Patents by Inventor Kimiyasu NAKAO

Kimiyasu NAKAO 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).

  • Patent number: 11437618
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries which is able to doped/undoped with lithium ions and contains at least Ni, in which a ratio P/Q (atom %/mass %) of a concentration P (atom %) of sulfur atoms being present in a surface of the positive electrode active material to a concentration Q (mass %) of sulfuric acid radicals being present in the whole positive electrode active material is more than 0.8 and less than 5.0, and the Q (mass %) is 0.01 or more and 2.0 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignees: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED, TANAKA CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Arimura, Jun-ichi Kageura, Kenji Takamori, Kimiyasu Nakao, Daisuke Yamashita, Yusuke Maeda
  • Patent number: 11088366
    Abstract: The present invention provides a positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries including: secondary particles obtained by aggregating primary particles capable of being doped and de-doped with lithium ions, in which the secondary particles have pores, and pore distribution obtained by a mercury intrusion method satisfies requirements (1) and (2) below: (1) pores that are present in any one or both of the secondary particles or spaces between the secondary particles have a pore peak within a range of a pore radius of equal to or greater than 10 nm and equal to or less than 200 nm; and (2) a total surface area of pores that have pore radii of equal to or greater than 100 nm and equal to or less than 10 ?m among the pores that are present in any one or both of the secondary particles or spaces between the secondary particles is less than 1.1 m2/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignees: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED, TANAKA CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun-ichi Kageura, Hiroyuki Kurita, Kimiyasu Nakao, Ryota Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10938019
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a positive electrode active material usable for a lithium ion battery capable of high charge/discharge cycle performance and high discharge capacity. The positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery has a layered structure and comprises at least nickel, cobalt and manganese. Further, the positive electrode active material satisfies requirements (1) to (3) below: (1) a primary particle size of 0.1 ?m to 1 ?m, and a 50% cumulative particle size D50 of 1 ?m to 10 ?m, (2) a ratio (D90/D10) of volume-based 90% cumulative particle size D50 to volume-based 10% cumulative particle size D10 of 2 to 6, and (3) a lithium carbonate content in a residual alkali on particle surfaces of 0.1% by mass to 0.8% by mass as measured by neutralization titration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignees: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED, TANAKA CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kurita, Kenji Takamori, Yuichiro Imanari, Takaaki Masukawa, Daisuke Yamashita, Kimiyasu Nakao
  • Publication number: 20200020931
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery contains an active material powder including secondary particles that are aggregates of primary particles into and from which lithium ions are doped and dedoped, includes the secondary particles having voids therein, and satisfies the following Requirements (1) and (2) in pore distribution of the positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery measured by a mercury porosimetry method. (1) A positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery has a pore peak in a range in which a pore radius is 10 nm or more and 200 nm or less. (2) A positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery has three or more inflection points of a cumulative pore volume in a range in which the pore radius is 10 nm or more and 3000 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kurita, Kimiyasu NAKAO, Kayo MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 10535875
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material, which has a crystallite size ?/crystallite size ? ratio (?/?) of 1 to 1.75 or less, wherein the crystallite size ? is within a peak region of 2?=18.7±1° and the crystallite size ? is within a peak region of 2?=44.6±1°, each determined by a powder X-ray diffraction measurement using Cu-K? ray, and has a composition represented by formula (I) below: Li[Lix(NiaCobMncMd)1-x]O2??(I) wherein 0?x?0.2, 0.3<a<0.7, 0<b<0.4, 0<c<0.4, 0?d<0.1, a+b+c+d=1, and M is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Fe, Cr, Ti, Mg, Al and Zr.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignees: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED, TANAKA CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Takamori, Hiroyuki Kurita, Yuichiro Imanari, Daisuke Yamashita, Kimiyasu Nakao, Kyousuke Doumae
  • Publication number: 20190319266
    Abstract: The present invention provides a positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries including: secondary particles obtained by aggregating primary particles capable of being doped and de-doped with lithium ions, in which the secondary particles have pores, and pore distribution obtained by a mercury intrusion method satisfies requirements (1) and (2) below: (1) pores that are present in any one or both of the secondary particles or spaces between the secondary particles have a pore peak within a range of a pore radius of equal to or greater than 10 nm and equal to or less than 200 nm; and (2) a total surface area of pores that have pore radii of equal to or greater than 100 nm and equal to or less than 10 ?m among the pores that are present in any one or both of the secondary particles or spaces between the secondary particles is less than 1.1 m2/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Jun-ichi KAGEURA, Hiroyuki KURITA, Kimiyasu NAKAO, Ryota KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190267613
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lithium secondary battery positive electrode, wherein an electrode mixture layer that includes a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery including secondary particles obtained by aggregating primary particles capable of being doped or de-doped with lithium ions being aggregated, a conductive material, and a binding agent and a current collector are laminated, and requirements (1) and (2) below are satisfied: (1) 180-degree peeling strength between the current collector and the electrode mixture layer is equal to or greater than 140 N/m; and (2) a BET specific surface area of the electrode mixture layer is equal to or greater than 4.0 m2/g and equal to or less than 8.5 m2/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Jun-ichi KAGEURA, Hiroyuki KURITA, Kimiyasu NAKAO, Ryota KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180316008
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries which is able to doped/undoped with lithium ions and contains at least Ni, in which a ratio P/Q (atom %/mass %) of a concentration P (atom %) of sulfur atoms being present in a surface of the positive electrode active material to a concentration Q (mass %) of sulfuric acid radicals being present in the whole positive electrode active material is more than 0.8 and less than 5.0, and the Q (mass %) is 0.01 or more and 2.0 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Takashi ARIMURA, Jun-ichi KAGEURA, Kenji TAKAMORI, Kimiyasu NAKAO, Daisuke YAMASHITA, Yusuke MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20170237069
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material, which has a crystallite size ?/crystallite size ? ratio (?/?) of 1 to 1.75 or less, wherein the crystallite size ? is within a peak region of 2?=18.7±1° and the crystallite size ? is within a peak region of 2?=44.6±1°, each determined by a powder X-ray diffraction measurement using Cu-K? ray, and has a composition represented by formula (I) below: Li[Lix(NiaCobMncMd)1-x]O2??(I) wherein 0?x?0.2, 0.3<a<0.7, 0<b<0.4, 0<c<0.4, 0?d<0.1, a+b+c+d=1, and M is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Fe, Cr, Ti, Mg, Al and Zr.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicants: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED, TANAKA CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji TAKAMORI, Hiroyuki KURITA, Yuichiro IMANARI, Daisuke YAMASHITA, Kimiyasu NAKAO, Kyousuke DOUMAE
  • Publication number: 20170187031
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a positive electrode active material usable for a lithium ion battery capable of high charge/discharge cycle performance and high discharge capacity. The positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery has a layered structure and comprises at least nickel, cobalt and manganese. Further, the positive electrode active material satisfies requirements (1) to (3) below: (1) a primary particle size of 0.1 ?m to 1 ?m, and a 50% cumulative particle size D50 of 1 ?m to 10 ?m, (2) a ratio (D90/D10) of volume-based 90% cumulative particle size D50 to volume-based 10% cumulative particle size D10 of 2 to 6, and (3) a lithium carbonate content in a residual alkali on particle surfaces of 0.1% by mass to 0.8% by mass as measured by neutralization titration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicants: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED, TANAKA CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KURITA, Kenji TAKAMORI, Yuichiro IMANARI, Takaaki MASUKAWA, Daisuke YAMASHITA, Kimiyasu NAKAO