Abstract: The present invention provides a gel-like electrolyte having excellent electrolyte solution retention ability. The resin composition contains an electrolyte composition containing a solvent and an electrolyte and a vinylidene fluoride copolymer. The vinylidene fluoride copolymer is a copolymer of vinylidene fluoride and a comonomer represented by Formula (1) below, wherein R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom, R3 is a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, or an alkyl group having from 1 to 5 carbons, and R4 is a basic group that is capable of forming an intermolecular hydrogen bond.

Abstract: As a novel vinylidene fluoride polymer and its use, provided are a binder composition, an electrode mixture, an electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including the vinylidene fluoride containing the vinylidene fluoride polymer. The vinylidene fluoride polymer includes a first structural unit derived from vinylidene fluoride and a second structural unit derived from a monomer other than vinylidene fluoride. The monomer to be the second structural unit is a primary amine, a secondary amine, or a tertiary amine having at least one of a hydroxyl group and a carboxyl group, and the content of the second structural unit is from 0.05 to 20 mol % when the total of structural units derived from all the monomers constituting the vinylidene fluoride polymer is 100 mol %.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a binder composition of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, which contains a vinylidene fluoride polymer and is capable of further enhancing adhesive strength of the electrode mixture layer to a surface of a current collector. The above objective can be achieved by a binder composition of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, the binder composition comprising a vinylidene fluoride copolymer for a binder of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, the vinylidene fluoride copolymer containing: a first constituent unit derived from vinylidene fluoride, and a second constituent unit containing an isocyanate group or having a structure that produces an isocyanate group when heated at 200° C. for 1 hour. This binder composition can be used in a mixture for producing an electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, an electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition having excellent electrolyte solution retention ability. The resin composition contains an electrolyte composition containing a solvent and an electrolyte and a vinylidene fluoride copolymer. The vinylidene fluoride copolymer is a copolymer of vinylidene fluoride and a comonomer represented by Formula (1) below, wherein R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom, R3 is a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, or an alkyl group having from 1 to 5 carbons, and R4 is a basic group that is capable of forming an intermolecular hydrogen bond.

Abstract: To provide an electrode mixture that suppresses gelling of an electrode mixture slurry and maintains a high binding capacity between an electrode active material and a current collector even after an extended period of time has elapsed since an electrode mixture slurry was produced. The electrode mixture includes: a binder composition—containing a first copolymer of vinylidene fluoride and a polar group-containing compound; and a second copolymer of vinylidene fluoride and chlorotrifluoroethylene—; and an electrode active material of lithium oxide having a pH of water when extracted with water of not less than 10.5.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a carbonaceous molded article for electrodes having high charge/discharge capacity, high initial charge/discharge efficiency, and excellent cycle life without a polymeric binder. The above object can be achieved by the carbonaceous molded article for electrodes of the present invention comprising a carbon fiber nonwoven fabric, the article having a thickness of not greater than 1 mm, an atomic ratio (H/C) of hydrogen atoms and carbon atoms according to elemental analysis of not greater than 0.1, a porosity determined from a bulk density and a butanol true density of the molded article of 25 to 80%, and a volatile content of not greater than 5.0 wt %.

Abstract: Object: To provide a battery negative electrode material exhibiting both a merit of high specific capacity obtained by using Si, and a merit of high cycle durability obtained by using a non-graphitizable carbon material. Resolution Means: A negative electrode material (1) of a battery of the present invention includes silicon material areas (10) made of a silicon material, and a carbon material area (20) made of a carbon material. The carbon material area (20) is formed in a surrounding area of the silicon material area (10), separated by a cavity (30) at least at a portion. In addition, an (002) average interlayer spacing d002 of the carbon material area (20) determined by powder X-ray diffraction is from 0.365 nm to 0.390 nm.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a sodium ion secondary battery that has high discharge capacity, excellent cycling characteristics, and excellent storage characteristics. The present invention achieves said purpose by means of a carbonaceous material for a sodium ion secondary battery negative electrode. The carbon source of the carbonaceous material is a plant, and the carbonaceous material is characterized by having a BET specific surface area of 100 m2/g or less.

Abstract: To provide a binder composition having high adhesion, without producing a copolymer or an aggregate of a copolymer and an electrode active material. A binder composition according to the present invention contains: a first vinylidene fluoride polymer with an inherent viscosity of 1.7 dL/g or higher; and a second vinylidene fluoride polymer containing acrylic acid or methacrylic acid as a monomer unit.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having high discharge capacity and high charge/discharge efficiency. The aforementioned problem can be resolved by a carbonaceous material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery negative electrode, using a plant as a carbon source, where potassium element content is 0.10 wt. % or less, true density determined by a pycnometer method using butanol is from 1.35 to 1.50 g/cm3, lithium is electrochemically doped in the carbonaceous material, and in a case where an NMR spectrum of lithium nucleus is measured, a main resonance peak shifted 110 to 160 ppm to a lower magnetic field side is exhibited with regard to a resonance peak of LiCl as a reference substance.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a production method for suppressing the deformation of a negative electrode in the production of a negative electrode for an all-solid-state battery using turbostratic carbon and a solid electrolyte. The problem described above can be solved by a production method for a negative electrode for an all-solid-state battery comprising the steps of: (1) coating a carbonaceous material having a true density of from 1.30 g/cm3 to 2.10 g/cm3 determined by a butanol method with a solid electrolyte; and (2) pressure-molding the solid electrolyte-coated carbonaceous material.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a carbonaceous molded body for a battery electrode having high charge/discharge capacity, high initial charge/discharge efficiency, and excellent cycle life. The aforementioned object can be achieved by a carbonaceous molded body for a battery electrode of the present invention, including: carbon fibers where lithium can be doped and dedoped; and a carbonaceous material; wherein the thickness is 1 mm or less, atomic ratio (H/C) between hydrogen atoms and carbon atoms based on elemental analysis is 0.1 or less, porosity determined from bulk density of the molded body and true density of butanol is from 25 to 80%, and volatile matter content is 5.0 wt. % or less.

