Patents by Inventor Junichi IKEJIRI

Junichi IKEJIRI 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: 20230369564
    Abstract: Provided is an electrode mixture used for an all-solid-state sodium storage battery that can maintain a high discharging capacity in a room temperature environment and exhibit excellent charge-discharge cycle characteristics. Further provided is a storage battery comprising the same. An object of the present invention is to provide an electrode mixture used for an all-solid-state sodium storage battery, the electrode mixture comprising an active material, wherein the active material is a cluster formed of polyphosphate acid transition metal oxide with a plurality of individual particles connected together, each particle having a particle size within the range of 0.1 ?m to 100 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Taichi SAKAMOTO, Yuta IKEUCHI, Takashi MUKAI, Hiroshi SENOH, Hideaki TANAKA, Masahiro YANAGIDA, Hideo YAMAUCHI, I, Junichi IKEJIRI, Kei TSUNODA, Ayumu TANAKA, Fumio SATO
  • Patent number: 11721836
    Abstract: Provided are a sodium ion-conductive crystal-containing solid electrolyte sheet capable of giving excellent battery characteristics even when reduced in thickness, and an all-solid-state battery using the same. The solid electrolyte sheet contains at least one type of sodium ion-conductive crystal selected from ??-alumina and NASICON crystal and has a thickness of 500 ?m or less and a flatness of 200 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Ikejiri, Hideo Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20230090263
    Abstract: Provided are a sodium ion-conductive crystal-containing solid electrolyte sheet capable of giving excellent battery characteristics even when reduced in thickness, and an all-solid-state battery using the same. The solid electrolyte sheet contains at least one type of sodium ion-conductive crystal selected from ??-alumina and NASICON crystal and has a thickness of 500 ?m or less and a flatness of 200 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Junichi IKEJIRI, Hideo YAMAUCHI
  • Patent number: 11552329
    Abstract: Provided are a sodium ion-conductive crystal-containing solid electrolyte sheet capable of giving excellent battery characteristics even when reduced in thickness, and an all-solid-state battery using the same. The solid electrolyte sheet contains at least one type of sodium ion-conductive crystal selected from ??-alumina and NASICON crystal and has a thickness of 500 ?m or less and a flatness of 200 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Ikejiri, Hideo Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20220416222
    Abstract: Provided are a member for a sodium-ion secondary battery and a sodium-ion secondary battery both of which are not susceptible to deterioration of charge/discharge cycle characteristics due to charge and discharge. A member 8 for a sodium-ion secondary battery includes: a solid electrolyte layer 2 having sodium-ion conductivity; a metallic sodium layer 6 disposed on one principal surface 2b of the solid electrolyte layer 2 and made of metallic sodium; and a metallic layer 5 provided between the solid electrolyte layer 2 and the metallic sodium layer 6 and made of a metal different from the metallic sodium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Junichi IKEJIRI, Hideo YAMAUCHI, Kei TSUNODA
  • Publication number: 20220407045
    Abstract: Provided is a member for a power storage device that, even when the amount of electrode active material supported is increased, enables charge and discharge and thus achieves a high capacity. A member 6 for a power storage device includes: a solid electrolyte layer 1; and an electrode layer 2 provided on the solid electrolyte layer 1 and made of a sintered body of an electrode material layer 2A containing an electrode active material precursor powder having an average particle diameter of not less than 0.01 ?m and less than 0.7 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Ayumu TANAKA, Junichi IKEJIRI, Kei TSUNODA, Hideo YAMAUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220344631
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a positive electrode material for an electricity storage device that can reduce excessive reactions between particles of a positive electrode active material precursor powder and between the positive electrode active material precursor powder and a solid electrolyte during thermal treatment to achieve excellent charge and discharge characteristics. A method for manufacturing a positive electrode material for an electricity storage device includes the step of subjecting a raw material containing a positive electrode active material precursor powder made of an amorphous oxide material to thermal treatment, wherein the positive electrode active material precursor powder has a crystallization temperature of 490° C. or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Ayumu TANAKA, Hideo YAMAUCHI, Junichi IKEJIRI, Kei TSUNODA
  • Publication number: 20220285725
    Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolyte sheet capable of increasing the adhesiveness to the electrode layer and thus achieving an excellent discharge capacity. A solid electrolyte sheet 10 in which a second solid electrolyte layer 2 is formed on at least one of both surfaces of a first solid electrolyte layer 1, the second solid electrolyte layer 2 being a porous solid electrolyte layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Junichi IKEJIRI, Hideo YAMAUCHI, Yoshinori YAMAZAKI, Ayumu TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11404726
    Abstract: Provided is an all-solid-state sodium ion secondary battery in which a current collector is difficult to peel from an electrode layer and which can suppress the decreases in discharge capacity and discharge voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Ikejiri, Hideo Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20210159547
