POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME

• Main Authors: HAMADA, Hideaki, SONOO, Masato, MORIMOTO, Jota, KOBAYASHI, Kenichi
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 28.02.2024
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CHEMISTRY; COMPOUNDS CONTAINING METALS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSESC01D OR C01F; ELECTRICITY; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY

Provided is a positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery. Also provided is a method for producing a positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising: providing a lithium transition metal composite oxide having a ratio D50/DSEM of 1 or more and 4 or less, having a layered structure, and having a ratio of a number of moles of nickel to a total number of moles of metals other than lithium of 0.3 or more and less than 1, and a ratio of a number of moles of cobalt to the total number of moles of metals other than lithium of 0 or more and less than 0.5; bringing the lithium transition metal composite oxide into contact with a cobalt compound to obtain an adhered material; and heat-treating the adhered material at a temperature higher than 700 °C and lower than 1100 °C.