Patents by Inventor Hiromichi KAMO

Hiromichi KAMO 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: 20190131618
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material including a negative electrode active material particle, wherein the negative electrode active material particle includes a silicon compound particle comprising a silicon compound (SiOx: 0.5?x?1.6), the silicon compound particle includes crystalline Li2SiO3 and Li2Si2O5 in at least part of the silicon compound particle, among a peak intensity A derived from Li2SiO3, a peak intensity B derived from Si, a peak intensity C derived from Li2Si2O5, and a peak intensity D derived from SiO2 which are obtained from a 29Si-MAS-NMR spectrum of the silicon compound particle, the peak intensity A or the peak intensity C is the highest intensity, and the peak intensity A and the peak intensity C satisfy a relationship of the following formula 1,formula 1: C/3?A?3C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takakazu HIROSE, Hiromichi KAMO
  • Publication number: 20190123344
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material including 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 Li2SiO3 in at least part of the silicon compound particle. Among a peak intensity A derived from Li2SiO3, a peak intensity B derived from Si, a peak intensity C derived from Li2Si2O5, and a peak intensity D derived from SiO2 which are obtained from a 29Si-MAS-NMR spectrum of the silicon compound particle, the peak intensity A is the highest intensity, and the peak intensity A and the peak intensity C satisfy a relationship of the following formula 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takakazu HIROSE, Hiromichi KAMO
  • Publication number: 20190115586
    Abstract: A production method of a negative electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries containing particles of lithium-containing silicon compound includes: preparing particles of silicon compound containing a silicon compound (SiOx: 0.5?x?1.6); obtaining particles of lithium-containing silicon compound by making the particle of silicon compound contact with a solution A that contains lithium and has an ether-based solvent as a solvent; and heating the particles of the lithium-containing silicon compound. A production method of a negative electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries is capable of increasing battery capacity of the negative electrode active material and capable of improving the first time efficiency and cycle characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicants: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD., MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Hiromichi KAMO, Takakazu HIROSE, Katsunori NISHIURA, Nan FANG
  • Publication number: 20190097223
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takakazu HIROSE, Hiromichi KAMO
  • Publication number: 20190058189
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takumi MATSUNO, Takakazu HIROSE, Hiromichi KAMO, Masahiro FURUYA, Hidekazu AWANO
  • Publication number: 20190051897
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material contains particle of the negative electrode active material, wherein the particle of the negative electrode active material contains particle of a silicon compound which contains a silicon compound (SiOx: 0.5?x?1.6), the particle of the silicon compound contains lithium, and the particle of the negative electrode active material has a total content rate of a polyphenylene compound component and a polycyclic aromatic component measured by TPD-MS of 1 ppm by mass or more and 4,000 ppm by mass or less. As a result, a negative electrode active material is capable of improving cycle characteristics and initial charge/discharge characteristics when it is used as a negative electrode active material of a lithium ion secondary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromichi KAMO, Masahiro FURUYA, Hidekazu AWANO, Takakazu HIROSE, Takumi MATSUNO, Katsunori NISHIURA, Nan FANG
  • Patent number: 10199678
    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 containing in its interior a lithium compound and one or more ions selected from Group 1 metal ions, Group 2 metal ions, and substitutable ammonium ions. This negative electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery can increase the battery capacity and improve the cycle performance and the battery initial efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromichi Kamo, Takakazu Hirose, Hiroki Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20190006661
    Abstract: Negative electrode active material, wherein the negative electrode active material comprises a negative electrode active material particle; the negative electrode active material particle comprises silicon compound particle comprising a silicon compound (SiOx: 0.5?x?1.6); the silicon compound particle comprises at least any one or more of Li2SiO3 and Li4SiO4; the negative electrode active material comprises 2% by mass or less of silicon dioxide particle and comprises a silicon dioxide-carbon composite secondary particle comprising a plurality of the silicon dioxide particles and carbon; and the composite secondary particle includes a lithium compound in at least part of a portion other than a silicon dioxide or a silicon compound (SiOx: 0.5?x?1.6) in the composite secondary particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takumi MATSUNO, Takakazu HIROSE, Hiromichi KAMO, Masahiro FURUYA, Hidekazu AWANO
  • Publication number: 20180351172
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material contains particles of negative electrode active material, wherein, the particles of negative electrode active material contain particles of silicon compound which contain a silicon compound (SiOx: 0.5?x<1.0), the particles of silicon compound contain lithium, and when the negative electrode active material is used for a negative electrode of a secondary battery having metal lithium as a counter electrode, and 1.2 V constant current discharge is carried out after 0 V constant current and constant voltage charging of the secondary battery, an obtained discharge capacity is 1,550 mAh/g or more and 2,200 mAh/g or less. According to this constitution, a negative electrode active material capable of improving discharge capacity, cycle characteristics and initial charge and discharge characteristics can be provided when it is used for a negative electrode active material of the secondary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takakazu HIROSE, Hiromichi KAMO, Masahiro FURUYA, Takumi MATSUNO
  • Publication number: 20180323424
