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LITHIUM-CONTAINING METAL OXIDE, POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERIES, POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERIES, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY

Publication EP3770121A1 Kind: A1 Mar 18, 2026

Applicants

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.

Inventors

NAGAO Daisuke, KAGEURA Jun-ichi, MAEDA Yusuke

Abstract

A lithium composite metal oxide containing a secondary particle that is an aggregate of primary particles, in which, when a cross-sectional image of the secondary particle is acquired, and the cross-sectional image is observed, a content proportion of reference primary particles present in a central part of the secondary particle is 20% or more and 50% or less, and a content proportion of reference primary particles present in a surface part of the secondary particle is 30% or more and 100% or less.

IPC Classifications

C01G 53/00 20060101AFI20211129BHEP H01M 4/505 20100101ALI20211129BHEP H01M 4/525 20100101ALI20211129BHEP

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