Abstract: A secondary battery capable of improving the cycle characteristics and the storage characteristics is provided. The secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution containing a nonaqueous solvent and an electrolyte salt. The nonaqueous solvent contains cyclic polyester obtained by dehydrating and condensing two or more divalent carboxylic acid and one or more divalent alcohol.

Abstract: A secondary battery capable of improving battery characteristics is provided. The secondary battery includes a cathode 21 containing a cathode active material capable of inserting and extracting an electrode reactant, an anode 22 containing an anode active material capable of inserting and extracting the electrode reactant, and an electrolyte containing a solvent and an electrolyte salt. At least one of the cathode 21, the anode 22, and the electrolyte contains a radical scavenger compound. The radical scavenger compound is a compound in which a group having a radical scavenger function exists as a matrix, to which one or more carboxylic metal bases or one or more sulfonic metal bases are introduced. Chemical stability of the cathode 21, the anode 22, or the electrolyte containing the radical scavenger compound is improved. Thus, at the time of charge and discharge, decomposition reaction of the electrolytic solution is easily inhibited.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery capable of obtaining superior cycle characteristics, superior storage characteristics and superior load characteristics is provided. The lithium secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode and an electrolytic solution. The electrolytic solution contains a nonaqueous solvent, a lithium ion, a nitrogen-containing organic anion having an imidazole skeleton, and an inorganic anion having fluorine and an element of Group 13 to Group 15 in the long period periodic table as an element.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery capable of obtaining superior cycle characteristics, superior storage characteristics, and superior load characteristics is provided. The lithium secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution. The electrolytic solution contains a nonaqueous solvent, a lithium ion, at least one of nitrogen-containing organic anion having a Lewis acidic ligand, and at least one of inorganic anion having fluorine and an element of Group 13 to Group 15 in the long period periodic table as an element.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes: a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material composed of a lithium complex oxide; a negative electrode; and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a nonaqueous solvent, an electrolyte salt and at least one additive selected from the group consisting of a sulfone compound (1) represented by the following general formula (1) and a sulfone compound (2) represented by the following general formula (2) wherein R1 represents CmH2m-nXn; X represents a halogen; m represents an integer of 2 or more and not more than 4; and n represents an integer of 0 or more and not more than 2m, and wherein R2 represents CjH2j-kXk; X represents a halogen; j represents an integer of 2 or more and not more than 4; and k represents an integer of 0 or more and not more than 2j.

Abstract: A battery including an electrolytic solution. The electrolytic solution including a compound having a sulfonyl group and at least one peak of ions is selected from the group consisting of Li3SO4+, Li3SO3+, Li2SO3+, and Li2SO2+ as a positive secondary ion and LiSO4?, LiSO3?, SO3?, and SO2? as a negative secondary ion is obtained by surface analysis of the anode using Time of Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry after charge and discharge.

Abstract: A secondary battery, a cathode, an anode, and an electrolyte are provided. For example, a secondary battery is provided including an anode; a cathode; and an electrolyte, wherein the anode includes an anode active material and a coat including a substance selected from the group consisting of metal barium and barium compounds.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a nonaqueous electrolyte containing an electrolyte salt; and a separator, wherein in the electrolyte salt, a molar fraction x of at least one member selected among electrolyte salts represented by the following formulae (1) and (2) occupying in the whole electrolyte salt satisfies a relationship of (0.5<x?1) LiPFaAc ??(1) LiBFbB?d ??(2) wherein a represents an integer of from 0 to 5; b represents an integer of from 0 to 3; each of A and B? independently represents CnF2n+1; n represents an integer of from 1 to 6; c represents an integer of 1 or more and satisfies a relationship of (a+c=6); and d represents a an integer of 1 or more and satisfies a relationship of (b+d=4).

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material layer provided on a positive electrode collector, a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material layer provided on a negative electrode collector, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The nonaqueous electrolyte contains at least one member selected from the group consisting of sulfone compounds represented by the following formulae (1) and (2); and an inorganic phosphorus compound represented by the following formula (3) exists on the surface of a positive electrode active material: R1 represents CmH2m-n1Xn2; X represents a halogen; m represents an integer of from 2 to 7; each of n1 and n2 independently represents an integer of from 0 to 2m; R2 represents CjH2j-k1Zk2; Z represents a halogen; j represents an integer of from 2 to 7; each of k1 and k2 independently represents an integer of from 0 to 2j; each of R3, R4 and R5 independently represents H or OH; and a is 0 or 1.

Abstract: A battery capable of improving the cycle characteristics even if the thickness of an anode active material layer is increased is provided. The battery includes a cathode, an anode and an electrolytic solution. The anode has an anode active material layer on an anode current collector, and the anode active material layer contains a carbon material and has a thickness of 30 ?m or more. The electrolytic solution contains a solvent and an electrolyte salt, and the solvent contains at least one of sulfone compounds such as a cyclic disulfonic acid anhydride.

