Patents by Inventor Yuji Iwaki

Yuji Iwaki 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: 11974447
    Abstract: A novel light-emitting device is provided. A light-emitting device with high emission efficiency is provided. A light-emitting device with a long lifetime is provided. A light-emitting device with low driving voltage is provided. The light-emitting device includes an anode, a cathode, and an EL layer between the anode and the cathode. The EL layer includes a hole-injection layer, a light-emitting layer, and an electron-transport layer. The hole-injection layer is positioned between the anode and the light-emitting layer. The electron-transport layer is positioned between the light-emitting layer and the cathode. The hole-injection layer contains a first substance and a second substance. The first substance is an organic compound which has a hole-transport property and a HOMO level higher than or equal to ?5.7 eV and lower than or equal to ?5.4 eV. The second substance exhibits an electron-accepting property with respect to the first substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Hiromi Seo, Kunihiko Suzuki, Kanta Abe, Yuji Iwaki, Naoaki Hashimoto, Tsunenori Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20240030429
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material in which the number of defects that cause deterioration is small or progress of the defect is suppressed is provided. The positive electrode active material is used for a secondary battery. The positive electrode active material contains lithium cobalt oxide containing an additive element. After a cycle test is performed on a cell that uses the positive electrode active material for a positive electrode and a lithium electrode as a counter electrode, the positive electrode active material includes a defect and contains at least the same element as the additive element in a region in the vicinity of the defect. The additive element is contained also in a surface portion of the positive electrode active material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Ryo ARASAWA, Shunichi ITO, Shiori SAGA, Yohei MOMMA, Jo SAITO, Kunihiko SUZUKI, Teppei OGUNI, Yuji IWAKI, Kanta ABE
  • Patent number: 11882755
    Abstract: A display device having a photosensing function is provided. A display device having a biometric authentication function typified by fingerprint authentication is provided. A display device having a touch panel function and a biometric authentication function is provided. The display device includes a first substrate, a light guide plate, a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element, and a light-receiving element. The first substrate and the light guide plate are provided to face each other. The first light-emitting element and the light-receiving element are provided between the first substrate and the light guide plate. The first light-emitting element has a function of emitting first light through the light guide plate. The second light-emitting element has a function of emitting second light to a side surface of the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Inventors: Daisuke Kubota, Ryo Hatsumi, Taisuke Kamada, Yuji Iwaki, Junpei Momo, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20230352655
    Abstract: An electrode with excellent characteristics is provided. An active material with excellent characteristics is provided. A novel silicon material is provided. An electrode includes a plurality of particles and a graphene compound. At least part of the surface of each of the plurality of particles is terminated by a functional group containing oxygen, the graphene compound contains the plurality of particles so as to cover the surrounding of the plurality of particles, and the graphene compound is graphene containing at least one of a carbon atom terminated by a hydrogen atom and a carbon atom terminated by a fluorine atom in a two-dimensional structure formed with a six-membered ring of carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Kunihiko SUZUKI, Kengo AKIMOTO, Marina SUGANUMA, Yuji IWAKI, Kazutaka KURIKI, Taisuke NAKAO, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230343947
    Abstract: An active material particle with little deterioration is provided. A positive electrode active material particle with little deterioration is provided. The electrode includes a first particle group, a second particle group, and a third particle group. A median diameter of the first particle group is greater than a median diameter of the third particle group, and a median diameter of the second particle group is between the median diameter of the first particle group and the median diameter of the third particle group. The electrode is formed through a first step of forming a first mixture including the first particle group, the second particle group, the third particle group, and a solvent; a second step of applying the first mixture onto a current collector; and a third step of performing heating to volatilize the solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Tetsuji ISHITANI, Yuji IWAKI, Shuhei YOSHITOMI
  • Publication number: 20230327092
