Abstract: The burned composite metal oxide of the present invention is a burned composite metal oxide which is porous and particulate and which is obtained by subjecting a slurry comprising at least one metal oxide (a), at least one metal compound (b) and a solvent to spray granulation to obtain granules, and burning the granules, the metal oxide (a) selected from the group consisting of a transition metal oxide and an oxide of a metal belonging to 3B, 4B and 5B of a periodic table, the metal compound (b) selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal compound and an alkali earth metal compound, wherein the metal oxide (a) and the metal compound (b) are sparingly soluble in the solvent; the burning is conducted after a heat-maintaining step of heating the granules obtained by the spray granulation at a temperature in a range of ±200° C.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composite material for positive electrodes of lithium batteries, which provides a lithium battery having excellent high rate electrical discharge characteristics, has a sufficiently secured diffusion passage for Li, and has high conductivity, a process for producing the same, as well as a positive electrode and a battery using the composite material for positive electrodes of lithium batteries. The present invention relates to a composite material for positive electrodes of lithium batteries, comprising composite particles containing positive electrode active material particles and fibrous carbons, wherein the composite particles have a form in which the positive electrode active material particles are supported by the fibrous carbons.

Abstract: The positive electrode active material sintered body for a battery of the present invention is a positive electrode active material sintered body for a battery satisfying the following requirements (I) to (VII): (I) fine particles in a positive electrode active material are sintered to constitute the sintered body; (II) a peak pore diameter which provides a maximum differential pore volume value in a pore diameter range of 0.01 to 10 ?m in a pore distribution is 0.3 to 5 ?m; (III) a total pore volume is 0.1 to 1 cc/g; (IV) an average particle diameter is not less than the peak pore diameter and not more than 20 ?m; (V) any peak, which provides a differential pore volume value of not less than 10% of the maximum differential pore volume value, is not present on a smaller pore diameter side than the peak pore diameter in the pore distribution; (VI) a BET specific surface area is 1 to 6 m2/g; and (VII) a full width at half maximum of a strongest X-ray diffraction peak is 0.13 to 0.2.

Abstract: A battery of the present invention is provided with positive and negative terminals led out of the battery and one or more sealing members filled between the positive and negative terminals and the battery. Each of the sealing members is provided with one or more resin layers, each of which is provided with one or more non-molecular-oriented resin layers.

Abstract: The present invention provides a bipolar battery made by using a polymer gel electrolyte or a liquid electrolyte in an electrolyte layer, which is highly reliable and prevents liquid junction (short circuit) caused by leak out of an electrolyte solution from the electrolyte part. The present invention provides a bipolar battery laminated, in series, with a plurality pieces of bipolar electrodes which is formed with a positive electrode on one surface of a collector, and a negative electrode on the other surface, so as to sandwich an electrolyte layer, characterized by being provided with a separator which retains the electrolyte later, and a seal resin which is formed and arranged at the outer circumference part of a part of the separator where the electrolyte is retained.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and composition of treating or preventing viral infections, in particular, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections, in human patients or other animal hosts, comprising the administration of N.sup.4-acyl-2?,3?-dideoxy-5-fluorocytidine or N.sup.4-acyl-2?,3?-didehydro-2?,3?-dideoxy-5-fluorocytidine, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, and other derivatives thereof.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a battery is provided including the step of locating a plurality of unit cells in a support body having an opening portion. A plurality of jigs each having a convex portion and a bore are mounted at the support body so as to cause the convex portion to be fit into the opening portion of the support body. A spacing between the support body and the plurality of the unit cells is filled with a plastic resin by charging the plastic resin into the spacing between the support body and the plurality of unit cells through the bore of one jig of the plurality of jigs, while releasing air inside the support body through the bore of another jig of the plurality of jigs that is opposite to the one jig.

Abstract: A bipolar battery includes: a bipolar electrode composed, by forming a positive electrode active material layer 12 an one surface of a current collector and forming a negative electrode active material layer 13 on the other surface; and a separator 14 composed to be stacked alternately with the bipolar electrode, wherein, in a single cell layer 15 composed by occluding the positive electrode active material layer 12, the separator 14 and the negative electrode active material layer 13, which are adjacent to one another, a thickness of the separator 14 is 0.68 times or more to less than 1.0 times a thickness of the positive electrode active material layer 12, and is 0.68 times or more to less than 1.0 times a thickness of the negative electrode active material layer 13.

