Patents by Inventor Ryoji Kanno
Ryoji Kanno 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).
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Publication number: 20240243351Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte capable of suppressing a decrease in Li ion conductivity due to moisture. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a sulfide solid electrolyte comprising a Li element, a P element, a S element and an O element, and having a granular shape, and including a crystal portion oriented along the granular shape, on an inner surface of the sulfide solid electrolyte.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2024Publication date: July 18, 2024Applicants: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryoji Kanno, Satoshi Hori, Shinya Shiotani
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Publication number: 20240178445Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte material contains element M1, element M2, element M3 and element S. Element M1 is at least one type selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Mg Ca and Zn, and contains at least one of Li and Na. Element M2 is at least one type selected from the group consisting of P, Sb, Si, Ge, Sn, B, Al, Ga, In, Ti, Zr and V, and contains at least P.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2023Publication date: May 30, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Keiichi MINAMI, Ryoji KANNO, Satoshi HORI
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Publication number: 20240166512Abstract: A hydride ion conductor represented by a general formula: Ba2-x-mAxMg1-y-nByH6-x-y-2m-2n??(1), wherein A and B are each selected from at least one or more of the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Rb, and Cs, and 0?x?1, 0?y?1, 0?m?0.2, and 0?n?0.2, excluding a case where x=y=m=n=0.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2024Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicants: AGC Inc., TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Yoshitake TODA, Takeya MEZAKI, Kohta YAMADA, Naoki MATSUI, Guangzhong JIANG, Ryoji KANNO
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Publication number: 20240166513Abstract: A hydride ion conductor is represented by: MAMBH4-xFx??Formula (1), where MA is selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr, and Ba, MB is selected from the group consisting of Mg and Ca, and is different from MA, and x is 0<x<4.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2024Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicants: AGC Inc., Tokyo Institute of TechnologyInventors: Takeya Mezaki, Yoshitake Toda, Kohta Yamada, Naoki Matsui, Guangzhong Jiang, Ryoji Kanno
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Patent number: 11973183Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte is capable of suppressing a decrease in Li ion conductivity due to moisture. A sulfide solid electrolyte includes a Li element, a P element, a S element and an O element, and having a granular shape, and including a crystal portion oriented along the granular shape, on an inner surface of the sulfide solid electrolyte.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignees: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryoji Kanno, Satoshi Hori, Shinya Shiotani
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Publication number: 20240039042Abstract: Disclosed is a solid electrolyte for a solid-state battery having improved water resistance. The solid electrolyte for a solid-state battery includes a sulfide-based solid electrolyte and a LiBr-containing absorbent material, wherein the binding energy of Li1s shows a peak observed at 54.2-56.1 eV, and the binding energy of Br3d shows a peak observed at 67.5-69.5 eV, as determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2022Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Eiichiro NARIMATSU, Hideyuki MAEDA, Keiko MATSUBARA, Ryoji KANNO, Satoshi HORI
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Publication number: 20230253613Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte with excellent water resistance. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a sulfide solid electrolyte including a LGPS type crystal phase, and containing Li, Ge, P, and S, wherein: when an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurement is conducted to a surface of the sulfide solid electrolyte, a proportion of Ge2+ with respect to total amount of Ge is 20% or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2022Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicants: Tokyo Institute of Technology, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryoji KANNO, Satoshi HORI, Keiichi MINAMI, Shinya SHIOTANI
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Publication number: 20230238574Abstract: Disclosed are a solid electrolyte material including a naturally abundant element as a base, having lithium ion conductivity equal or superior to those of conventional sulfide solid electrolyte materials, being relatively inexpensive, and having a crystal structure, a manufacturing method thereof, and a battery using the same. The solid electrolyte material may include a naturally abundant element as a base, have lithium ion conductivity equal or superior to those of conventional sulfide solid electrolyte materials, be relatively inexpensive, and have a crystal structure. The sulfide solid electrolyte material includes a sulfide compound represented by a formula of Li2?4x?ySi1+x?yPyS3, and x and y satisfy conditions ?0.040?x?0.095 and 0.036?y?0.192.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Yong Sub Yoon, Sasaki Yuki, Sa Heum Kim, Ryoji Kanno, Hori Satoshi
