Patents by Inventor Kazutaka Kuriki

Kazutaka Kuriki 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: 20230207800
    Abstract: To provide a positive electrode active material film that does not have a (003) orientation and has a layered rock-salt crystal structure even though an inexpensive substrate such as a glass substrate is used, and a positive electrode including the positive electrode active material film. The positive electrode includes a substrate, a positive electrode current collector film, and the positive electrode active material film. The positive electrode current collector film has a stacked structure of a titanium film and a titanium nitride film. The titanium film has a crystal structure belonging to a space group P63/mmc and a (101) orientation, the titanium nitride film has a crystal structure belonging to a space group Fm-3m and a (311) orientation, and the positive electrode active material film has a layered rock-salt crystal structure and a (116) orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuki TANEMURA, Yumiko YONEDA, Mayumi MIKAMI, Kazutaka KURIKI
  • Publication number: 20230155199
    Abstract: A power storage system with excellent characteristics is provided. A power storage system with a high degree of safety is provided. A power storage system with less deterioration is provided. A storage battery with excellent characteristics is provided. The power storage system includes a neural network and a storage battery. The neural network includes an input layer, an output layer, and one or more hidden layers between the input layer and the output layer. The predetermined hidden layer is connected to the previous hidden layer or the previous input layer by a predetermined weight coefficient, and connected to the next hidden layer or the next output layer by a predetermined weight coefficient. In the storage battery, voltage and time at which the voltage is obtained are measured as one of sets of data. The sets of data measured at different times are input to the input layer and the operational condition of the storage battery is changed in accordance with a signal output from the output layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Kazutaka KURIKI, Ryota TAJIMA, Kouhei TOYOTAKA, Hideaki SHISHIDO, Toshiyuki ISA
  • Publication number: 20230141951
    Abstract: Interface contact between a polymer electrolyte and an active material layer is improved. A secondary battery with improved discharge capacity is provided. The secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte layer between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material, a first lithium-ion conductive polymer, a first lithium salt, and a conductive material over a positive electrode current collector. The electrolyte layer includes a second lithium-ion conductive polymer and a second lithium salt. The conductive material is preferably graphene. The negative electrode preferably includes a negative electrode active material, a third lithium-ion conductive polymer, a third lithium salt, and a second conductive material over a negative electrode current collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroshi KADOMA, Kazutaka KURIKI, Yumiko YONEDA, Kaori OGITA, Fumiko TANAKA, Yohei MOMMA, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11605804
    Abstract: An object is to suppress electrochemical decomposition of an electrolyte solution and the like at a negative electrode in a lithium ion battery or a lithium ion capacitor; thus, irreversible capacity is reduced, cycle performance is improved, or operating temperature range is extended. A negative electrode for a power storage device including a negative electrode current collector, a negative electrode active material layer which is over the negative electrode current collector and includes a plurality of particles of a negative electrode active material, and a film covering pan of the negative electrode active material. The film has an insulating property and lithium ion conductivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Inoue, Sachiko Kataniwa, Kazutaka Kuriki, Junpei Momo
  • Publication number: 20230074610
    Abstract: An active material layer that has a high filling rate and a higher density and is formed using a small amount of conductive additive is provided. A positive electrode active material layer includes a first carbon material and a second carbon material, which is more likely to aggregate than the first carbon material, and mixing is performed such that the weight of the second carbon material is more than or equal to 1.5 times and less than or equal to 20 times that of the first carbon material, thereby preventing the aggregation of the second carbon material and the aggregation of the first carbon material and reducing the proportion of the aggregated portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Teruaki OCHIAI, Yumiko YONEDA, Kazutaka KURIKI, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11594770
    Abstract: A power storage system with excellent characteristics is provided. A power storage system with a high degree of safety is provided. A power storage system with less deterioration is provided. A storage battery with excellent characteristics is provided. The power storage system includes a neural network and a storage battery. The neural network includes an input layer, an output layer, and one or more hidden layers between the input layer and the output layer. The predetermined hidden layer is connected to the previous hidden layer or the previous input layer by a predetermined weight coefficient, and connected to the next hidden layer or the next output layer by a predetermined weight coefficient. In the storage battery, voltage and time at which the voltage is obtained are measured as one of sets of data. The sets of data measured at different times are input to the input layer and the operational condition of the storage battery is changed in accordance with a signal output from the output layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazutaka Kuriki, Ryota Tajima, Kouhei Toyotaka, Hideaki Shishido, Toshiyuki Isa