Abstract: A battery capable of improving cycle characteristics is provided. A spirally wound electrode body in which a cathode and an anode are wound with a separator in between is included. An electrolytic solution in which an electrolyte salt is dissolved in a solvent is impregnated in the separator. The electrolytic solution contains a cyclic ester carbonate derivative having halogen atom such as 4-fluoro-1,3-dioxolan-2-one and a light metal salt such as difluoro[oxolate-O,O?]lithium borate, tetrafluoro[oxolate-O,O?]lithium phosphate, and difluoro bis[oxolate-O,O?]lithium phosphate.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode contains a positive electrode active material having an olivine structure, and the nonaqueous electrolyte contains at least one member of sulfone compounds represented by the following formulae (1) and (2). wherein R1 represents CmH2m-n1Xn2; X represents a halogen; m represents an integer of from 2 to 7; each of n1 and n2 independently represents an integer of from 0 to 2m; R2 represents CjH2j-k1Zk2; Z represents a halogen; j represents an integer of from 2 to 7; and each of k1 and k2 independently represents an integer of from 0 to 2j.

Abstract: A secondary battery capable of achieving superior cycle characteristics, superior storage characteristics, and superior swollenness characteristics is provided. The secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolyte containing a solvent and an electrolyte salt. The solvent contains halogenated cyclic ester carbonate. The halogenated cyclic ester carbonate is a cyclic compound that has one or more fluorine groups, one or more fluorinated alkyl groups, and a carbonyl group.

Abstract: An electrolyte contains a solvent and an electrolyte salt. The solvent contains an organic acid and a sulfone compound in combination. The organic acid has a moiety containing an electron-withdrawing group such as a carbonyl group (—C(?O)—) or a sulfonyl group (—S(?O)2—) in the center and hydroxyl groups (—OH) at both ends. The sulfone compound is a cyclic compound having a disulfonic anhydride group (—(O?)2S—O—S(?O)2—) or a carboxylic-sulfonic anhydride group (—(O?)2S—O—C(?O)—).

Abstract: An electrolyte includes a solvent and an electrolyte salt. The solvent contains at least one selected from ester compounds, lithium monofluorophosphate, and lithium difluorophosphate, and at least one selected from anhydrous compounds. The ester compounds are chain compounds having ester moieties, such as (—O—C(?O)—O—R), at both ends. The anhydrous compounds are cyclic compounds having, for example, a disulfonic anhydride group, (—S(O?)2—O—S(O?)2—).

Abstract: A positive electrode includes: a salt represented by the following formula (1) on the surface of an active material contained in a positive electrode active material layer provided on a positive electrode collector, or at least on the surface of the positive electrode active material layer wherein R represents a hydrocarbon group which may have an unsaturated bond, a group obtained by halogenating or hydroxylating this hydrocarbon group, or a hydrogen group; R1 and R2 each independently represents an unsaturated bond, a hydrocarbon group which may have N or O, R1 and R2 may be bonded to each other to form a ring, in which the ring may further contain N or O, or a hydrogen group; Aa? represents an acid anion capable of being bonded to at least any one of R, R1, R2 and the ring; Mx? represents a metal ion capable of forming a salt together with Aa?; and a, b, x and y each represents an integer of 1 or more.

Abstract: An electrode includes: an electrode collector and an electrode active material layer, wherein a film containing a salt represented by the following formula (I) is provided on the electrode active material layer: R1AnMx ??(I) wherein R1 represents an n-valent organic group containing a sulfur atom; n represents an integer of from 1 to 4; A represents an anion; M represents a metal ion; and x represents an integer of 1 or more.

Abstract: An electrolyte capable of improving battery characteristics even at high temperatures, a battery including the electrolyte, and a method for manufacturing an electrolyte are provided. The electrolyte contains at least one type of compound represented by the following formula: where R1, R2, R3, and R4 independently represent a hydrogen group, a fluorine group, a methyl group, an ethyl group, or a group in which a fluorine group has substituted for a part of the methyl group or the ethyl group; at least one of R1, R2, R3, and R4 is a group containing fluorine (F); and X, Y, and Z independently represents sulfur (S) or oxygen (O) except the case in which all of X, Y, and Z are oxygen (O), that is, X=Y=Z=O.

Abstract: A battery capable of improving cycle characteristics is provided. An electrolytic solution impregnated with a separator includes an ionic compound with an asymmetric structure such as fluorotrifluoromethyl[oxalage-O,O?] lithium borate as an electrolyte salt. Thereby, compared to the case where an ionic compound with a symmetric structure such as bis[oxalate-O,O?] lithium borate or difluoro[oxalate-O,O?]lithium borate is included as an electrolyte salt, the conductivity of the electrolytic solution is improved.

Abstract: A secondary battery capable of improving the cycle characteristics is provided. The secondary battery includes a cathode and an anode oppositely arranged with a separator in between, and an electrolytic solution. At least one of the cathode, the anode, the separator, and the electrolytic solution contains a sulfone compound having a carbonate group and a sulfonyl group.