Abstract: A polymer battery is provided with a positive electrode active material layer, a negative electrode active material layer placed in opposition to the positive electrode active material layer, a polymer electrolyte layer disposed between the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer, and a distance defining member included in the polymer electrolyte layer to define a distance between the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer.

Abstract: A polymer battery is provided with a positive electrode active material layer, a negative electrode active material layer placed in opposition to the positive electrode active material layer, a polymer electrolyte layer disposed between the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer, and a distance defining member included in the polymer electrolyte layer to define a distance between the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer.

Abstract: A laminate type battery comprises a substrate, a power generating element which has at least one single cell made by a positive electrode layer, an electrolyte layer and a negative electrode layer which are sandwiched by collecting layers from both sides thereof, and an electric circuit portion having electrode terminals which connect the collecting layers to an external device and circuitries which connect the collecting layers and the electrode terminals. In the battery, the power generating element and the electric circuit portion are formed by stacking a plurality of layers on the substrate, and each of the layers is configured such that the power generating element and the electric circuit portion are formed by stacking the layers.

Abstract: A bipolar battery of the present invention includes a battery element composed by stacking in series a plurality of bipolar electrodes, in each of which a positive electrode is formed on one surface of a collector and a negative electrode is formed on the other surface, with electrolytes interposed therebetween. Further, the bipolar battery includes laminate films covering the battery element, each of the laminate films containing a metal layer, and tabs composed by being extracted from the battery element to outsides of the laminate films. In the bipolar battery, thickness of a resin layer interposed between the tab and the metal layer is equal to or more than thickness of the tab.

Abstract: A laminate type battery comprises a substrate, a power generating element which has at least one single cell made by a positive electrode layer, an electrolyte layer and a negative electrode layer which are sandwiched by collecting layers from both sides thereof, and an electric circuit portion having electrode terminals which connect the collecting layers to an external device and circuitries which connect the collecting layers and the electrode terminals. In the battery, the power generating element and the electric circuit portion are formed by stacking a plurality of layers on the substrate, and each of the layers is configured such that the power generating element and the electric circuit portion are formed by stacking the layers.

Abstract: A polymer battery is provided with a positive electrode active material layer, a negative electrode active material layer placed in opposition to the positive electrode active material layer, a polymer electrolyte layer disposed between the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer, and a distance defining member included in the polymer electrolyte layer to define a distance between the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery has an electrode and an electrolyte layer. The electrode includes a collector having a lot of fine pores on its surface, and a membrane layer made of an electrode active material provided along the surface shape of the fine pores of the collector. By this structure, the battery can manifest an excellent performance even in charging and discharging at high speed without using a binder and conductive material.

Abstract: A laminate type battery comprises a substrate, a power generating element which has at least one single cell made by a positive electrode layer, an electrolyte layer and a negative electrode layer which are sandwiched by collecting layers from both sides thereof, and an electric circuit portion having electrode terminals which connect the collecting layers to an external device and circuitries which connect the collecting layers and the electrode terminals. In the battery, the power generating element and the electric circuit portion are formed by stacking a plurality of layers on the substrate, and each of the layers is configured such that the power generating element and the electric circuit portion are formed by stacking the layers.

Abstract: A bipolar battery includes a bipolar electrode and an electrolyte layer. The bipolar electrode includes a current collector, a positive electrode layer formed on one surface of the current collector, and a negative electrode layer formed on the other surface of the current collector. The bipolar electrode is sequentially laminated to provide connection in series via the electrolyte layer to form a stack structure. The positive electrode layer, the negative electrode layer and the electrolyte layer are potted with a resin portion.

Abstract: A polymer battery is provided with a positive electrode active material layer, a negative electrode active material layer placed in opposition to the positive electrode active material layer, a polymer electrolyte layer disposed between the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer, and a distance defining member included in the polymer electrolyte layer to define a distance between the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer.

Abstract: A bipolar battery comprises: a plurality of bipolar electrodes; electrolyte layers formed between adjacent ones of the plurality of bipolar electrodes, respectively; sealing portions surrounding and sealing the electrolyte layers, respectively; and contributing members contributing to keeping gaps between the adjacent ones of the plurality of bipolar electrodes, respectively. The contributing members are disposed within areas of the sealing portions, respectively.

