Abstract: An electrolytic solution containing a specific organic solvent at a mole ratio of 1-8 relative to a metal salt, the specific organic solvent being selected from a linear carbonate represented by general formula (1-1) below, an ester represented by general formula (1-2) below, and a phosphoric ester represented by general formula (1-3) below, the metal salt being a metal salt whose cation is an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, or aluminum and whose anion has a chemical structure including two or three types of elements selected from boron, carbon, oxygen, a halogen, phosphorus, and arsenic, wherein R10OCOOR11??general formula (1-1) R12COOR13??general formula (1-2) OP(OR14)(OR15)(OR16)??general formula (1-3).

Abstract: An electrolytic solution for a power storage device, the electrolytic solution containing water as a solvent, wherein an amount of the solvent is greater than 4 mol and not greater than 15 mol with respect to 1 mol of an alkali metal salt.

Abstract: An objective is to provide a novel aqueous electrolytic solution constituting an aqueous power storage device that stably operates even at a high voltage. An electrolytic solution for a power storage device contains water as a solvent and has a composition in which an amount of the solvent is not greater than 4 mol with respect to 1 mol of an alkali metal salt.

Abstract: To provide a structural body having a new shape and including a garnet crystal structure. A structural body comprising LiaM1bM2cOd (5?a?8; 2.5?b?3.5; 1.5?c?2.5; 10?d?14; M1 is at least one element selected from Al, Y, La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Lu, Mg, Ca, Sr, or Ba; and M2 is at least one element selected from Zr, Hf, Nb, or Ta) including a garnet crystal structure, wherein in a scanning electron microscopic image obtained through observation of a fracture surface in a depth direction of the structural body, a striped pattern extending along the depth direction is shown, and/or in a scanning electron microscopic image obtained through observation of a cut surface in the depth direction of the structural body, a continuous body extending along the depth direction is shown.

Abstract: An electrolytic solution for a power storage device, the electrolytic solution containing water as a solvent, wherein an amount of the solvent is greater than 4 mol and not greater than 15 mol with respect to 1 mol of an alkali metal salt.

Abstract: To provide a structural body having a new shape and including a garnet crystal structure. A structural body comprising LiaM1bM2cOd (5?a?8; 2.5?b?3.5; 1.5?c?2.5; 10?d?14; M1 is at least one element selected from Al, Y, La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Lu, Mg, Ca, Sr, or Ba; and M2 is at least one element selected from Zr, Hf, Nb, or Ta) including a garnet crystal structure, wherein in a scanning electron microscopic image obtained through observation of a fracture surface in a depth direction of the structural body, a striped pattern extending along the depth direction is shown, and/or in a scanning electron microscopic image obtained through observation of a cut surface in the depth direction of the structural body, a continuous body extending along the depth direction is shown.

Abstract: An electrolytic solution containing a specific organic solvent at a mole ratio of 1-8 relative to a metal salt, the specific organic solvent being selected from a linear carbonate represented by general formula (1-1) below, an ester represented by general formula (1-2) below, and a phosphoric ester represented by general formula (1-3) below, the metal salt being a metal salt whose cation is an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, or aluminum and whose anion has a chemical structure including two or three types of elements selected from boron, carbon, oxygen, a halogen, phosphorus, and arsenic, wherein R10OCOOR11??general formula (1-1) R12COOR13??general formula (1-2) OP(OR14)(OR15)(OR16)??general formula (1-3).

Abstract: An objective is to provide a novel aqueous electrolytic solution constituting an aqueous power storage device that stably operates even at a high voltage. An electrolytic solution for a power storage device contains water as a solvent and has a composition in which an amount of the solvent is not greater than 4 mol with respect to 1 mol of an alkali metal salt.

Abstract: An electrolytic solution including a heteroelement-containing organic solvent at a mole ratio of not greater than 1.5 relative to a metal salt, the heteroelement-containing organic solvent containing a linear carbonate represented by general formula (1) below, the metal salt being a metal salt whose cation is an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, or aluminum and whose anion has a chemical structure represented by general formula (2) below.

Abstract: A lithium-ion secondary battery of the present invention comprises a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material composite formed by compositing a lithium silicate-based material and a carbon material, a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material containing a silicon, and an electrolyte. The lithium-ion secondary battery satisfies 0.8<B/A<1.2, where A is irreversible capacity of the positive electrode and B is irreversible capacity of the negative electrode.

Abstract: Provided are a positive electrode active material for a sodium ion secondary battery, and a positive electrode and a sodium ion secondary battery using the material. The positive electrode active material for a sodium ion secondary battery comprises a lithium sodium-based compound containing lithium (Li), sodium (Na), iron (Fe), and oxygen (O).