  • Patent number: 11587959
    Abstract: Disclosed is a power storage element including a positive electrode current collector layer and a negative electrode current collector layer which are arranged on the same plane and can be formed through a simple process. The power storage element further includes a positive electrode active material layer on the positive electrode current collector layer; a negative electrode active material layer on the negative electrode current collector layer; and a solid electrolyte layer in contact with at least the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer. The positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer are formed by oxidation treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutaka Kuriki, Ryota Tajima, Tamae Moriwaka
  • Publication number: 20230044210
    Abstract: A secondary battery with favorable cycle performance is provided. Alternatively, a secondary battery with higher capacity is provided. A positive electrode active material layer including a first graphene layer, a second graphene layer, and a positive electrode active material. The first graphene layer includes a first region covering the positive electrode active material. The second graphene layer includes a second region covering the positive electrode active material and a third region overlapping with the first region. The first region includes a plane positioned between the positive electrode active material and the third region and formed of arranged six-membered carbon rings. The positive electrode active material includes a fourth region with a layered rock-salt structure. A lithium layer with a layered rock-salt structure included in the fourth region is substantially perpendicular to the plane formed of six-membered carbon rings and included in the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Mayumi MIKAMI, Kazutaka KURIKI, Yumiko YONEDA, Teruaki OCHIAI, Yuji IWAKI
  • Publication number: 20230028284
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a novel electrode is provided. The method includes the steps of applying, to a current collector, a mixture comprising an active material, a conductive additive comprising a graphene compound, a binder, and a dispersion medium; performing a drying treatment on the mixture; performing a heat treatment on the mixture at a temperature higher than a temperature of the drying treatment; reducing the graphene compound in the mixture by a chemical reaction using a reducing agent; and performing a thermal reduction treatment on the mixture at a temperature higher than the temperature of the heat treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Teruaki OCHIAI, Yumiko YONEDA, Kazuhei NARITA, Kazutaka KURIKI
  • Publication number: 20230009782
    Abstract: To provide a secondary battery in which a side reaction does not easily occur at an interface between a positive electrode active material and a solid electrolyte, an interface between the positive electrode active material and a positive electrode current collector, or the like even when charge and discharge are repeated. In one embodiment of the present invention, a buffer layer or a protective layer is provided on a current collector surface or between a current collector layer and an active material layer to prevent deterioration such as oxidation of the current collector. As the buffer layer or the protective layer, it is possible to use a titanium compound such as titanium oxide, titanium oxide in which nitrogen is substituted for part of oxygen, titanium nitride, titanium nitride in which oxygen is substituted for part of nitrogen, or titanium oxynitride (TiOxNy, where 0<x<2 and 0<y<1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Kazutaka KURIKI, Teruaki OCHIAI, Yumiko YONEDA, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220416239
    Abstract: A secondary battery that can withstand at least high temperature is achieved by designing the structure of the secondary battery. The secondary battery uses: a positive electrode active material obtained by a formation method including a first step of forming a first mixture by pulverizing magnesium fluoride, lithium fluoride, a nickel source, and an aluminum source and then mixing the pulverized materials with powder of lithium cobalt oxide, and a second step of forming a second mixture by heating the first mixture at a temperature lower than an upper temperature limit of the lithium cobalt oxide; and an electrolyte solution to which LiBOB is added.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Kazutaka KURIKI, Yumiko YONEDA, Mayumi MIKAMI, Hiroshi KADOMA, Kunihiko SUZUKI, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220293923
    Abstract: A highly reliable solid-state secondary battery with improved cycle performance, reliability, or safety is provided. A negative electrode includes, over a negative electrode current collector, n negative electrode active material layers (n is an integer greater than or equal to 2) and n?1 separation layers. The negative electrode active material layers and the separation layers are alternately stacked. The thickness of the negative electrode active material is greater than or equal to 20 nm and less than or equal to 100 nm. The separation layers each include titanium. The separation layer preferably includes titanium (Ti), titanium nitride (TiN), or titanium oxynitride (TiOxNy, 0<x<2, 0<y<1). With the negative electrode having such a structure, the expansion of each negative electrode active material layer can be reduced. Accordingly, the negative electrode that has high capacity and hardly causes a crack or a breakage can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Kazutaka KURIKI, Yumiko YONEDA, Hiroshi KADOMA, Kaori OGITA, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220285691
