?x?1.6, and a coating layer composed of an organic polymer coating the silicon compound, the silicon compound containing a lithium compound on its surface or inside.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material for a negative electrode material of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, includes a silicon-based material expressed by SiOx where 0.5?x?1.6 and either or both of a crystalized fluorine compound and a compound containing —CF2—CF2— units in at least a part of a surface layer of the negative electrode active material, the silicon-based material containing at least one of Li6Si2O7, Li2Si3O5, and Li4SiO4. There can be provided a negative electrode active material that can increase the battery capacity and improve the cycle performance and initial charge and discharge performance when used for a lithium-ion secondary battery, as well as a lithium-ion secondary battery having a negative electrode using this negative electrode active material.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, wherein the negative electrode active material includes negative electrode active material particles, the negative electrode active material particles include a silicon compound particle which includes a silicon compound including oxygen, the silicon compound particle includes a Li compound, and the silicon compound particle is adhered with a phosphate salt in an outermost surface layer thereof. With this, the negative electrode active material which is high in the capacity and the stability to aqueous slurry as well as excellent in the cycle characteristic and the first efficiency can be provided.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material includes a negative electrode active material particle. The negative electrode active material particle includes a silicon compound particle including a silicon compound (SiOx: 0.5?x?1.6). The silicon compound particle includes crystalline Li2Si2O5 in at least part of the silicon compound particle. Among peak intensities A derived from Li2SiO3, B derived from Si, a peak intensity C derived from Li2Si2O5, and D derived from SiO2 which are obtained from a 29Si-MAS-NMR spectrum of the silicon compound particle, the peak intensity C is the highest intensity, and the peak intensity A and the peak intensity C satisfy a relationship of the formula A<C/3. Thus, a negative electrode active material stabilizes a slurry prepared when a negative electrode of a secondary battery is prepared, and improves initial charge and discharge and cycle characteristics when used as a negative electrode active material for a secondary battery.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material which is a negative electrode active material containing particles of a negative electrode active material, wherein the particles of the negative electrode active material contain particles of a silicon compound which contain a silicon compound (SiOx: 0.5?x?1.6), the particles of the negative electrode active material contain lithium, and the particles of the negative electrode active material have a peak in the range of 2?=31.8±0.5° measured by X-ray diffraction spectrum using K? line of Cu. According to this constitution, it is provided a negative electrode active material capable of improving cycle characteristics and initial charge and discharge characteristics when it is used as a negative electrode active material of a lithium ion secondary battery.

Abstract: A negative electrode active material contains particles of negative electrode active material, wherein the particles of negative electrode active material contain a silicon compound represented by SiOx (0.5?x?1.6), and when the particles of negative electrode active material are measured by an atom probe method, and an Si 75% equivalent concentration surface obtained by the atom probe method is defined to be a boundary surface of a silicon grain, an average diameter of the silicon grains at a center portion of the particle in the particles of negative electrode active material is in the range of 0.25 nm to 5 nm. According to this constitution, when it is used as the negative electrode active material of a secondary battery, a negative electrode active material is capable of increasing battery capacity and improving cycle characteristics.

Abstract: The present invention is a negative electrode active material for a negative electrode active material layer of a lithium ion secondary battery, wherein: the negative electrode active material comprises silicon-based material consisting of SiOx (0.5?x?1.6); and the negative electrode active material has two or more peaks in a region of a bond energy ranging from 520 eV to 537 eV in an O 1s peak shape given in an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. As a result, it is possible to provide a negative electrode active material in which a battery capacity can be increased and cycle characteristics and initial charge/discharge characteristics can be improved when used as a negative electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery.