Patents by Inventor Nobuhito NAKAYA

Nobuhito NAKAYA 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: 20240105985
    Abstract: Provided are: a modified sulfide solid electrode containing a sulfide solid electrolyte having a BET specific surface area of 10 m2/g or more and containing a lithium atom, a sulfur atom, a phosphorus atom, and a halogen atom, and an epoxy compound, in which the modified sulfide solid electrolyte has a peak at 2800 to 3000 cm?1 in an infrared absorption spectrum obtained by FT-IR spectroscopy (ATR method); and a method for producing the modified sulfide solid electrolyte, which has excellent coating suitability when applied as a paste and is capable of efficiently exhibiting excellent battery performance even when a sulfide solid electrolyte having a large specific surface area is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki OKUYAMA, Nobuhito NAKAYA, Hiroto IDA, Toshifumi MIYAGAWA, Atsushi YAO
  • Publication number: 20240083748
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method of producing a modified sulfide solid electrolyte in which ionic conductivity reduction is suppressed, and a generation amount of a hydrogen sulfide gas is reduced even if a sulfide solid electrolyte comes in contact with moisture and hydrogen sulfide is generated, and the modified sulfide solid electrolyte, and an electrode combined material and a lithium ion battery using the same. The modified sulfide solid electrolyte producing method according to the present invention includes mixing the sulfide solid electrolyte with Li2S, in which (100-?) parts by mass of the sulfide solid electrolyte is used per a parts by mass of Li2S (a represents a number of 0.3 to 15.0).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhito NAKAYA, Hiroaki Yamada
  • Publication number: 20240079648
    Abstract: Provided are a method of manufacturing a modified sulfide solid electrolyte, which is excellent in coating suitability when applied as a paste even if a sulfide solid electrolyte has a large specific surface area, and can efficiently exhibit an excellent battery performance, the modified sulfide solid electrolyte obtained by the manufacturing method, and an electrode combined material and a lithium ion battery which exhibit an excellent battery performance. The method includes: mixing an organic halide and an organic solvent with a sulfide solid electrolyte having a BET specific surface area of 10 m2/g or more and containing a lithium atom, a sulfur atom, a phosphorus atom, and a halogen atom; and removing the organic solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhito NAKAYA, Yusuke ISEKI, Tomoyuki OKUYAMA, Hiroto IDA, Toshifumi MIYAGAWA, Atsushi YAO
  • Patent number: 11746014
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a sulfide solid electrolyte including a step of processing a slurry by at least one treatment selected from drying and heating, wherein a solid electrolyte raw material containing a lithium element, a sulfur element, a phosphorus element and a halogen element, and a complexing agent are mixed in a reactor to give a complex slurry containing a complex formed of the solid electrolyte raw material and the complexing agent, and the complex slurry is transferred into an intermediate tank equipped with a cooling device and cooled therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Iseki, Nobuhito Nakaya
  • Publication number: 20230223594
    Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte, which is able to adjust the morphology unavailable traditionally, or is readily adjusted so as to have a desired morphology, the sulfide solid electrolyte having a volume-based average particle diameter measured by laser diffraction particle size distribution measurement of 3 ?m or more and a specific surface area measured by the BET method of 20 m2/g or more; and a method of treating a sulfide solid electrolyte including the sulfide solid electrolyte being subjected to at least one mechanical treatment selected from disintegration and granulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki SHIBATA, Hiroaki YAMADA, Nobuhito NAKAYA, Yusuke ISEKI, Minoru SENGA, Takashi HAYAKAWA, Shogo SHIMADA, Tomoyuki OKUYAMA, Koji KATO
  • Patent number: 11658337
    Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte, which is able to adjust the morphology unavailable traditionally, or is readily adjusted so as to have a desired morphology, the sulfide solid electrolyte having a volume-based average particle diameter measured by laser diffraction particle size distribution measurement of 3 ?m or more and a specific surface area measured by the BET method of 20 m2/g or more; and a method of treating a sulfide solid electrolyte including the sulfide solid electrolyte being subjected to at least one mechanical treatment selected from disintegration and granulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Shibata, Hiroaki Yamada, Nobuhito Nakaya, Yusuke Iseki, Minoru Senga, Takashi Hayakawa, Shogo Shimada, Tomoyuki Okuyama, Koji Kato
