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POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERIES, POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERIES, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY

Publication EP3605672A1 Kind: A1 Mar 18, 2026

Applicants

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.

Inventors

KURITA Hiroyuki, NAKAO Kimiyasu, MATSUMOTO Kayo

Abstract

A positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery contains an active material powder including secondary particles that are aggregates of primary particles into and from which lithium ions are doped and dedoped, includes the secondary particles having voids therein, and satisfies the following Requirements (1) and (2) in pore distribution of the positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery measured by a mercury porosimetry method.(1) A positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery has a pore peak in a range in which a pore radius is 10 nm or more and 200 nm or less.(2) A positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery has three or more inflection points of a cumulative pore volume in a range in which the pore radius is 10 nm or more and 3000 nm or less.

IPC Classifications

H01M 4/525 20100101AFI20210114BHEP C01G 53/00 20060101ALI20210114BHEP H01M 4/36 20060101ALI20210114BHEP H01M 4/505 20100101ALI20210114BHEP

Designated States

AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR