Patents by Inventor Shun Kai Bong

Shun Kai Bong 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).

  • Patent number: 11967700
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that has a low initial resistance and an increase in resistance after charging and discharging is suppressed. The secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active substance layer, which contains a lithium composite oxide having a layered structure. The lithium composite oxide is a porous particle. A surface of the porous particle includes a layer having a rock salt type structure. A thickness of the layer is not less than 5 nm and not more than 80 nm. A void ratio of the porous particle is not less than 15% and not more than 48%. The porous particle contains two or more voids having diameters that are at least 10% of the particle diameter of the porous particle. The surface of the porous particle includes a coating of lithium tungstate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Yamamoto, Momoko Procter, Yoshinari Makimura, Tetsutaro Hayashi, Willy Shun Kai Bong
  • Patent number: 11962000
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is obtained using a lithium composite oxide having a layered structure in a positive electrode active substance. An increase in resistance following repeated charging and discharging is suppressed. The battery includes a positive electrode provided with a positive electrode active substance layer, a negative electrode and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode active substance layer contains a porous particle lithium composite oxide having a layered structure. The average void ratio of the porous particle is not less than 12% but not more than 50%, and it contains two or more voids having diameters that are at least 8% of its particle diameter. The surface of the porous particle is provided with a coating of lithium tungstate. The coverage ratio of the surface of the porous particle by the lithium tungstate is not less than 10% but not more than 65%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Yamamoto, Momoko Procter, Yoshinari Makimura, Tetsutaro Hayashi, Willy Shun Kai Bong
  • Patent number: 11923533
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is obtained using a lithium composite oxide having a layered structure in a positive electrode active substance. An increase in resistance following repeated charging and discharging is suppressed. The battery includes a positive electrode provided with a positive electrode active substance layer, a negative electrode and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode active substance layer contains a porous particle lithium composite oxide having a layered structure. The average void ratio of the porous particle is not less than 12% but not more than 50%, and it contains two or more voids having diameters that are at least 8% of its particle diameter. The surface of the porous particle is provided with a coating of lithium tungstate. The coverage ratio of the surface of the porous particle by the lithium tungstate is not less than 10% but not more than 65%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Yamamoto, Momoko Procter, Yoshinari Makimura, Tetsutaro Hayashi, Willy Shun Kai Bong
  • Patent number: 11923534
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery which is obtained using a lithium composite oxide having a layered structure and coated with a tungsten-containing compound in a positive electrode active substance, and which has a low initial resistance, and in which an increase in resistance following repeated charging and discharging is suppressed. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active substance layer containing a lithium composite oxide having a layered structure. The lithium composite oxide includes a porous particle having a void ratio of not less than 20% but not more than 50%. The porous particle contains two or more voids having diameters that are at least 10% of the particle diameter of the porous particle. The surface of the porous particle is provided with a coating containing tungsten oxide and lithium tungstate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Yamamoto, Momoko Procter, Yoshinari Makimura, Tetsutaro Hayashi, Willy Shun Kai Bong
  • Patent number: 11777084
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery which is obtained using a lithium composite oxide having a layered structure and coated with a tungsten-containing compound in a positive electrode active substance, and which has a low initial resistance, and in which an increase in resistance following repeated charging and discharging is suppressed. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active substance layer containing a lithium composite oxide having a layered structure. The lithium composite oxide includes a porous particle having a void ratio of not less than 20% but not more than 50%. The porous particle contains two or more voids having diameters that are at least 10% of the particle diameter of the porous particle. The surface of the porous particle is provided with a coating containing tungsten oxide and lithium tungstate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Yamamoto, Momoko Procter, Yoshinari Makimura, Tetsutaro Hayashi, Willy Shun Kai Bong
  • Patent number: 11757085
    Abstract: Provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery with a positive electrode active material that contains an excess of Li and has a layered structure, the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a high output and enabling prevention of gelation of the positive electrode active material layer-forming paste during production. The herein disclosed nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material layer. The positive electrode active material layer contains a lithium composite oxide having a layered structure as a positive electrode active material. The compositional ratio of the lithium atom to the metal atom other than a lithium atom contained in the lithium composite oxide is greater than 1. The lithium composite oxide is in the form of porous particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Yamamoto, Momoko Procter, Yoshinari Makimura, Tetsutaro Hayashi, Willy Shun Kai Bong
