Abstract: An electrochemical device having excellent safety at high temperature is provided by using a separator for an electrochemical device, which is made of a porous film comprising: a porous base (5) having a heat-resistant temperature of 150° C. or higher and including filler particles (3); at least one kind of shutdown resin (6) selected from the group consisting of resin A that has a melting point in a range of 80° C. to 130° C. and resin B that absorbs an electrolyte and swells due to heating, and the swelling degree is increased as the temperature rises; and a binder (4).

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery pack of the present invention includes: a lithium secondary battery including an electrode body formed of a positive electrode and a negative electrode facing each other and a separator interposed therebetween, and a non-aqueous electrolyte; a PTC element; and a protection circuit including a field effect transistor. The lithium secondary battery has an energy density per volume of 450 Wh/L or more, the lithium secondary battery has a current density of 3.0 mA/cm2 or less, and a relational expression (1) and a relational expression (2) below are established where A (m?) is an impedance of the lithium secondary battery and B (m?) is an impedance of the entire circuit unit of the lithium secondary battery pack excepting the impedance A (m?) of the lithium secondary battery: A?50 m???(1) B/A?1??(2).

Abstract: A nonaqueous secondary battery having a positive electrode having a positive electrode mixture layer, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, in which the positive electrode contains, as an active material, a lithium-containing transition metal oxide containing a metal element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ti, Zr, Ge, Nb, Al and Sn, the positive electrode mixture layer has a density of 3.5 g/cm3 or larger, and the nonaqueous electrolyte contains a compound having two or more nitrile groups in the molecule.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery pack of the present invention includes: a lithium secondary battery including an electrode body formed of a positive electrode and a negative electrode facing each other and a separator interposed therebetween, and a non-aqueous electrolyte; a PTC element; and a protection circuit including a field effect transistor. The lithium secondary battery has an energy density per volume of 450 Wh/L or more, the lithium secondary battery has a current density of 3.0 mA/cm2 or less, and a relational expression (1) and a relational expression (2) below are established where A (m?) is an impedance of the lithium secondary battery and B (m?) is an impedance of the entire circuit unit of the lithium secondary battery pack excepting the impedance A (m?) of the lithium secondary battery: A?50 m???(1) B/A?1??(2).

Abstract: A nonaqueous secondary battery containing a positive electrode having a positive electrode mixture layer, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode comprises, as active materials, two or more lithium-containing transition metal oxides having different average particle sizes, and the lithium-containing transition metal oxide having the smallest average particle size contains one or more of Mg, Ti, Zr, Ge, Nb, Al and Sn.

Abstract: The non-aqueous secondary battery of the present invention includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a non-aqueous electrolyte and a separator. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode mixture layer containing a positive electrode active material, a conductive polymer, an organic silane compound, a conductive assistant and a binder, the conductive polymer is polythiophene or a derivative thereof, and the content of the conductive polymer is 0.05 to 0.5 mass % with respect to the total mass of the positive electrode mixture layer.

Abstract: A lithium secondary-battery pack of the present invention includes: a lithium secondary battery including an electrode body and a non-aqueous electrolyte, the electrode body including a positive electrode and a negative electrode facing each other, and a separator interposed therebetween; a PTC (Positive Temperature Coefficient) element; and a protection circuit including a field-effect transistor, wherein the negative electrode includes a negative electrode material mixture layer containing a Si-containing material as a negative electrode active material, and, where Z represents an impedance (?) of the lithium secondary-battery pack and Q represents a capacity (Ah) of the lithium secondary-battery pack, an impedance capacity index represented by Z/Q is 0.055 ?/Ah or less.

Abstract: A polymer of the present invention has a plurality of pendant groups. Each of the pendant groups is constituted of a carboxyl group or a salt thereof, and a group interposed between a main chain and either the carboxyl group or salt thereof. The group interposed between the main chain and either the carboxyl group or salt thereof is: a hydrocarbon group; a perfluorocarbon group; constituted of a hydrocarbon group and at least one of an ester group and a carbonate group; or constituted of a perfluorocarbon group and at least one of an ester group and a carbonate group. A carbonyl carbon included in the carboxyl group or salt thereof is bonded directly to a carbon included in either the hydrocarbon group or the perfluorocarbon group.

Abstract: In the nonaqueous secondary battery of the present invention, a positive electrode mixture layer included in a positive electrode contains a lithium-containing complex oxide defined by the general formula LixM1yM2zM3vO2 (where, M1 represents at least one transition metal element selected from the group consisting of Co, Ni and Mn, M2 represents at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ti, Zr, Ge, Nb, Al and Sn, M3 represents an element other than Li, M1 and M2, 0.97?x<1.02, 0.8?y<1.02, 0.002?z?0.05, and 0?v?0.05) and has a density of 3.5 g/cm3 or more. A nonaqueous electrolyte contains a fluorinated nitrile compound including two or more cyano groups or a cyano group and an ester group.

