Abstract: A lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode, and a negative electrode in which deposition and dissolution reactions of lithium metal occur. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode layer. The negative electrode layer contains, as a negative electrode active material, an alloy of the lithium metal and dissimilar metal. An element percentage of lithium element in the alloy is 40.00 atomic % or more and 99.97 atomic % or less when the lithium secondary battery is fully charged.

Abstract: A hydrogen permeable membrane that includes a PdCu alloy and can be used for hydrogen purification. The hydrogen permeable membrane includes 38.75 mass % or more and 39.5 mass % or less of Cu with the balance being Pd and inevitable impurities as the PdCu alloy, and the area percentage of a ? phase on an arbitrary cross section is 95% or more. The hydrogen permeable membrane of the present invention has a hydrogen permeability coefficient ? of 2.0×10?8 mol/m·S·Pa1/2 or more at any temperature in a temperature range of 150° C. or higher and 350°° C. or lower. This value exceeds the hydrogen permeability coefficient of a PdCu alloy membrane containing Cu concentration of 40 mass %, which has been thus far considered to be optimal, demonstrating that the present invention is excellent in terms of hydrogen permeability.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery disclosed herein includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive and negative electrodes each include a current collector and a mixture layer formed on the surface of the current collector. The current collector includes a resin layer and metallic foils provided on both surfaces of the resin layer in at least one of the positive and negative electrodes. A surface of the metallic foils on which the mixture layer is formed is roughened. Furthermore, the average X (?m) of the thicknesses at the thinnest parts and the average Y (?m) of the thicknesses at the thickest parts of the metallic foil determined based on a plurality of obtained sectional SEM images in a stacked direction of the resin layer and the metallic foils satisfy the following relationship: 0.1 ?m<X<4 ?m, and 1.2?Y/X.

Abstract: A lithium metal negative electrode secondary battery comprises a positive electrode, a separator, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte solution. The electrolyte solution includes Li ions. The separator is interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The separator includes a porous base material and a covering layer. The porous base material has a first main face and a second main face. The first main face faces the positive electrode. The second main face faces the negative electrode. The covering layer covers the second main face. The covering layer includes a Li-ion conductor. The Li-ion conductor has a Li-ion conductivity from 1.0×10?13 to 2.0×10?9 S/cm.

Abstract: A lithium metal negative electrode secondary battery comprises a positive electrode, a separator, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte solution. The electrolyte solution includes Li ions. The separator is interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode base material and a Li metal layer. The Li metal layer includes a continuous phase and a dispersed phase. The continuous phase includes Li metal. The dispersed phase includes a Li-ion conductor. The Li-ion conductor has a Li-ion conductivity from 1.0×10?13 to 2.0×10?9 S/cm.

Abstract: A lithium metal negative electrode secondary battery comprises a positive electrode, a separator, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte solution. The electrolyte solution includes Li ions. The separator is interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode base material and a covering layer. The covering layer covers at least part of a surface of the negative electrode base material. The covering layer includes a Li-ion conductor. The Li-ion conductor has a Li-ion conductivity from 1.0×10?13 to 2.0×10?9 S/cm.

Abstract: A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode layer. The negative electrode layer includes a dielectric particle and a negative electrode active material including either or both of a lithium metal and a lithium alloy.

Abstract: A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode layer. The negative electrode layer includes a composite layer and a single lithium metal layer. The composite layer includes, as a negative electrode active material, an alloy of lithium metal and dissimilar metal. The composite layer and the single lithium metal layer are arranged in this order from the negative electrode current collector. The dissimilar metal is an element that is able to form a solid solution with the lithium metal or an element that is able to form an intermetallic compound with the lithium metal.

Abstract: A method of producing a wet mixture includes a stirring and mixing process in which lithium-containing positive electrode active material particles having surplus lithium compounds on the surface and crystalline ferroelectric ceramic particles are dried, stirred and mixed to obtain a mixed powder; and a solution mixing process in which a lithium conductor forming solution is mixed with the mixed powder to obtain a wet mixture containing coated lithium-containing positive electrode active material particles having a coating which is made of an amorphous lithium conductor and in which the ferroelectric ceramic particles are dispersed on the surface of the lithium-containing positive electrode active material particles.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery disclosed herein includes a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte, and the positive electrode active material includes a positive electrode active material particle containing a lithium transition metal compound, and a coating portion coating at least a part of a surface of the positive electrode active material particle. The coating portion contains a lithium ionic conductor containing lithium, a phosphoric acid group, and at least one element of lanthanum (La) and cerium (Ce).

