Patents by Inventor Takakazu Hirose

Takakazu Hirose 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: 12368158
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material comprising: particles of negative electrode active material, wherein the particles of negative electrode active material contain particles of silicon compound containing a silicon compound (SiOx:0.5?x?1.6), and wherein the particles of silicon compound have, as chemical shift values obtained from a 29Si-MAS-NMR spectrum, an intensity A of a peak derived from amorphous silicon obtained in ?40 to ?60 ppm, an intensity B of a peak derived from silicon dioxide obtained in the vicinity of ?110 ppm, and an intensity C of a peak derived from Si obtained in the vicinity of ?83 ppm, which satisfy the following formula 1 and formula 2. B?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takakazu Hirose, Hiromichi Kamo
  • Patent number: 12255313
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery containing a negative electrode active material particle which includes a silicon compound particle containing a silicon compound (SiOx: 0.5?x?1.6). The silicon compound particle contains a Li compound, at least a part of the silicon compound particle is coated with a carbon material, and at least a part of a surface of the silicon compound particle, a surface of the carbon material, or both of them is coated with a layer containing a compound having a silyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohta Takahashi, Takakazu Hirose, Takumi Matsuno
  • Patent number: 12142758
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material containing negative electrode active material particles. The negative electrode active material particles include silicon compound particles each containing an oxygen-containing silicon compound. The silicon compound particle contains at least one of Li2SiO3 and Li2Si2O5. The silicon compound particle has, in a Si K-edge spectrum obtained from a XANES spectrum: a peak P derived from the Li silicate and located near 1847 eV; and a peak Q gentler than the peak P and located near 1851 to 1852 eV. This provides a negative electrode active material that is capable of stabilizing a slurry when the negative electrode active material is used for a secondary battery, and capable of increasing the battery capacity by improving the initial efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takakazu Hirose, Reiko Sakai, Yusuke Osawa, Kohta Takahashi, Takumi Matsuno
  • Patent number: 12074319
    Abstract: The inventive negative electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery contains negative electrode active material particles which include silicon compound (SiOx: 0.5?x?1.6) particles. The negative electrode active material particles are at least partially coated with a carbon material, contain one or more selected from Li2SiO3 and Li2Si2O5, and satisfy Ib/Ia?4.8 and Ic/Ia?6.0 in an X-ray diffraction measurement using a Cu-K? line. Ia represents an intensity of a peak around 2?=28.4° attributable to Si obtained by the X-ray diffraction. Ib represents a peak intensity of a peak attributable to Li2SiO3 obtained by the X-ray diffraction. Ic represents a peak intensity of a peak attributable to Li2Si2O5 obtained by the X-ray diffraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohta Takahashi, Yusuke Osawa, Takakazu Hirose, Yoshiyasu Yamada, Takumi Matsuno
  • Publication number: 20240274789
    Abstract: A negative electrode material containing a negative electrode active material particle which includes a silicon compound particle containing a silicon compound (SiOx: 0.5?x?1.6). The silicon compound particle contains at least one or more of Li2SiO3 and Li4SiO4, and the negative electrode material further contains at least one of a metal compound particle containing a metal compound and an aggregate of the metal compound particle. The negative electrode material is capable of stabilizing a slurry prepared in production of a negative electrode for a secondary battery, and improving initial charge-discharge characteristics and cycle characteristics when it is used as a negative electrode active material for a secondary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takumi MATSUNO, Takakazu Hirose, Kohta Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11990603
    Abstract: A negative electrode material containing a negative electrode active material particle which includes a silicon compound particle containing a silicon compound (SiOx: 0.5?x?1.6). The silicon compound particle contains at least one or more of Li2SiO3 and Li4SiO4, and the negative electrode material further contains at least one of a metal compound particle containing a metal compound and an aggregate of the metal compound particle. The negative electrode material is capable of stabilizing a slurry prepared in production of a negative electrode for a secondary battery, and improving initial charge-discharge characteristics and cycle characteristics when it is used as a negative electrode active material for a secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takumi Matsuno, Takakazu Hirose, Kohta Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11961997
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, containing negative electrode active material particles, including silicon compound particles each containing a silicon compound (SiOx: 0.5?x?1.6) and at least one or more of Li2SiO3 and Li2Si2O5, the material includes a phosphate, the negative electrode active material particles each have a surface containing lithium element, and a ratio mp/ml satisfies 0.02?mp/ml?3, where ml represents a molar quantity of the lithium element and contained per unit mass of the particles, and mp represents a molar quantity of phosphorus element contained per unit mass of the particles. Thereby, a negative electrode active material is capable of stabilizing an aqueous negative electrode slurry prepared in producing a negative electrode of a secondary battery, and capable of improving initial charge-discharge characteristics when the negative electrode active material is used for a secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takumi Matsuno, Hidekazu Awano, Takakazu Hirose, Kohta Takahashi, Yusuke Osawa
