Method of manufacturing a multicomponent system lithium phosphate compound particle having an olivine structure

• Main Authors: ABE HIDETOSHI, SAITO MITSUMASA, EGURO TAKASHI, SUZUKI TOMONORI, KANAMURA KIYOSHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 10.05.2016
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION ORPROCESSING OF GOODS; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; ELECTRICITY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY; NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY; REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGYGENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE

A method of manufacturing a multicomponent lithium phosphate compound particle with an olivine structure of formula LiyM11-ZM2ZPO4, M1 is Fe, Mn or Co; Y satisfies 0.9 Y 1.2; M2 is Mn, Co, Mg, Ti or Al; and Z satisfies 0<Z 0.1, in which the M2 concentration is continuously lowered from a surface of the particle to a core portion of the particle. The method includes mixing a lithium M1 phosphate compound with an olivine structure of formula LiXM1PO4, M1 is Fe, Mn or Co, and X satisfies 0.9 X 1.2, and a precursor of a lithium M2 phosphate compound with an olivine structure of formula LiXM2PO4, M2 is Mn, Co, Mg, Ti or Al, and X satisfies 0.9 X 1.2, to form a mixture; and subjecting the mixture to heating in an inert atmosphere or a vacuum.