Abstract: A carbon material may include granulated particles made of a carbonaceous material and satisfying (2L), ? X 1 - X ? / X 1 ? 0.2 , ( 2 ? L ) wherein X is a volume-based average particle diameter determined by laser diffraction, and X1 is an equivalent circular diameter determined from a cross-sectional SEM image, which is a reflected electron image acquired at 10 kV, wherein the carbon material has an average inter-void distance Z of 30 granulated particles randomly selected from a cross-sectional SEM image of the carbon material, as Zave, and wherein the carbon material has volume-based average particle diameter X determined by laser diffraction in a Zave/X ratio of 0.060 or less.

Abstract: Provided are: a negative electrode material for nonaqueous secondary batteries, which can yield a high-capacity nonaqueous secondary battery having excellent discharge rate characteristics; and a negative electrode for nonaqueous secondary batteries and a nonaqueous secondary battery. Also provided is a nonaqueous secondary battery having excellent charge-discharge efficiency. The negative electrode material for nonaqueous secondary batteries includes carbonaceous particles (A) and silicon oxide particles (B), and satisfies the followings: a) the average particle size (50% cumulative particle size from the smaller particle side; d50) is 3 ?m to 30 ?m, and the 10% cumulative particle size from the smaller particle side (d10) is 0.1 ?m to 10 ?m; b) the ratio (R1=d90/d10) between the 90% cumulative particle size from the smaller particle side (d90) and the d10 is 3 to 20; and c) the ratio (R2=d50/d10) between the d50 and the d10 is 1.7 to 5.

Abstract: A negative electrode raw material may be suitable for a nonaqueous secondary battery, the negative electrode material including a graphite. The negative electrode material is configured such that, when a mercury intrusion volume and a mercury extrusion volume, determined by mercury intrusion, are defined as A and B, respectively, the value of formula (1) is 45% or higher: B / A = 100 ? ( % ) .

Abstract: A carbon material has a volume-based average particle size d50 of 9 ?m or less, a true density of 2.25 g/cm3 or less, and a Raman R value of 0.50 or less, the Raman R value being represented by the equation: {(intensity IB of peak PB near 1360 cm?1 in Raman spectrum analysis)/(intensity IA of peak PA near 1580 cm?1 in Raman spectrum analysis)}.

Abstract: A negative electrode material for a nonaqueous secondary battery which contains a graphite that contains an amorphous carbonaceous material in at least a part of the surface; has a cumulative pore volume of 0.100 mL/g or less in a pore size range of 0.01 ?m to 1 ?m; and satisfies at least one of the following conditions (1) and (2) in a DTA curve obtained by differential thermal analysis (DTA) in an air stream: (1) the negative electrode material has no exothermic peak in a temperature range of 550° C. to 650° C.; and (2) the negative electrode material has an exothermic peak in a temperature range of 550° C. to 650° C., and the area of the exothermic peak is larger than 0 ?V·s/mg but 90 ?V·s/mg or smaller; a negative electrode for a nonaqueous secondary battery, which contains the same; and a nonaqueous secondary battery are provided.

Abstract: A carbon material containing graphite particles. The graphite particles are natural graphite coated with an amorphous carbonaceous substance. When the carbon material is included in an electrode fabricated by adding a binder resin and a dispersion medium to the carbon material to form a slurry, applying the slurry to a metal current collector, drying the applied slurry to form an active material layer on the metal current collector, and then pressing the active material layer such that the active material layer has a density of 1.65 g/cm3, the carbon material has an orientation parameter intensity ratio I(002)/I(110) of from 200 to 1200, where I(110) is a peak intensity corresponding to a lattice plane (110) and I(002) is a peak intensity corresponding to a lattice plane (002), and both I(110) and I(002) are obtained by a wide-angle X-ray diffraction measurement.

Abstract: A carbon material may include granulated particles satisfying (1L) and (2L): (1L) the granulated particles are made of a carbonaceous material; and (2L) the granulated particles satisfy the relationship |X1?X|/X1?0.2, wherein X is a volume-based average particle diameter determined by laser diffraction, and X1 is an equivalent circular diameter as determined from a cross-sectional SEM image, provided that the cross-sectional SEM image is a reflected electron image acquired at an acceleration voltage of 10 kV, wherein the carbon material has an average box-counting dimension relative to void regions of 30 particles of 1.55 or greater, as calculated from images obtained by randomly selecting 30 granulated particles from a cross-sectional SEM image of the carbon material, dividing the cross-sectional SEM image of each granulated particle into void regions and non-void regions, and binarizing the image. Such carbon material may be used in electrodes and batteries.