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 battery includes a battery enclosure (3), a power-generating unit (50) accommodated in the battery enclosure (3), positive and negative terminal electrodes (1, 2). The battery enclosure (3) is composed of a laminate film compounded of metal and a polymer material, and has a rectangular shape. The power-generating unit (50) includes positive electrode collectors (5), negative electrode collectors (7) and separators (8). The positive and negative terminal electrodes (1, 2) have dimensions substantially equal to those of the positive and negative electrode collectors (5, 7), respectively. Further, the positive and negative terminal electrodes (1, 2) protrude from mutually different sides of the battery enclosure (3). The positive terminal electrode (1) is formed by protruding the positive electrode collectors (5) from the battery enclosure (3) in a state where end portions of the positive electrode collectors (5) are mutually stacked.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cell with a power-generating element and an outer package. The power-generating element includes a unit cell layer including a first electrode, a second electrode and an electrolyte layer disposed between the first and second electrodes. In the first electrode, a first collector is provided with one of a positive electrode active material layer and a negative electrode active material layer. In the second electrode, a second collector is provided with the other one of the positive and negative electrode active material layers. The first and second collectors have thicknesses such that when a conductor from outside penetrates at least two cells and a short circuit is formed between two cells via the conductor, shorted portions of the first and second collectors are fused by the heat generated by the current before the temperature of the cells reaches a predetermined value so that the short circuit is blocked.

Abstract: A battery is provided with a support body, a surface of the support body, a plurality of unit cells located inside the support body, and an opening portion communicating between an inside and an outside of the support body. A resonance is allowed in the surface of the support body and the opening portion is provided in the surface of the support body at a region involving a loop position of the resonance.

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 battery structure for improving a heat dissipating property and a vibration absorbing performance. The battery structure comprises a plurality of unit cell layers, each formed by alternately stacking a cathode active material layer formed on a surface of one collector, a separator for retaining an electrolyte and an anode active material layer formed on a surface of another collector. The battery structure also comprises a heat dissipating member disposed between at least one unit cell layer and another unit cell layer.

Abstract: A battery comprises at least two unit cells. Each of the at least two unit cells is provided with an outer sheath film composed of polymer-metal composite material, a positive-electrode current collector, a negative-electrode current collector, a separator disposed between the positive-electrode current collector and the negative-electrode current collector, one positive electrode tab to which the positive-electrode current collector is connected and protruding from a first sealed portion of the outer sheath film, one negative electrode tab to which the negative-electrode current collector is connected and protruding from a second sealed portion of the outer sheath film, a first polymer layer disposed between the positive electrode tab and the outer sheath film, and a second polymer layer disposed between the negative electrode tab and the outer sheath film.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and composition of treating or preventing viral infections, in particular, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections, in human patients or other animal hosts, comprising the administration of N.sup.4-acyl-2?,3?-dideoxy-5-fluorocytidine or N.sup.

Abstract: An electrode (100) of the present invention contains a collector (104) and an electrode layer (102) which is disposed on the collector (104) and contains an active material. In the electrode (100), an average thickness (h) of the collector (104) and the electrode layer (102) ranges from 5 to 300 (m, and a maximum thickness (h) of the collector (104) and the electrode layer (102) is not more than 105% of a minimum thickness (h) of the collector (104) and the electrode layer (102). The electrode (100) is very thin and the uniformity of the electrode layer (102) is high. Therefore, the heat dissipation characteristics of the battery (300) are uniform, the local degradation is hardly generated in the battery (300), and the crack and the rupture are also hardly generated in the battery (300).

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and composition of treating or preventing viral infections, in particular, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections, in human patients or other animal hosts, comprising the administration of N4-acyl-2?,3?-dideoxy-5-fluorocytidine or N4-acyl-2?,3?-didehydro-2?,3?-dideoxy-5-fluorocytidine, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, and other derivatives thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for and a method of treating hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, hepatitis D virus (HDV) infection or a proliferative disorder in a patient using an effective amount of a compound selected from the group consisting of formulas [I]–[IV] below and mixtures of two or more thereof: wherein the substituents are as defined herein. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds in combination with other HBV, HCV, or HDV agents is also disclosed.

Abstract: A battery is provided with a support body, a surface of the support body, a plurality of unit cells located inside the support body, and an opening portion communicating between an inside and an outside of the support body. A resonance is allowed in the surface of the support body and the opening portion is provided in the surface of the support body at a region involving a loop position of the resonance.