Abstract: The electronic component includes an element body, an internal conductor, a cover layer, and a conductor layer. The internal conductor is disposed in the element body. The cover layer is disposed on an outer surface of the element body and has an electrical insulation property. The conductor layer is disposed on the cover layer and is electrically connected to the internal conductor. The conductor layer includes a portion. The portion protrudes toward the element body through the cover layer and is physically and electrically connected to the internal conductor. The conductor layer is electrically connected to the internal conductor.

Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an all solid state battery in which occurrence of short circuit is inhibited. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an all solid state battery comprising an anode including at least an anode current collector, a cathode, and a solid electrolyte layer arranged between the anode and the cathode; wherein a protective layer containing Mg is arranged between the anode current collector and the solid electrolyte layer; and the protective layer includes a mixture layer including a Mg-containing particle containing the Mg, and a solid electrolyte.

Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an anode active material with excellent capacity properties. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an anode active material to be used in an alkaline storage battery, the anode active material including: a base material containing Ti and Cr, and including a BCC structure as a metastable phase; and a coating layer that coats the base material, and contains a catalyst metal and a metal with oxygen affinity that is more than oxygen affinity of Ti; wherein an oxide film is present in an interface between the coating layer and the base material; and when a first thickness TA (nm) and a second thickness TB(nm) of the oxide film are determined by Auger electron spectroscopy, a rate of the TA with respect to the TB, which is TA/TB is, for example, 1.50 or more.

Abstract: A surface treatment method for a hydrogen absorbing alloy powder of the present disclosure is used for a surface treatment on a hydrogen absorbing alloy powder containing rare earth elements and nickel as constituent elements, including an immersion process in which the hydrogen absorbing alloy powder is immersed in an aqueous alkaline solution; and a removal process in which a liquid containing the hydrogen absorbing alloy powder immersed in the aqueous alkaline solution is introduced into a liquid cyclone, and undesired substances having a smaller specific gravity than the hydrogen absorbing alloy powder adhered to the surface of the hydrogen absorbing alloy powder are removed.

Abstract: A hydrogen storage alloy suitable for a negative electrode of an on-board alkaline storage battery, an alkaline storage battery using this hydrogen storage alloy, and a vehicle; wherein a fine-grained hydrogen storage alloy is used for an alkaline storage battery that has a crystal structure of an A2B7-type structure as a main phase and is represented by a general formula: (La1-aSma)1-bMgbNicAldCre (where suffixes a, b, c, d, and e meet the following conditions: 0?a?0.35, 0.15?b?0.30, 0.02?d?0.10, 0?e?0.10, 3.20?c+d+e?3.50, and 0<a+e), and an alkaline storage battery using this hydrogen storage alloy for a negative electrode. A vehicle also includes this alkaline storage battery as an electricity supply source for a motor.

Abstract: A cathode active material with high durability and a lithium ion secondary battery. The cathode active material is a cathode active material represented by a general formula Li(1+a)NixCoyMnzWtO2 (?0.05?a?0.2, x=1?y?z?t, 0?y<1, 0?t<1, 0<t?0.03), wherein the cathode active material satisfies the following formula (1): ?1/t1?0.92??(1) where t1 is an element concentration average of insides and grain boundaries of primary particles of a W element, and ?1 is an element concentration standard deviation of the insides and grain boundaries of the primary particles of the W element.

Abstract: A hydrogen storage alloy suitable for a negative electrode of an on-board alkaline storage battery, and an alkaline storage battery using the alloy, which has an AB3-type crystal structure as a main phase, represented by: (SmxLayRz)1?a?bMgaTbNicCodMe. (R is selected from Pr, Nd; T is selected from Ti, Zr, Hf; M is selected from V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Mn, Fe, Cu, Al, Si, P, B; the following conditions are met: 0<x<1.0, 0<y<1.0, 0.8?x+y?1.0, x+y+z=1.0; 0.93?(x?y)·(1?a?b)+4.5(a+b)?1.62, 0<a?0.45, 0?b?0.05, 0?d?0.7, 0?e?0.15, 2.85?c+d+e?3.15 and 0.01?d+e).

Abstract: An all-solid-state battery able to inhibit internal short-circuiting that occurs in the case of a rise in battery temperature during improper use, etc., of the all-solid-state battery is provided. The all-solid-state battery (100) has a positive electrode active material layer (10), a solid electrolyte layer (20) and a negative electrode active material layer (30) in that order, and the solid electrolyte layer (20) has solid electrolyte particles (14) and additive particles (22). The additive particles have a melting point of 700° C. or higher and are electrochemically inert. The ratio of the median diameter (D50) of the additive particles to the thickness of the solid electrolyte layer (20) is 0.4 to 0.8.

