Abstract: An electrochemical device excellent in connection reliability is provided. An EDLC 2 includes: an element body 10 in which a pair of inner electrodes 16, 26 are laminated so as to sandwich a separator sheet 11; an exterior sheet 4 covering the element body 10; seal parts 40, 42 sealing peripheral parts of the exterior sheet 4 so that the element body 10 is immersed in an electrolyte; and lead terminals 18, 28 extending outward from the seal parts 40, 42 of the exterior sheet 4. At least one surface of the lead terminals 18, 28 is etched so as to form unevenness 180, 280.

Abstract: A fiber-containing polymer film contains a host polymer and fibrous substances. The fiber-containing polymer film has an orientation area where the fibrous substances are oriented in a direction substantially parallel to a main surface of the fiber-containing polymer film and in substantially the same direction.

Abstract: An electrode is provided as one capable of achieving further improvement in safety of an electrochemical device when exposed to a high-temperature environment, and an electrochemical device is provided as one using the electrode. The electrode has a current collector, an endothermic material layer provided on the current collector, and an active material layer provided on the endothermic material layer. The endothermic material layer contains an endothermic material absorbing heat at 80° C. or higher in a differential scanning calorimetry curve thereof.

Abstract: An electrode manufacturing method which can lower the impedance of electrochemical devices is provided. The electrode manufacturing method comprises the steps of applying a coating material containing an active material particle, a binder, and a good solvent for the binder to a current collector, so as to form a coating film made of the coating material; removing the good solvent from the coating film; applying a poor solvent for the binder to the coating film having removed the good solvent; and pressing the coating film coated with the poor solvent.

Abstract: In an area where positive and negative electrode leads 11, 21 oppose each other through a separator 30 in a wound electrochemical device 1, active material layers are removed from surfaces of current collectors 10a, 20a, so as to form open areas 10e, 20e. Even if the active material layers are formed on the surfaces of the current collectors, surfaces opposing them through the separator are provided with the leads protected by insulating tapes, whereby the areas serving as the open areas originally have no function as a capacitor. Therefore, by removing the active material layers from areas having no function as a capacitor, the wound electrochemical device 1 can be made further thinner while inhibiting the capacity as a device from lowering.

Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery containing a pair of electrodes facing each other, and a separator interposed between the electrodes, wherein at least one of the electrodes has a protecting layer, an active-material containing layer, and a collector sequentially from the separator. The protecting layer contains a silicone resin particle having at least one structural unit represented by RSiO1.5 and R2SiO, where R represents an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a phenyl group.

Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery containing a pair of electrodes facing each other, and a separator interposed between the electrodes, wherein at least one of the electrodes has a protecting layer, an active-material containing layer, and a collector sequentially from the separator. The protecting layer contains a silicone resin particle having at least one structural unit represented by RSiO1.5 and R2SiO, where R represents an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a phenyl group.

Abstract: An electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery having a collector, an active-material layer formed on the collector and a protecting layer formed on the active-material layer, in which the protecting layer contains an organic particle formed of poly(methyl methacrylate) having a crosslinked structure, and the organic particle has an average particle size (D50) of 0.5 to 4.0 ?m.

Abstract: A wound electrochemical device has a wound body formed by winding a multilayer member including a multilayer structure composed of a positive electrode, a separator, and a negative electrode; wherein each of the positive and negative electrodes, includes a structure having an active material layer formed on both sides of a current collector; wherein the wound body has a space at a center portion thereof; and wherein the smallest radius of curvature R of a curved part in an innermost circumferential portion of the wound body satisfies the following expression (1): R=?×(T1+2T2)??(1) where R is the smallest radius of curvature of the curved part in the innermost circumferential portion of the wound body (unit: ?m), ? is a value within the range of 3.33 to 7.

Abstract: An electrode has a current collector, and an active material-containing layer provided on the current collector and containing active material particles and ceramic particles, and a weight concentration of the ceramic particles to the active material particles in a surface part in the active material-containing layer on the opposite side to the current collector is higher than a weight concentration of the ceramic particles to the active material particles in a lower part in the active material-containing layer on the current collector side. Furthermore, the thickness of the surface part is not less than 30% nor more than 60% of the total thickness of the surface part and the lower part.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a lithium-ion secondary battery positive electrode comprises a coating material preparing step of preparing a positive electrode active material layer forming coating material by mixing a positive electrode active material, a binder, a conductive auxiliary, an organic solvent, and water; and an active material layer forming step of forming a positive electrode active material layer on a current collector by using the positive electrode active material layer forming coating material. The binder is polyvinylidene fluoride produced by emulsion polymerization. The positive electrode active material layer forming coating material is prepared in the coating material preparing step such that the amount of water added (% by mass) based on the total amount of the organic solvent and water and the pH of the positive electrode active material satisfy the following expression (1): 48?[the amount of water added+(4.25×the pH of the positive electrode active material)]?52??(1).

Abstract: A liquid application apparatus includes a guide roll for guiding a sheet for application, and a slit die for applying a liquid to a surface of the sheet for application from an opening. The slit die has an upper layer flow path and a lower layer flow path spaced in the rotational direction of the guide roll and joining at the opening. In a cross section perpendicular to the axis of the guide roll, an angle ? formed by the center line of the upper layer flow path and the center line of the lower layer flow path is 0.

Abstract: In an area where positive and negative electrode leads 11, 21 oppose each other through a separator 30 in a wound electrochemical device 1, active material layers are removed from surfaces of current collectors 10a, 20a, so as to form open areas 10e, 20e. Even if the active material layers are formed on the surfaces of the current collectors, surfaces opposing them through the separator are provided with the leads protected by insulating tapes, whereby the areas serving as the open areas originally have no function as a capacitor. Therefore, by removing the active material layers from areas having no function as a capacitor, the wound electrochemical device 1 can be made further thinner while inhibiting the capacity as a device from lowering.

Abstract: An electrode producing method by an electrode producing apparatus has an inclining step of pressing a surface of a current collector sheet with projections extending outwardly from the surface, which is conveyed in a definite direction, to incline the projections in a direction opposite to the definite direction of the current collector sheet; and an applying step of applying a coating solution onto the current collector sheet, the projections of which have been inclined in the inclining step and which is conveyed in the definite direction, by a slit die. After the surface of the current collector sheet is pressed to incline the projections on the sheet surface in the opposite direction to the conveyance direction, the coating solution is applied onto the surface. Therefore, the coating solution can be uniformly applied onto the current collector sheet.

Abstract: An electrode having a current collector with a plurality of through holes, and active material layers provided on both sides of the current collector. The current collector has projections extending on the top side or on the back side of the current collector from edges of the through holes, and an angle between each of the projections and a surface direction of the current collector is in the range of 30 to 80°.

Abstract: An anode is provided as one capable of suppressing rapid entrance/exit of lithium ions during quick charge-discharge and ensuring sufficient safety in use as an anode of a lithium-ion secondary battery. The anode is an anode for lithium-ion secondary battery having a current collector, and an active material-containing layer formed on the current collector, wherein the active material-containing layer is comprised of an outermost layer disposed on the farthest side from the current collector, and a lower layer composed of at least one layer disposed between the outermost layer and the current collector, and wherein a degree of flexion of the outermost layer is larger than a degree of flexion of the lower layer.

Abstract: An electrode manufacturing apparatus comprises a conveying section for conveying a current collector sheet having a plurality of through holes; a backup roll for guiding the conveyed current collector sheet; an applicator for supplying a coating liquid to the current collector sheet on the backup roll; and a nip roll for pressing a part of the current collector sheet where the coating liquid is not supplied yet from the applicator against the backup roll.

Abstract: An electrode is provided as one that can suppress generation of hydrogen and that has sufficiently low impedance. The electrode has an aluminum current collector, an aluminum hydroxide layer provided on the aluminum current collector, and an active material layer containing lithium-containing metal oxide and provided on the aluminum hydroxide layer. The thickness of the aluminum hydroxide layer is not more than 50 nm.

Abstract: An anode for lithium-ion secondary battery is provided as one capable of ensuring sufficient safety (suppression of dendrites) while achieving a higher capacity (higher density of the electrode), and permitting formation of a lithium-ion secondary battery with excellent high-rate discharge performance. An anode for lithium-ion secondary battery has a current collector, and an active material-containing layer formed on the current collector, the active material-containing layer is comprised of an outermost layer disposed on the farthest side from the current collector, and a lower layer composed of at least one layer disposed between the outermost layer and the current collector, and a degree of flexion of the outermost layer is smaller than that of the lower layer.

Abstract: A liquid applicator comprises a guide roll for guiding a sheet, and a slit die, having a slit with an opening extending in an axial direction of the guide roll, for applying a liquid to a surface of the sheet guided by the guide roll. On the rear side of the opening in a rotating direction of the guide roll, the slit die further includes a front lip having a concave surface corresponding to the guide roll. The front lip opposes the guide roll by such a length FA in the rotating direction RD of the guide roll as to have a central angle ? of 0.95° to 3.0° about an axis O of the guide roll.