Abstract: Provided is a coated nickel hydroxide powder that is obtained by forming a coating mainly containing cobalt oxyhydroxide on the surface of particles of a nickel hydroxide powder so that the uniformity and adhesion properties of the coating are ensured, and is therefore suitable for a positive electrode active material of alkaline secondary battery. The pH of a suspension of a nickel hydroxide powder is kept at 8 to 11.5, and an aqueous cobalt salt solution and an aqueous alkali, solution are supplied to the suspension while the ratio of the supply rate ? of the aqueous cobalt salt solution to the product of the supply width d of the aqueous cobalt salt solution in a direction orthogonal to the flow direction of the suspension and the flow velocity v of the suspension in a contact portion between the suspension and the aqueous cobalt salt solution, that is, ?/(d×v) is controlled to be 3.8×10?4 mol/cm2 or less to coat the surface of nickel hydroxide particles with cobalt hydroxide.

Abstract: A method for producing coated nickel hydroxide powder for a positive electrode of an alkaline secondary battery wherein the pH of a suspension of a nickel hydroxide powder is kept at 8 to 11.5, and an aqueous cobalt salt solution and an aqueous alkali solution are supplied to the suspension to coat the surface of nickel hydroxide particles with cobalt hydroxide. Then, the pH of a slurry of the cobalt hydroxide-coated nickel hydroxide powder is adjusted to 12.5 to 13.0, and oxygen is supplied to the slurry so that the total amount of oxygen supplied per mole of cobalt in the coating is 30 l/mol or more to oxidize the cobalt hydroxide.

Abstract: A coated nickel hydroxide powder that has a cobalt compound coating having improved uniformity and adhesion properties on the surface of particles thereof and is therefore suitable for a positive electrode active material of an alkaline secondary battery is obtained by coating the surface of nickel hydroxide particles with a cobalt compound, and has a transmittance ratio of 30% or higher as determined by (A?Bmax)/(B0?Bmax). The transmittance A (coated nickel hydroxide powder), the transmittance B0 (nickel hydroxide powder), or the transmittance Bmax (nickel hydroxide powder and cobalt compound containing cobalt in an amount corresponding to the amount of cobalt contained in the coating) can be determined by measuring the transmittance of a tubular transparent cell after shaking the tightly-closed transparent cell containing each powder for a certain time and then taking the contents out of the transparent cell.

Abstract: Provided is a cathode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery capable of obtaining high initial discharge capacity and good output characteristics at low temperature. In order to achieve this, a cathode active material that is a lithium nickel composite oxide composed of secondary particles that are an aggregate of primary particles is expressed by the general expression: Liw(Ni1-x-yCoxAly)1-zMzO2 (where 0.98?w?1.10, 0.05?x?0.3, 0.01?y?0.1, 0?z?0.05, and M is at least one metal element selected from a group consisting of Mg, Fe, Cu, Zn and Ga), and where the crystallite diameter at (003) plane of that lithium nickel composite oxide that is found by X-ray diffraction and the Scherrer equation is within the range of 1200 ? to 1600 ? is used as the cathode material.

Abstract: Provided are a coated nickel hydroxide powder that has a cobalt compound coating having improved uniformity and adhesion properties on the surface of particles thereof and is therefore suitable for use as a positive electrode active material of alkaline secondary battery, and an evaluation method for the adhesion properties of the coating. The coated nickel hydroxide powder for a positive electrode active material of alkaline secondary battery is obtained by coating the surface of nickel hydroxide particles with a cobalt compound, and has a. transmittance ratio of 30% or higher as determined by (A?Bmax)/(B0?Bmax).