    Abstract: An electrode with little deterioration or a secondary battery with little deterioration is provided. An electrode includes a first region and a second region. The first region includes a particle containing silicon. The second region includes a particle containing silicon and a graphene compound. The second region is in contact with the first region to cover at least part thereof. Alternatively, an electrode includes a plurality of particles containing silicon and a graphene compound. Each of the plurality of particles containing silicon includes a functional group containing oxygen and carbon, a functional group containing oxygen, or a fluorine atom in at least part of the surface. The graphene compound includes at least one of carbon terminated with hydrogen and carbon terminated with fluorine in a plane of the graphene compound. The graphene compound is in contact with the plurality of particles containing silicon to closely cling thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Kazutaka KURIKI, Tatsuyoshi TAKAHASHI, Yoshiharu ASADA, Daichi HIGO, Yuji IWAKI, Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Taisuke NAKAO, Teppei OGUNI
  • Publication number: 20230246198
    Abstract: A positive electrode for a secondary battery having excellent cycle performance is provided. The positive electrode for a secondary battery includes a positive electrode current collector layer, a base film, a positive electrode active material layer, and a cap layer; the base film contains titanium nitride; the positive electrode active material layer contains lithium cobalt oxide; and the cap layer contains titanium oxide. The use of titanium nitride for the base film can inhibit oxidation of the positive electrode current collector and diffusion of metal atoms while ensuring an adequate conductivity. The use of titanium oxide for the cap layer can inhibit a side reaction between the positive electrode active material layer and an electrolyte and collapse of a crystal structure of the electrode active material, improving the cycle performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Kaori OGITA, Hiroshi KADOMA, Tomoya HIROSE, Yumiko YONEDA, Yuji IWAKI, Tatsuyoshi TAKAHASHI, Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Mayumi MIKAMI, Kazuki TANEMURA
  • Publication number: 20230238583
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a secondary battery that can be used at a wide range of temperatures and is less likely to be influenced by an environmental temperature is provided. Furthermore, a secondary battery with high safety is provided. An electrolyte obtained by mixing an acyclic ester having high temperature characteristics with a fluorinated carbonic ester at 5 vol. % or higher, preferably 20 vol. % or higher, is used for the purpose of reducing interface resistance between an electrode and an electrolyte, whereby a secondary battery capable of operating at a wide range of temperatures, specifically, at temperatures higher than or equal to ?40° C. and lower than or equal to 150° C., preferably higher than or equal to ?40° C. and lower than or equal to 85° C. can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Kaori OGITA, Kazutaka KURIKI, Yumiko YONEDA, Hiroshi KADOMA, Kunihiko SUZUKI, Yuji IWAKI, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230216083
    Abstract: A negative electrode with little degradation is provided. Alternatively, a novel negative electrode is provided. A secondary battery includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode, and the negative electrode includes a solvent containing fluorine, a current collector, a negative electrode active material, and graphene. The negative electrode further includes a solid electrolyte material and the solid electrolyte material is an oxide. The negative electrode active material may contain fluorine. The secondary battery may include a plurality of electrolytes different from each other. The negative electrode active material is, for example, a material containing one or more elements selected from silicon, tin, gallium, aluminum, germanium, lead, antimony, bismuth, silver, zinc, cadmium, and indium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Yuji IWAKI, Kunihiko SUZUKI, Hiroshi KADOMA
  • Publication number: 20230216051
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material particle with little deterioration is provided. Alternatively, a novel negative electrode active material particle is provided. Alternatively, a power storage device with little deterioration is provided. Alternatively, a highly safe power storage device is provided. Alternatively, a novel power storage device is provided. The electrode includes an active material and a conductive additive; the active material contains a metal or a compound including one or more elements selected from silicon, tin, gallium, aluminum, germanium, lead, antimony, bismuth, silver, zinc, cadmium, and indium; the conductive additive contains a graphene compound; and the graphene compound contains fluorine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Kazutaka KURIKI, Yuji IWAKI, Kaori OGITA, Mayumi MIKAMI, Yoshiharu ASADA, Tatsuyoshi TAKAHASHI, Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Kazuki TANEMURA
  • Publication number: 20230198008
