Abstract: A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery of the present invention includes a current collector and a negative electrode active material layer carried on the current collector. The negative electrode active material layer includes a plurality of columnar particles. The current collector has a surface including a depression and a plurality of projected regions defined by the depression. The projected regions carry the columnar particles. Further, the present invention relates to a lithium secondary battery using the foregoing negative electrode. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a high-capacity negative electrode excellent mainly in cycle characteristics for a lithium secondary battery, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a current collector for a non-aqueous secondary battery in which the strength of the current collector is sufficient in forming an electrode plate and an active material can be efficiently disposed on the protrusions of the current collector, and to provide an electrode plate for a non-aqueous secondary battery and a non-aqueous secondary battery using the same. The invention relates to a current collector for a non-aqueous secondary battery, including a metal foil for carrying at least a positive electrode active material or negative electrode active material. Protrusions are formed in a predetermined arrangement pattern on at least one face of the metal foil and at least tops of the protrusions are not compressed.

Abstract: A current collector includes a substrate, a plurality of projections formed on a first portion of the substrate, and at least two adjacent minute projections formed on a second portion of the substrate. The substrate is a metal sheet. The first and second portions are formed on the surface of the substrate. The second portion includes 2 to 100 of minute projections. The minute projections have a height of below 35% of the average height of the plurality of projections. By forming an electrode active material layer on the face of the current collector where the plurality of projections are formed to make an electrode, the detachment of the electrode active material layer, and the spread of the detachment are significantly curbed.

Abstract: A secondary battery including an electrode group 11 which is formed by winding or stacking a positive electrode plate 6 and a negative electrode plate 9 with separators 10a, 10b interposed therebetween, and is sealed in an exterior package 14 together with a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode plate 6 includes a positive electrode mixture layer 5 formed on a positive electrode current collector 4, the negative electrode plate 9 includes a negative electrode mixture layer 8 formed on a negative electrode current collector 7, a gas adsorbing layer 19 including a binder and a structural material 16 made of inorganic oxide is formed on a surface of at least one of the positive electrode mixture layer 5 or the negative electrode mixture layer 8, and a gas adsorbent 18 is held in a pore 17 formed in the gas adsorbing layer 19.

Abstract: A negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery includes a current collector and a negative electrode active material layer supported on a surface of the current collector. The negative electrode active material layer includes a plurality of granular particles that include an alloyable active material. The granular particles are supported on a region of the current collector excluding a peripheral region that has a width of 20 ?m to 500 ?m from the edge thereof.

Abstract: A metal foil machining roller of the present invention is a metal foil machining roller in which a plurality of recessed portions are formed on a circumferential surface of the roller, wherein at least a surface layer portion contains a metal material with a Rockwell hardness in A scale of HRA 81.2 to 90.0 and a transverse rupture strength of 3 GPa to 6 GPa. By pressure-molding a metal foil by using the metal foil machining roller, protrusion portions of an approximately uniform shape with dimensions of several microns to several tens of microns can be formed efficiently on a surface of the metal foil on an industrial scale.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a current collector for a non-aqueous secondary battery in which the strength of the current collector is sufficient in forming an electrode plate and an active material can be efficiently disposed on the protrusions of the current collector, and to provide an electrode plate for a non-aqueous secondary battery and a non-aqueous secondary battery using the same. The invention relates to a current collector for a non-aqueous secondary battery, including a metal foil for carrying at least a positive electrode active material or negative electrode active material. Protrusions are formed in a predetermined arrangement pattern on at least one face of the metal foil and at least tops of the protrusions are not compressed.

Abstract: A laser beam 21 outputted by a laser oscillator 3 is collected by a machining head 4, so that the surface of a roller 2 is irradiated with the laser beam. An encoder 5c outputs a signal in accordance with a rotational position of the roller 2. A control portion 24 controls the laser oscillator 3 to irradiate the roller 2 at the same spots on the surface with the laser beam 21 per rotation of the roller 2, the irradiation being repeated a plurality of times, thereby forming recesses in the surface of the roller.

Abstract: The invention relates to a battery current collector including a metal foil for carrying at least a positive electrode active material or a negative electrode active material. At least one side of the metal foil has a compressed base plane and non-compressed protrusions arranged at a predetermined interval, and the non-compressed protrusions are formed at the same time as formation of the base plane. The surface roughness of the base plane is different from the surface roughness of the protrusions, and the surface roughness of the base plane is preferably an arithmetic mean roughness of 0.8 ?m or less.

Abstract: An objective is to improve the mechanical strength and the durability of a current collector for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and to allow an active material layer to be efficiently carried on the surface of the current collector with high adhesion. This objective is achieved with the use of a pair of processing means being disposed such that the surfaces thereof are in press contact with each other to form a press nip for passing a sheet material therethrough and having a plurality of recesses formed on the surface of at least one of the processing means, by passing a metallic foil for current collector through the press nip between the processing means to perform compression, thereby to form a plurality of projections on at least one surface of the metallic foil for current collector by partial plastic deformation associated with the compression.

Abstract: A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery of the present invention includes a current collector and a negative electrode active material layer carried on the current collector. The negative electrode active material layer includes a plurality of columnar particles. The current collector has a surface including a depression and a plurality of projected regions defined by the depression. The projected regions carry the columnar particles. Further, the present invention relates to a lithium secondary battery using the foregoing negative electrode. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a high-capacity negative electrode excellent mainly in cycle characteristics for a lithium secondary battery, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: A current collector including a substrate, a plurality of projections, and a chipped portion is provided. The substrate is a metal sheet. The projections are formed on the surface of the substrate. The chipped portion is an aggregate of two or more, preferably 2 to 100 of minute projections. The minute projections are formed on the substrate surface, and are the protrusions having the height of below 35% of the average height of the projections. By forming an electrode active material layer on the face of the current collector where the projections are formed to make an electrode, the detachment of the electrode active material layer, and the spread of the detachment are significantly curbed. By using this electrode, a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery which have high battery capacity and energy density, excellent charge and discharge cycle characteristics, and which is capable of keeping a high-output stably for a long period of time can be obtained.