Patents by Inventor Kota Terai

Kota Terai 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: 20230378525
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide sulfide solid electrolyte glass ceramics that have a high ionic conductivity and an enhanced water resistance, and is also to provide a method of producing the sulfide solid electrolyte glass ceramics. Sulfide solid electrolyte glass ceramics that have peaks at 20.2° and 23.6° in an X-ray diffractometry (XRD) using the CuK? line, a crystallite diameter of 30 nm or more, and a P2S64? phosphorus proportion obtained by a solid 31P-NMR spectroscopy of 4.5% by mol or less, and a method of producing the sulfide solid electrolyte glass ceramics are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Kota TERAI, Katsuhito KONDO, Takeshi MAKINO, Atsushi SATO, Hiroyuki HIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230282876
    Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte that contains lithium, phosphorus, sulfur, chlorine and bromine, wherein in powder X-ray diffraction analysis using CuK? rays, it has a diffraction peak A at 2?=25.2±0.5 deg and a diffraction peak B at 2?=29.7±0.5 deg, the diffraction peak A and the diffraction peak B satisfy the following formula (A), and a molar ratio of the chlorine to the phosphorus “c (Cl/P)” and a molar ratio of the bromine to the phosphorus “d (Br/P)” satisfies the following formula (1): 1.2<c+d<1.9??(1) 0.845<SA/SB<1.200??(A) where SA is an area of the diffraction peak A and SB is an area of the diffraction peak B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Futoshi UTSUNO, Kota TERAI, Takashi UMEKI, Masaru NAKAGAWA, Hiroshi YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11652236
    Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte may include lithium, phosphorus and sulfur, and the sulfide solid electrolyte may have a diffraction peak A at 2?=25.2±0.5 deg and a diffraction peak B at 29.7±0.5 deg in powder X-ray diffraction using CuK? rays, and a crystallite diameter in a range of from 5 to 20 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kota Terai, Atsushi Sato, Futoshi Utsuno
  • Patent number: 11637312
    Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte containing the following (A) and (B): (A) a sulfide solid electrolyte having an argyrodite-type crystal structure; and (B) a sulfide solid electrolyte having a crystal structure different from the argyrodite-type crystal structure of the above-mentioned (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Sato, Kota Terai, Futoshi Utsuno
  • Patent number: 11626616
    Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte that contains lithium, phosphorus, sulfur, chlorine and bromine, wherein in powder X-ray diffraction analysis using CuK? rays, it has a diffraction peak A at 2?=25.2±0.5 deg and a diffraction peak B at 2?=29.7±0.5 deg, the diffraction peak A and the diffraction peak B satisfy the following formula (A), and a molar ratio of the chlorine to the phosphorus “c (Cl/P)” and a molar ratio of the bromine to the phosphorus “d (Br/P)” satisfies the following formula (1): 1.2<c+d<1.9??(1) 0.845<SA/SB<1.200??(A) where SA is an area of the diffraction peak A and SB is an area of the diffraction peak B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Futoshi Utsuno, Kota Terai, Takashi Umeki, Masaru Nakagawa, Hiroshi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20220367907
    Abstract: Provided is a sulfide solid electrolyte containing lithium, phosphorus, sulfur and chlorine, in which a molar ratio of the chlorine to the phosphorus, c (Cl/P), is greater than 1.0 and 1.9 or less, the sulfide solid electrolyte includes an argyrodite-type crystal structure, and a lattice constant of the argyrodite-type crystal structure is 9.820 ? or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Futoshi UTSUNO, Akiko NAKATA, Kota TERAI, Masaru NAKAGAWA
  • Patent number: 11444317
    Abstract: Provided is a sulfide solid electrolyte containing lithium, phosphorus, sulfur and chlorine, in which a molar ratio of the chlorine to the phosphorus, c (Cl/P), is greater than 1.0 and 1.9 or less, the sulfide solid electrolyte includes an argyrodite-type crystal structure, and a lattice constant of the argyrodite-type crystal structure is 9.820 ? or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Futoshi Utsuno, Akiko Nakata, Kota Terai, Masaru Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 11387486
    Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte comprising lithium, phosphorus and sulfur, wherein the sulfide solid electrolyte has a diffraction peak A at 2?=25.2±0.5 deg and a diffraction peak B at 29.7±0.5 deg in powder X-ray diffraction using CuK? rays, an area ratio of a peak derived from PS43? glass to the total area of peaks derived from glass observed in solid 31P-NMR measurement is 90% or more and 100% or less, and an area ratio of peaks derived from glass to the total area of all peaks at 60 to 120 ppm observed in solid 31P-NMR measurement is 1% or more and 45% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Futoshi Utsuno, Toshiaki Tsuno, Kota Terai, Atsushi Sato
  • Patent number: 11355780
    Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte particles comprising lithium, phosphorus and sulfur, having a volume-based average particle size measured by laser diffraction particle size distribution measurement of 0.1 ?m to 10 ?m, having a diffraction peak having 2? of 29.0 to 31.0 deg in powder X-ray diffraction measurement using CuK? ray, and an intensity ratio (Ib/Ip) of a peak intensity Ib at a high angle-side low part of the diffraction peak to a peak intensity Ip of the diffraction peak is less than 0.09.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Futoshi Utsuno, Toshiaki Tsuno, Kota Terai, Hironari Kimpara, Atsushi Sato
  • Publication number: 20220158230
    Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte may include lithium, phosphorus and sulfur, and the sulfide solid electrolyte may have a diffraction peak A at 2?=25.2±0.5 deg and a diffraction peak B at 29.7±0.5 deg in powder X-ray diffraction using CuK? rays, and a crystallite diameter in a range of from 5 to 20 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Kota TERAI, Atsushi SATO, Futoshi UTSUNO
  • Publication number: 20220131185
    Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte that contains lithium, phosphorus, sulfur, chlorine and bromine, wherein in powder X-ray diffraction analysis using CuK? rays, it has a diffraction peak A at 2?=25.2±0.5 deg and a diffraction peak B at 2?=29.7±0.5 deg, the diffraction peak A and the diffraction peak B satisfy the following formula (A), and a molar ratio of the chlorine to the phosphorus “c (Cl/P)” and a molar ratio of the bromine to the phosphorus “d (Br/P)” satisfies the following formula (1): 1.2<c+d<1.9??(1) 0.845<SA/SB<1.200??(A) where SA is an area of the diffraction peak A and SB is an area of the diffraction peak B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Futoshi UTSUNO, Kota TERAI, Takashi UMEKI, Masaru NAKAGAWA, Hiroshi YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11276881
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide sulfide solid electrolytes having good processability at the time of manufacturing a battery and high ionic conductivity. The present invention relates to a sulfide solid electrolyte containing lithium, phosphorus and sulfur, having a diffraction peak A at 2?=25.2±0.5 deg and a diffraction peak B at 29.7±0.5 deg in powder X-ray diffraction using CuK? rays, and the half-value width of at least one peak obtained by separating the peaks observed in a range of 60 to 120 ppm in solid-state 31P-NMR measurements is 500 to 800 Hz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kota Terai, Atsushi Sato, Futoshi Utsuno
  • Patent number: 11271246
    Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte that contains lithium, phosphorus, sulfur, chlorine and bromine, wherein in powder X-ray diffraction analysis using CuK? rays, it has a diffraction peak A at 2?=25.2±0.5 deg and a diffraction peek B at 2?=29.7±0.5 deg, the diffraction peak A and the diffraction peak B satisfy the following formula (A), and a molar ratio of the chlorine to the phosphorus “c (Cl/P)” and a molar ratio of the bromine to the phosphorus “d (Br/P)” satisfies the following formula (1): 1.2<c+d<1.9??(1) 0.845<SA/SB<1.200??(A) where SA is an area of the diffraction peak A and SB is an area of the diffraction peak B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Futoshi Utsuno, Kota Terai, Takashi Umeki, Masaru Nakagawa, Hiroshi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11264642
    Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte containing lithium, phosphorus, sulfur; and one or more of elements X selected from the group consisting of halogen elements and chalcogen elements excluding sulfur, wherein the sulfide solid electrolyte includes an argyrodite-type crystal structure, and wherein a molar ratio of the lithium to the phosphorus, a (Li/P), a molar ratio of the sulfur to the phosphorus, b (S/P), and a molar ratio of the element X to the phosphorus, c (X/P), satisfy formulas (1) to (3): 5.0?a?7.1 (1) 1.0<a?b?1.5 (2) 6.5?a+c<7.1 (3) wherein b>0 and c>0 are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Futoshi Utsuno, Kota Terai