Abstract: A nonaqueous secondary battery having a positive electrode having a positive electrode mixture layer, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, in which the positive electrode contains, as an active material, a lithium-containing transition metal oxide containing a metal element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ti, Zr, Ge, Nb, Al and Sn, the positive electrode mixture layer has a density of 3.

Abstract: A nonaqueous secondary battery having a positive electrode having a positive electrode mixture layer, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, in which the positive electrode contains, as an active material, a lithium-containing transition metal oxide containing a metal element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ti, Zr, Ge, Nb, Al and Sn, the positive electrode mixture layer has a density of 3.5 g/cm3 or larger, and the nonaqueous electrolyte contains a compound having two or more nitrile groups in the molecule.

Abstract: The electrochemical device of the present invention comprises a positive electrode (2), a negative electrode (1), a nonaqueous electrolyte and a separator (3). The separator (3) includes a porous layer (I) composed of a microporous film composed predominantly of a thermoplastic resin and a porous layer (II) containing a filler having a heat-resistant temperature of 150° C. or higher as the main component. The negative electrode (1) contains graphite having an R value of 0.1 to 0.5 and d002 of 0.338 nm or less as a negative electrode active material, where the R value is a ratio of a peak intensity at 1360 cm?1 to a peak intensity at 1580 cm?1 in an argon ion laser Raman spectrum and the d002 is a lattice spacing between 002 planes. The ratio of the graphite to the negative electrode active material is 30 mass % or more, and the nonaqueous electrolyte contains vinyl ethylene carbonate or a derivative thereof, or a dinitrile compound or acid anhydride.

Abstract: The non-aqueous secondary battery of the present invention includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a non-aqueous electrolyte and a separator. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode mixture layer containing a positive electrode active material, a conductive polymer, an organic silane compound, a conductive assistant and a binder, the conductive polymer is polythiophene or a derivative thereof, and the content of the conductive polymer is 0.05 to 0.5 mass % with respect to the total mass of the positive electrode mixture layer.

Abstract: A non-aqueous secondary battery of the present invention includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a lithium-containing composite oxide as a positive electrode active material, expressed by a general compositional formula (1): Li1+yMO2 where ?0.5?y?0.5. M denotes an element group including Ni and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Co, Mn, Fe and Ti. And the non-aqueous electrolyte includes a cycloalkane derivative A having at least one alkyl ether group containing an unsaturated bond, and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an azacrown ether compound B having a functional group where at least one of nitrogen atoms contains an unsaturated bond and a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound C.

Abstract: A nonaqueous secondary battery having a positive electrode having a positive electrode mixture layer, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, in which the positive electrode contains, as an active material, a lithium-containing transition metal oxide containing a metal element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ti, Zr, Ge, Nb, Al and Sn, the positive electrode mixture layer has a density of 3.

Abstract: The nonaqueous electrolyte for an electrochemical device of the present invention includes at least one selected from an imide compound represented by the general formula (1) and an imide compound represented by the general formula (2): where R1 is an organic residue or an F-containing organic residue, X1 and X2 are each H, F, an organic residue or an F-containing organic residue, and X1 and X2 may be the same or different from each other; and where R2 is an organic residue or an F-containing organic residue, and H of a benzene ring may be partially or entirely replaced with F.

Abstract: The nonaqueous secondary battery of the present invention comprises a positive electrode having a positive electrode mixture layer containing a lithium-containing composite oxide as a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode, a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The surface of the positive electrode active material or the positive electrode mixture layer is coated with polyvalent organic metal salt, particularly preferably with fluorine-containing polyvalent organic lithium salt.

Abstract: A nonaqueous secondary battery having a positive electrode having a positive electrode mixture layer, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, in which the positive electrode contains, as an active material, a lithium-containing transition metal oxide containing a metal element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ti, Zr, Ge, Nb, Al and Sn, the positive electrode mixture layer has a density of 3.

Abstract: A nonaqueous secondary battery containing a positive electrode having a positive electrode mixture layer, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, in which the positive electrode comprises, as active materials, three or more lithium-containing transition metal oxides having different average particle sizes, those transition metal oxides comprise a transition metal element, the transition metal element of the transition metal oxide having the smallest average particle size is partially substituted with a metal element other than the transition metal element, and the density of the positive electrode mixture layer is t 3.8 g/cm3 or more.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery pack of the present invention includes: a lithium secondary battery including an electrode body formed of a positive electrode and a negative electrode facing each other and a separator interposed therebetween, and a non-aqueous electrolyte; a PTC element; and a protection circuit including a field effect transistor. The lithium secondary battery has an energy density per volume of 450 Wh/L or more, the lithium secondary battery has a current density of 3.0 mA/cm2 or less, and a relational expression (1) and a relational expression (2) below are established where A (m?) is an impedance of the lithium secondary battery and B (m?) is an impedance of the entire circuit unit of the lithium secondary battery pack excepting the impedance A (m?) of the lithium secondary battery: A?50 m???(1) B/A?1??(2).