Abstract: Battery anode active material with fluorine resin coating. A terminal of the fluorine resin is a hydroxyl group or the like capable of being fixed (for example, being absorbed or bound) on the surface of the anode active material layer (anode active material).

Abstract: A battery including a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution. The electrolytic solution is impregnated in a separator provided between the cathode and the anode. The anode has an insulative coat on an anode active material layer provided on an anode current collector. The coat contains an insulating material such as a meal hydroxide and a metal oxide. The coat is in a form of plate divided into a plurality of portions. The insulation property of the coat prevents internal short circuit. A plurality of portions of the coat prevent separation of the anode active material layer and decomposition of the electrolytic solution. Further, even when short circuit occurs, heat generation is prevented by heat absorption characteristics of the coat.

Abstract: A secondary battery is provided. The secondary battery includes a cathode; an anode; and a non-aqueous electrolytic solution, wherein the cathode includes any one of a first lithium-containing compound and a second lithium-containing compound, the first lithium-containing compound having a bedded salt-type crystal structure, wherein the first lithium-containing compound includes one or more metal elements (M) other than lithium (Li), wherein the second lithium-containing compound having an olivine-type crystal structure, and wherein the nonaqueous electrolytic solution includes an unsaturated cyclic compound.

Abstract: An anode in which an anode active material layer is arranged on an anode current collector. The anode active material layer includes anode active material particles made of an anode active material including at least one of silicon and tin as an element. An oxide-containing film including an oxide of at least one kind selected from the group consisting of silicon, germanium and tin is formed in a region in contact with an electrolytic solution of the surface of each anode active material particle by a liquid-phase method such as a liquid-phase deposition method. The region in contact with the electrolytic solution of the surface of each anode active material particle is covered with the oxide-containing film, to thereby improve the chemical stability of the anode and the charge-discharge efficiency. The thickness of the oxide-containing film is preferably within a range from 0.1 nm to 500 nm both inclusive.

Abstract: An anode active material including anode active material particles including silicon, tin, or both and at least partially coated with an oxide-containing film including an oxide of silicon, germanium, tin, or a combination of them formed by a liquid-phase method such as a liquid-phase deposition method. A region of the particles in contact with the electrolytic solution is covered with the oxide-containing film, to thereby improve the chemical stability of the anode and the charge-discharge efficiency. The thickness of the oxide-containing film is preferably within a range from 0.1 nm to 500 nm both inclusive.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes: a cathode; an anode; and a non-aqueous electrolytic solution, wherein the cathode includes a second lithium-containing compound having an olivine-type crystal structure, a photoelectron spectrum of oxygen 1s obtained by surface analysis of the cathode with the use of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy includes a third peak and a fourth peak, the third peak having an apex in a range in which binding energy is equal to or larger than 530 electron volts and less than 533 electron volts, and the fourth peak having an apex in a range in which binding energy is from 533 electron volts to 536 electron volts both inclusive and having spectrum intensity smaller than spectrum intensity of the third peak, and a ratio IE/ID between a spectrum intensity ID of the third peak and a spectrum intensity IE of the fourth peak is larger than ¼.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes: a cathode including an active material; an anode; and an electrolytic solution, and the active material includes a plurality of active material particles as primary particles and a carbon material. The active material particles contain a polyanion-based compound. The carbon material contains a first carbon material present on surfaces of the active material particles, and a second carbon material present between the active material particles provided with the first carbon material. A ratio B/A between a total carbon amount A and a surface carbon amount B of the active material satisfies 7<B/A<11.5. A ratio D/C between a specific surface area C of the active material, and an oil feed amount D of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone satisfies 1.5<D/C?2.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes: a cathode; an anode; and an electrolytic solution. The cathode includes a lithium composite oxide, a first compound, and a second compound. The lithium composite oxide includes lithium (Li) and a transition metal element as constituent elements. The first compound includes a first metal element different from the transition metal element as a constituent element, the first compound existing on a surface and inside of the lithium composite oxide. The second compound includes a second metal element different from the first metal element as a constituent element, the second compound existing on the surface of the lithium composite oxide.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a nonaqueous electrolyte that includes a solvent and an electrolyte salt, the solvent including a halogenated cyclic carbonate of the Formula (1) below, or at least one of unsaturated cyclic carbonates of the Formulae (2) and (3) below; and a polyacid and/or a polyacid compound contained in the battery, where X is a F group or a Cl group, R1 and R2 are each independently a CnH2n+1 group (0?n?4), and R3 is CnH2n+1?mXm (0?n?4, 0?m?2n+1), where R4 and R5 are each independently a CnH2n+1 group (0?n?4), where R6 to R11 are each independently a CnH2n+1 group (0?n?4).