Abstract: A solid-state lithium battery in which a thermal stability is improved. The solid-state lithium battery comprises a cathode active material layer containing a cathode active material, an anode active material layer containing an anode active material, and a solid electrolyte layer formed between the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer. The cathode active material is an oxide active material, at least one of the cathode active material layer and the solid electrolyte layer contains a sulfide solid electrolyte material, the sulfide solid electrolyte material comprises a Li element, a P element, a S element, and an I element, and the cathode active material layer contains a specific phosphate ester.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing an all-solid-state lithium ion battery in which a laminated battery is coated with a thermosetting resin, capable of preventing the thermosetting resin from cracking due to charge and discharge of the all-solid-state lithium ion battery after the battery is coated with the thermosetting resin, the method including a first step of laminating a cathode layer, a solid electrolyte layer and an anode layer to form a laminated battery having both end faces in a lamination direction and side faces, a second step of charging the laminated battery until the laminated battery has 100% to 112% of state of charge, a third step of coating at least the side faces of the laminated battery that is charged with a thermosetting resin in an uncured state, and a fourth step of heating to cure the thermosetting resin.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing an all-solid-state lithium ion battery in which a laminated battery is coated with a thermosetting resin, capable of preventing the thermosetting resin from cracking due to charge and discharge of the all-solid-state lithium ion battery after the battery is coated with the thermosetting resin, the method including a first step of laminating a cathode layer, a solid electrolyte layer and an anode layer to form a laminated battery having both end faces in a lamination direction and side faces, a second step of charging the laminated battery until the laminated battery has 100% to 112% of state of charge, a third step of coating at least the side faces of the laminated battery that is charged with a thermosetting resin in an uncured state, and a fourth step of heating to cure the thermosetting resin.

Abstract: The main object of the present invention is to provide an all solid state battery with capability of inhibiting heat generation of an anode layer. The present invention solves the problem by providing an all solid state battery comprising a cathode layer, an anode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer formed between the cathode layer and the anode layer, wherein at least one of the anode layer and the solid electrolyte layer contains a sulfide solid electrolyte material; the anode layer contains an anode active material that is graphite, and contains an additive; and the additive has an oxide that is at least one kind of MoO3, Sb2O3, and MnCO3, and a coating portion that coats at least a part of the oxide and includes a resin with a hydrocarbon chain as a main chain.

Abstract: The invention provides a solid secondary battery system including a solid secondary battery having a cathode active material layer, an anode active material layer, and a solid electrolyte layer formed between the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer, and an overdischarge processing unit for discharging the solid secondary battery until a SOC of the solid secondary battery becomes less than 0%.

Abstract: A cathode active material with high durability and a lithium ion secondary battery. The cathode active material is a cathode active material represented by a general formula Li(1+a)NixCoyMnzWtO2 (?0.05?a?0.2, x=1?y?z?t, 0?y<1, 0?t<1, 0<t?0.03), wherein the cathode active material satisfies the following formula (1): ?1/t1?0.92??(1) where t1 is an element concentration average of insides and grain boundaries of primary particles of a W element, and ?1 is an element concentration standard deviation of the insides and grain boundaries of the primary particles of the W element.

Abstract: A solid-state lithium battery in which a thermal stability is improved. The solid-state lithium battery comprises a cathode active material layer containing a cathode active material, an anode active material layer containing an anode active material, and a solid electrolyte layer formed between the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer. The cathode active material is an oxide active material, at least one of the cathode active material layer and the solid electrolyte layer contains a sulfide solid electrolyte material, the sulfide solid electrolyte material comprises a Li element, a P element, a S element, and an I element, and the cathode active material layer contains a specific phosphate ester.

Abstract: The main object of the present invention is to provide an all solid state battery with capability of inhibiting heat generation of an anode layer. The present invention solves the problem by providing an all solid state battery comprising a cathode layer, an anode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer formed between the cathode layer and the anode layer, wherein at least one of the anode layer and the solid electrolyte layer contains a sulfide solid electrolyte material; the anode layer contains an anode active material that is graphite, and contains an additive; and the additive has an oxide that is at least one kind of MoO3, Sb2O3, and MnCO3, and a coating portion that coats at least a part of the oxide and includes a resin with a hydrocarbon chain as a main chain.

Abstract: An all-solid-state battery able to inhibit internal short-circuiting that occurs in the case of a rise in battery temperature during improper use, etc., of the all-solid-state battery is provided. The all-solid-state battery (100) has a positive electrode active material layer (10), a solid electrolyte layer (20) and a negative electrode active material layer (30) in that order, and the solid electrolyte layer (20) has solid electrolyte particles (14) and additive particles (22). The additive particles have a melting point of 700° C. or higher and are electrochemically inert. The ratio of the median diameter (D50) of the additive particles to the thickness of the solid electrolyte layer (20) is 0.4 to 0.8.

Abstract: The main object of the present invention is to provide a cathode active material capable of reducing the initial interface resistance against a solid electrolyte material. The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems by providing a cathode active material comprising a cathode active substance exhibiting strong basicity and a coat layer formed so as to cover the surface of the above-mentioned cathode active substance and provided with a polyanionic structural part exhibiting acidity.

Abstract: The fluorine gas generation device includes an electrolyzer. An electrolytic bath is formed in the electrolyzer. A cathode is disposed in a cathode chamber, and an anode is disposed in an anode chamber. As a voltage is applied across the cathode and the anode, electrolysis of HF (hydrogen fluoride) takes place. In the electrolyzer, hydrogen gas is primarily generated from the cathode and fluorine gas is primarily generated from the anode. Two heating furnaces are provided for heating NaF pellets packed in HF adsorption columns. Each heating furnace has two HF adsorption columns disposed therein.

Abstract: The main object of the present invention is to provide a cathode active material capable of reducing the initial interface resistance against a solid electrolyte material. The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems by providing a cathode active material comprising a cathode active substance exhibiting strong basicity and a coat layer formed so as to cover the surface of the above-mentioned cathode active substance and provided with a polyanionic structural part exhibiting acidity.