Patents by Inventor Naoki Fujii

Naoki Fujii 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: 20250260048
    Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte includes: a Li element; a P element; a S element; and a Ha element. The sulfide solid electrolyte has an argyrodite crystal structure. The crystal structure includes a plurality of PS4 tetrahedrons where the P element may be substituted and at least a part of the S elements may be substituted. The crystal structure includes 16 elements serving as the vertices of the PS4 tetrahedrons T1 in a unit cell. When the 16 elements are made to correspond to 16 S elements constituting vertices corresponding to 16e sites of PS4 tetrahedrons T2 in a space group F-43m, an average value of a distance ? between respective positions of the 16 elements in the PS4 tetrahedrons T1 and respective positions of the 16 S elements in the PS4 tetrahedrons T2 corresponding thereto is 0.05 ? to 0.30 ?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2025
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Jinsuke MIYAKE, Kosho AKATSUKA, Naoki FUJII, Mayumi FUKUMINE
  • Publication number: 20250246680
    Abstract: A method for producing a sulfide solid electrolyte includes: mixing a raw material containing a Li element, a raw material containing a P element, and a raw material containing an S element to obtain a raw material mixture; and heat-treating the raw material mixture. Li2Sx (0.05?x?0.95) is used as the raw material containing the S element, the heating treatment is performed while introducing a gas containing an S element, and a cumulative introduction amount Y (mass %) of the S element in the gas containing the S element with respect to a mass of the raw material mixture satisfies a relationship of Y?x2?6.5x+5.8 with respect to the x in the Li2Sx.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2025
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kosho AKATSUKA, Naoki FUJII
  • Publication number: 20250239650
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a sulfide solid electrolyte includes: supplying a sulfide solid electrolyte raw material into a furnace; heating and melting the sulfide solid electrolyte raw material; and discharging an obtained melt to an outside of the furnace through a heated flow path to perform cooling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2025
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Norifumi OMORI, Naoki FUJII
  • Publication number: 20250149628
    Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte includes a sulfide glass phase. The sulfide solid electrolyte includes a PS4 unit and a P2S7 unit, a ratio of a peak intensity I(PS4) of the PS4 unit and a peak intensity I(P2S7) of the P2S7 unit in a Raman spectrum satisfies a relationship of 0.05<{I(P(P2S7)/I(PS4)}<1.00, the sulfide solid electrolyte includes Li, P, S, and Ha as constituent elements, the Ha is a halogen element, and contents of the constituent elements in terms of at % are as follows: Li: 30% to 50%, P: 5% to 15%, and S: 30% to 60%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Naoki FUJII, Yuki FUKUTOMI, Tetsuhito YUSA
  • Publication number: 20250132382
    Abstract: A sulfide-based solid electrolyte powder emits photo-luminescence light between a wavelength of 660 nm to 750 nm. A photo-luminescence peak ratio may be 0.2 or more in a Raman spectrum obtained by excitation with light having a wavelength of 532 nm as represented by the following formula: Photo-luminescence peak ratio=integrated intensity of peak in Raman shift region of 4300 cm?1 to 4500 cm?1/integrated intensity of peak in Raman shift region of 400 cm?1 to 450 cm?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Naoki FUJII, Kosho AKATSUKA, Osamu HOMMA
  • Publication number: 20250070234
    Abstract: A method for producing a sulfide-based solid electrolyte includes: heating and melting a first sulfide-based solid electrolyte raw material in a furnace to obtain a first melt; supplying a second sulfide-based solid electrolyte raw material to the first melt; heating and melting an obtained mixture in a gas atmosphere containing a sulfur element; and cooling an obtained second melt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Norifumi OMORI, Naoki FUJII
  • Publication number: 20240391819
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a substance containing an alkali metal element and a sulfur element. A raw material containing the alkali metal element and the sulfur element is placed in a porous container and heated and melted to obtain a melt, and the melt is stirred by an inert gas flowed to an outside of the porous container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc
    Inventor: Naoki FUJII
  • Publication number: 20240387865
    Abstract: A method for producing a sulfide-based solid electrolyte using a production apparatus including an introduction portion and a heating portion includes introducing a raw material into the introduction portion of the production apparatus and transferring the raw material to the heating portion whose temperature is higher than that of the introduction portion, and then heating and melting the raw material. A dew point of the introduction portion is ?65° C. to ?25° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: AGC INC.