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Patent number: 11152641Abstract: Provided is a sulfide solid electrolyte material which has a composition that does not contain Ge, while having a smaller Li content than conventional sulfide solid electrolyte materials, and which has both lithium ion conductivity and chemical stability at the same time. A sulfide solid electrolyte which has a crystal structure represented by composition formula (Li3.45+??4?Sn?)(Si0.36Sn0.09)(P0.55??Si?)S4 (wherein ??0.67, ??0.33 and 0.43<?+? (provided that 0.23<??0.4 when ?=0.2 and 0.13<??0.4 when ?=0.3 may be excluded)), or a crystal structure represented by composition formula Li7+?Si?P1??S6 (wherein 0.1??<0.3).Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2017Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Tokyo Institute of TechnologyInventors: Ryoji Kanno, Masaaki Hirayama, Kota Suzuki, Yulong Sun, Satoshi Hori
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Publication number: 20210242491Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte is capable of suppressing a decrease in Li ion conductivity due to moisture. A sulfide solid electrolyte includes a Li element, a P element, a S element and an O element, and having a granular shape, and including a crystal portion oriented along the granular shape, on an inner surface of the sulfide solid electrolyte.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2019Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicants: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryoji KANNO, Satoshi HORI, Shinya SHIOTANI
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Patent number: 10897059Abstract: The problem of the present invention is to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte material with favorable reduction resistance. The present invention solves the problem by providing a sulfide solid electrolyte material having a peak at a position of 2?=30.26°±1.00° in X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuK? ray, and having a composition of Li(4?x?4y)Si(1?x+y)P(x)S(4?2a?z)O(2a+z) (a=1?x+y, 0.65?x?0.75, ?0.025?y?0.1, ?0.2?z?0).Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2016Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignees: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryoji Kanno, Satoshi Hori, Yuki Kato
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Patent number: 10741299Abstract: (Problem to be Solved) The present invention was made in view of the above-described problems, with an object of providing a Li—P—S-based sulfide solid electrolyte material with both excellent electrochemical stability and a high lithium ion conductivity, providing a method of producing the Li—P—S-based sulfide solid electrolyte material, and providing a lithium battery including the sulfide solid electrolyte material. (Solution) There is provided a sulfide solid electrolyte material including a Li element, a P element, and a S element and having peaks at positions of 2?=17.90±0.20, 29.0±0.50, and 29.75±0.25? in powder X-ray diffraction measurement using a Cu-K? ray having an X-ray wavelength of 1.5418 ?, in which assuming that the diffraction intensity of the peak at 2?=17.90±0.20 is IA and the diffraction intensity of the peak at 2?=18.50±0.20 is IB, a value of IB/IA is less than 0.50.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2016Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignees: Tokyo Insititute of Technology, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryoji Kanno, Satoshi Hori
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Patent number: 10541443Abstract: (Problem to be Solved) A solid electrolyte material with favorable ion conductivity is demanded from the viewpoint of the higher output of a battery. The present invention was made in view of the above-described problems, with an object of providing a sulfide solid electrolyte material with favorable Li ion conductivity and providing a lithium battery including the sulfide solid electrolyte material. (Solution) There are provided: a solid electrolyte including a sulfide-based solid electrolyte represented by a composition formula: (Li2S)x(MS2)y(P2S5)z, in which M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ge, Sb, Si, Sn, B, Al, Ga, In, Zr, V, and Nb, and 0.53?x?0.74, 0.13?y?0.37, 0.04?z?0.15, and x+y+z=1 are satisfied; and a lithium battery including the solid electrolyte.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2016Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignees: Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryoji Kanno, Yuki Inoue
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Patent number: 10461363Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte material has favorable ion conductivity and resistance to reduction. The sulfide solid electrolyte material includes a peak at a position of 2?=29.86°±1.00° in X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuK? ray, and a composition of Li2y+3PS4 (0.1?y?0.175).Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2015Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignees: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryoji Kanno, Masaaki Hirayama, Kota Suzuki, Satoshi Hori, Yuki Kato
