Abstract: To provide an anode material that can improve the efficiency of the initial charging and discharging, the anode material includes an amorphous glassy carbon material that is an anode active material, and a NaMH compound that is a solid electrolyte.

Abstract: Provided is a sodium ion conductor whose sodium ion conductivity is improved more than the conventional. The sodium ion conductor is a molecular crystal constituted of NaCB9H10, NaCB11H12, and a sodium halide, the sodium halide having a mol fraction of more than 0 and at most 70 on the basis of the total mol ratio of NaCB9H10, NaCB11H12, and the sodium halide.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a solid electrolyte-containing layer that is used in a solid-state battery is disclosed. The method includes forming the solid electrolyte-containing layer by using a slurry containing a boron hydride compound and an alkane compound having 5 or 6 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A sodium ion secondary battery includes a cyclic organic compound as an active material and a complex hydride as a solid electrolyte, wherein the cyclic organic compound has at least two carbonyl groups —C(?O)—, the at least two carbonyl groups are bonded via a single bond or at least one conjugated double bond, and the complex hydride includes a Na cation and a complex ion containing H.

Abstract: To provide an anode material that can improve the efficiency of the initial charging and discharging, the anode material includes an amorphous glassy carbon material that is an anode active material, and a NaMH compound that is a solid electrolyte.

Abstract: Provided is a sodium ion conductor whose sodium ion conductivity is improved more than the conventional. The sodium ion conductor is a molecular crystal constituted of NaCB9H10, NaCB11H12, and a sodium halide, the sodium halide having a mol fraction of more than 0 and at most 70 on the basis of the total mol ratio of NaCB9H10, NaCB11H12, and the sodium halide.

Abstract: Provided is a lithium-ion secondary battery that uses a non-carbonaceous negative electrode active material capable of exhibiting capacitance properties. The lithium-ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution. The negative electrode includes a mica group mineral having at least one transition metal in its composition as a negative electrode active material.

Abstract: The present invention provides a negative electrode for a secondary battery having a higher capacity than conventional batteries and the secondary battery having the negative electrode incorporated therein. The negative electrode for the secondary battery includes a silicate having a pyroxene structure and represented by a general formula ApM2-pX2O6, wherein “A” represents at least one species selected from among a group of Na, Ca, Fe, Zn, Mn and Mg, “M” represents at least one species selected from among a group of transition metal elements, Al and Mg, where one of the transition metal elements being an indispensable element of “M”, “A” and “M” represent same elements or different elements, “p” represents a number satisfying 0<p<2, “X2” represents Si2 or AlqSi2-q, and “q” represents a number satisfying 0<q<2.

Abstract: Provided is a lithium-ion secondary battery that uses a non-carbonaceous negative electrode active material capable of exhibiting capacitance properties. The lithium-ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution. The negative electrode includes a mica group mineral having at least one transition metal in its composition as a negative electrode active material.

Abstract: A main object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing, with excellent productivity, an anode active material having the composition of a mica group mineral. The object is attained by providing a method for producing a vitreous anode active material, comprising steps of: a heat treatment step of heat treating a raw material mixture having a composition that is capable of forming a mica group mineral, at a heat treatment temperature that is higher than or equal to the melting temperature of the raw material mixture, and thereby forming a raw material melt; and a cooling step of cooling the raw material melt and thereby vitrifying the raw material melt.

Abstract: A silicate negative electrode material comprising a smectite wherein, when the smectite is measured with a powder x-ray diffractometer, a peak is found in a case where 2? is in a range from 7.45° to 9.18°.

Abstract: A silicate negative electrode material comprising a smectite wherein, when the smectite is measured with a powder x-ray diffractometer, a peak is found in a case where 2? is in a range from 7.45° to 9.18°.