Abstract: A carbon material may achieve excellent discharge load characteristic of a secondary battery and excellent high-temperature storage recovery rate of the secondary battery, and to provide a method for producing a carbon material that achieves excellent discharge load characteristic of a secondary battery and excellent high-temperature storage recovery rate of the secondary battery. A carbon material may satisfy formulas (1) and (2) below, or a carbon material may contain a carbon material (A) satisfying formula (3), below, and a carbon material (B) satisfying formula (4): 0.1 ? SAe / SAp ? 1.2 ; ( 1 ) 1 ? ? ? 10 ; ( 2 ) 0.1 ? ?1 ? 6 ; and ( 3 ) 8 ? ?2 ? 20.

Abstract: A carbon material comprising natural graphite, wherein the carbon material satisfies the following formulas (1) and (2), y?0.23x+3.1??(1) z?0.43??(2) wherein x is d50 (?m) of the carbon material, y is d90/d10 of the carbon material, and z is the tap density (g/cm3).

Abstract: Provided are: a negative electrode material for nonaqueous secondary batteries, which can yield a high-capacity nonaqueous secondary battery having excellent discharge rate characteristics; and a negative electrode for nonaqueous secondary batteries and a nonaqueous secondary battery. Also provided is a nonaqueous secondary battery having excellent charge-discharge efficiency. The negative electrode material for nonaqueous secondary batteries includes carbonaceous particles (A) and silicon oxide particles (B), and satisfies the followings: a) the average particle size (50% cumulative particle size from the smaller particle side; d50) is 3 ?m to 30 ?m, and the 10% cumulative particle size from the smaller particle side (d10) is 0.1 ?m to 10 ?m; b) the ratio (R1=d90/d10) between the 90% cumulative particle size from the smaller particle side (d90) and the d10 is 3 to 20; and c) the ratio (R2=d50/d10) between the d50 and the d10 is 1.7 to 5.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a carbon material that achieves both a high capacity retention rate and a low DCR retention rate even after 500 cycles, and a secondary battery using the same. The gist of the present invention is as follows. A carbon material wherein a number of peaks in the particle size distribution obtained from flow type-particle image analysis is 2 or more, a number of particles Ne calculated by the following formula (1) is 700 or more, and a specific surface area is 10 m2/g or less. A secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte, wherein the negative electrode comprises a current collector and a negative electrode active material layer disposed on the current collector, and wherein the negative electrode active material layer contains this carbon material. Ne=No×F??(1) (In formula (1), No is a number of particles of the carbon material obtained from the flow type-particle image analysis.

Abstract: Provided are: a negative electrode material for nonaqueous secondary batteries, which can yield a high-capacity nonaqueous secondary battery having excellent discharge rate characteristics; and a negative electrode for nonaqueous secondary batteries and a nonaqueous secondary battery. Also provided is a nonaqueous secondary battery having excellent charge-discharge efficiency. The negative electrode material for nonaqueous secondary batteries includes carbonaceous particles (A) and silicon oxide particles (B), and satisfies the followings: a) the average particle size (50% cumulative particle size from the smaller particle side; d50) is 3 ?m to 30 ?m, and the 10% cumulative particle size from the smaller particle side (d10) is 0.1 ?m to 10 ?m; b) the ratio (R1=d90/d10) between the 90% cumulative particle size from the smaller particle side (d90) and the d10 is 3 to 20; and c) the ratio (R2=d50/d10) between the d50 and the d10 is 1.7 to 5.