Abstract: A bipolar battery comprises a bipolar electrode in which a positive electrode is provided on one surface of a collector and a negative electrode is provided on the other surface of the collector, a gel electrolyte sandwiched between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a sealing layer which is provided between the collectors and surrounds a periphery of a single cell including the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the gel electrolyte.

Abstract: This invention concerns a secondary battery which ensures safety with a simple structure and promotes exaltation of the service life of battery. This secondary battery is formed by interposing a nonaqueous electrolyte between the positive pole and the negative pole and connecting a group of diodes between the positive pole terminal forming the positive pole and the negative pole terminal forming the negative pole in the direction in which the forward direction voltage is applied. Owing to this structure, the secondary battery is enabled to possess the function of protecting the battery from overcharging and overdischarging even when the voltage is abnormally lowered during the course of discharging.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the present invention has an electrode and an electrolyte layer. The electrode includes a collector having a lot of fine pores on its surface, and a membrane layer made of an electrode active material provided along the surface shape of the fine pores of the collector. By this structure, the battery can manifest an excellent performance even in charging and discharging at high speed without using a binder and conductive material.

Abstract: A bipolar battery of the present invention includes a battery element composed by stacking in series a plurality of bipolar electrodes, in each of which a positive electrode is formed on one surface of a collector and a negative electrode is formed on the other surface, with electrolytes interposed therebetween. Further, the bipolar battery includes laminate films covering the battery element, each of the laminate films containing a metal layer, and tabs composed by being extracted from the battery element to outsides of the laminate films. In the bipolar battery, thickness of a resin layer interposed between the tab and the metal layer is equal to or more than thickness of the tab.

Abstract: A bipolar battery includes a bipolar electrode and an electrolyte layer. The bipolar electrode includes a current collector, a positive electrode layer formed on one surface of the current collector, and a negative electrode layer formed on the other surface of the current collector. The bipolar electrode is sequentially laminated to provide connection in series via the electrolyte layer to form a stack structure. The positive electrode layer, the negative electrode layer and the electrolyte layer are potted with a resin portion.

Abstract: A bipolar battery comprises: a plurality of bipolar electrodes; electrolyte layers formed between adjacent ones of the plurality of bipolar electrodes, respectively; sealing portions surrounding and sealing the electrolyte layers, respectively; and contributing members contributing to keeping gaps between the adjacent ones of the plurality of bipolar electrodes, respectively. The contributing members are disposed within areas of the sealing portions, respectively.

Abstract: A laminate type battery comprises a substrate, a power generating element which has at least one single cell made by a positive electrode layer, an electrolyte layer and a negative electrode layer which are sandwiched by collecting layers from both sides thereof, and an electric circuit portion having electrode terminals which connect the collecting layers to an external device and circuitries which connect the collecting layers and the electrode terminals. In the battery, the power generating element and the electric circuit portion are formed by stacking a plurality of layers on the substrate, and each of the layers is. configured such that the power generating element and the electric circuit portion are formed by stacking the layers.

Abstract: In the bipolar battery, any one of a positive electrode active material layer and a negative electrode active material layer is made of a changeable electrode active material, and the other is made of an unchangeable electrode active material. The changeable electrode active material is an active material having a characteristic in which, once a maximum charging capacity of the changeable electrode active material is almost reached during charge, a change in voltage of the changeable electrode active material becomes greater than that before the maximum charging capacity thereof is almost reached, and the unchangeable electrode active material is an active material having a characteristic in which, even when the maximum charging capacity of the changeable electrode active material is almost reached during the charge, a voltage of the unchangeable electrode active material is almost the same as that before the maximum charging capacity of the changeable electrode active material is almost reached.

Abstract: A bipolar battery comprises a bipolar electrode in which a positive electrode is provided on one surface of a collector and a negative electrode is provided on the other surface of the collector, a gel electrolyte sandwiched between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a sealing layer which is provided between the collectors and surrounds a periphery of a single cell including the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the gel electrolyte.