  • Patent number: 11909038
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material containing a negative electrode active material particle; the negative electrode active material particle including a silicon compound shown by SiOx (0.5?x?1.6), and having a peak in a range of 539 to 541 eV in a XANES spectrum obtained by XANES measurement of the negative electrode active material particle. 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: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takakazu Hirose, Reiko Sakai
  • Patent number: 11901545
    Abstract: Methods for producing a negative electrode active material particle which includes a silicon compound particle containing a silicon compound that contains oxygen. The methods including preparing a silicon compound particle containing a silicon compound that contains oxygen; inserting Li into the silicon compound particle; and heating, while stirring, the Li-inserted silicon compound particle in a furnace to produce a negative electrode active material particle, wherein at least part of Si constituting the silicon compound particle is present in at least one state selected from oxide of Si2+ to Si3+ containing no Li, and compound containing Li and Si2+ to Si3+.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takakazu Hirose, Takumi Matsuno, Reiko Sakai, Kohta Takahashi, Hidekazu Awano
  • Patent number: 11658289
    Abstract: A negative electrode including a negative electrode active material layer including a negative electrode active material including a negative electrode active material particle. The negative electrode active material particle includes a silicon compound particle including a silicon compound (SiOx: 0.5?x?1.6). The silicon compound particle includes crystalline Li2SiO3 in at least part of the silicon compound particle. Among a peak intensity A derived from Li2SiO3, a peak intensity B derived from Si, a peak intensity C derived from Li2Si2O5, and a peak intensity D derived from SiO2 which are obtained from a 29Si-MAS-NMR spectrum of the silicon compound particle, the peak intensity A is the highest intensity, and the peak intensity A and the peak intensity C satisfy a relationship of the following formula 1: Formula 1: 3C<A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takakazu Hirose, Hiromichi Kamo
  • Patent number: 11594716
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material containing a negative electrode active material particle which includes a silicon compound particle containing a silicon compound (SiOx: 0.5?x?1.6). The silicon compound particle has three or more peaks in a chemical shift value ranging from ?40 ppm to ?120 ppm but has no peak in a chemical shift value within a range of ?65±3 ppm in a spectrum obtained from 29Si-MAS-NMR of the silicon compound particle. This provides a negative electrode active material capable of improving cycle characteristics when it is used as a negative electrode active material for a secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takakazu Hirose, Kohta Takahashi, Takumi Matsuno, Reiko Sakai, Yusuke Osawa
  • Patent number: 11430980
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material comprising: particles of negative electrode active material, wherein the particles of negative electrode active material contain particles of silicon compound containing a silicon compound (SiOx:0.5?x?1.6), and wherein the particles of silicon compound have, as chemical shift values obtained from a 29Si-MAS-NMR spectrum, an intensity A of a peak derived from amorphous silicon obtained in ?40 to ?60 ppm, an intensity B of a peak derived from silicon dioxide obtained in the vicinity of ?110 ppm, and an intensity C of a peak derived from Si obtained in the vicinity of ?83 ppm, which satisfy the following formula 1 and formula 2. B?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takakazu Hirose, Hiromichi Kamo
  • Patent number: 11335905
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takakazu Hirose, Takumi Matsuno, Reiko Sakai
  • Patent number: 11316147
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material includes: particles of negative electrode active material, the particles of negative electrode active material contain particles of silicon compound containing a silicon compound (SiOx:0.5?x?1.6); the particles of silicon compound contain at least one kind or more of Li2SiO3 and Li4SiO4; the particles of negative electrode active material contain Li2CO3 and LiOH on a surface thereof; and a content of the Li2CO3 is 0.01% by mass or more and 5.00% by mass or less relative to a mass of the particles of negative electrode active material and a content of the LiOH is 0.01% by mass or more and 5.00% by mass or less relative to the mass of the particles of negative electrode active material. Thus a negative electrode active material is capable of improving initial charge/discharge characteristics and the cycle characteristics when used as a negative electrode active material of the secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Awano, Takumi Matsuno, Hiromichi Kamo, Takakazu Hirose, Masahiro Furuya
  • Patent number: 11316152