  • Publication number: 20220384804
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material is constituted by lithium transition metal-containing composite oxide particles having a layered rock salt type crystal structure and are composed of secondary particles each formed of an aggregation of primary particles. The secondary particles have a d50 of 3.0 to 7.0 ?m, a BET specific surface area of 1.8 to 5.5 m2/g, a pore peak diameter of 0.01 to 0.30 ?m, and a log differential pore volume [dV/d(log D)] of 0.2 to 0.6 ml/g within a range of the pore peak diameter. In each of a plurality of primary particles having a primary particle size of 0.1 to 1.0 ?m, a coefficient of variation of the concentration of an additive element M is 1.5 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsutaro Hayashi, Shun Kai Bong, Toshihiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20220376243
    Abstract: The positive electrode active material is capable of reducing positive electrode resistance, exhibiting better output characteristics, and having high mechanical strength when the positive electrode active material is used in a lithium ion secondary battery. Secondary particles have a d50 of 3.0 to 7.0 ?m, a BET specific surface area of 2.0 to 5.0 m2/g, a tap density of 1.0 to 2.0 g/cm3, and an oil absorption amount of 30 to 60 ml/100 g. In each of a plurality of primary particles having a primary particle size of 0.1 to 1.0 ?m, a coefficient of variation of the concentration of an additive element M is 1.5 or less. The volume of a linking section between the primary particles per primary particle, obtained from the total volume of the linking section and the number of primary particles constituting the secondary particles, is 5×105 to 9×107 nm3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsutaro Hayashi, Shun Kai Bong, Shinsuke Suganuma, Toshihiro Kato, Jiro Okada
  • Publication number: 20220367859
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material includes lithium transition metal-containing composite oxide particles containing an additive element M1 and includes a coating layer formed of a metal composite oxide of Li and a metal element M2 on a part of a surface of the particles. The particles have a d50 of 3.0 to 7.0 ?m, a BET specific surface area of 2.0 to 5.0 m2/g, a tap density of 1.0 to 2.0 g/cm3, and an oil absorption amount of 30 to 60 ml/100 g. For each of a plurality of primary particles having a primary particle size within a range of 0.1 to 1.0 ?m among the primary particles, a coefficient of variation of the concentration of M1 is 1.5 or less, and the amount of M2 is 0.1 to 1.5 atom % with respect to the total number of atoms of Ni, Mn, and Co contained in the composite oxide particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsutaro Hayashi, Shun Kai Bong, Shinsuke Suganuma, Toshihiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20220344656
    Abstract: To provide a positive electrode active material capable of further reducing positive electrode resistance and exhibiting better output characteristics. A positive electrode active material includes a coating layer formed of a metal composite oxide of Li and one or more metal elements selected from Al, Ti, Zr, Nb, Mo, and W on at least a part of a surface of lithium transition metal-containing composite oxide particles, and has d50 of 3.0 to 7.0 ?m, a BET specific surface area of 2.0 to 5.0 m2/g, a tap density of 1.0 to 2.0 g/cm3, and an oil absorption amount of 30 to 60 ml/100 g, in which the amount of metal elements other than Li contained in the coating layer is 0.1 to 1.5 atom % with respect to the total number of atoms of Ni, Mn, and Co contained in the composite oxide particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsutaro Hayashi, Shun Kai Bong, Shinsuke Suganuma, Toshihiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20220271272
    Abstract: The method includes: a dry mixing process of mixing a tungsten compound with a lithium nickel manganese cobalt-containing composite oxide that is a base material to obtain a mixture; a water spray mixing process of spraying water to the mixture while the mixture is stirred, to mix the mixture; a heat treatment process of subjecting the mixture obtained after the water spray mixing process to a heat treatment at a temperature of 500° C. or lower; and a drying process of drying the mixture obtained after the heat treatment process at a temperature of 500° C. or lower to obtain a W- and Li-containing compound-coated lithium nickel manganese cobalt-containing composite oxide in which fine particles and coating films of a W- and Li-containing compound exist on a surface of the primary particles, and in at least drying process, the drying is performed using a vacuum dry mixing apparatus in a vacuum atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Kato, Tetsutaro Hayashi, Willy Shun Kai Bong
  • Publication number: 20210020900
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that has a low initial resistance and an increase in resistance after charging and discharging is suppressed. The secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active substance layer, which contains a lithium composite oxide having a layered structure. The lithium composite oxide is a porous particle. A surface of the porous particle includes a layer having a rock salt type structure. A thickness of the layer is not less than 5 nm and not more than 80 nm. A void ratio of the porous particle is not less than 15% and not more than 48%. The porous particle contains two or more voids having diameters that are at least 10% of the particle diameter of the porous particle. The surface of the porous particle includes a coating of lithium tungstate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji YAMAMOTO, Momoko PROCTER, Yoshinari MAKIMURA, Tetsutaro HAYASHI, Willy Shun Kai Bong
