Abstract: A planar light source includes a support member; a light guide member including a first surface located proximate to an upper surface of the support member, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a through hole extending from the first surface to the second surface; a light source unit including a light-emitting element and a wavelength conversion member that covers an upper surface and a lateral surface of the light-emitting element and disposed on the support member at a position of the through hole; a light-transmissive member disposed between the light source unit and the light guide member in the through hole; and a light adjustment member disposed on the light source unit and the light-transmissive member. An upper surface of the wavelength conversion member of the light source unit is located higher than the second surface of the light guide member.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell comprising a negative electrode (12) having a negative electrode collector (40) and a negative electrode active material layer (42) provided on the negative electrode collector (40). The negative electrode active material layer (42) contains graphite particles A and graphite particles B as negative electrode active materials. The graphite particles A have an internal void rate of 5% or less. The graphite particles B have an internal void rate of 8 to 20%. When the negative electrode active material layer 42 is halved in the thickness direction, a region 42b on the half closer to the outer surface contains more graphite particles A than a region 42a on the half closer to the negative electrode collector.

Abstract: Provided is a transition metal-containing hydroxide capable of improving the cycle characteristics and safety of a secondary battery, while imparting an excellent battery capacity to the secondary battery, by preventing the elution of an additive metal element, which contained in the transition metal-containing hydroxide, due to phase transition or segregation. A transition metal-containing hydroxide that is a precursor of a positive electrode active material in a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, the transition metal-containing hydroxide containing at least one main metal element selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co and Mn and at least one additive metal element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ti, Zr, V, Nb, Cr, Mo, W, Fe, Ru, Cu, Zn, B, Al, Ga, Si, Sn, P and Bi, in which a cumulative pore volume in a BJH method measured by a gas adsorption method is 0.145 cm3/g or less.

Abstract: The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having excellent low-temperature properties. A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to an aspect of the present disclosure comprises a negative electrode having: a negative electrode current collector; and a negative electrode active material layer disposed on the negative electrode current collector, wherein the negative electrode active material layer contains graphite particles A and graphite particles B as a negative electrode active material. The internal porosity of graphite particles A is 8-20%, and the internal porosity of graphite particles B is 5% or less. When the negative electrode active material layer is bisected in the thickness direction into a negative electrode current collector-side first half region and an outer surface-side second half region, the amount of graphite particles A in the second half region is greater than in the first half region.

Abstract: The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a non-aqueous secondary battery that is able to suppress a decrease in charge-discharge cycle characteristics. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that is a mode of the present disclosure comprises a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material layer, wherein the negative electrode active material layer contains a negative electrode active material that contains graphite particles, and an SBR component selected from at least one of a styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber and a modified product thereof, the internal porosity of the graphite particles is 1% to 5%, the porosity due to voids between particles of the negative electrode active material layer is 10% to 20%, and the content of the SBR component is 1.5 mass % to 3 mass % with respect to the mass of the negative electrode active material.

Abstract: A cathode material and a method for preparing the same, lithium ion battery provided. The cathode material includes secondary particle which includes a plurality of primary particles, where the primary particle includes an active material having a chemical formula LibNixCoyMzRwO2, where 0.95?b?1.10, 0.8?x<1, 0<y+z+w?0.2, x+y+z+w=1, 0.0001?w?0.003; M is selected from at least one of Mn and Al, R is a metal; Phosphate compound coating layer are uniformly distributed on the surface of the cathode material, including a first coating layer and a second coating layer, where the first coating layer forms on the surface of the primary particle, the second coating layer forms on the surface of the secondary particle. The cathode material of this application can effectively improve the rate performance, thermal and cycling stability of lithium battery, and has the characteristics of low cost and easy large-scale production.

Abstract: The present disclosure aims to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having excellent discharge load characteristics and excellent long-term cycle characteristics. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery which is one example of an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode (30), separators, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode (30) includes a negative electrode collector (31) and a negative electrode mixture layer (32) formed on the negative electrode collector (31). The negative electrode mixture layer (32) includes a first mixture layer primarily composed of a carbon-coated graphite (35) and a second mixture layer (34) primarily composed of a graphite (36), the first mixture layer (33) is disposed at a surface side of the negative electrode mixture layer (32), and the second mixture layer (34) is disposed at a side of the negative electrode collector (31).

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery capable of suppressing an increase in man-hour for a compression process in the production of a negative electrode and also suppressing a deterioration in charge/discharge cycle characteristics is provided. A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to one embodiment of the present disclosure is provided with a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material layer, wherein: the negative electrode active material layer includes graphite particles A and graphite particles B as a negative electrode active material; the internal porosity of the graphite particles A is 5% or less, and the internal porosity of the graphite particles B is 8-20%; and the mass ratio of the graphite particles A to the graphite particles B is 70:30 to 90:10.