Abstract: An electronic circuit includes a conductor column that is connected to a ground of a first layer which is any one of plural conductor layers stacked in a separated state and extends in a stacking direction, a first conductor line that is connected to the conductor column to extend in a band shape in a second layer different from the first layer of the plural conductor layers, and of which an end portion separated from the conductor column is an open end, and a second conductor line that extends in a band shape in any layer of the plural conductor layers, in which each of the first conductor line and the second conductor line has one neighboring portion constituting at least a pair of neighboring portions, which are close to each other to be connectable, and a first end portion of the second conductor line, which is separated from the neighboring portion formed on the second conductor line, is an open end.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode, and a negative electrode in which deposition and dissolution reactions of lithium metal occur. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode layer. The negative electrode layer contains, as a negative electrode active material, an alloy of the lithium metal and dissimilar metal. An element percentage of lithium element in the alloy is 40.00 atomic % or more and 99.97 atomic % or less when the lithium secondary battery is fully charged.

Abstract: A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode layer. The negative electrode layer includes a composite layer and a single lithium metal layer. The composite layer includes, as a negative electrode active material, an alloy of lithium metal and dissimilar metal. The composite layer and the single lithium metal layer are arranged in this order from the negative electrode current collector. The dissimilar metal is an element that is able to form a solid solution with the lithium metal or an element that is able to form an intermetallic compound with the lithium metal.

Abstract: A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode layer. The negative electrode layer includes a dielectric particle and a negative electrode active material including either or both of a lithium metal and a lithium alloy.

Abstract: Provided is a positive electrode material which can impart a lithium secondary battery with excellent low temperature output characteristics, excellent high temperature cycle characteristics and excellent durability against high voltage. A positive electrode material of a lithium secondary battery disclosed here includes a positive electrode active substance particle, a Li-free first coating at the surface of the positive electrode active substance particle, and a Li-containing second coating at the surface of the positive electrode active substance particle. The first coating contains a titanium oxide represented by TiO2 or TinO2n-1, wherein n is an integer of 3 or more. The second coating contains a composite oxide containing Li and Ti, wherein the ratio of the number of atoms of Li relative to the number of atoms of Ti is at least 0.1 and at most 3.

Abstract: A positive electrode material which is used in a positive electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery disclosed here includes a positive electrode active material including a compound capable of storing and releasing lithium ions, a first coating material disposed on at least a part of the surface of the positive electrode active material, and a second coating material disposed on at least a part of the surface of the positive electrode active material. The positive electrode material is characterized in that the first coating material contains a nickel oxide having a rock salt structure, and the second coating material contains a titanium oxide.

Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an anode with excellent capacity durability. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an anode including an anode current collector, and an anode active material layer arranged on the anode current collector, wherein: the anode active material layer includes a Li composite layer containing a Li composite including a Li element and a dope element; and in the Li composite layer, when C1 designates a concentration of the dope element in a first surface that is an opposite side of the anode current collector side, and C2 designates a concentration of the dope element in a second surface that is the anode current collector side, the C2 is larger than the C1.

Abstract: A method of producing a wet mixture includes a stirring and mixing process in which lithium-containing positive electrode active material particles having surplus lithium compounds on the surface and crystalline ferroelectric ceramic particles are dried, stirred and mixed to obtain a mixed powder; and a solution mixing process in which a lithium conductor forming solution is mixed with the mixed powder to obtain a wet mixture containing coated lithium-containing positive electrode active material particles having a coating which is made of an amorphous lithium conductor and in which the ferroelectric ceramic particles are dispersed on the surface of the lithium-containing positive electrode active material particles.

Abstract: A positive electrode imparts secondary battery with low temperature output characteristics, high temperature cycle characteristics and durability against high voltage. A positive electrode of secondary battery includes positive electrode current collector and positive electrode active substance layer on positive electrode current collector. The positive electrode active substance layer contains positive electrode active substance particles and oxide particles which are dispersed in positive electrode active substance layer as separate particles from positive electrode active substance particles. The positive electrode active substance particles each include coating of titanium-containing compound at the surface. The titanium-containing compound in coating is at least one compound selected from group consisting of TiO2, TinO2n?1, wherein n is integer of 3 or more, and oxides containing Li and Ti.

Abstract: A non aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode, and a non aqueous electrolyte, and the positive electrode active material includes a positive electrode active material particle containing a lithium transition metal compound, and a coating portion coating at least a part of a surface of the positive electrode active material particle. The coating portion contains a lithium ionic conductor containing lithium, a phosphoric acid group, and yttrium. The lithium ionic conductor includes a region A in which a ratio of yttrium is relatively rich and a region B in which the ratio of yttrium is relatively poor.