Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The non-aqueous electrolyte contains a lithium salt and a carboxylic acid, and the lithium salt includes lithium difluorophosphate. The content of the carboxylic acid in the non-aqueous electrolyte is 5 ppm or more and 900 ppm or less with respect to the mass of the non-aqueous electrolyte.

Abstract: A positive electrode for a secondary battery includes a positive electrode current collector, and a positive electrode mixture layer containing a positive electrode active material and provided on a surface of the positive electrode current collector, wherein the positive electrode active material contains a lithium-containing composite oxide which has a layered structure, and in the lithium-containing composite oxide, nickel occupies 80 atom % or more of a metal other than lithium, and the positive electrode mixture layer has a carbon fiber having an outermost diameter of 5 nm or less, and the carbon fiber is contained by 0.1 parts by mass or less relative to 100 parts by mass of the positive electrode active material.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery including a positive electrode including a positive electrode material mixture containing a positive electrode additive, a negative electrode, a separator, and an electrolyte. The positive electrode additive includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a first compound represented by formula (1): Lia1Fex1M1y1Oz1 and a second compound represented by formula (2): Lia2Nix2M2y2Oz2. The formula (1) satisfies 0?a1?5, 0?x1?5, 0?y1?1, and 0?z1?4, where at least two of a1, x1, y1 and z1 are greater than 0. The formula (2) satisfies 0?a2?2, 0?x2?1, 0?y2?1, and 1?z2?2, where at least one of a2 and x2 is greater than 0. The electrolyte contains an oxalate complex salt having an oxalate complex anion and a lithium ion.

Abstract: In a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte having lithium-ion conductivity, the solvent in the non-aqueous electrolyte includes a first ether compound represented by a general formula (1): R1-(OCH2CH2)n—OR2 in which R1 and R2 are independently an alkyl group with a carbon number of 1 to 5, and n represents 1 to 3; and a second ether compound having a fluorination rate of 60% or more and represented by a general formula (2): Ca1Mb1Fc1Od1(CF2OCH2)Ca2Hb2Fc2Od2 in which a1?1, a2?0, b1?2a1, b2?2a2, c1=(2a1+1)?b1, c2=(2a2+1)?b2, d?0, and d2?0. The proportion of a total amount of the first ether compound and the second ether compound in the solvent is 80 volume % or more.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a liquid electrolyte, wherein the liquid electrolyte contains lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide and dimethyl sulfate.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a liquid electrolyte, wherein the liquid electrolyte contains a lithium salt and isopropyl acetate, and the lithium salt includes lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide, and a content of isopropyl acetate in the liquid electrolyte is 1000 ppm or less with respect to a mass of the liquid electrolyte.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a liquid electrolyte, wherein the liquid electrolyte contains lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide and 1,4-dioxane.

Abstract: A lithium metal secondary battery includes: a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material which contains a lithium transition metal oxide; a negative electrode which is disposed to face the positive electrode, which includes a negative electrode collector, and on which a lithium metal is precipitated in charge; a separator provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and an electrolyte which is impregnated in the separator and which contains a lithium halogenated compound in an amount of more than 0.1 to less than 10 percent by weight and at least one selected from a fluorinated cyclic carbonate and a fluorinated oxalate complex.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The non-aqueous electrolyte contains a lithium salt and a carboxylic acid, and the lithium salt includes lithium difluorophosphate. The content of the carboxylic acid in the non-aqueous electrolyte is 5 ppm or more and 900 ppm or less with respect to the mass of the non-aqueous electrolyte.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery having a positive electrode, a separator, a negative electrode facing the positive electrode with the separator interposed therebetween, and an electrolyte, in which metallic lithium deposits on the negative electrode during charge. The electrolyte includes: an oxalate salt containing an oxalate complex as an anion, and a lithium ion as a cation; and a dicarboxylic acid diester compound. The dicarboxylic acid diester compound is contained in an amount of 0.1 mass % or more and less than 10 mass % in the electrolyte.