    Inventor: Naoki FUJII
  • Publication number: 20240380002
    Abstract: A method for producing a sulfide-based solid electrolyte includes obtaining a sulfide-based solid electrolyte recycled product (B) from a liquid in which a sulfide-based solid electrolyte (A) in a sulfide-based solid electrolyte-containing mixture is dissolved in an organic solvent. The sulfide-based solid electrolyte-containing mixture contains the sulfide-based solid electrolyte (A) and another substance insoluble in the organic solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Seiji HIGASHI, Naoki FUJII, Hidenobu SEKI, Ryota ANDO
  • Publication number: 20240356089
    Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte having an ignition time of 5 seconds or more or is non-ignitable when an ignition test is performed using a prescribed test method in a dry air atmosphere, and having a value of S5 nm/S100 nm of 0.6 or less when S5 nm is an elemental ratio of sulfur (S) at a depth of 5 nm from a surface and S100 nm is an elemental ratio of sulfur (S) at a depth of 100 nm from the surface, as measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Ryota ANDO, Naoki FUJII
  • Publication number: 20240266599
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sulfide solid electrolyte powder to be used for a lithium-ion secondary battery, and the sulfide solid electrolyte powder includes: at least one of a crystal phase including Li, P, and S, and an amorphous phase including Li, P, and S, in which a 1H-NMR intensity is 0.3 or more, and a BET specific surface area (m2/g) and the 1H-NMR intensity satisfy a relationship of 2?(BET specific surface area×1H-NMR intensity).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Naoki FUJII, Osamu HOMMA, Naoki MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20240266598
    Abstract: The sulfide solid electrolyte of the present invention includes: an argyrodite crystal phase including Li, P, S, and Ha, in which the Ha is one or more halogen elements including at least Cl, a content ratio represented by [Ha]/[P] (atomic ratio) is 1.3 or more, where [P] is a content of the P and [Ha] is a total content of the Ha, and in a 35Cl-NMR spectrum, an area intensity ratio represented by SB/SA is 3.5 or more, where SA is an area intensity of a peak observed at 0 ppm to 30 ppm and SB is an area intensity of a peak observed at ?150 ppm to 0 ppm, or a peak is observed at ?150 ppm to 0 ppm and no peak is observed at 0 ppm to 30 ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Naoki FUJII, Naoki MAEDA, Osamu HOMMA, Kosho AKATSUKA
  • Publication number: 20240266596
    Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte includes: a crystal phase and an anion, in which the phase includes an argyrodite crystal including Li, P, S, and Ha, the Ha is at least one element selected from F, Cl, Br, and I, the anion includes an oxide anion having a P—O bond, at least a part of the oxide anion is different from an anion constituting the argyrodite crystal and constitutes a polyanionic structure, when an entire composition of the electrolyte is LiaMSbHacOx, certain relationships are satisfied, the M is at least one element selected from a metal element and a metalloid element in groups 2 to 15 of a periodic table, the at least one element including P, and 60% or more of a total content of O is bonded to the M.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Riku KITAMURA, Naoki FUJII
  • Publication number: 20240234807
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a sulfide solid electrolyte, the method including: dry-pulverizing a sulfide solid electrolyte material in an atmosphere with a dew point of ?70° C. or higher and ?30° C. or lower to produce a sulfide solid electrolyte powder. An oxygen concentration in the atmosphere may be 0.1 ppm or more and less than 5%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Norifumi OMORI, Naoki FUJII
  • Publication number: 20240234809