Abstract: In a secondary battery, a negative electrode, an electrolytic solution for negative electrode, a diaphragm, an electrolytic solution for positive electrode, and a positive electrode are disposed in order. The negative electrode includes a negative-electrode active material that has an element whose oxidation-reduction potential is more “base” by 1.5 V or more than an oxidation-reduction potential of hydrogen, and whose volume density is larger than that of lithium metal. The diaphragm includes a solid electrolyte transmitting ions of said element alone. A secondary battery with high volumetric density is provided.

Abstract: A lithium ion secondary cell comprises a negative electrode mixture layer containing 5 to 45% by mass of at least one negative electrode active material selected from the group consisting of hard carbon, soft carbon, Sn, Sn alloys, Si, Si alloys, SiOx (0<x<2), Ge, Ge alloys, carbon nanotubes, and carbon nanofibers, and a positive electrode mixture layer containing a lithium-containing transition metal oxide. The negative electrode mixture layer satisfies (Initial charge capacity per unit mass of the negative electrode mixture layer)/(Initial discharge capacity per unit mass of the negative electrode mixture layer)?1.3.

Abstract: Provided is an electrolytic solution in which a metal salt and a solvent exist in a new state. The electrolytic solution of the present invention is an electrolytic solution containing a salt whose cation is an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, or aluminum, and an organic solvent having a heteroelement. Regarding an intensity of a peak derived from the organic solvent in a vibrational spectroscopy spectrum of the electrolytic solution, Is>Io is satisfied when an intensity of an original peak of the organic solvent is represented as Io and an intensity of a peak resulting from shifting of the original peak is represented as Is.

Abstract: To provide a lithium ion secondary battery electrode in which a coated layer is held on a surface of an active material layer over a long period of time to suppress decomposition of the electrolysis solution and to enhance the cyclability, a manufacturing process for the same, and a lithium ion secondary battery using the electrode. A lithium ion secondary battery electrode includes a current collector, an active material layer containing a binder formed on a surface of the current collector, and a coated layer formed on the surface of at least a part of the active material layer, wherein the coated layer is an acrylic type copolymer cured substance including an acrylic type main chain and a side chain having polyester or polyether graft-polymerized to the acrylic type main chain and the coated layer is chemically bonded with the binder.

Abstract: Provided is a novel lithium silicate-based material useful as a positive electrode material for lithium ion secondary battery. The lithium silicate-based compound is represented by Li1.5FeSiO4.25. The lithium silicate-based compound is a compound including: lithium (Li); iron (Fe); silicon (Si); and oxygen (O), and expressed by a composition formula, Li1+2?FeSiO4+??c (?0.25???0.25, 0?c?0.5). The lithium silicate-based compound, of which iron (Fe) is trivalent, exerts a remarkable chemical stability as compared to Li2FeSiO4.

Abstract: A production process for lithium-silicate-based compound according to the present invention is characterized in that: a lithium-silicate compound being expressed by Li2SiO3 is reacted with a transition-metal-element-containing substance including at least one member being selected from the group consisting of iron and manganese at 550° C. or less within a molten salt including at least one member being selected from the group consisting of alkali-metal nitrates as well as alkali-metal hydroxides in an atmosphere in the presence of a mixed gas including carbon dioxide and a reducing gas. In accordance with the present invention, it is possible to produce lithium-silicate-based materials, which are useful as a positive-electrode active material for lithium-ion secondary battery, and the like, at low temperatures by means of relatively easy means.

Abstract: To provide a lithium ion secondary battery electrode in which a coated layer is held on a surface of an active material layer over a long period of time to suppress decomposition of the electrolysis solution and to enhance the cyclability, a manufacturing process for the same, and a lithium ion secondary battery using the electrode. A lithium ion secondary battery electrode includes a current collector, an active material layer containing a binder formed on a surface of the current collector, and a coated layer formed on the surface of at least a part of the active material layer, wherein the coated layer contains a silicone-acrylic graft copolymer cured substance including an acrylic type main chain having a functional group and a side chain having a silicone graft-polymerized to the acrylic type main chain, and the coated layer is chemically bonded with the binder.

Abstract: The present invention is one which provides a production process for lithium-silicate-system compound, the production process being characterized in that: a lithium-silicate compound being expressed by Li2SiO3 is reacted with a substance including at least one member of transition-metal elements that is selected from the group consisting of iron and manganese at 400-650° C. in a molten salt of a carbonate mixture comprising lithium carbonate and at least one member of alkali-metal carbonates that is selected from the group consisting of potassium carbonate, sodium carbonate, rubidium carbonate and cesium carbonate in a mixed-gas atmosphere including carbon dioxide and a reducing gas; and a positive-electrode active material for lithium-ion secondary battery that comprises a lithium-silicate-system compound being obtained by the aforesaid process.

Abstract: A lithium-ion secondary battery of the present invention comprises a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material composite formed by compositing a lithium silicate-based material and a carbon material, a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material containing a silicon, and an electrolyte. The lithium-ion secondary battery satisfies 0.8<B/A<1.2, where A is irreversible capacity of the positive electrode and B is irreversible capacity of the negative electrode.