Abstract: A positive electrode active substance comprising a lithium-containing metal oxide represented by the following general formula (1): LiFe1-xMxP1-ySiyO4??(1) wherein M represents an element selected from group III to group XIV; 0<x<1; and 0<y<1, having a volume of a unit lattice of 291.4 to 300.0 ?3 or 285.0 to 291.0 ?3, and having a half value width of a diffraction peak of a (011) surface of 0.30° or more.

Abstract: A cathode active material having a composition represented by the following formula (1) LiMn1?xMxP1?ySiyO4 ??(1) wherein M is at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of Zr, Sn, Y and Al; x is within a range of 0<x?0.5; and y is within a range of 0<y?0.5.

Abstract: Provided is a positive electrode active material giving nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary batteries superior in cycle characteristics. The positive electrode active material according to the present invention includes a lithium-containing composite metal oxide having the composition represented by the following General Formula (1): LizFe1-xMxP1-ySiyO4 ??(1) (wherein M is at least one metal element selected from Zr, Sn, Y, and Al, 0.05<x<1, and 0.05<y<1), characterized in that: the positive electrode active material is in the single crystalline phase of the lithium-containing composite oxide represented by General Formula (1) when 1>z>0.9 to 0.75 or 0.25 to 0.1>z>0; the positive electrode active material has two crystalline phases of the lithium-containing composite oxides represented by the following General Formulae (2) and (3) when 0.9 to 0.75>z>0.25 to 0.1: LiaFe1-xMxP1-ySiyO4 ??(2) (wherein 0.75 to 0.9?a?1.00, 0.05<x<1, and 0.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a lithium-containing composite oxide represented by general formula (1) below, the method at least including a step of preparing a solution by dissolving a lithium source, an element M source, a phosphorus source, and an element X source that serve as source materials in a solvent, the phosphorus source being added after at least the element M source is dissolved; a step of gelating the resulting solution; and a step of calcining the resulting gel: LixMyP1-zXzO4??(1) (where M represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Ni, Mn, Zr, Sn, Al, and Y; X represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Si and Al; and 0<x?2, 0.8?y?1.2, 0?z?1). According to the present invention, a positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries that offers high safety and high cost efficiency and are capable of extending battery life can be provided.

Abstract: A cathode active material comprising a composition represented by the following general formula (1): LiaM1xM2yM3zPmSinO4??(1) wherein M1 is at least one kind of element selected from the group of Mn, Fe, Co and Ni; M2 is any one kind of element selected from the group of Ti, V and Nb; M3 is at least one kind of element selected from the group of Zr, Sn, Y and Al; “a” satisfies 0<a?1; “x” satisfies 0<x?2; “y” satisfies 0<y<1; “z” satisfies 0?z<1; “m” satisfies 0?m<1; and “n” satisfies 0<n?1.

Abstract: A cathode active material comprising a composition represented by the following general formula (1): LiaM1xM2yM3zPmSinO4??(1) wherein M1 is at least one kind of element selected from the group of Mn, Fe, Co and Ni; M2 is any one kind of element selected from the group of Zr, Sn, Y and Al; M3 is at least one kind of element selected from the group of Zr, Sn, Y, Al, Ti, V and Nb and different from M2; “a” satisfies 0<a?1; “x” satisfies 0<x?2; “y” satisfies 0<y<1; “z” satisfies 0<z<1; “m” satisfies 0?m<1; and “n” satisfies 0<n?1.

Abstract: A method of producing a positive electrode active material, comprising the steps of: preparing a solution by dissolving, in a solvent, respective predetermined amounts of a lithium source, a M source, a phosphorus source and a X source necessary for forming a positive electrode active material represented by the following general formula (1) having an olivine structure; gelating the obtained solution by addition of a cyclic ether; and calcinating the generated gel to obtain a carbon-coated lithium-containing composite oxide, wherein the positive electrode active material is represented by the general formula (1): LixMyP1-zXzO4??(1) wherein M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Ni, Mn, Zr, Sn, Al and Y, X is at least one selected from the group consisting of Si and Al, and 0<x?2, 0.8?y?1.2, 0?z?1.

Abstract: A cathode active material of the present invention is a cathode active material having a composition represented by General Formula (1) below, LiFe1-xMxP1-ySiyO4??(1), where: an average valence of Fe is +2 or more; M is an element having a valence of +2 or more and is at least one type of element selected from the group consisting of Zr, Sn, Y, and Al; the valence of M is different from the average valence of Fe; 0<x?0.5; and y=x×({valence of M}?2)+(1?x)×({average valence of Fe}?2). This provides a cathode active material that not only excels in terms of safety and cost but also can provide a long-life battery.

Abstract: A positive electrode active substance comprising a lithium-containing metal oxide represented by the following general formula (1): LiFe1-xMxP1-ySiyO4??(1) wherein M represents an element selected from group III to group XIV; 0<x<1; and 0<y<1, having a volume of a unit lattice of 291.4 to 300.0 ?3 or 285.0 to 291.0 ?3, and having a half value width of a diffraction peak of a (011) surface of 0.30° or more.

Abstract: A cathodic active material according to the present invention has a composition represented by general formula (1): Li(1-a)AaFe(1-x-b)M(x-c)P(1-y)SiyO4??(1), where A is at least one type of element selected from the group consisting of Na, K, Fe, and M; Fe has an average valence of +2 or more; M is an element having a valence of +2 or more and at least one type of element selected from the group consisting of Zr, Sn, Y, and Al, the average valence of M being different from the average valence of Fe; 0<a?0.125; a=b+c+d, where b is the number of moles of Fe in A, c is the number of moles of M in A, and d is the total number of moles of Na and K in A; 0<x?0.5; and 0<y?0.5. This makes it possible to realize a cathodic active material that not only excels in terms of safety and cost but also can provide a long-life battery.