Abstract: A carbon material for a non-aqueous secondary battery containing a graphite capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions, and having a cumulative pore volume at pore diameters in a range of 0.01 ?m to 1 ?m of 0.08 mL/g or more, a roundness, as determined by flow-type particle image analysis, of 0.88 or greater, and a pore diameter to particle diameter ratio (PD/d50 (%)) of 1.8 or less, the ratio being given by equation (1A): PD/d50 (%)=mode pore diameter (PD) in a pore diameter range of 0.01 ?m to 1 ?m in a pore distribution determined by mercury intrusion/volume-based average particle diameter (d50)×100 is provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a carbon material composition containing a carbon material (A) and a carbon material (B), in which the carbon material (A) contains graphite containing an amorphous carbonaceous material or a graphite material, has two or more peaks in a pore size distribution measured by a mercury porosimetry, and satisfies y??0.0084x+0.13 wherein a cumulative pore volume in a range where a pore diameter is equal to or smaller than a pore diameter at a local minimum value between a peak of a smallest pore diameter and a peak of a second smallest pore diameter in the pore size distribution is defined as y (mL/g) and a coating rate of the amorphous carbonaceous material or the graphite material in the graphite is defined as x (%), and the carbon material (B) has a pellet density of 1.80/cm3 or more.

Abstract: A method for producing a carbon material may include: granulating a raw carbon material by applying mechanical energy comprising impact, compression, friction, and/or shear force. The granulating may be carried out in the presence of a granulating agent. The granulating agent may be liquid during the granulating of the raw carbon material. Alternatively or in addition, the granulating agent may include no organic solvent, an organic solvent having no flash point, or no organic solvent having a flash point of 5° C. or higher.

Abstract: The invention relates to composite graphite particles for a nonaqueous secondary battery negative electrode containing graphite (A) and metal particles (B) capable of alloying with Li, wherein the degree of dispersion of the metal particles (B) in the composite graphite particles is 0.78 or more and the internal void fraction of the composite graphite particles is 3% or more and 40% or less.

Abstract: A carbon material may include granulated particles made of a carbonaceous material and satisfying (2L): ? X 1 - X ? / X 1 ? 0.2 , ( 2 ? L ) wherein X is a volume-based average particle diameter determined by laser diffraction, and X1 is an equivalent circular diameter determined from a cross-sectional SEM image, which is a reflected electron image acquired at an acceleration voltage of 10 kV, wherein X and X1 are determined from a cross-sectional SEM image, by drawing grid lines to split the minor axis and the major axis of a target granulated particle each into 20 parts to obtain a grid, and using cells in the grid, compartmentalizing the target granulated particle in a compartment.

Abstract: A carbon material may include granulated particles satisfying (1L) and (2L): (1L) the granulated particles are made of a carbonaceous material; and (2L) the granulated particles satisfy the relationship |X1?X|/X1?0.2, wherein X is a volume-based average particle diameter determined by laser diffraction, and X1 is an equivalent circular diameter as determined from a cross-sectional SEM image, provided that the cross-sectional SEM image is a reflected electron image acquired at an acceleration voltage of 10 kV, wherein the carbon material has an average box-counting dimension relative to void regions of 30 particles of 1.55 or greater, as calculated from images obtained by randomly selecting 30 granulated particles from a cross-sectional SEM image of the carbon material, dividing the cross-sectional SEM image of each granulated particle into void regions and non-void regions, and binarizing the image. Such carbon material may be used in electrodes and batteries.

Abstract: A carbon material may satisfying inequality (1K): 10.914 > 5 ? x k - y k - 0.0087 ? a , ( 1 ? K ) wherein a is a volume-based average particle diameter in um of the carbon material, xk is a true density in g/cm3 of the carbon material, and yk is a value determined by equation (2K): y k = D 100 - D T , ( 2 ? K ) wherein D100 is density in g/cm3 of carbon material under uniaxial load of 100 kgf/3.14 cm2, and DT is tap density of carbon material in g/cm3. Such carbon materials may be used in electrodes and batteries.

Abstract: A carbon material may include granulated particles made of a carbonaceous material and satisfying (2L), ? X 1 - X ? / X 1 ? 0.2 , ( 2 ? L ) wherein X is a volume-based average particle diameter determined by laser diffraction, and X1 is an equivalent circular diameter determined from a cross-sectional SEM image, which is a reflected electron image acquired at 10 kV, wherein the carbon material has an average inter-void distance Z of 30 granulated particles randomly selected from a cross-sectional SEM image of the carbon material, as Zave, and wherein the carbon material has volume-based average particle diameter X determined by laser diffraction in a Zave/X ratio of 0.060 or less.