Provided is a method for producing a lithium cobalt phosphate represented by the following general formula (1):Li.sub.xCo.sub.1-yM.sub.yPO.sub.4 (1), wherein 0.8≤x≤1.2 and 0≤y≤0.5, and M represents one or two or more metal elements selected from the group consisting of Mg, Zn, Cu, Fe, Cr, Mn, Ni, Al, B, Na, K, F, Cl, Br, I, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ti, Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta, Y, Yb, Si, S, Mo, W, V, Bi, Te, Pb, Ag, Cd, In, Sn, Sb, Ga, Ge, La, Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, and Ho; the method comprising: a first step of adding an organic acid and cobalt hydroxide to a water solvent, and then adding phosphoric acid and lithium hydroxide thereto to prepare an aqueous raw material slurry (1); a second step of wet-pulverizing the aqueous raw material slurry (1) with a media mill to obtain a slurry (2) containing a pulverized product of raw materials; a third step of spray-drying the slurry (2) containing the pulverized product of raw materials to obtain a reaction precursor; and a fourth step of firing the reaction precursor. According to the present invention, a single-phase lithium cobalt phosphate in X-ray diffraction analysis can be obtained by an industrially advantageous method.

The instant disclosure sets forth multiphase lithium-stuffed garnet electrolytes having secondary phase inclusions, wherein these secondary phase inclusions are material(s) which is/are not a cubic phase lithium-stuffed garnet but which is/are entrapped or enclosed within a lithium-stuffed garnet. When the secondary phase inclusions described herein are included in a lithium-stuffed garnet at 30-0.1 volume %, the inclusions stabilize the multiphase matrix and allow for improved sintering of the lithium-stuffed garnet. The electrolytes described herein, which include lithium-stuffed garnet with secondary phase inclusions, have an improved sinterability and density compared to phase pure cubic lithium-stuffed garnet having the formula Li.sub.7La.sub.3Zr.sub.2O.sub.12.

The present invention relates to a lithium composite metal oxide which satisfies the requirements (1) and (2) described below. Requirement (1): The ratio of the half width A of the diffraction peak within the range of 2θ=64.5±1° to the half width B of the diffraction peak within the range of 2θ=44.4±1°, namely A/B is from 1.39 to 1.75 (inclusive) in powder X-ray diffractometry using a Cu-Kα ray. Requirement (2): The ratio of the volume-based 90% cumulative particle size (D.sub.90) to the volume-based 10% cumulative particle size (D.sub.10), namely D.sub.90/D.sub.10 is 3 or more.

A Ni-rich ternary cathode material, a preparation method and application thereof are disclosed. The method for preparing a Ni-rich ternary cathode material includes: using a Ni—Co—Mn ternary cathode material as a precursor and a metal boride as a modifier, adding a lithium-derived material, heating for a sintering, to prepare the Ni-rich ternary cathode material.

This disclosure relates to the electrochemical field, and in particular, to a positive electrode material and a preparation method and usage thereof. The positive electrode material of this disclosure includes a substrate, where a general formula of the substrate is Li.sub.xNi.sub.yCo.sub.zM.sub.kMe.sub.pO.sub.rA.sub.m, where 0.95≤x≤1.05, 0.5≤y≤1, 0≤z≤1, 0≤k≤1, 0≤p≤0.1, 1≤r≤5.2, 0≤m≤2, m+r≤2, M is selected from one or more of Mn and Al, Me is selected from one or more of Zr, Zn, Cu, Cr, Mg, Fe, V, Ti, Sr, Sb, Y, W, and Nb, and A is selected from one or more of N, F, S, and Cl; and an oxygen defect level of the positive electrode material satisfies at least one of condition (1) or condition (2): (1) 1.77≤OD1≤1.90; or (2) 0.69≤OD2≤0.74.

