Abstract: Provided is an energy storage device including an electrolyte solution including a compound represented by the general formula (1), a compound represented by the general formula (2), and a compound represented by the general formula (3):

Abstract: An energy storage device comprising: a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, a nonaqueous electrolyte, and an insulating layer disposed between the positive electrode and the separator, wherein the positive electrode contains a compound represented by LiaNibCocMdWxNbyZrzO2 (provided that a, b, c, d, x, y and z satisfy the equations of 0?a?1.2, 0?b?1, 0.1?c?0.4, 0?d?0.5, 0?x?0.1, 0?y?0.1, 0?z?0.1 and b+c+d=1, and M denotes at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of Mn, Ti, Cr, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn, Al, Ge, Sn and Mg) as a positive active material and the negative electrode contains hardly graphitizable carbon with a D50 particle diameter greater than or equal to 1.0 ?m and less than or equal to 6.0 ?m as a negative active material.

Abstract: An energy storage device comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode has a negative substrate layer, and a negative composite layer arranged on the surface of the negative substrate layer. The separator has a separator substrate layer. The negative composite layer contains a non-graphitizable carbon having a particle diameter D50 of 2.0 ?m or more and 6.0 ?m or less. A corrected negative electrode density, which is defined as a value obtained by dividing, by a thickness of the separator substrate layer, a value obtained by multiplying a density of the negative composite layer by a thickness of the negative composite layer, is 1.2 (g/cm3) or more and 5.1 (g/cm3) or less.

Abstract: A method including: a placing step of placing an electrode assembly including a positive electrode that contains a positive active material and a negative electrode that contains a negative active material, and an electrolyte solution containing an additive in a container; a charging step of charging the electrode assembly placed in the container; and a hermetically sealing step of hermetically sealing the container after the charging step. When starting charging in the charging step, the electrolyte solution contains 1.0 mass % or less of lithium difluoro bis(oxalate)phosphate as the additive. The charge voltage in the charging step is 4.0 V or more.

Abstract: An electric storage device includes a case, an electrode assembly housed in the case and including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate which are wound together while being isolated from each other, an external terminal arranged outside the case and a current collecting member arranged inside the case to electrically connect the electrode assembly with the external terminal. The current collecting member includes a first portion including a first end portion and a second end portion, and electrically connected to the external terminal, and a second portion extending out of the second end portion of the first portion and electrically connected to the electrode assembly. The second portion includes a base portion including a first end portion and a second end portion, the first end portion of the base portion being connected to the second end portion of the first portion, and a twisted portion.

Abstract: Provided is an energy storage device which employs the use of a separator provided with a layer having poor thermal properties such as a heat resistant coated layer and is capable of inhibiting a decrease in performance. The energy storage device includes: a wound body including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and separators which are layered and wound, the separators being interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode and having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface having thermal bonding properties superior to thermal bonding properties of the second surface; and an insulation sheet wound around an outermost layer of the wound body. At least one of the separators is bonded to the insulation sheet via the first surface thereof.

Abstract: There is provided an energy storage device including an electrode assembly having a pair of electrodes overlapped with each other. At least one of the electrodes includes a current collecting substrate, an active material layer arranged on the current collecting substrate, an intermediate layer arranged between the current collecting substrate and the active material layer, and an insulating layer arranged on the current collecting substrate. The active material layer contains an active material and a first binder. The intermediate layer contains a carbonaceous material and a second binder. The insulating layer contains an insulating material and a third binder. The second binder is a nonaqueous binder. The third binder is an aqueous binder.

Abstract: A battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode including a negative active material layer containing hardly-graphitizable carbon as a negative active material and an aqueous binder, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative active material layer has a density of not less than 0.81 g/cc and not more than 1.01 g/cc. The negative active material has a particle size D90 of not less than 1.9 ?m and not more than 11.5 ?m, the particle size D90 being a particle size at which the cumulative volume is 90% in the particle size distribution.

Abstract: An electric storage device having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator located between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode has a positive substrate layer, a positive composite layer containing a positive active material, and an undercoat layer located between the positive substrate layer and the positive composite layer. A density of the positive composite layer is 2.1 g/cm3 or more and 2.7 g/cm3 or less. The positive electrode has the rate of increase in sheet resistance after a solvent immersion test of 30% or less. The undercoat layer contains a binder selected from the group consisting of chitosan derivatives, cellulose derivatives and acrylic acid derivatives.

Abstract: An electric storage device includes: an electrode assembly in which electrodes are wound such that paired curved portions and a straight portion connecting the paired curved portions are formed; a case which houses the electrode assembly, the case comprising a convex part protruding toward the straight portion of the electrode assembly to support the straight portion; and a support portion which supports the curved portion toward an inside of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: An energy storage element, wherein a non-aqueous electrolyte contains lithium difluorobis(oxalato)phosphate that is a first additive represented by Formula (1): and lithium tetrafluorooxalatophosphate that is a second additive represented by Formula (2): wherein the amount of the first additive to be added is not less than 0.3% by weight and not more than 1.0% by weight based on the total weight of the non-aqueous electrolyte, and the amount of the second additive to be added is not less than 0.05 times and not more than 0.3 times the amount of the first additive to be added.