Abstract: A negative electrode comprises a negative electrode collector, a first negative electrode mixture layer, and a second negative electrode mixture layer the ratio of the void fraction (S2) among the graphite particles in the second negative electrode mixture layer to the void fraction (S1) among the graphite particles in the first negative electrode mixture layer, namely S2/S1 is from 1.1 to 2.0: and the ratio of the packing density (D2) of the second negative electrode mixture layer to the packing density (D1) of the first negative electrode mixture layer, namely D2/D1 is from 0.9 to 1.1. A separator has a first surface that is in contact with a positive electrode and a second surface that is in contact with the negative electrode; and the contact angle of the first surface with ethylene carbonate is smaller than the contact angle of the second surface with ethylene carbonate.

Abstract: Provided is a cathode material, a preparation method thereof, and a secondary lithium battery. The cathode material is characterized in that a chemical formula of the cathode material is LibNi1-x-yCoxAlyMzO2, where 0.95?b?1.10, 0?x?0.15, 0.01?y?0.1, 0<z?0.05, and an M element is a metal element; the M element is distributed in interior and surface of the cathode material, the M element distributed in the interior of the cathode material is presented in a doped form, and the M element distributed in the surface of the cathode material is presented in a form of a coating layer formed of at least one of M oxide or lithium-M composite oxide; and a molar ratio of the M element in the interior to the M element in the surface is greater than 0.5. The cathode material provided has good high-rate capability and thermal stability.

Abstract: The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery which is provided with a negative electrode mixture layer that exhibits excellent electrolyte absorbing properties.

Abstract: The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having excellent low-temperature properties. A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to an aspect of the present disclosure comprises a negative electrode having: a negative electrode current collector; and a negative electrode active material layer disposed on the negative electrode current collector, wherein the negative electrode active material layer contains graphite particles A and graphite particles B as a negative electrode active material. The internal porosity of graphite particles A is 8-20%, and the internal porosity of graphite particles B is 5% or less. When the negative electrode active material layer is bisected in the thickness direction into a negative electrode current collector-side first half region and an outer surface-side second half region, the amount of graphite particles A in the second half region is greater than in the first half region.

Abstract: The objective of the present disclosure is to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery capable of suppressing an increase in man-hour for a compression process in the production of a negative electrode and also suppressing a deterioration in charge/discharge cycle characteristics. A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to one embodiment of the present disclosure is provided with a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material layer, wherein: the negative electrode active material layer includes graphite particles A and graphite particles B as a negative electrode active material; the internal porosity of the graphite particles A is 5% or less, and the internal porosity of the graphite particles B is 8-20%; and the mass ratio of the graphite particles A to the graphite particles B is 70:30 to 90:10.

Abstract: The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a non-aqueous secondary battery that is able to suppress a decrease in charge-discharge cycle characteristics. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that is a mode of the present disclosure comprises a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material layer, wherein the negative electrode active material layer contains a negative electrode active material that contains graphite particles, and an SBR component selected from at least one of a styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber and a modified product thereof, the internal porosity of the graphite particles is 1% to 5%, the porosity due to voids between particles of the negative electrode active material layer is 10% to 20%, and the content of the SBR component is 1.5 mass % to 3 mass % with respect to the mass of the negative electrode active material.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell comprising a negative electrode (12) having a negative electrode collector (40) and a negative electrode active material layer (42) provided on the negative electrode collector (40). The negative electrode active material layer (42) contains graphite particles A and graphite particles B as negative electrode active materials. The graphite particles A have an internal void rate of 5% or less. The graphite particles B have an internal void rate of 8 to 20%. When the negative electrode active material layer 42 is halved in the thickness direction, a region 42b on the half closer to the outer surface contains more graphite particles A than a region 42a on the half closer to the negative electrode collector.

Abstract: The present disclosure aims to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having excellent discharge load characteristics and excellent long-term cycle characteristics. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery which is one example of an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode (30), separators, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode (30) includes a negative electrode collector (31) and a negative electrode mixture layer (32) formed on the negative electrode collector (31). The negative electrode mixture layer (32) includes a first mixture layer primarily composed of a carbon-coated graphite (35) and a second mixture layer (34) primarily composed of a graphite (36), the first mixture layer (33) is disposed at a surface side of the negative electrode mixture layer (32), and the second mixture layer (34) is disposed at a side of the negative electrode collector (31).