Abstract: An active material (1) for a positive electrode includes an aggregate (10) of an electrochemically active polymer having an oxidized repeat unit and a reduced repeat unit. The aggregate (10) includes a first portion (11) forming a surface of the aggregate 10 and a second portion 12 covered by the first portion 11. In the active material 1, the percentage content of the oxidized repeat unit in the first portion 11 on a weight basis is lower than the percentage content of the oxidized repeat unit in the second portion 12 on a weight basis.

Abstract: A positive electrode for a power storage device includes: an active material layer; a current collector; and an electrically conductive layer. The active material layer includes an electrochemically active polymer and an electrically conductive agent. The electrically conductive layer is disposed between the active material layer and the current collector and is in contact with the active material layer and the current collector. The thickness of the electrically conductive layer is measured at 10 points spaced apart at 2 ?m intervals along a boundary between the current collector and the electrically conductive layer on a cross-section of the positive electrode for a power storage device. The cross-section is perpendicular to a principal surface of the current collector, and the electrically conductive layer is in contact with the principal surface. The average thickness of the electrically conductive layer determined by this measurement is 0.5 to 3.0 ?m.

Abstract: A positive electrode 1 for a power storage device includes: an active material layer 10; a current collector 20; and an electrically conductive layer 30. The active material layer 10 includes electrochemically active polymer particles 12 and an electrically conductive agent 14. The electrochemically active polymer particles 12 have an average particle diameter of more than 0.5 ?m and 20 ?m or less. The electrically conductive layer 30 is disposed between the active material layer 10 and the current collector 20 and is in contact with the active material layer 10 and the current collector 20.

Abstract: A positive electrode 1 for a power storage device includes: an active material layer 10; a current collector 20; and an electrically conductive layer 30. The active material layer 10 includes an electrochemically active polymer 12 and an electrically conductive agent 14. The electrically conductive layer 30 is disposed between the active material layer 10 and the current collector 20 and is in contact with the active material layer 10 and the current collector 20. The electrically conductive layer 30 includes electrically conductive particles 32 and a binder 35 in contact with outer surfaces of the electrically conductive particles 32. The content of the binder in the electrically conductive layer 30 is 3% or more on a mass basis.

Abstract: The invention provides a cathode sheet for use in a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, including a composite material comprising a collector and a layer of a cathode active material provided thereon. The layer of a cathode active material includes: (a) a conductive polymer and (b) at least one selected from a polycarboxylic acid and a metal salt of a polycarboxylic acid; and the conductive polymer is a polymer in a dedoped state or in a dedoped and reduced state. The polymer constituting the conductive polymer is at least one selected from polyaniline, a polyaniline derivative, polypyrrole, a polypyrrole derivative, and polythiophene; and the polycarboxylic acid is at least one selected from polyacrylic acid, polymethacrylic acid, polyvinylbenzoic acid, polyallylbenzoic acid, polymethallylbenzoic acid, polymaleic acid, polyfumaric acid, polyglutaminic acid, polyaspartic acid, alginic acid, carboxymethylcellulose, and a copolymer including repeating units of at least two of the polymers listed herein.

Abstract: A power storage device positive electrode having an excellent activation property from the initial charge/discharge stage, and a power storage device employing the positive electrode are provided. The power storage device positive electrode includes an active material including at least one of polyaniline and a polyaniline derivative, a conductive agent, and a binder, wherein the active material including at least one of the polyaniline and the polyaniline derivative has a polyaniline oxidant proportion of not less than 45 wt. % based on the overall weight of the polyaniline active material, wherein the binder has Hansen solubility parameters such that the sum of a polarity term and a hydrogen bonding term is not greater than 20 MPa1/2.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided, which includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and negative electrode, and an electrolyte solution containing a supporting salt having ion conductivity, wherein the positive electrode comprises a composition containing components (a) and (b) below and satisfying a requirement (?) below, and wherein the negative electrode contains metal lithium and at least one selected from materials capable of lithium ion insertion/desorption: (a) an electrically conductive polymer; (b) a lithium salt formed by substituting a part of a polyanionic acid with lithium; and (?) a molar ratio of a lithium element content in the component (b) to a content of an element involved in a charge/discharge reaction in the component (a) is 0.1 to 1.0. Consequently, the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery has an excellent weight energy density and can reduce dependency on electrolyte solution amount.

Abstract: The invention provides a cathode sheet for use in a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, including a composite material comprising a collector and a layer of a cathode active material provided thereon. The layer of a cathode active material includes: (a) a conductive polymer and (b) at least one selected from a polycarboxylic acid and a metal salt of a polycarboxylic acid; and the conductive polymer is a polymer in a dedoped state or in a dedoped and reduced state. The polymer constituting the conductive polymer is at least one selected from polyaniline, a polyaniline derivative, polypyrrole, a polypyrrole derivative, and polythiophene; and the polycarboxylic acid is at least one selected from polyacrylic acid, polymethacrylic acid, polyvinylbenzoic acid, polyallylbenzoic acid, polymethallylbenzoic acid, polymaleic acid, polyfumaric acid, polyglutaminic acid, polyaspartic acid, alginic acid, carboxymethylcellulose, and a copolymer including repeating units of at least two of the polymers listed herein.

