Patents by Inventor Riku KITAMURA

Riku KITAMURA 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: 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: 20240243349
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a sulfide solid electrolyte powder, the method including, in this order: obtaining a sulfide solid electrolyte containing at least one of a crystal phase and an amorphous phase which contain Li, P, and S; pulverizing the sulfide solid electrolyte to obtain a powder; and heating and drying the powder in an atmosphere with a dew point of ?60° C. to ?40° C., in which the pulverization is performed by using a non-aqueous organic solvent, and when a concentration of moisture contained in the non-aqueous organic solvent in the pulverization is x (ppm), and a moisture concentration in a heating space in the heating and drying is y (g/m3), y<0.00085x+0.056, and 30<x?170 are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventor: Riku KITAMURA
  • 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: 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