Abstract: A non-aqueous liquid electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte, in which the positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material, and a carbon nanotube, the positive electrode active material includes a lithium-transition metal composite oxide containing Ni, a proportion of Ni in metal elements other than Li in the lithium-transition metal composite oxide is 80 atm % or more, and the non-aqueous electrolyte includes a fluorosulfonic acid salt.

Abstract: The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte. The electrolyte includes an organic sulfuric acid salt represented by a formula (1): (R—O—SO3)nX1, where R is an organic group with 1 or more carbon atoms, X1 is a cation, and n is an integer of 1 to 3. The electrolyte further includes ethylene carbonate and fluoroethylene carbonate. The ethylene carbonate volume Vec and the fluoroethylene carbonate volume Vfec satisfy 0.1?Vec/Vfec?15.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a separator, a negative electrode facing the positive electrode with the separator interposed therebetween, and an electrolyte; the electrolyte includes an acid anhydride; the negative electrode includes a negative electrode mixture including a negative electrode active material and a carbon nanotube; and the negative electrode active material includes a silicon-containing material and a carbon material.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode material mixture containing a negative electrode active material capable of electrochemically absorbing and releasing lithium ions, and carbon nanotubes. The negative electrode active material includes a silicon-containing material and a carbonaceous material. The non-aqueous electrolyte includes at least one cyclic ester selected from the group consisting of a cyclic sulfate ester, a cyclic sulfite ester, and a sultone. A content of the carbon nanotubes in the negative electrode material mixture is 0.005 mass% or more and 0.05 mass% or less.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein the negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector, and a negative electrode active material layer supported by the negative electrode current collector and containing a silicon material as a negative electrode active material; when dividing the negative electrode active material layer into two layers of a first region and a second region having the same thickness, the second region is closer to the negative electrode current collector than the first region; the silicon material is contained in the first region more than the second region; and the nonaqueous electrolyte includes at least one additive selected from the group consisting of a sulfite compound and a sulfate compound.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein the negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer supported by the negative electrode current collector, when dividing the negative electrode active material layer into two layers of a first region and a second region having the same thickness, the second region is closer to the negative electrode current collector than the first region, the first region and the second region each contains graphite particles, a ratio P1/P2 of interparticle porosity P1 of the first region to interparticle porosity P2 of the second region is greater than 1, and the nonaqueous electrolyte includes at least one additive selected from the group consisting of a sulfite compound and a sulfate compound.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material capable of electrochemically absorbing and releasing lithium, the negative electrode active material includes a composite material containing a silicate phase and silicon particles dispersed in the silicate phase, and the silicate phase includes at least one of an alkali metal and an alkaline earth metal. The content of the silicon particles in the composite material is above 40 mass % and 80 mass % or less. The non-aqueous electrolyte includes a sultone compound, and the content of the sultone compound in the non-aqueous electrolyte is 2 mass % or less.

Abstract: Disclosed is a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including: a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte solution, wherein the electrolyte solution includes a lithium salt and carboxylic acid, and the lithium salt includes lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide: LiN(SO2F)2.

Abstract: Disclosed is a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including: a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte solution, wherein the electrolyte solution includes a solvent, a solute, and a carboxylic anhydride, the solvent includes a carboxylic acid ester compound, and the solute includes a sulfonyl imide compound.