  • Publication number: 20210020923
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is obtained using a lithium composite oxide having a layered structure in a positive electrode active substance. An increase in resistance following repeated charging and discharging is suppressed. The battery includes a positive electrode provided with a positive electrode active substance layer, a negative electrode and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode active substance layer contains a porous particle lithium composite oxide having a layered structure. The average void ratio of the porous particle is not less than 12% but not more than 50%, and it contains two or more voids having diameters that are at least 8% of its particle diameter. The surface of the porous particle is provided with a coating of lithium tungstate. The coverage ratio of the surface of the porous particle by the lithium tungstate is not less than 10% but not more than 65%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji YAMAMOTO, Momoko PROCTER, Yoshinari MAKIMURA, Tetsutaro HAYASHI, Willy Shun Kai Bong
  • Publication number: 20210020925
    Abstract: The present disclosure can bring excellent output characteristics to a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery that uses a cathode active material containing tungsten while desired durability is secured. The battery of the present disclosure includes a cathode, an anode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The cathode includes a cathode active material layer that contains a granular cathode active material. The cathode active material includes a core part that contains a lithium-transition metal composite oxide of a layered structure; a tungsten-concentrated layer that is formed over a surface of the core part and has a higher tungsten concentration than in the core part; and a lithium-tungsten compound particle that adheres to at least part of a surface of the tungsten-concentrated layer and contains tungsten and lithium. In the battery of the present disclosure, the tungsten-concentrated layer has an amorphous structure. This can bring excellent output characteristics while desired durability is secured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Yamamoto, Momoko Procter, Yoshinari Makimura, Tetsutaro Hayashi, Willy Shun Kai Bong
  • Publication number: 20210020922
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery which is obtained using a lithium composite oxide having a layered structure and coated with a tungsten-containing compound in a positive electrode active substance, and which has a low initial resistance, and in which an increase in resistance following repeated charging and discharging is suppressed. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active substance layer containing a lithium composite oxide having a layered structure. The lithium composite oxide includes a porous particle having a void ratio of not less than 20% but not more than 50%. The porous particle contains two or more voids having diameters that are at least 10% of the particle diameter of the porous particle. The surface of the porous particle is provided with a coating containing tungsten oxide and lithium tungstate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji YAMAMOTO, Momoko PROCTER, Yoshinari MAKIMURA, Tetsutaro HAYASHI, Willy Shun Kai Bong
  • Publication number: 20210020924
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery uses, as a positive electrode active material, a lithium composite oxide having a layered structure and coated with lithium tungstate, and has a low resistance. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes positive and negative electrodes and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material layer containing a lithium composite oxide having a layered structure as a positive electrode active material. The lithium composite oxide is in the form of porous particles, each having at least two voids each having a percentage of a void area with respect to the area occupied by each of the particles in its cross-sectional view of at least 1%. Each porous particle has a void connecting the particle interior to the surface and having an opening with a diameter of at least 100 nm. Each porous particle has a lithium tungstate coating on its surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji YAMAMOTO, Momoko PROCTER, Yoshinari MAKIMURA, Tetsutaro HAYASHI, Willy Shun Kai BONG
  • Publication number: 20210020901
    Abstract: Provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery with a positive electrode active material that contains an excess of Li and has a layered structure, the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a high output and enabling prevention of gelation of the positive electrode active material layer-forming paste during production. The herein disclosed nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material layer. The positive electrode active material layer contains a lithium composite oxide having a layered structure as a positive electrode active material. The compositional ratio of the lithium atom to the metal atom other than a lithium atom contained in the lithium composite oxide is greater than 1. The lithium composite oxide is in the form of porous particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Yamamoto, Momoko Procter, Yoshinari Makimura, Tetsutaro Hayashi, Willy Shun Kai Bong