Abstract: According to one embodiment, an active material is provided. This active material is represented by the general formula of Li(2+x)Na2Ti6O14, wherein x is within a range of 0?x?6. The active material includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of Zr, Mo, W, V, Nb, Ta, P, Y, Al, Fe, and B in a content of 0.03 to 8.33 atom %.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a solid electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode containing an active material, a negative electrode containing an active material, and a solid electrolyte layer. The solid electrolyte layer includes a lithium-ion conductive sulfide containing at least one element selected from a group consisting of Al, Si, Fe, Ni, and Zr, the total content of the element in the lithium-ion conductive sulfide is 0.03% by mass or more and 0.3% by mass or less.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, having an internal resistance of 10 m? or less as an alternating-current impedance value of 1 kHz, comprises a metal outer container, a nonaqueous electrolyte contained in the container, a positive electrode contained in the container, a negative electrode contained in the container, a separator interposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, a negative electrode lead having one end connected to the negative electrode, and a negative electrode terminal attached to the outer container so as to be connected electrically to the other end of the negative electrode lead, at least the surface of the negative electrode terminal which is connected to the negative electrode lead being formed of aluminum alloy with an aluminum purity of less than 99 wt. % containing at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Mg, Cr, Mn, Cu, Si, Fe and Ni.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an electrode for battery. The electrode includes a current collector and an active material layer provided on the current collector. The active material layer includes a first powder of a monoclinic titanium dioxide compound and a second powder a monoclinic titanium dioxide compound. The first powder has a minor-axis average dimension of primary particles in the range from 0.5 ?m to 5 ?m and a major-axis average dimension of primary particles in the range from 0.5 ?m to 20 ?m. The second powder has a minor-axis average dimension of primary particles in the range from 0.01 ?m to 0.3 ?m and a major-axis average dimension of primary particles in the range from 0.5 ?m to 1 ?m.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a battery active material is provided. The battery active material includes monoclinic complex oxide represented by the formula LixTi1?yM1yNb2?zM2zO7+? (0?x?5, 0?y?1, 0?z?2, ?0.3???0.3). In the above formula, M1 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Zr, Si and Sn, and M2 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of V, Ta and Bi.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an active material is provided. The active material includes orthorhombic system oxide represented by the following formula: LixM1M22O6. In this formula, 0?x?5, M1 is at least one selected from the group consisting of Fe and Mn, and M2 is at least one selected from the group consisting of Nb, Ta and V.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an active material. The active material includes a titanium-containing oxide. The titanium-containing oxide is represented by a general formula of Li(2+w)Na(2?x)M1(x/2)Ti(6?y)M2zO14. In the general formula, the subscripts w, x, y and z are within ranges of 0?w?6, 0<x<2, 0?y?3, and 0?z?3, respectively. M1 is at least one metallic element selected from the group consisting of Sr, Ba, and Pb. M2 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of metallic elements M (excluding Ti and M1) and P.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a solid electrolyte material is an oxide represented by ABO3, wherein an A-site includes Li and vacancies. A cubic root V1/3 of a unit cell volume is within a range of 386 pm?V1/3?397 pm. A peak top ?top of an absorption peak in an infrared absorption spectrum satisfies Expression (1) ?top (cm?1)=4.7×V1/3 (pm)?b ??(1), provided that 1220?b?1240.

Abstract: A parking assistance device includes: a route information storage unit storing in advance route information indicating a travel route at the time of parking, the route information being stored according to the forward start position; an inclination calculation unit configured to calculate a current inclination of a vehicle length direction of the vehicle with respect to the target parking position; an offset amount setting unit configured to set an offset amount in the interval direction of the forward route between the current vehicle position and the position at which the vehicle length direction is parallel with the forward route; and a guiding unit configured to guide the vehicle to the target parking position based on a travel route adjacent to the position at which the vehicle length direction is parallel with the forward route.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode contains an active material having a lithium absorption potential of not lower than 0.4 V vs. Li/Li+. The nonaqueous electrolyte contains a fluorine-containing lithium salt and a phosphorous compound. The phosphorous compound is at least one selected from the group consisting of AxH3-xPO4 (wherein A is at least one element selected from Na and K, and x is from 0 to 3) and A?yH(6-2y)(PO4)2 (wherein A? is at least one element selected from Mg and Ca, and y is from 0 to 3).