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, containing a negative electrode active material particle, wherein the negative electrode active material particle includes a silicon compound particle containing a silicon compound (SiOx: 0.5?x?1.6), the silicon compound particle contains a Li compound, at least a part of the silicon compound particle is coated with a carbon material, and an O-component fragment and a CH-component fragment are detected from the negative electrode active material particle in a measurement by TOF-SIMS, and a ratio of a peak intensity A of the O-component fragment to a peak intensity B of the CH-component fragment is 0.5?A/B?100. This provides a negative electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery capable of increasing battery capacity and improving the cycle characteristics and battery initial efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohta Takahashi, Takakazu Hirose, Takumi Matsuno
  • Patent number: 11283060
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material contains a negative electrode active material particle which includes a silicon compound particle containing a silicon compound that contains oxygen. The silicon compound particle contains a Li compound, and at least part of Si constituting the silicon compound particle is present in at least one state selected from oxide of Si2+ to Si3+ containing no Li, and compound containing Li and Si2+ to Si3+. A negative electrode active material is capable of increasing battery capacity and improving cycle characteristics and initial charge-discharge characteristics when the negative electrode active material is used for a secondary battery. A mixed negative electrode active material contains the negative electrode active material. A method produces a negative electrode active material particle which enables production of the negative electrode active material particle to be contained in the negative electrode active material as described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takakazu Hirose, Takumi Matsuno, Reiko Sakai, Kohta Takahashi, Hidekazu Awano
  • Patent number: 11177501
    Abstract: A production method of a negative electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries containing a silicon compound (SiOx: 0.5?x?1.6) that contains Li, includes: making a silicon compound into which the lithium has been inserted contact with a solution B containing a polycyclic aromatic compound or a derivative thereof or both thereof (here, the solution B contains one or more kinds selected from an ether-based solvent, a ketone-based solvent, an ester-based solvent, an alcohol-based solvent, and an amine-based solvent as the solvent); and making the silicon compound contact with a solution C (here, the solution C contains one or more kinds selected from an alcohol-based solvent, a carboxylic acid-based solvent, and water as the solvent). Thereby, a production method of a negative electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries is capable of increasing a battery capacity and improving the cycle characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromichi Kamo, Takakazu Hirose
  • Patent number: 11165058
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material contains a negative electrode active material particle; the negative electrode active material particle including a silicon compound particle containing a silicon compound (SiOx: 0.5?x?1.6), wherein the silicon compound particle contains a Li compound, and the negative electrode active material particle contains at least one kind of salt selected from salts of polyacrylic acid and salts of carboxymethyl cellulose, together with a metal salt containing at least one kind of metal selected from Mg and Al. This provides a negative electrode active material that is capable of stabilizing slurry that is produced in production of a negative electrode for a secondary battery, and improving initial charge-discharge characteristics and cycle performance when it is used as a negative electrode active material for a secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takakazu Hirose, Kohta Takahashi, Takumi Matsuno, Reiko Sakai
  • Patent number: 11139469
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material including a negative electrode active material particle. The negative electrode active material particle includes a silicon compound particle including a silicon compound (SiOx: 0.5?x?1.6). The silicon compound particle includes crystalline Li2SiO3 in at least part of the silicon compound particle. Among a peak intensity A derived from Li2SiO3, a peak intensity B derived from Si, a peak intensity C derived from Li2Si2O5, and a peak intensity D derived from SiO2 which are obtained from a 29Si-MAS-NMR spectrum of the silicon compound particle, the peak intensity A is the highest intensity, and the peak intensity A and the peak intensity C satisfy a relationship of the following formula 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takakazu Hirose, Hiromichi Kamo
  • Patent number: 11024838
    Abstract: A production method of a negative electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries containing particles of lithium-containing silicon compound includes: preparing particles of silicon compound containing a silicon compound (SiOx: 0.5?x?1.6); obtaining particles of lithium-containing silicon compound by making the particle of silicon compound contact with a solution A that contains lithium and has an ether-based solvent as a solvent; and heating the particles of the lithium-containing silicon compound. A production method of a negative electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries is capable of increasing battery capacity of the negative electrode active material and capable of improving the first time efficiency and cycle characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromichi Kamo, Takakazu Hirose, Katsunori Nishiura, Nan Fang