Patents by Inventor Reiko SAKAI

Reiko SAKAI 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: 20190214637
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, wherein the negative electrode active material includes negative electrode active material particles, the negative electrode active material particles include a silicon compound particle which includes a silicon compound including oxygen, the silicon compound particle includes a Li compound, and the silicon compound particle is adhered with a phosphate salt in an outermost surface layer thereof. With this, the negative electrode active material which is high in the capacity and the stability to aqueous slurry as well as excellent in the cycle characteristic and the first efficiency can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takakazu HIROSE, Hiromichi KAMO, Takumi MATSUNO, Reiko SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20190123353
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material including a negative electrode active material particle; the negative electrode active material particle including a silicon compound shown by SiO, (0.5?x?1.6), wherein at least part of the Si4+ contained in the negative electrode active material particle is to be changed to at least one state selected from valence states of Siy+ (y is any of 0, 1, 2, and 3) in occlusion of Li in the negative electrode active material. This provides a negative electrode active material that is capable of increasing battery capacity and improving cycle performance when it is used as a negative electrode active material for a secondary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takakazu HIROSE, Reiko SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20190097217
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material particle including: a silicon compound particle containing a silicon compound that contains oxygen, wherein the silicon compound particle contains a Li compound; and the negative electrode active material particle including aluminum phosphorous composite oxide attached to at least part of the surface, wherein the aluminum phosphorous composite oxide is a composite of P2O5 and Al2O3, and the P2O5 and the Al2O3 are in a mass ratio in a range of 1.2<mass of the P2O5/mass of the Al2O3<3.0, wherein the negative electrode active material particle including aluminum phosphorous composite oxide has at least one peak in a region of a binding energy of more than 135 eV and 144 eV or less in a P 2p peak shape given in an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takakazu HIROSE, Takumi MATSUNO, Reiko SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20180261833
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries which has particles of negative electrode active material, the particles of negative electrode active material containing a silicon compound (SiOx: 0.5?x?1.6) that contains a Li compound, including a carbon coating on at least a part of a surface of the silicon compound and a salt coating containing one or more kinds of a metal silicate containing a metal element other than a lithium element and a metal salt containing a metal element other than the lithium element on a part of a surface of the silicon compound or a surface of the carbon coating or both of these. Thus, the negative electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries having high stability to an aqueous slurry, high capacity and excellent cycle characteristics and initial efficiency may be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takakazu HIROSE, Hiromichi KAMO, Reiko SAKAI
  • Patent number: 9728779
    Abstract: The present invention provides a negative electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, the negative electrode comprising a negative electrode active material layer containing: negative electrode active materials including carbon active material and silicon active material composed of SiOx at least partially coated with lithium carbonate where 0.5?x?1.6; and binders including carboxymethyl cellulose or metal salt thereof, polyacrylic acid or metal salt thereof, and styrene-butadiene rubber or polyvinylidene fluoride, and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including this negative electrode. The negative electrode can increase the battery capacity and improve the cycle performance and first charge and discharge efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takakazu Hirose, Hiromichi Kamo, Hiroki Yoshikawa, Reiko Sakai
  • Publication number: 20150287989
    Abstract: The present invention provides a negative electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, the negative electrode comprising a negative electrode active material layer containing: negative electrode active materials including carbon active material and silicon active material composed of SiOx at least partially coated with lithium carbonate where 0.5?x?1.6; and binders including carboxymethyl cellulose or metal salt thereof, polyacrylic acid or metal salt thereof, and styrene-butadiene rubber or polyvinylidene fluoride, and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including this negative electrode. The negative electrode can increase the battery capacity and improve the cycle performance and first charge and discharge efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Takakazu HIROSE, Hiromichi KAMO, Hiroki YOSHIKAWA, Reiko SAKAI