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrode material is provided. The electrode material includes active material particles. The active material particle includes a phase of a monoclinic titanium dioxide and a phase of the spinel type lithium titanate. The active material particle includes a shell part and a core part surrounded by the shell part. The shell part is formed by dispersing at least a part of the phase of the spinel type lithium titanate on the active material particle. The core part includes a part of the phase of the monoclinic titanium dioxide.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, a copper-containing member, and a nonaqueous electrolyte is provided. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material-containing layer. The negative electrode current collector includes aluminum or aluminum alloy. The negative electrode active material-containing layer is formed on the negative electrode current collector. The copper-containing member includes copper or copper alloy. The copper-containing member is electrically connected to the negative electrode current collector to prevent from over-discharge.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a negative electrode including a current collector and a negative electrode active material having a Li ion insertion potential not lower than 0.4V (vs. Li/Li+). The negative electrode has a porous structure. A pore diameter distribution of the negative electrode as determined by a mercury porosimetry, which includes a first peak having a mode diameter of 0.01 to 0.2 ?m, and a second peak having a mode diameter of 0.003 to 0.02 ?m. A volume of pores having a diameter of 0.01 to 0.2 ?m as determined by the mercury porosimetry is 0.05 to 0.5 mL per gram of the negative electrode excluding the weight of the current collector. A volume of pores having a diameter of 0.003 to 0.02 ?m as determined by the mercury porosimetry is 0.0001 to 0.02 mL per gram of the negative electrode excluding the weight of the current collector.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a battery active material is provided. The battery active material includes monoclinic complex oxide represented by the formula LixTi1-yM1yNb2-zM2zO7+? (0?x?5, 0?y?1, 0?z?2, ?0.3???0.3). In the above formula, M1 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Zr, Si and Sn, and M2 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of V, Ta and Bi.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a non-aqueous electrolyte battery is provided. The non-aqueous electrolyte battery includes a negative electrode contained a negative electrode active material. The negative electrode active material includes a monoclinic ?-type titanium-based oxide or lithium titanium-based oxide. The monoclinic ?-type titanium-based oxide or lithium titanium-based oxide has a peak belonging to (011), which appears at 2?1 in a range of 24.40° or more and 24.88° or less, in an X-ray diffraction pattern obtained by wide angle X-ray diffractometry using CuK? radiation as an X-ray source.

Abstract: A power supply system includes a first battery module and a second battery module. The first battery module comprises a first nonaqueous electrolyte battery comprising a negative electrode containing a carbonaceous material. The second battery module comprises a second nonaqueous electrolyte battery comprising a negative electrode and a positive electrode. The negative electrode contains a negative electrode active material that has a lithium ion absorbing potential of 0.4V (vs. Li/Li+) or more and an average particle diameter of 1 ?m or less. The positive electrode contains lithium metallic oxide represented by LixCoyM1?yO2. The second battery module is chargeable in a range of 20 to 80% of charging depth so that a charging current density (A/kg) of the second nonaqueous electrolyte battery becomes higher that that of the first nonaqueous electrolyte battery.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an active material is provided. This active material includes a mixed phase of a phase of titanium-including composite oxide and a phase of titanium oxide. The titanium-including composite oxide has a crystal structure belonging to a space group Cmca or a space group Fmmm.

Abstract: In general, according to one embodiment, there is provided an active material. The active material contains a a niobium composite oxide. The niobium composite oxide is represented by a general formula of LixM(1-y)NbyNb2O(7+?). In the general formula, M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ti and Zr, and x, y and ? satisfy 0?x?6, 0?y?1, and ?1???1, respectively. The niobium composite oxide contains nitrogen atoms in a content of 0.01% to 3.02% by mass.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an active material containing a monoclinic oxide is provided. The monoclinic oxide is represented by the formula LixTiNb2O7 (0?x?5). A unit cell volume of the monoclinic oxide is 795 ?3 or more.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an electrode. The electrode includes a current collector and an active material layer provided on the current collector. The active material layer contains an active material and an acrylic based polymer.