Abstract: This invention relates to a cycloalka[b]pyridine-3-carbonylguanidine derivative represented by the following general formula (1): and a salt thereof, which can provide a drug having sodium/proton (Na+/H+) exchange transport inhibitory action.

Abstract: A negative electrode for a secondary battery which has a positive electrode including a polymer active material. The negative electrode includes: a current collector beforehand roughened at one surface thereof; a first layer disposed on the roughened one surface and including a material selected from the group consisting of alkali metal and an alloy containing alkali metal; and a second layer disposed on the first layer and including an ion conductive material. A surface of the first layer has an uneven configuration which conforms with another uneven configuration of the roughened one surface of the current collector, the surface of the first layer being in contact with the second layer. A method for manufacturing the negative electrode is also disclosed.

Abstract: A non-aqueous secondary battery comprises (i) an electroconductive or semiconductive polymeric material serving as an active material for a positive electrode, (ii) a negative electrode active material and (iii) an electrolytic solution comprising an electrolyte and a mixed solution of .gamma.-butyrolactone and a glyme. This secondary battery can be fabricated in the form of a flexible sheet.

Abstract: An electrochemical device is disclosed, which comprises at least a pair of electrodes; and a solid or solid-like composite electrolyte interposed therebetween, comprising substantially uniform spherical particles having no or substantially no electronic conductivity which are dispersed in the solid or solid-like composite electrolyte.

Abstract: A sheet-shaped electrode comprising a polymeric active material (1) and a collector (2) having a plurality of penetrating pores (3), a method of producing the same, and a secondary battery containing the sheet-shaped electrode as a positive electrode. The plurality of the pores provided on the sheet-shaped collector enlarges the contact area between the collector and the polymeric active material, so that close contact between these two members is improved. A polyaniline layer which is prepared by electrochemical polymerization of an aniline type compound in the presence of sulfuric acid or sulfonic acids is applied on both faces of the collector (aluminum) as the polymeric active material. In a secondary battery which comprises the sheet-shaped electrode as a positive electrode, the positive and a negative electrodes are alternately folded with a separator interposed therebetween.

Abstract: A composite sheet-shaped electrode comprising an aluminum collector and aniline type polymer serving as an active material, a secondary battery using the composite sheet-shaped electrode as the positive electrode thereof, and a method of preparing electrochemically the composite sheet-shaped electrode on the aluminum collector are disclosed.