    Abstract: Provided is an all-solid-state sodium ion secondary battery in which a current collector is difficult to peel from an electrode layer and which can suppress the decreases in discharge capacity and discharge voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Junichi IKEJIRI, Hideo YAMAUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200194826
    Abstract: Provided are a sodium ion-conductive crystal-containing solid electrolyte sheet capable of giving excellent battery characteristics even when reduced in thickness, and an all-solid-state battery using the same. The solid electrolyte sheet contains at least one type of sodium ion-conductive crystal selected from ??-alumina and NASICON crystal and has a thickness of 500 ?m or less and a flatness of 200 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Junichi IKEJIRI, Hideo YAMAUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200194831
    Abstract: Provided is a thin beta-alumina-based solid electrolyte sheet having a high ion conduction value. The solid electrolyte sheet containing ?-alumina and/or ??-alumina and having a thickness of 1 mm or less and a voidage of 20% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Junichi IKEJIRI, Hideo YAMAUCHI, Fumio SATO
  • Patent number: 10622673
    Abstract: Provided is a thin beta-alumina-based solid electrolyte sheet having a high ion conduction value. The solid electrolyte sheet containing ?-alumina and/or ??-alumina and having a thickness of 1 mm or less and a voidage of 20% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Ikejiri, Hideo Yamauchi, Fumio Sato
  • Patent number: 10196268
    Abstract: Provided are a positive electrode active material for a sodium ion secondary battery excellent in quick charge-discharge characteristics by preventing fusion between particles of powder during firing, and a method of producing the same. A positive electrode active material for a sodium ion secondary battery of the present invention includes inorganic powder that contains at least one kind of transition metal element selected from the group consisting of Cr, Fe, Mn, Co, and Ni, Na, P, and O, and has a BET specific surface area of from 3 m2/g to 50 m2/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Ikejiri, Hideo Yamauchi, Fumio Sato
  • Patent number: 10135068
    Abstract: Provided are a cathode active material for a sodium ion secondary battery that is excellent in alkali ion diffusivity, structural stability, and cycle performance, and a synthesis method therefor. The cathode active material for a sodium ion secondary battery includes a melt-solidified body or oxide glass represented by the general formula NaxMyP2O7 (where M represents at least one or more kinds of transition metal elements selected from Cr, Fe, Mn, Co, and Ni, x satisfies a relationship of 1.20?x?2.10, and y satisfies a relationship of 0.95?y?1.60).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Honma, Takayuki Komatsu, Junichi Ikejiri, Hideo Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 10020508
    Abstract: A composite material as an electrode for a sodium ion secondary battery includes an active material crystal, a sodium-ion conductive crystal, and an amorphous phase. The active material crystal may contain Na, M (where M represents at least one kind of transition metal element selected from Cr, Fe, Mn, Co, and Ni), P, and O.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Ikejiri, Hideo Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20180183094
    Abstract: Provided is a thin beta-alumina-based solid electrolyte sheet having a high ion conduction value. The solid electrolyte sheet containing ?-alumina and/or ??-alumina and having a thickness of 1 mm or less and a voidage of 20% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Junichi IKEJIRI, Hideo YAMAUCHI, Fumio SATO
  • Publication number: 20170217774
    Abstract: Provided are a positive electrode active material for a sodium ion secondary battery excellent in quick charge-discharge characteristics by preventing fusion between particles of powder during firing, and a method of producing the same. A positive electrode active material for a sodium ion secondary battery of the present invention includes inorganic powder that contains at least one kind of transition metal element selected from the group consisting of Cr, Fe, Mn, Co, and Ni, Na, P, and O, and has a BET specific surface area of from 3 m2/g to 50 m2/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi IKEJIRI, Hideo YAMAUCHI, Fumio SATO
  • Publication number: 20170005337
    Abstract: A composite material as an electrode for a sodium ion secondary battery includes an active material crystal, a sodium-ion conductive crystal, and an amorphous phase. The active material crystal may contain Na, M (where M represents at least one kind of transition metal element selected from Cr, Fe, Mn, Co, and Ni), P, and O.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi IKEJIRI, Hideo YAMAUCHI
  • Publication number: 20150303470
    Abstract: Provided are a cathode active material for a sodium ion secondary battery that is excellent in alkali ion diffusivity, structural stability, and cycle performance, and a synthesis method therefor. The cathode active material for a sodium ion secondary battery includes a melt-solidified body or oxide glass represented by the general formula NaxMyP2O7 (where M represents at least one or more kinds of transition metal elements selected from Cr, Fe, Mn, Co, and Ni, x satisfies a relationship of 1.20?x?2.10, and y satisfies a relationship of 0.95?y?1.60).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi HONMA, Takayuki KOMATSU, Junichi IKEJIRI, Hideo YAMAUCHI