  • Publication number: 20210075057
    Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte that contains lithium, phosphorus, sulfur, chlorine and bromine, wherein in powder X-ray diffraction analysis using CuK? rays, it has a diffraction peak A at 2?=25.2±0.5 deg and a diffraction peek B at 2?=29.7±0.5 deg, the diffraction peak A and the diffraction peak B satisfy the following formula (A), and a molar ratio of the chlorine to the phosphorus “c (Cl/P)” and a molar ratio of the bromine to the phosphorus “d (Br/P)” satisfies the following formula (1): 1.2<c+d<1.9??(1) 0.845<SA/SB<1.200??(A) where SA is an area of the diffraction peak A and SB is an area of the diffraction peak B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Futoshi UTSUNO, Kota TERAI, Takashi UMEKI, Masaru NAKAGAWA, Hiroshi YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10879561
    Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte that contains lithium, phosphorus, sulfur, chlorine and bromine, wherein in powder X-ray diffraction analysis using CuK? rays, it has a diffraction peak A at 2?=25.2±0.5 deg and a diffraction peak B at 2?=29.7±0.5 deg, the diffraction peak A and the diffraction peak B satisfy the following formula (A), and a molar ratio of the chlorine to the phosphorus “c (Cl/P)” and a molar ratio of the bromine to the phosphorus “d (Br/P)” satisfies the following formula (1): 1.2<c+d<1.9??(1) 0.845<SA/SB<1.200??(A) where SA is an area of the diffraction peak A and SB is an area of the diffraction peak B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Futoshi Utsuno, Kota Terai, Takashi Umeki, Masaru Nakagawa, Hiroshi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10818966
    Abstract: Aimed at providing a sulfide solid electrolyte comprising an argyrodite type crystal structure, having a high ionic conductivity due to presence of a large amount of a halogen element and is capable of suppressing agglomeration at the time of production. Provided is a sulfide solid electrolyte comprising lithium, phosphorus, sulfur and one or more elements X selected from halogen elements, wherein the sulfide solid electrolyte comprises an argyrodite type crystal structure, and wherein a molar ratio of the lithium to the phosphorus “a (Li/P)”, a molar ratio of the sulfur to the phosphorus “b (S/P)” and a molar ratio of the element X to the phosphorus “c (X/P)” satisfy the following formulas (1) to (3): 5.0?a<7.3??(1) 0.70?a?b<1.0??(2) 7.0<a+c?7.3??(3) provided that b>0 and c>0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Futoshi Utsuno, Kota Terai
  • Publication number: 20200220207
    Abstract: A sulfide solid electmlyte containing the following (A) and (B): (A) a sulfide solid electrolyte having an argyrodite-type crystal structure; and (B) a sulfide solid electrolyte having a crystal structure different from the argyrodite-type crystal structure of the above-mentioned (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi SATO, Kota TERAI, Futoshi UTSUNO
  • Publication number: 20200220208
    Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte comprising lithium, phosphorus and sulfur, wherein the sulfide solid electrolyte has a diffraction peak A at 2?=25.2±0.5 deg and a diffraction peak B at 29.7±0.5 deg in powder X-ray diffraction using CuK? rays, an area ratio of a peak derived from PS43? glass to the total area of peaks derived from glass observed in solid 31P-NMR measurement is 90% or more and 100% or less, and an area ratio of peaks derived from glass to the total area of all peaks at 60 to 120 ppm observed in solid 31P-NMR measurement is 1% or more and 45% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Futoshi UTSUNO, Toshiaki TSUNO, Kota TERAI, Atsushi SATO
  • Publication number: 20200091552
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide sulfide solid electrolytes having good processability at the time of manufacturing a battery and high ionic conductivity. The present invention relates to a sulfide solid electrolyte containing lithium, phosphorus and sulfur, having a diffraction peak A at 2?=25.2±0.5 deg and a diffraction peak B at 29.7±0.5 deg in powder X-ray diffraction using CuK? rays, and the half-value width of at least one peak obtained by separating the peaks observed in a range of 60 to 120 ppm in solid-state 31P-NMR measurements is 500 to 800 Hz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kota TERAI, Atsushi SATO, Futoshi UTSUNO