Abstract: The invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a cathode and an anode arranged so as to be opposite to each other, and an electrolyte layer put therebetween; wherein the cathode comprises: (a) a conductive polymer and (b) at least one selected from the group consisting of a polycarboxylic acid and a metal salt thereof, and wherein the anode comprises a material into which a base metal or ions thereof can be inserted and from which a base metal or ions thereof can be extracted. The invention further provides a cathode sheet for use in the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery mentioned above.

Abstract: A positive electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery containing an electrically conductive polymer (a), at least one of a polyanionic acid and a metal salt thereof (b), and a plasticizer (c), wherein the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte solution having ion conductivity. The positive electrode has excellent peeling resistance and bending durability, and the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having an excellent weight energy density and low dependency on electrolyte solution amount is provided.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided, which includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte solution containing a supporting salt having ionic conductivity, wherein the positive electrode contains an electrically conductive polymer, the negative electrode contains a carbonaceous material capable of lithium ion insertion/desertion, and the electrolyte solution contains a negative electrode film-forming agent. Consequently, the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, which uses the electrically conductive polymer in the positive electrode and the carbonaceous material in the negative electrode, has an excellent weight energy density and can effectively suppress deterioration of battery performance.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided, which includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and negative electrode, and an electrolyte solution containing a supporting salt having ion conductivity, wherein the positive electrode comprises a composition containing components (a) and (b) below and satisfying a requirement (?) below, and wherein the negative electrode contains metal lithium and at least one selected from materials capable of lithium ion insertion/desorption: (a) an electrically conductive polymer; (b) a lithium salt formed by substituting a part of a polyanionic acid with lithium; and (?) a molar ratio of a lithium element content in the component (b) to a content of an element involved in a charge/discharge reaction in the component (a) is 0.1 to 1.0. Consequently, the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery has an excellent weight energy density and can reduce dependency on electrolyte solution amount.

Abstract: In order to achieve a novel power storage device having high-speed charge/discharge and a high capacity density, an electrode which is used in the power storage device, and a porous sheet, the present invention provides a power storage device which includes an electrolyte layer 3, and a positive electrode 2 and a negative electrode 4 that are arranged with the electrolyte layer 3 interposed therebetween, wherein at least one of the positive electrode 2 and the negative electrode 4 contains a self-doping electrically conductive polymer having a carboxylic acid group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery separator including: a porous substrate; and a layer of a crosslinked polymer supported on at least one surface of the porous substrate, in which the crosslinked polymer is obtained by reacting (a) a reactive polymer having, in the molecule thereof, a first reactive group containing active hydrogen and a second reactive group having cationic polymerizability with (b) a polycarbonate urethane prepolymer terminated by an isocyanate group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery separator including: a porous substrate; and a layer of a crosslinked polymer supported on at least one surface of the porous substrate, in which the crosslinked polymer is obtained by reacting (a) a reactive polymer having, in the molecule thereof, a reactive group containing active hydrogen with (b) a polycarbonate urethane prepolymer terminated by an isocyanate group.

Abstract: A higher performance positive electrode for a power storage device is provided, which ensures a higher capacity density per unit weight of an active substance and, particularly, a higher initial capacity in initial charge/discharge. The power storage device positive electrode includes electrically conductive polymer particles as an active substance, and the electrically conductive polymer particles each have a flat shape.

Abstract: The invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a cathode and an anode arranged so as to be opposite to each other, and an electrolyte layer put therebetween; wherein the cathode comprises: (a) a conductive polymer and (b) at least one selected from the group consisting of a polycarboxylic acid and a metal salt thereof, and wherein the anode comprises a material into which a base metal or ions thereof can be inserted and from which a base metal or ions thereof can be extracted. The invention further provides a cathode sheet for use in the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery mentioned above.

Abstract: Provided is a positive electrode for a power storage device, which has an excellent discharge characteristic irrespective of an oxidized state of polyaniline as a positive active material and which is excellent in storability and handleability. The positive electrode for a power storage device includes polyaniline, where a ratio of a polyaniline oxidized body in the positive electrode is 0.01 to 75% to the entire polyaniline.

Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte electricity storage device including a separator that can be produced by a method in which use of a solvent that places a large load on the environment can be avoided and in which control of parameters such as the pore diameter is relatively easy, the nonaqueous electrolyte electricity storage device being capable of trapping ions of metals that tend to form a complex other than lithium. The present invention is a nonaqueous electrolyte electricity storage device including a cathode, an anode, a separator disposed between the cathode and the anode, and an electrolyte having ion conductivity. The cathode and/or the anode is formed of a material containing at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of transition metals, aluminum, tin, and silicon.

Abstract: Provided is a separator for nonaqueous electrolyte electricity storage devices that includes an improved porous epoxy resin membrane. At least one compound selected from a carboxylic acid, a carboxylic acid salt, a carboxylic acid anhydride, and a carboxylic acid halide, is brought into contact with a porous epoxy resin membrane, and thus hydroxyl groups contained in the porous membrane are reacted with the compound to produce carboxylic acid ester bonds. As a result of this treatment, the amount of active hydroxyl groups present in the porous epoxy resin membrane is reduced, and the porous epoxy resin membrane becomes suitable as a separator for nonaqueous electrolyte electricity storage devices. An epoxy resin sheet yet to be made porous may be subjected to reaction with the compound.