Abstract: Provided is a coated nickel hydroxide powder that is obtained by forming a coating mainly containing cobalt oxyhydroxide on the surface of particles of a nickel hydroxide powder so that the uniformity and adhesion properties of the coating are ensured, and is therefore suitable for a positive electrode active material of alkaline secondary battery. The pH of a suspension of a nickel hydroxide powder is kept at 8 to 11.5, and an aqueous cobalt salt solution and an aqueous alkali solution are supplied to the suspension while the ratio of the supply rate ? of the aqueous cobalt salt solution to the product of the supply width d of the aqueous cobalt salt solution in a direction orthogonal to the flow direction of the suspension and the flow velocity v of the suspension in a contact portion between the suspension and the aqueous cobalt salt solution, that is, ?/(d×v) is controlled to be 3.5×10?4 mol/cm2 or less to coat the surface of nickel hydroxide particles with cobalt hydroxide.

Abstract: A coated nickel hydroxide powder suitable as a cathode active material for alkaline secondary battery includes nickel hydroxide powder particles which have a coating layer thereon of preferably cobalt hydroxide or cobalt oxyhydroxide.

Abstract: Disclosed is a nonaqueous secondary battery (100) comprising a positive electrode (155) having a positive current collector (151) made of a metal, and a positive electrode active material (153) composed of a lithium-metal complex oxide. The surface of the positive electrode active material (153) is coated with a lithium salt (158) having an average thickness of 20-50 nm.

Abstract: Provided is a cathode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery capable of obtaining high initial discharge capacity and good output characteristics at low temperature. In order to achieve this, a cathode active material that is a lithium nickel composite oxide composed of secondary particles that are an aggregate of primary particles is expressed by the general expression: Liw(Ni1-x-yCoxAly)1-zMzO2 (where 0.98?w?1.10, 0.05?x?0.3, 0.01?y?0.1, 0?z?0.05, and M is at least one metal element selected from a group consisting of Mg, Fe, Cu, Zn and Ga), and where the crystallite diameter at (003) plane of that lithium nickel composite oxide that is found by X-ray diffraction and the Scherrer equation is within the range of 1200 ? to 1600 ? is used as the cathode material.

Abstract: Provided is a cathode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery capable of obtaining high initial discharge capacity and good output characteristics at low temperature. In order to achieve this, a cathode active material that is a lithium nickel composite oxide composed of secondary particles that are an aggregate of primary particles is expressed by the general expression: Liw(Ni1-x-yCoxAly)1-zMzO2 (where 0.98?w?1.10, 0.05?x?0.3, 0.01?y?0.1, 0?z?0.05, and M is at least one metal element selected from a group consisting of Mg, Fe, Cu, Zn and Ga), and where the crystallite diameter at (003) plane of that lithium nickel composite oxide that is found by X-ray diffraction and the Scherrer equation is within the range of 1200 {acute over (?)} to 1600 {acute over (?)} is used as the cathode material.

Abstract: A coated nickel hydroxide powder suitable as a cathode active material for alkaline secondary battery includes nickel hydroxide powder particles which have a coating layer thereon of preferably cobalt hydroxide or cobalt oxyhydroxide.

Abstract: A method for producing a coated nickel hydroxide powder suitable as a cathode active material for alkaline secondary battery includes the steps of: dispersing a nickel hydroxide powder in water to prepare a suspension, an aqueous alkali solution to the suspension with stirring to keep a pH of the suspension at 8 or higher as measured at 25° C., and supplying an aqueous cobalt salt solution to the suspension to coat a surface of each particles of the nickel hydroxide powder with cobalt hydroxide crystallized out by neutralization.

Abstract: Provided is a cathode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery capable of obtaining high initial discharge capacity and good output characteristics at low temperature. In order to achieve this, a cathode active material that is a lithium nickel composite oxide composed of secondary particles that are an aggregate of primary particles is expressed by the general expression: Liw(Ni1-x-yCoxAly)1-zMzO2 (where 0.98?w?1.10, 0.05?x?0.3, 0.01?y?0.1, 0?z?0.05, and M is at least one metal element selected from a group consisting of Mg, Fe, Cu, Zn and Ga), and where the crystallite diameter at (003) plane of that lithium nickel composite oxide that is found by X-ray diffraction and the Scherrer equation is within the range of 1200 {acute over (?)} to 1600 {acute over (?)} is used as the cathode material.