Abstract: The present invention allows production of a battery which not only excels in terms of safety and cost, but also has a long life. A cathode active material of the present invention is represented by the following General Formula (1): LiyKaFe1-xXxPO4??(1), where X is at least one element of groups 2 through 13; 0<a?0.25; 0?x?0.25; and y is (1?a), a volume of a unit lattice for a case in which y in General Formula (1) is (x?a) (when x?a<0, y is 0) having a change ratio of not more than 4% with respect to a volume of a unit lattice for a case in which y in General Formula (1) is (1?a).

Abstract: A plasma display panel having a partition wall structure with improved exhaust conductance and which can forestall drops in emission efficiency is provided. A plasma display panel having a discharge gas sealed in a space between a pair of opposing substrates, a plurality of display electrodes extending in a transversal direction, address electrodes A extending in a longitudinal direction and intersecting the display electrodes 40, and a lattice-like partition wall 29 having longitudinal partition walls 29V and transversal partition walls 29H, and defining unit light-emitting regions C on one of the substrates.

Abstract: A plasma display panel is provided in which discharge connection in the column direction is prevented without increasing the number of man-hours in a formation process of a partition and without deteriorating ventilation for an exhaust process. A pattern in a plan view of a partition is made a mesh pattern in which vertical patterns are included at inter-row positions in each column. Each of first vertical walls is positioned at a boundary between columns, each of second vertical walls is arranged at a position away from a boundary between columns for each boundary between rows and each of horizontal walls is positioned at a boundary between rows. In the partition, a height of portions where the first vertical wall crosses the horizontal wall and a height of portions where the second vertical wall crosses the horizontal wall are smaller than a height of the other portions of the partition.

Abstract: The present invention realizes a cathode active material which not only excels in safety and cost but also makes it possible to provide a long-life battery. The cathode active material is represented by the general formula (1): Li1-xAxFe1-yMyP1-zAlzO4??(1) wherein A is at least one selected from the elements of groups 1 through 13; M is at least one selected from the elements of groups 2 through 14; and 0?x?0.25, 0?y?0.25, 0<z?0.25, and x+y>0.

Abstract: A plasma display panel (1, 2, 3) is provided with first display electrodes (X, Xb), second display electrodes (Y, Yb), address electrodes (A, Ab), and a partition (23) that is mesh-like in a plan view. The partition (23) is configured from a plurality of vertical wall portions (24), a plurality of first horizontal wall portions (25) that partially overlap the first display electrodes (X, Xb), and a plurality of second horizontal wall portions (26) that partially overlap the second display electrodes (Y, Yb). In the plasma display panel (1, 2, 3), gaps (32, 33) that pass through a discharge gas space (31) of a plurality of cells (51) are present between the partition (23) and the first display electrodes (X, Xb), and a plan view distance (D2) between the second horizontal wall portion (26) and a surface discharge gap (60) is greater than a plan view distance (D1) between the first horizontal wall portion (25) and the surface discharge gap (60).

Abstract: In a plasma display panel wherein lattice-like ribs are formed, an impurity gas inside the panel is easily exhausted. The panel has a paired substrates facing each other. The peripheral portions of the panel are bonded to each other to be sealed. The panel is manufactured by allowing an impurity gas located between the substrates to be exhausted upon carrying out the sealing/bonding process. The panel includes a cell-defining rib and a dummy rib. The cell-defining rib has longitudinal ribs and lateral ribs, which is formed in a display area between the paired substrates. The dummy rib has the same shape as that of the cell-defining rib, which is formed in a non-display area which covers from an outer edge of the display area over to the periphery of the substrates, a ventilation passage being formed in the non-display area in which the dummy rib is formed.

Abstract: A positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery obtained by bonding a positive electrode-active material, a conductive material, and a current collector with a carbon which has a graphitization degree expressed by a peak intensity ratio, i.e. the ratio of peak intensity at 1360 cm?1 to peak intensity at 1580 cm?1 in the argon laser Raman Spectrum, of 1.0 or lower.

Abstract: A plasma display panel, in which discharge gas is filled in a space between a pair of substrates facing each other, has a plurality of display electrodes which extend in the horizontal direction and address electrodes which extend in the vertical direction and cross with the display electrodes, formed to the pair of substrates; and lattice-shaped ribs having vertical ribs and horizontal ribs that demarcate unit emission areas and formed on one of the substrates, wherein the rib has a pattern which partially becomes narrower from a first width to a second width, and returns to a first width in plan view so that the height of the second width portion is lower than the height of the first width portion. Thereby a plasma display panel having a rib structure with improved exhaust conductance can be provided.

Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP) having a front substrate structure (first substrate structure) and a back substrate structure (second substrate structure) arranged so as to be opposed to each other via a discharge space is manufactured in the following manner. A sealing member arranged in a frame shape so as to surround outside of a barrier rib formation region where barrier ribs partitioning a discharge space are arranged and a plurality of supporting members arranged in a region between an outer periphery of the barrier rib formation region and the sealing member are formed, respectively. The supporting members are made from material having a softening point higher than that of material for the sealing member, the height of the supporting members is made higher than that of the barrier ribs, and the height of the sealing member is made higher than the height of the supporting members.

Abstract: A high-definition, high-reliability plasma display panel having a simple structure and having a stably ensured gas-exhaust passage.