Abstract: A separator includes a separation functional layer and a support layer. The separation functional layer is configured as a denser layer with a smaller pore size and a lower porosity than the support layer. Accordingly, movement of metal foreign objects from the positive electrode plate side to the negative electrode plate side, and precipitation of metal foreign objects on the negative electrode plate side can be inhibited, thereby making it possible to ensure battery performance and safety.

Abstract: When a coating material is rolled between rolls to generate a a coating film, and the coating film is transferred onto the coating object, at first, a residual coating material layer based on a residual coating material is formed on each of the surfaces of the rolls, and supply of the coating material and transfer of the coating film are carried out in a state where the residual coating material layer is retained on each of the surfaces of the rolls, thereby suppressing abrasions between the rolls and the coating material.

Abstract: A high-quality coating film with a uniform thickness is produced without crush of coating particles even in a case where a wet coating material that does not require a step of drying the coating material is used, while maintaining high productivity. By providing a surface layer with an optimized hardness on the surface of a roll used for supply of a mixture coating material, a high-quality coating film with a uniform thickness can be produced, even in a case where a wet coating material that does not require a step of drying the coating material is used, while maintaining high productivity.

Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus of a coating film product, which rolls a mixture coating material containing a solvent by using a roll and transfers the mixture coating material to a moving coated object to thereby manufacture the coating film product, in which plural rolls are provided, a surface contact angle between a first roll which transfers the mixture coating material to an adjacent second roll and the solvent is larger than a surface contact angle between a roll surface of the second roll and the solvent concerning the first roll and the second roll in the plural rolls, and the surface contact angle between the roll surface of the second roll and the solvent is larger than a surface contact angle between a coated-object surface of the coated object and the solvent concerning the second roll in the plural roll and the coated object.

Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus of a coating film product rolls a mixture coating material by a first roll and transfers the mixture coating material to a coated object in motion to thereby manufacture the coating film product. An arithmetic average roughness Ra on a roll surface of the first roll is higher than a value 0.05 times of a particle size “d10” in which an integrated distribution of particle sizes of particles included in the mixture coating material is 10% and lower than a value 20 times a particle size “d90” in which an integrated distribution is 90%.

Abstract: The separator of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is characterized by having a composite nanofiber fiber which is a nanosize fiber that contains two or more kinds of aqueous resins whose melting points are different.

Abstract: To provide an electrode plate capable of retaining a larger amount of active material and having a composite material layer uniform in thickness, a positive electrode plate (6) or a negative electrode plate (7) is formed by laminating a composite material layer (1) of the active material on a surface of a current collector plate (2) in strip form. A slope in a thickness direction (X/Z) of the end surfaces of the composite material layer (1) along the longer sides of the current collector plate (2) is “0<(X/Z)?1”.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a nonaqueous secondary battery with high capacity and less cycle degradation and a method for producing thereof. The nonaqueous secondary battery of the present invention comprises a positive electrode having a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode mixture layer disposed on the positive electrode current collector, a negative electrode having a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode mixture layer disposed on the negative electrode current collector and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein the positive electrode mixture layer or the negative electrode mixture layer contains active material particles and a particulate binder adhered to the surface of the active material particles.

Abstract: A process of producing a positive electrode for lithium secondary batteries, including: at least, a coating preparing step of preparing a coating for a positive electrode material that includes an active material, which is a Li-containing mixed oxide, a conductive additive, a binder and a solvent; a coating step of coating the coating for a positive electrode material onto a current collector; a drying step of removing the solvent from the coating coated on the current collector; and a rolling step, wherein in the above described coating preparing step and coating step, the ratio of the total volume of the active material and the conductive additive to the volume of the solvent in the coating is kept in the range expressed by the following equation: 0.05?(volume of active material 1c+volume of conductive additive 1d)/volume of solvent?1.00.

Abstract: Disclosed is a positive electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising: a positive electrode mixture layer; and a positive electrode current collector which carries the positive electrode mixture layer, with the positive electrode mixture layer comprising: at least one positive electrode active material; at least one conductive agent; at least one binder; and at least one thickening agent, and the thickening agent comprising a polymer containing at least one acrylonitrile unit and at least one —(CH2)n— structure portion where 6?n.

Abstract: An extrusion type nozzle includes a block having therein a manifold for distributing liquid along a coating width, a slit for allowing the liquid distributed in the manifold to pass through the slit, and a discharge outlet for discharging the liquid from the slit. The slit includes a first portion and a second portion provided closer to the discharge outlet than the first portion. The nozzle further includes a first forming member for forming a wall of the first portion of the slit. The first forming member is displaceable to change a gap of the first portion of the slit. The nozzle can apply plural types of liquid having viscosities different from each other uniformly and liquid having a viscosity changing a lot.

Abstract: Disclosed is a positive electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising: a positive electrode mixture layer; and a positive electrode current collector which carries the positive electrode mixture layer, with the positive electrode mixture layer comprising: at least one positive electrode active material; at least one conductive agent; at least one binder; and at least one thickening agent, and the thickening agent comprising a polymer containing at least one acrylonitrile unit and at least one —(CH2)n— structure portion where 6≦n.