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sulfide solid electrolyte to be used for a lithium-ion secondary battery. The sulfide solid electrolyte contains: an argyrodite crystal containing Li, P, S, and Ha (F, Cl, Br, and I). Relationships of {(1/?(S))×[S2-]0+(1/?(O))×[O2-]0+(1/?(Br))×[Br?]0+(1/?(Cl))×[Cl?]0+(1/?(F))×[F?]0}?0.33 and [S2-]0+[O2-]0+[Br?]0+[Cl?]0+[F?]0=1 are satisfied, where [S2-]0, [O2-]0, [Br?]0, [Cl?]0, and [F?]0 are surface anion contents, and ? is an electronegativity thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Naoki FUJII, Riku KITAMURA, Jinsuke MIYAKE, Kosho AKATSUKA
  • Publication number: 20240234805
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sulfide solid electrolyte to be used for a lithium-ion secondary battery, the sulfide solid electrolyte including: an argyrodite crystal including Li, P, S, and Ha, in which the Ha represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I, and the Ha includes at least one of Cl and Br, the argyrodite crystal satisfies at least one of requirements (A) and (B), and in the argyrodite crystal, relationships of {(1/?(S))×[S2?]+(1/?(O))×[O2?]+(1/?(Br))×[Br?]+(1/?(Cl))×[Cl?]+(1/?(F))×[F?]}?0.36 and [S2?]+[O2?]+[Br?]+[Cl?]+[F?]=1 are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Naoki FUJII, Riku KITAMURA, Jinsuke MIYAKE, Makiko INABA
  • Publication number: 20240055653
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sulfide solid electrolyte to be used in a lithium-ion secondary battery, including an argyrodite crystal structure including Li, P, S, and Ha, in which Ha is at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I, the sulfide solid electrolyte has a peak in at least one selected from the group consisting of 140 cm?1 to 170 cm?1, 205 cm?1 to 235 cm?1, and 460 cm?1 to 490 cm?1 in a Raman spectrum obtained by Raman spectroscopy measurement, and the sulfide solid electrolyte does not have an endothermic peak within a range of 70° C. to 160° C. in a DSC curve obtained by differential scanning calorimetry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Naoki FUJII, Manabu NISHIZAWA, Hideaki HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230246227
    Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte to be use in a lithium-ion secondary battery includes an argyrodite crystal structure represented by LiaPSbHac (where 5?a?7, 4?b?6, and 0<c?2, and Ha represents a halogen element), in which in an X-ray diffraction spectrum using a Cu-K? ray, the argyrodite crystal structure has a peak A and a peak B, each having a full width at half maximum of 0.07° or more, within a range of 2?=30.3°±0.5°, and a difference between diffraction angles (2?) of the peak A and the peak B is 0.05° or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Naoki FUJII, Kosho AKATSUKA, Manabu NISHIZAWA, Hideaki HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230198013
    Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte to be used in a lithium-ion secondary battery, including an argyrodite crystal, in which the crystal is represented by a composition formula Lia—M—Zb—Hac; M is at least one element selected from Na, K, and elements each of which exists as any of divalent to pentavalent cations in the crystal; Z is at least one element selected from elements that exists as a divalent anion in the crystal; Z includes S; Ha is at least one element selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I; a, b, and c in the composition formula indicate a ratio among contents (unit: at%) of the respective elements and satisfy 5 < a < 7, 4 < b < 6, and 0 < c < 2; and a maximum distance between Li ions in the crystal is 2.54 ? or shorter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kosho AKATSUKA, Naoki FUJII, Tetsushi SHOBUDANI, Manabu NISHIZAWA, Hiroaki TANAKA, Shinji TERAZONO, Hideaki HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230178799
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a sulfide solid electrolyte, includes: heat-treating a starting material containing a lithium element, a sulfur element, and a phosphorous element to obtain an intermediate; and heating and melting the intermediate in an atmosphere of a gas comprising a sulfur element. In the heat treatment, the starting material may be heated at a temperature in a range of 250° C. to 500° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Naoki FUJII, Hiroaki TANAKA, Shinji TERAZONO, Hideaki HAYASHI