The present invention provides a secondary battery-use active material that allows for an improvement in thermal stability after charge and discharge are repeated. The secondary battery-use active material of the present invention includes a cathode active material that includes (A) a main phase and a sub-phase, (B) the main phase containing a first lithium compound represented by Li.sub.aNi.sub.bM.sub.cAl.sub.dO.sub.e (where M is an element such as cobalt, and 0.8<a<1.2, 0.45≦b≦1, 0≦c≦1, 0≦d≦0.2, 0<e≦1.98, (c+d)>0, and (b+c+d)≦1), and (C) the sub-phase containing a second lithium compound that contains lithium, aluminum, and oxygen as constituent elements.

A graphene material prepared using waste tires and a preparation method thereof. Waste tires are crushed to 30-200 meshes to obtain tire powders. The tire powders are mixed with KOH or an aqueous solution of KOH to obtain a homogeneous mixture. The mixture is dried at 50-90° C. for 12-48 hours, heated and calcinated in a tube furnace under a protective gas for 1-48 hour to obtain a black lump. The black lump is washed with distilled water, dilute hydrochloric acid or dilute sulfuric acid for at least 3 times, and then washed with deionized water for at least 3 times to obtain a black powder. The black powder is dried to obtain the graphene material. The graphene material has a three-dimensional structure composed of oligolayer graphene intertwined and connected with each other, has a high crystallinity, is not easily agglomerated, and thus can maintain nano-effect of the graphene material.

Provided are a positive electrode active material that can provide a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having high energy density and excellent output characteristics, a nickel-manganese composite hydroxide as a precursor thereof, and methods for producing these. A nickel-manganese composite hydroxide is represented by General Formula (1): Ni.sub.xMn.sub.yM.sub.z(OH).sub.2+α and contains a secondary particle formed of a plurality of flocculated primary particles. The nickel-manganese composite hydroxide has a half width of a diffraction peak of a (001) plane of at least 0.35° and up to 0.50° and has a degree of sparsity/density represented by [(a void area within the secondary particle/a cross section of the secondary particle)×100](%) within a range of greater than 10% and up to 25%.

Provided is a layered double hydroxide oriented membrane in which layered double hydroxide plate-like particles are highly oriented in the approximately perpendicular direction and which is also suitable for densification. The layered double hydroxide oriented membrane of the present invention is composed of a layered double hydroxide represented by the general formula: M.sup.2+.sub.1-xM.sup.3+.sub.x(OH).sub.2A.sup.n−.sub.x/n.mH.sub.2O wherein M.sup.2+ is a divalent cation, M.sup.3+ is a trivalent cation, A.sup.n− is an anion having a valency of n, n is an integer of 1 or greater, x is 0.1 to 0.4, and m is 0 or greater, wherein when a surface of the oriented membrane is measured by X-ray diffractometry, a peak of a (003) plane is not substantially detected or is detected to be smaller than a peak of a (012) plane.

To provide a cathode active material for a non-aqueous electrode rechargeable battery, with which it is possible to improve input/output characteristics, particularly by reducing resistance in a low SOC state in which DCIR increases, and to provide a manufacturing method for same. The cathode active material includes layered hexagonal crystal lithium nickel manganese composite oxide particles represented by the general formula (A): Li.sub.1+uNi.sub.xMn.sub.yCo.sub.zM.sub.tO.sub.2 (where 0≦u≦0.20, x+y+z+t=1, 0.30≦x ≦0.70, 0.10≦y≦0.55, 0≦z≦0.40, 0≦t≦0.10, and M is one or more elements selected from Al, Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Nb, Mo, and W), and further including Na, Mg, Ca and SO.sub.4, in which the total amount of Na, Mg and Ca is 0.01 to 0.1 mass %, the amount of SO.sub.4 is 0.1 to 1.0 mass %, and the ratio of the integrated intensity of the diffraction peak on plane (003) to that on plane (104) obtained by powder X-ray diffraction measurement using CuKα rays is 1.20 or greater.