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a secondary battery that can be used in a wide temperature range and is less likely to be affected by the ambient temperature. A highly safe secondary battery is provided. Use of a positive electrode including a fluorine-containing electrolyte enables a secondary battery that can work in a wide temperature range, specifically, in the range of higher than or equal to ?40° C. and lower than or equal to 85° C., preferably higher than or equal to ?40° C. and lower than or equal to 150° C. An incombustible high molecular material or a nonflammable high molecular material is used for a binder. Furthermore, a solid electrolyte material may be included in the positive electrode to increase non-flammability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Yuji IWAKI, Kunihiko SUZUKI, Hiroshi KADOMA
  • Publication number: 20230200104
    Abstract: A plurality of light-emitting elements having a structure in which an organic compound layer as a whole is processed with a photolithography technique is provided. A light-emitting element is formed over an insulating layer and includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic compound layer. The organic compound layer is positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode. The organic compound layer includes a light-emitting layer and an electron-injection layer. The electron-injection layer is in contact with the second electrode, and the electron-injection layer includes an organic compound having a basic skeleton and an acid dissociation constant pKa of 1 or more. Layers included in the organic compound layer have substantially the same contour, and the organic compound layer is separated from organic compound layers of the other light-emitting elements of the plurality of light-emitting elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Sachiko KAWAKAMI, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Yuji IWAKI, Ryota HODO, Toshiki SASAKI, Takeyoshi WATABE, Kunihiko SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20230200198
    Abstract: To provide a light-emitting element in which an organic compound layer can be processed at once by a photolithography technique. A first electrode and an organic compound layer including an electron-injection layer are formed over an insulating surface. The electron-injection layer is the outermost layer of the organic compound layer and contains an organic compound having a basic skeleton and an acid dissociation constant pKa of greater than or equal to 1. A sacrificial layer and a mask are formed over the electron-injection layer and the sacrificial layer is processed into an island shape using the mask. With use of the island-shaped sacrificial layer as a mask, the organic compound layer is processed into an island shape to cover the first electrode. Part of the island-shaped sacrificial layer is removed with an acidic chemical solution to expose the electron-injection layer. A second electrode is formed to cover the electron-injection layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Sachiko KAWAKAMI, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Yuji IWAKI, Ryota HODO, Kentaro SUGAYA, Shinya SASAGAWA, Takahiro FUJIE, Yoshikazu HIURA, Toshiki SASAKI, Takeyoshi WATABE, Kunihiko SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20230130812
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material with high charge and discharge capacity is provided. Alternatively, a positive electrode active material with high charge and discharge voltages is provided. Alternatively, a power storage device that hardly deteriorates is provided. Alternatively, a highly safe power storage device is provided. Alternatively, a novel power storage device is provided. Provided is a positive electrode active material containing lithium, a plurality of transition metals, oxygen, and an impurity element. The positive electrode active material has a first region including a surface portion and a second region provided in an inner portion; the first region and the second region differ in the concentration of a transition metal. An impurity layer is included between the first region and the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Yuji IWAKI
  • Publication number: 20230129659
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material with high charge and discharge capacity is provided. A positive electrode active material with high charge and discharge voltage is provided. A power storage device that hardly deteriorates is provided. A highly safe power storage device is provided. A novel power storage device is provided. A positive electrode active material containing lithium, a plurality of transition metals, oxygen, and an impurity element. The positive electrode active material includes a first region including a surface portion and a second region provided inward from the first region, and the concentration of a transition metal is higher in the first region than in the second region. An impurity region is included between the first region and the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Kanta ABE, Yohei MOMMA, Yuji IWAKI, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230104201
    Abstract: A novel light-emitting device is provided. A light-emitting device with high emission efficiency is provided. A light-emitting device with a long lifetime is provided. A light-emitting device with low driving voltage is provided. The light-emitting device includes an anode, a cathode, and an EL layer between the anode and the cathode. The EL layer includes a hole-injection layer, a light-emitting layer, and an electron-transport layer. The hole-injection layer is positioned between the anode and the light-emitting layer. The electron-transport layer is positioned between the light-emitting layer and the cathode. The hole-injection layer contains a first substance and a second substance. The first substance is an organic compound which has a hole-transport property and a HOMO level higher than or equal to ?5.7 eV and lower than or equal to ?5.4 eV. The second substance exhibits an electron-accepting property with respect to the first substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Hiromi SEO, Kunihiko SUZUKI, Kanta ABE, Yuji IWAKI, Naoaki HASHIMOTO, Tsunenori SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20230044210
    Abstract: A secondary battery with favorable cycle performance is provided. Alternatively, a secondary battery with higher capacity is provided. A positive electrode active material layer including a first graphene layer, a second graphene layer, and a positive electrode active material. The first graphene layer includes a first region covering the positive electrode active material. The second graphene layer includes a second region covering the positive electrode active material and a third region overlapping with the first region. The first region includes a plane positioned between the positive electrode active material and the third region and formed of arranged six-membered carbon rings. The positive electrode active material includes a fourth region with a layered rock-salt structure. A lithium layer with a layered rock-salt structure included in the fourth region is substantially perpendicular to the plane formed of six-membered carbon rings and included in the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Mayumi MIKAMI, Kazutaka KURIKI, Yumiko YONEDA, Teruaki OCHIAI, Yuji IWAKI
  • Publication number: 20230044589
    Abstract: A secondary battery with excellent cycle performance is provided. The secondary battery is an all-solid-state battery including a positive electrode current collector layer, a base film, a positive electrode active material layer, a buffer layer, and a solid electrolyte layer. The base film contains titanium nitride. The positive electrode active material layer contains lithium cobalt oxide. The buffer layer contains titanium oxide. The solid electrolyte layer contains a titanium compound. By using titanium oxide for the buffer layer, a side reaction between the positive electrode active material layer and the solid electrolyte layer can be suppressed, and cycle performance can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Kaori OGITA, Hiroshi KADOMA, Tomoya HIROSE, Yumiko YONEDA, Yuji IWAKI, Tatsuyoshi TAKAHASHI, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230012643
    Abstract: To provide a method for predicting the c-axis length of a lithium compound crystal structure, a method for building a learning model for predicting a c-axis length, and a system for predicting a crystal structure having the maximum c-axis length. A method for predicting the c-axis length of a crystal structure of a lithium compound containing cobalt, nickel, and manganese includes preparing a descriptor including n values (n is an integer greater than or equal to 0) obtained by converting a crystal structure of the lithium compound in which manganese at any one or more of n sites is substituted by a metal atom among crystal structures of the lithium compound into binary data and a characteristic value of the metal atom; inputting the descriptor into a learned learning model; and outputting a predicted value of c-axis length of an optimized crystal structure and a descriptor corresponding to the optimized crystal structure as an output value of the learning model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuki HIGASHI, Kunihiko SUZUKI, Kenta NAKANISHI, Yuji IWAKI
  • Publication number: 20230006203
    Abstract: As for a secondary battery using lithium cobalt oxide as a positive electrode active material, the positive electrode active material with which a decrease in battery capacity due to repeated charge and discharge is inhibited is provided. Alternatively, a positive electrode active material particle which hardly deteriorates is provided. The positive electrode active material includes lithium, cobalt, oxygen, magnesium, aluminum, and fluorine and is a crystal represented by a layered rock-salt structure. The space group of the crystal is represented by R?3m. The concentration of fluorine in a surface portion of the crystal is higher than that inside the crystal. The concentration of magnesium in the surface portion of the crystal is higher than that inside the crystal. The atomic ratio of magnesium to aluminum in the surface portion of the crystal is higher than that inside the crystal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Yuji IWAKI, Tatsuyoshi TAKAHASHI, Yohei MOMMA, Shunpei YAMAZAKI