  • Publication number: 20220294008
    Abstract: The present invention provides a production method of a solid electrolyte containing a lithium element, a sulfur element, a phosphorous element, and a halogen element, wherein the solid electrolyte has a high ionic conductivity and capable of suppressing hydrogen sulfide by adopting a liquid-phase method, wherein the method includes mixing a complexing agent having an ester group and also having at least one branch with a solid electrolyte raw material. The present invention also relates to an electrolyte precursor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi KAMBARA, Nobuhito NAKAYA, Hiroaki YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20220041444
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a sulfide solid electrolyte including a step of processing a slurry by at least one treatment selected from drying and heating, wherein a solid electrolyte raw material containing a lithium element, a sulfur element, a phosphorus element and a halogen element, and a complexing agent are mixed in a reactor to give a complex slurry containing a complex formed of the solid electrolyte raw material and the complexing agent, and the complex slurry is transferred into an intermediate tank equipped with a cooling device and cooled therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke ISEKI, Nobuhito NAKAYA
  • Publication number: 20210391596
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte contains a thio-LISICON Region II-type crystal structure, where the solid electrolyte does not contain P2S64? structure. A solid electrolyte, where: (1) a signal of a thio-LISICON Region II-type crystal structure is observed in the solid 31P-NMR spectrometry, and (2) a signal of a P2S64? structure is not observed in the solid 31P-NMR spectrometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki SHIBATA, Hiroaki YAMADA, Nobuhito NAKAYA, Yusuke ISEKI, Minoru SENGA
  • Patent number: 11139505
    Abstract: A method of producing a solid electrolyte having a high ionic conductivity, which adopts a liquid-phase method and suppresses the generation of hydrogen sulfide, wherein a raw material inclusion containing a lithium element, a sulfur element, a phosphorus element, and a halogen element is mixed with a complexing agent containing a compound having at least two tertiary amino groups; and an electrolyte precursor constituted of a lithium element, a sulfur element, a phosphorus element, a halogen element, and a complexing agent containing a compound having at least two tertiary amino groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Shibata, Hiroaki Yamada, Nobuhito Nakaya, Yusuke Iseki, Minoru Senga
  • Publication number: 20210249685
    Abstract: A method of producing a solid electrolyte having a high ionic conductivity, which adopts a liquid-phase method and suppresses the generation of hydrogen sulfide, wherein a raw material inclusion containing a lithium element, a sulfur element, a phosphorus element, and a halogen element is mixed with a complexing agent containing a compound having at least two tertiary amino groups; and an electrolyte precursor constituted of a lithium element, a sulfur element, a phosphorus element, a halogen element, and a complexing agent containing a compound having at least two tertiary amino groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki SHIBATA, Hiroaki YAMADA, Nobuhito NAKAYA, Yusuke ISEKI, Minoru SENGA
  • Publication number: 20210242496
    Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte, which is able to adjust the morphology unavailable traditionally, or is readily adjusted so as to have a desired morphology, the sulfide solid electrolyte having a volume-based average particle diameter measured by laser diffraction particle size distribution measurement of 3 ?m or more and a specific surface area measured by the BET method of 20 m2/g or more; and a method of treating a sulfide solid electrolyte including the sulfide solid electrolyte being subjected to at least one mechanical treatment selected from disintegration and granulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki SHIBATA, Hiroaki YAMADA, Nobuhito NAKAYA, Yusuke ISEKI, Minoru SENGA, Takashi HAYAKAWA, Shogo SHIMADA, Tomoyuki OKUYAMA, Koji KATO