Abstract: A positive electrode active material in which a capacity decrease caused by charge and discharge cycles is suppressed is provided. Alternatively, a positive electrode active material having a crystal structure that is unlikely to be broken by repeated charging and discharging is provided. The positive electrode active material contains titanium, nickel, aluminum, magnesium, and fluorine, and includes a region where titanium is unevenly distributed, a region where nickel is unevenly distributed, and a region where magnesium is unevenly distributed in a projection on its surface. Aluminum is preferably unevenly distributed in a surface portion, not in the projection, of the positive electrode active material.

Abstract: Porous alumina having excellent heat resistance and coking resistance is provided. The porous alumina can include silica and barium oxide added to aluminum oxide, wherein a ratio of SiO2 addition amount to a total mass of aluminum oxide and SiO2 addition amount is defined as SiO2 addition ratio (mass %), a ratio of BaO addition amount to a total mass of aluminum oxide and SiO2 addition amount is defined as BaO addition ratio (mass %), when the SiO2 addition ratio is within a range of 3 mass % or less and the BaO addition ratio is within a range of 14 mass % or less, the silica and the barium oxide are respectively added to the aluminum oxide so that a specific surface area of the porous alumina measured by a measuring method after heat treatment is equal to or larger than a reference specific surface area of reference porous alumina.

Abstract: A composite material including a carbon-containing material and a non-stoichiometric titanium compound shown by a chemical formula of Li4+xTi5?xO12, where x is in a range of 0<x<0.30, the composite material including at least one composite particle that has a core portion including the non-stoichiometric titanium compound and a mixed layer formed on a surface of the core portion, the mixed layer including non-stoichiometric titanium compound and carbon, and having an atomic ratio of titanium and carbon in a range of Ti/C=1/50 or more.

Abstract: There is provided a novel slurry composition for forming a lithium secondary battery electrode which can improve homogeneity of an electrode active material and a conductive assistant even without using an organic solvent and can improve the binding of an electrode active material and a conductive assistant with an electrode collector, and a lithium secondary battery with improved charge/discharge cycle characteristics and battery capacity. A slurry composition for forming a lithium secondary battery electrode, characterized by comprising an electrode active material (A), a conductive assistant (B), and a pulverized cellulose fiber (C) as an aqueous binder, and a lithium secondary battery electrode and a lithium secondary battery which are obtained using the composition, and an aqueous binder used for the composition.

Abstract: A composite material including a carbon-containing material and a non-stoichiometric titanium compound shown by a chemical formula of Li4+xTi5?xO12, where x is in a range of 0<x<0.30, the composite material including at least one composite particle that has a core portion including the non-stoichiometric titanium compound and a mixed layer formed on a surface of the core portion, the mixed layer including non-stoichiometric titanium compound and carbon, and having an atomic ratio of titanium and carbon in a range of Ti/C=1/50 or more.

Abstract: There is provided a novel slurry composition for forming a lithium secondary battery electrode which can improve homogeneity of an electrode active material and a conductive assistant even without using an organic solvent and can improve the binding of an electrode active material and a conductive assistant with an electrode collector, and a lithium secondary battery with improved charge/discharge cycle characteristics and battery capacity. A slurry composition for forming a lithium secondary battery electrode, characterized by comprising an electrode active material (A), a conductive assistant (B), and a pulverized cellulose fiber (C) as an aqueous binder, and a lithium secondary battery electrode and a lithium secondary battery which are obtained using the composition, and an aqueous binder used for the composition.

Abstract: Provided is a highly safe lithium-ion secondary battery with a gradual voltage decrease, high charge/discharge capacity, and ease of handling, in which explosion due to expansion, heat generation, ignition, and the like is prevented. A non-stoichiometric titanium compound represented by a chemical formula Li4+xTi5?xO12 (where 0<x<0.30), a non-stoichiometric titanium compound represented by a chemical formula Li4+xTi5?x?yNbyO12 (where 0<x<0.30, 0<y<0.20), and carbon-composite non-stoichiometric titanium compounds Li4+xTi5?xO12/C (where 0<x<0.30) and Li4+xTi5?x?yNbyO12/C (where 0<x<0.30, 0<y<0.20) obtained by applying a carbon composite-forming process thereto, an active material of negative electrode for a lithium-ion secondary battery using the compound, and a lithium-ion secondary battery using the active material of negative electrode.