    Abstract: Provided is an electrode including a current collector and an active material layer. The active material layer includes an active material, a film including silicone, a conductive additive, and a binder. The active material is in the form of a particle. The film including silicone covers at least part of the active material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Tatsuya IKENUMA, Kazutaka KURIKI, Ai NAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220231285
    Abstract: A solid-state secondary battery with high charge and discharge characteristics is provided. The solid-state secondary battery includes a first layer and a positive electrode active material layer over a substrate. The first layer and the positive electrode active material layer are in contact with each other; the first layer has conductivity; the first layer has a first crystal structure including first cations and first anions; the positive electrode active material layer has a second structure including second cations and second anions; and a value calculated by the following formula (1) is less than or equal to 0.1 when La denotes the minimum value of a distance between one of the first cations and another one of the first cations in the first crystal structure and Lb denotes the minimum value of a distance between one of the second cations and another one of the second cations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Kazutaka KURIKI, Ryota TAJIMA, Yumiko YONEDA
  • Publication number: 20220231341
    Abstract: A lithium-ion secondary battery having high capacity and excellent charge and discharge cycle performance is provided. A secondary battery having high capacity is provided. A secondary battery having excellent charge and discharge performance is provided. A secondary battery in which a decrease in capacity is suppressed even at high temperatures is provided. The secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolyte solution, and an exterior body. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material. The positive electrode active material contains lithium, cobalt, oxygen, magnesium, and fluorine. The number of magnesium atoms contained in the positive electrode active material is greater than or equal to 0.001 times and less than or equal to 0.1 times the number of cobalt atoms contained in the positive electrode active material. The positive electrode active material includes a region having a layered rock-salt crystal structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Kazutaka KURIKI, Yumiko YONEDA, Yohei MOMMA, Teruaki OCHIAI
  • Publication number: 20220216524
    Abstract: A solid-state secondary battery with high safety is provided. The solid-state secondary battery includes a first film that has a function of releasing and accumulating a lithium ion and is over a negative electrode current collector layer, a second film that has a function of transporting a lithium ion and is over the first film, a third film that has a function of releasing and accumulating a lithium ion and is over the second film, and a positive electrode current collector layer over the third film. The total thickness of the first to third films is the same before and after charging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Kazutaka KURIKI, Yumiko YONEDA, Ryota TAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20220209214
    Abstract: An object is to achieve a manufacturing apparatus that can fully automate the manufacturing of a solid-state secondary battery. A mask alignment chamber, a first transfer chamber connected to the mask alignment chamber, a second transfer chamber connected to the first transfer chamber, a first film formation chamber connected to the second transfer chamber, a third transfer chamber connected to the first transfer chamber, and a second film formation chamber connected to the third transfer chamber are included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Kazutaka KURIKI, Ryota TAJIMA, Yumiko YONEDA, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220189950
    Abstract: A semiconductor device in which a circuit and a power storage element are efficiently placed is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first transistor, a second transistor, and an electric double-layer capacitor. The first transistor, the second transistor, and the electric double-layer capacitor are provided over one substrate. A band gap of a semiconductor constituting a channel region of the second transistor is wider than a band gap of a semiconductor constituting a channel region of the first transistor. The electric double-layer capacitor includes a solid electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Junpei MOMO, Kazutaka KURIKI, Hiromichi GODO
  • Publication number: 20220181711
    Abstract: A semiconductor device in which a circuit and a battery are efficiently stored is provided. In the semiconductor device, a first transistor, a second transistor, and a secondary battery are provided over one substrate. A channel region of the second transistor includes an oxide semiconductor. The secondary battery includes a solid electrolyte, and can be fabricated by a semiconductor manufacturing process. The substrate may be a semiconductor substrate or a flexible substrate. The secondary battery has a function of being wirelessly charged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Junpei MOMO, Kazutaka KURIKI, Hiromichi GODO, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11342599
    Abstract: A semiconductor device in which a circuit and a battery are efficiently stored is provided. In the semiconductor device, a first transistor, a second transistor, and a secondary battery are provided over one substrate. A channel region of the second transistor includes an oxide semiconductor. The secondary battery includes a solid electrolyte, and can be fabricated by a semiconductor manufacturing process. The substrate may be a semiconductor substrate or a flexible substrate. The secondary battery has a function of being wirelessly charged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junpei Momo, Kazutaka Kuriki, Hiromichi Godo, Shunpei Yamazaki