Abstract: An electric storage device includes a case, an electrode assembly housed in the case and including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate which are wound together while being isolated from each other, an external terminal arranged outside the case and a current collecting member arranged inside the case to electrically connect the electrode assembly with the external terminal. The current collecting member includes a first portion including a first end portion and a second end portion, and electrically connected to the external terminal, and a second portion extending out of the second end portion of the first portion and electrically connected to the electrode assembly. The second portion includes a base portion including a first end portion and a second end portion, the first end portion of the base portion being connected to the second end portion of the first portion, and a twisted portion.

Abstract: An object is to provide an electrode assembly for an electric storage device, such as a nonaqueous electrolyte cell, and an electric storage device that are capable of preventing increase of a short-circuit current at the time of occurrence of a short-circuit within a cell and have high safety. In order to achieve the object, provided is an electrode assembly for an electric storage device including a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, in which at least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode includes a current collector, an active material layer formed on at least one face of the current collector, and an undercoat layer formed between the current collector and the active material layer and including an organic binder that evaporates and decomposes when heated to a predetermined temperature or more.

Abstract: An electric storage device includes: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and a separator placed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode substrate, a positive active material layer formed on the positive electrode substrate, and a protective layer that covers at least one of side surfaces in a width direction of the positive active material layer. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode substrate and a negative active material layer formed on the negative electrode substrate. The separator includes a separator substrate opposed to the negative active material layer, and an inorganic layer containing a binder, the inorganic layer formed on the separator substrate and opposed to the positive active material layer.

Abstract: In the state where a positive electrode and a separator are held in a case, the value of the ratio of the tensile elongation in a first direction of the separator to the tensile elongation in the first direction of a positive electrode substrate is from 4 to 68. In the same state, the value of the ratio of the tensile elongation in a second direction of the separator to the tensile elongation in the second direction of the positive electrode substrate is from 4 to 68. The value of the ratio of the thickness of a heat-resistant layer to the thickness of the positive electrode substrate is from 0.25 to 0.70. The proportion by mass of heat-resistant particles contained in the heat-resistant layer is from 30 to 99% by mass of the heat-resistant layer.

Abstract: Provided is an energy storage device provided with a negative electrode including a negative substrate having a surface, and a negative composite layer formed on the surface of the negative substrate and including a negative active material; a positive electrode including a positive substrate, and a positive composite layer formed on the positive substrate and including a positive active material; and a separator placed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. 10% cumulative diameter D10 in the particle size distribution of the negative active material on a volume basis is 1.3 ?m or more, and 90% cumulative diameter D90 in the particle size distribution of the negative active material on a volume basis is 8.9 ?m or less. The surface of the negative substrate has a center line roughness Ra of 0.205 ?m or more and 0.781 ?m or less, and has a center line roughness Ra to a ten-point mean height Rz of 0.072 or more and 0.100 or less.

Abstract: An electric storage device includes: a container; an electrode assembly contained in the container, the electrode assembly including a positive electrode having a positive electrode substrate and a positive electrode active material layer that is formed on the positive electrode substrate and contains a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode having a negative electrode substrate and a negative electrode active material layer that is formed on the negative electrode substrate and contains a negative electrode active material, and a separator interposed between the positive and negative electrodes; and an electrolyte contained in the container, wherein the separator is configured such that a stress caused at a specific compressed depth in the separator, which corresponds to 5% of the thickness of the negative electrode active material layer, is 0.5 MPa or more and 14 MPa or less. An electric storage apparatus includes a plurality of electric storage devices described above.

Abstract: An electric storage device is provided with an electrode assembly including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate; a case for housing the electrode assembly; a positive-electrode external terminal arranged on an outer surface of the case and electrically connected to the positive electrode plate; a negative-electrode external terminal arranged on an outer surface of the case and electrically connected to the negative electrode plate; and a gas exhaust valve formed in a region of the case on the opposite side of a region where the positive-electrode external terminal and the negative-electrode external terminal are arranged.

Abstract: A current collecting member includes first portion second portions. The second portion includes a base portion the first end portion of which is connected to the second end portion of the first portion, a twisted portion the first end portion of which is connected to the second end portion of the base portion, and an insertion portion the first end portion of which is connected to the second end portion of the twisted portion and which is inserted into a winding center of the electrode assembly, so as to be electrically connected to the electrode assembly.

Abstract: An energy storage unit having plural energy storage devices, each of which includes a container housing an electrode assembly and positive and negative electrode terminals electrically connected to the electrode assembly and extending from the container in the same direction, includes: a bus bar electrically connecting a first terminal, which is one of the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal of a first energy storage device included in the plural energy storage devices, and a second terminal, which is one of the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal of a second energy storage device included in the plural energy storage devices and opposite in polarity to the first terminal; a packing member interposed between the first terminal and the container of the first energy storage device; and an insulating member interposed between the bus bar and the container of the first energy storage device.