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material comprising: particles of negative electrode active material, wherein the particles of negative electrode active material contain particles of silicon compound containing a silicon compound (SiOx:0.5?x?1.6), and wherein the particles of silicon compound have, as chemical shift values obtained from a 29Si-MAS-NMR spectrum, an intensity A of a peak derived from amorphous silicon obtained in ?40 to ?60 ppm, an intensity B of a peak derived from silicon dioxide obtained in the vicinity of ?110 ppm, and an intensity C of a peak derived from Si obtained in the vicinity of ?83 ppm, which satisfy the following formula 1 and formula 2. B?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takakazu HIROSE, Hiromichi KAMO
  • Publication number: 20180287193
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a negative electrode active material including: particles of negative electrode active material, wherein the particles of negative electrode active material contain particles of silicon compound containing a silicon compound (SiOx: 0.55?x?1.6), and the particles of silicon compound includes at least one or more kinds of Li2SiO3 and Li4SiO4; the particles of silicon compound contain nickel; and, a mass of the nickel to a mass of the particles of negative electrode active material is 2 mass ppm or more and 100 mass ppm or less. Thus, when used as the negative electrode active material of a secondary battery, a negative electrode active material capable of improving the initial charge/discharge characteristics and cycle characteristics is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takumi MATSUNO, Takakazu HIROSE, Hiromichi KAMO, Masahiro FURUYA, Hidekazu AWANO
  • Publication number: 20180261833
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries which has particles of negative electrode active material, the particles of negative electrode active material containing a silicon compound (SiOx: 0.5?x?1.6) that contains a Li compound, including a carbon coating on at least a part of a surface of the silicon compound and a salt coating containing one or more kinds of a metal silicate containing a metal element other than a lithium element and a metal salt containing a metal element other than the lithium element on a part of a surface of the silicon compound or a surface of the carbon coating or both of these. Thus, the negative electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries having high stability to an aqueous slurry, high capacity and excellent cycle characteristics and initial efficiency may be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takakazu HIROSE, Hiromichi KAMO, Reiko SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20180254480
    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).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicants: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD., MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Hiromichi KAMO, Takakazu HIROSE, Katsunori NISHIURA, Hitoshi ONISHI
  • Patent number: 10069142
    Abstract: The invention provides a rotary tubular furnace including a rotatable furnace tube having an inlet end through which silicon compound particles (SiOx where 0.5?x<1.6) are put therein and an outlet end through which the particles coated with carbon are taken out therefrom; and a heating chamber having a heater to heat the furnace tube, wherein the furnace tube is composed of a heat portion inside the heating chamber and a non-heat portion outside the heating chamber, a length B of the heat portion and an overall length A of the furnace tube satisfy 0.4?B/A<1, and a distance C between the heat portion and the outlet end and the overall length A satisfy 0.04?C/A?0.35. This furnace can inhibit clogging of the furnace tube and mass-produce a negative electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a high capacity with inhibited variations in the amount of carbon coating and crystallinity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohta Takahashi, Masahiro Furuya, Hiroki Yoshikawa, Koichiro Watanabe, Takakazu Hirose, Hiromichi Kamo
  • Publication number: 20180226648
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, wherein: negative electrode active material particles that contain a silicon compound (SiOx: 0.5?x?1.6) having a carbon coating on a surface, wherein the carbon coating exhibits a G?-band peak at a Raman shift in a range of 2600 cm?1 to 2760 cm?1 and a G-band peak at a Raman shift in a range of 1500 cm?1 to 1660 cm?1 in a Raman spectrum obtained by Raman spectrometry, and the G?-band peak and the G-band peak satisfy 0<IG?/IG?0.6 where IG? and IG are intensities of the G?-band peak and the G-band peak, respectively. This provides a negative electrode active material having a high capacity retention rate and high initial efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohta TAKAHASHI, Hiromichi KAMO, Takakazu HIROSE, Masahiro FURUYA, Hiroki YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20180198158
    Abstract: A production method of a negative electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries containing a silicon compound (SiOx: 0.5?1.6) that contains Li, 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 the solvent); and making the silicon compound contact with a solution C (here, the solution C contains one or more kinds selected from an alcohol-based solvent, a carboxylic acid-based solvent, and water as the solvent). Thereby, a production method of a negative electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries is capable of increasing a battery capacity and improving the cycle characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicants: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD., MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Hiromichi KAMO, Takakazu HIROSE
  • Publication number: 20180175369
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takakazu HIROSE, Hiromichi KAMO, Hiroki YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20180175377
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takakazu HIROSE, Hiromichi KAMO
  • Publication number: 20180159116
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takakazu HIROSE, Hiromichi KAMO, Hiroki YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20180151873
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, including: negative electrode active material particles that contain a silicon compound containing a Li compound; wherein the silicon compound is at least partially coated with a carbon coating, 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. This provides a negative electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that can increase battery capacity and improve cycle performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takumi MATSUNO, Hiromichi KAMO, Takakazu HIROSE, Hiroki YOSHIKAWA