Abstract: A carbonaceous material for a negative electrode of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery with high energy density relative to volume and excellent cycle characteristics is provided. The negative electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the present invention includes a carbon material mixture including, as an active material, a plurality of non-graphitic carbon materials. The carbon material mixture has a true density (?Bt) determined by a pycnometer method using butanol of 1.60 g/cm3 or greater and 2.05 g/cm3 or less, an atom ratio (H/C) of hydrogen atoms to carbon atoms determined by elemental analysis of 0.10 or less, and a discharge capacity at from 0 to 0.1 V based on a lithium reference electrode of 80 mAh/g or greater and 230 mAh/g or less.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a production method for suppressing the deformation of a negative electrode in the production of a negative electrode for an all-solid-state battery using turbostratic carbon and a solid electrolyte. The problem described above can be solved by a production method for a negative electrode for an all-solid-state battery comprising the steps of: (1) coating a carbonaceous material having a true density of from 1.30 g/cm3 to 2.10 g/cm3 determined by a butanol method with a solid electrolyte; and (2) pressure-molding the solid electrolyte-coated carbonaceous material.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an all-solid battery having high energy density. The problem can be solved by a negative electrode for an all-solid battery comprising: a carbonaceous material having a true density of from 1.30 g/cm3 to 1.70 g/cm3 determined by a butanol method, a specific surface area of from 0.5 to 50.0 m2/g, an average particle size Dv50 of from 1 to 50 ?m, and a combustion peak T (° C.) according to differential thermal analysis and a butanol true density ?Bt (g/cm3) satisfying the following formula (1): 300?T?100×?Bt?570??(1) and a solid electrolyte.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a carbonaceous molded article for electrodes having high charge/discharge capacity, high initial charge/discharge efficiency, and excellent cycle life without a polymeric binder. The above object can be achieved by the carbonaceous molded article for electrodes of the present invention comprising a carbon fiber nonwoven fabric, the article having a thickness of not greater than 1 mm, an atomic ratio (H/C) of hydrogen atoms and carbon atoms according to elemental analysis of not greater than 0.1, a porosity determined from a bulk density and a butanol true density of the molded article of 25 to 80%, and a volatile content of not greater than 5.0 wt %.

Abstract: A negative electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and the like with high discharge capacity relative to volume and excellent cycle characteristics are provided. The negative electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the present invention comprises, as an active material, a carbon material mixture including a non-graphitic carbon material and a graphitic material. In this carbon material mixture, the non-graphitic carbon material has an atom ratio (H/C) of hydrogen atoms to carbon atoms determined by elemental analysis of 0.10 or less, and an average particle size (Dv50) of from 1 to 8 ?m; and the graphitic material has a true density (?Bt) determined by a pycnometer method using butanol of 2.15 g/cm3 or greater. The true density (?Bt) of the non-graphitic carbon material is preferably 1.52 g/cm3 or greater and less than 2.15 g/cm3.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery negative electrodes containing a graphitic material and a non-graphitizable carbonaceous material, the material having excellent resistance against deterioration due to moisture absorption and excellent charge/discharge cycle resistance; a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery negative electrode using the same; and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using these, that has low resistance and excellent cycle durability. The present invention comprises a carbonaceous material obtained by carbonizing a plant-derived organic material having a potassium content of 0.5% by mass or less, an average particle size Dv50 of 2 ?m to 50 ?m, an average interlayer spacing of (002) plane determined by powder X-ray diffraction of 0.365 nm to 0.400 nm, an atomic ratio (H/C) of hydrogen atoms to carbon atoms determined by elemental analysis of 0.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a carbonaceous material for an anode of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery which uses a plant-derived organic material as a raw material, has high purity so that alkali metals such as the potassium element and alkali earth metals such as the calcium element are sufficiently removed by de-mineral treatment, and has excellent discharge capacity and efficiency, a novel manufacturing method capable of efficiently mass-producing the carbonaceous material, and a lithium ion secondary battery using the carbonaceous material. The problem described above can be solved by a carbonaceous material for an anode of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery obtained by carbonizing a plant-derived organic material, the atom ratio (H/C) of hydrogen atoms and carbon atoms according to elemental analysis being at most 0.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a carbonaceous material for an anode of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery which uses a plant-derived organic material as a raw material, has high purity so that alkali metals such as the potassium element are sufficiently removed by de-mineral, and has excellent cycle characteristics, and to provide a lithium ion secondary battery using the carbonaceous material. The carbonaceous material for an anode of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is a carbonaceous material obtained by carbonizing a plant-derived organic material, the atom ratio of hydrogen atoms and carbon atoms (H/C) according to elemental analysis being at most 0.1, the average particle size Dv50 being from 2 to 50 ?m, the average interlayer spacing of the 002 planes determined by X-ray diffraction being from 0.365 nm to 0.400 nm, the potassium element content being at most 0.5 mass %, the calcium element content being at most 0.