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Patent number: 10403933Abstract: In order to improve the stability of an electrolyte, an object of the present disclosure is to develop, among the sulfide solid electrolytes of Li—P—S—O based containing no metal element other than lithium, a new solid electrolyte having a possibility to have high ion conductivity and a method for producing for obtaining the same easily. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a solid electrolyte material including a sulfide composition represented by a composition formula Li4-4y-xP4+1+y-xP5+xS4-zOz (Li4-4y-xP1+yS4-zOz), wherein 0.6?x<1, 0?z?0.2, and ?0.025?y?0.1, and a method for producing the same.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2018Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignees: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryoji Kanno, Satoshi Hori
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Patent number: 10396395Abstract: To improve the stability of an electrolyte, among the sulfide solid electrolytes of Li—P—S—X based (X is at least one of F, Cl, N and OH) containing no metal element other than lithium, a new solid electrolyte having a possibility to have high ion conductivity and a method for producing for obtaining the same easily. The disclosure achieves the object by providing a solid electrolyte material including a sulfide composition represented by a composition formula Li4?4y?x?zP4+1+y?xP5+xS4?zXz (Li4?4y?x?zP1+yS4?zXz), wherein 0.2?x<1.0, 0?z?0.2, and 0?y?0.075, and X is at least one of F, Cl, N and OH, and the solid electrolyte material has a peak at a position of 2?=17.8°±0.1°, 19.1°±0.1°, 21.7°±0.1°, 23.8°±0.1° and 30.85°±0.1° in X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuK? ray, and method for producing the same.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2018Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignees: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryoji Kanno, Satoshi Hori
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Publication number: 20190237801Abstract: Provided is a sulfide solid electrolyte material which has a composition that does not contain Ge, while having a smaller Li content than conventional sulfide solid electrolyte materials, and which has both lithium ion conductivity and chemical stability at the same time. A sulfide solid electrolyte which has a crystal structure represented by composition formula (Li3.45+??4?Sn?)(Si0.36Sn0.09)(P0.55??Si?)S4 (wherein ??0.67, ??0.33 and 0.43<?+? (provided that 0.23<??0.4 when ?=0.2 and 0.13<??0.4 when ?=0.3 may be excluded)), or a crystal structure represented by composition formula Li7+?Si?P1??S6 (wherein 0.1??<0.3).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2017Publication date: August 1, 2019Applicant: Tokyo Institute of TechnologyInventors: Ryoji KANNO, Masaaki HIRAYAMA, Kota SUZUKI, Yulong SUN, Satoshi HORI
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Patent number: 10355308Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte material with favorable ion conductivity, in which charge and discharge efficiency may be inhibited from decreasing. The object is attained by providing a sulfide solid electrolyte material, including: a Li element; a P element; and a S element, characterized in that the material has a peak at a position of 2?=30.21°±0.50° in X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuK? ray, and the sulfide solid electrolyte material does not substantially include a metallic element belonging to the third group to the sixteenth group.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2014Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryoji Kanno, Masaaki Hirayama, Yuki Kato, Takamasa Ohtomo, Hisatsugu Yamasaki
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Publication number: 20190074541Abstract: To provide a sulfide solid electrolyte material which does not include Ge and which has excellent electrochemical stability and high lithium ion conductivity. A sulfide solid electrolyte, including a sulfide-based solid electrolyte represented by the composition formula: Li4-4z-x[SnySi1-y]1+z-xPxS4 (where 0.5?x?0.6, y=0.2, and 0?z??0.2), wherein the sulfide solid electrolyte has a peak at position 2?=29.58°±0.50° in X-ray diffraction measurement using CuK? radiation and does not have a peak at position 2?=27.33°±0.50° in X-ray diffraction measurement using CuK? radiation, or when the sulfide solid electrolyte has a peak at the position 2?=27.33°±0.50°, the value of IB/IA is less than 0.50 (where IA is the diffraction intensity of the 2?=29.58°±0.50° peak and IB is the diffraction intensity of the 2?=27.33°±0.50° peak).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2017Publication date: March 7, 2019Applicant: Tokyo Institute of TechnologyInventors: Ryoji Kanno, Masaaki HIRAYAMA, Kota SUZUKI, Yulong SUN
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Publication number: 20180287205Abstract: In order to improve the stability of an electrolyte, an object of the present disclosure is to develop, among the sulfide solid electrolytes of Li—P—S—O based containing no metal element other than lithium, a new solid electrolyte having a possibility to have high ion conductivity and a method for producing for obtaining the same easily. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a solid electrolyte material including a sulfide composition represented by a composition formula Li4-4y-xP4+1+y-xP5+xS4-zOz (Li4-4y-xP1+yS4-zOz), wherein 0.6?x<1, 0?z?0.2, and ?0.025?y?0.1, and a method for producing the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Applicants: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryoji KANNO, Satoshi HORI