Abstract: A method for producing a coated nickel hydroxide powder suitable as a cathode active material for alkaline secondary battery includes the steps of: dispersing a nickel hydroxide powder in water to prepare a suspension, an aqueous alkali solution to the suspension with stirring to keep a pH of the suspension at 8 or higher as measured at 25° C., and supplying an aqueous cobalt salt solution to the suspension to coat a surface of each of particles of the nickel hydroxide powder with cobalt hydroxide crystallized out by neutralization.

Abstract: Disclosed is a nonaqueous secondary battery (100) comprising a positive electrode (155) having a positive current collector (151) made of a metal, and a positive electrode active material (153) composed of a lithium-metal complex oxide. The surface of the positive electrode active material (153) is coated with a lithium salt (158) having an average thickness of 20-50 nm.

Abstract: To provide a positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, which if used as a positive electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery, the battery internal resistance can be reduced, giving a secondary battery superior in output characteristics and life property. After mixing raw material powders in specified quantities of each so as to become a lithium-metal complex oxide represented by LizNi1-wMwO2 (wherein M is at least one kind or more of metal elements selected from the group consisting of Co, Al, Mg, Mn, Ti, Fe, Cu, Zn, and Ga; and w and z respectively satisfy 0<w?0.25, and 1.0?z?1.1), baking is performed in two stages. At first the temperature is raised from room temperature to a first stage baking temperature (450 to 550° C.) at a temperature rise rate of 0.5 and 15° C./min, and held for 1 to 10 hours. Then the temperature is raised to a second stage baking temperature (650 to 800° C.), and held for 0.6 to 30 hours.

Abstract: To curb a decline in the high-rate performance of non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries and improve safety at the time of an internal short circuit, a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a non-aqueous electrolyte wherein the positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material capable of absorbing and desorbing lithium ions, the positive electrode active material includes a secondary particle, and the secondary particle is an aggregate containing primary particles and a silicon oxide. The primary particles contain a lithium nickel composite oxide. The silicon oxide is present in at least grain boundaries between the primary particles.

Abstract: To provide a positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, which if used as a positive electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery, the battery internal resistance can be reduced, giving a secondary battery superior in output characteristics and life property. After mixing raw material powders in specified quantities of each so as to become a lithium-metal complex oxide represented by LizNi1-wMwO2 (wherein M is at least one kind or more of metal elements selected from the group consisting of Co, Al, Mg, Mn, Ti, Fe, Cu, Zn, and Ga; and w and z respectively satisfy 0<w?0.25, and 1.0?z?1.1), baking is performed in two stages. At first the temperature is raised from room temperature to a first stage baking temperature (450 to 550° C.) at a temperature rise rate of 0.5 and 15° C./min, and held for 1 to 10 hours. Then the temperature is raised to a second stage baking temperature (650 to 800° C.), and held for 0.6 to 30 hours.

Abstract: Disclosed are magnetic discs having (A) a Cr-layer, as a lower layer, which has a composition comprising (1) substantially Cr or (2) 10% by weight or less of one or more selected from Cu, Nb, Ti, V, Zr, Mo, Zn, W and Ta, and a balance of being substantially Cr, and (B) a magnetic recording medium layer, as an upper layer, which has a composition comprising (1) substantially Co, (2) 30% by weight or less of Ni and a balance of being substantially Co, (3) 10% by weight or less of one or more selected from Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb and Dy, and a balance of being substantially Co, (4) 30% by weight or less of Ni, 10% by weight or less of one or more selected from Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb and Dy, and a balance of being substantially Co, (5) 10% by weight or less of one or more selected from Cu, Nb, Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Mo, Zn, W and Ta, and a balance of being substantially Co, (6) 30% by weight or less of Ni, 10% by weight or less of one or more selected from Cu, Nb, Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Mo, Zn, W and Ta, and a balan