Abstract: An anode in which an anode active material layer is arranged on an anode current collector. The anode active material layer includes anode active material particles made of an anode active material including at least one of silicon and tin as an element. An oxide-containing film including an oxide of at least one kind selected from the group consisting of silicon, germanium and tin is formed in a region in contact with an electrolytic solution of the surface of each anode active material particle by a liquid-phase method such as a liquid-phase deposition method. The region in contact with the electrolytic solution of the surface of each anode active material particle is covered with the oxide-containing film, to thereby improve the chemical stability of the anode and the charge-discharge efficiency. The thickness of the oxide-containing film is preferably within a range from 0.1 nm to 500 nm both inclusive.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes: a cathode; an anode including a carbon material; and non-aqueous electrolytic solution. A photoelectron spectrum of oxygen 1s is obtained from an analysis of the anode by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. A first peak positioned in vicinity of 1360 reciprocal centimeters and a second peak positioned in vicinity of 1580 reciprocal centimeters are obtained from an analysis of the carbon material by Raman spectroscopy. A half band width ?W1 of the photoelectron spectrum is about 3 electron volts or more. A half band width ?W2 of the second peak is about 19 reciprocal centimeters or more. A ratio I1/I2 of intensity I1 of the first peak to intensity I2 of the second peak is from about 0.15 to about 0.3 both inclusive.

Abstract: A coating on an anode active material that includes a metal salt with two or more sulfonates or a metal salt of oxocarbonic acid.

Abstract: An anode in which an anode active material layer is arranged on an anode current collector. The anode active material layer includes anode active material particles made of an anode active material including at least one of silicon and tin as an element. An oxide-containing film including an oxide of at least one kind selected from the group consisting of silicon, germanium and tin is formed in a region in contact with an electrolytic solution of the surface of each anode active material particle by a liquid-phase method such as a liquid-phase deposition method. The region in contact with the electrolytic solution of the surface of each anode active material particle is covered with the oxide-containing film, to thereby improve the chemical stability of the anode and the charge-discharge efficiency. The thickness of the oxide-containing film is preferably within a range from 0.1 nm to 500 nm both inclusive.

Abstract: A battery including a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution. The electrolytic solution is impregnated in a separator provided between the cathode and the anode. The anode has a coat on an anode active material layer provided on an anode current collector. The coat contains a fluorine resin. A terminal of the fluorine resin is a hydroxyl group or the like capable of being fixed (for example, being absorbed or bound) on the surface of the anode active material layer (anode active material).

Abstract: An anode and a battery capable of improving battery characteristics such as cycle characteristics are provided. A coating containing at least one from the group consisting of oligomers having a polyene structure and derivatives thereof is provided on the surface of an anode active material layer. The anode active material layer contains a substance containing Si or Sn as an element as an anode active material. By the coating, oxidation of the anode active material layer is inhibited, and decomposition reaction of the electrolytic solution is inhibited.

Abstract: A battery capable of reducing swelling is provided. A battery includes a cathode, an anode and an electrolyte. The anode includes a coating containing a SO3-containing compound, and the electrolyte contains an electrolyte salt having reduction power. Therefore, on the surface of the anode, the SO3-containing compound is preferentially reduced and decomposed to become a sulfur-containing compound. In the result, decomposition reaction of the electrolyte is prevented.

Abstract: A battery capable of improving the cycle characteristics and the swollenness characteristics is provided. The battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution. The node has an anode current collector and an anode active material layer provided thereon, and the anode active material layer contains a plurality of anode active material particles having silicon, and a metal material having a metal element not being alloyed with an electrode reactant in a gap between the anode active material particles.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes: a cathode; an anode; and a non-aqueous electrolytic solution, wherein the cathode includes a second lithium-containing compound having an olivine-type crystal structure, a photoelectron spectrum of oxygen 1s obtained by surface analysis of the cathode with the use of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy includes a third peak and a fourth peak, the third peak having an apex in a range in which binding energy is equal to or larger than 530 electron volts and less than 533 electron volts, and the fourth peak having an apex in a range in which binding energy is from 533 electron volts to 536 electron volts both inclusive and having spectrum intensity smaller than spectrum intensity of the third peak, and a ratio IE/ID between a spectrum intensity ID of the third peak and a spectrum intensity IE of the fourth peak is larger than ¼.

Abstract: A battery. including a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution where at least one of the cathode, the anode, the separator, and/or the electrolytic solution contains at a fluorine resin and is effective to improve cycle characteristics.

Abstract: An anode wherein the anode active material layer includes anode active material particles made of an anode active material including at least one of silicon and tin as an element. An oxide-containing film including an oxide of at least one kind selected from the group consisting of silicon, germanium and tin is formed in a region in contact with an electrolytic solution of the surface of each anode active material particle. The region in contact with the electrolytic solution of the surface of each anode active material particle is covered with the oxide-containing film.