Abstract: A slurry composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery negative electrode contains a negative electrode active material including lithium titanium oxide, a binder, and an organic solvent. The binder includes a copolymer that includes a nitrile group-containing monomer unit and at least one selected from an aliphatic conjugated diene monomer unit and an alkylene structural unit and that has a Mooney viscosity (ML1+4, 100° C.) of not less than 50 and not more than 200.

Abstract: Provided are a binder composition for a secondary battery electrode that enables favorable dispersion of a conductive material when used in production of a slurry composition for a secondary battery electrode, and a slurry composition for a secondary battery electrode in which a conductive material is favorably dispersed. The binder composition for a secondary battery electrode contains a solvent and a copolymer including an alkylene structural unit and a nitrile group-containing monomer unit. The copolymer has a Mooney viscosity (ML1+4, 100° C.) of 40 or less. The slurry composition for a secondary battery electrode contains an electrode active material, a conductive material, the aforementioned binder composition for a secondary battery electrode, and a polymer other than the aforementioned copolymer.

Abstract: Provided is a non-aqueous secondary battery having excellent high-temperature cycle characteristics and low-temperature output characteristics. The non-aqueous secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and an electrolyte solution. At least one of the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the separator includes a porous membrane. The porous membrane contains non-conductive particles and a polymer that has a nitrile group and includes an alkylene structural unit. The electrolyte solution contains a non-aqueous solvent and a supporting electrolyte. A propionic acid compound constitutes at least 50 volume % and not more than 100 volume % of the non-aqueous solvent.

Abstract: Provided is a binder for an electrode that enables production of a slurry for an electrode that has excellent dispersibility and can cause a secondary battery to display excellent output characteristics and high-temperature cycle characteristics. The binder for an electrode contains a polymer and an organic solvent. The polymer includes a structural unit derived from a monofunctional ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid ester monomer in a proportion of at least 45 mass % and not more than 69.9 mass %, a structural unit derived from an aromatic vinyl monomer in a proportion of at least 30 mass % and not more than 54.9 mass %, and a structural unit derived from an ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer in a proportion of at least 0.1 mass % and not more than 10 mass %.

Abstract: Provided are a binder composition for a secondary battery electrode that enables favorable dispersion of a conductive material when used in production of a slurry composition for a secondary battery electrode, and a slurry composition for a secondary battery electrode in which a conductive material is favorably dispersed. The binder composition for a secondary battery electrode contains a solvent and a copolymer including an alkylene structural unit and a nitrile group-containing monomer unit. The copolymer has a Mooney viscosity (ML1+4, 100° C.) of 40 or less. The slurry composition for a secondary battery electrode contains an electrode active material, a conductive material, the aforementioned binder composition for a secondary battery electrode, and a polymer other than the aforementioned copolymer.

Abstract: The disclosed binder composition for the positive electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery includes a binder and an organic dispersion medium, a weight-average molecular weight of the binder being from 100,000 to 2,000,000, and the binder containing 10% to 35% by mass of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer unit containing an acid group, and includes 0.6 to 1.5 equivalents of lithium with respect to the acid group. The disclosed slurry composition for the positive electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery includes this binder composition, a positive electrode active material, and a conductive material.

Abstract: To provide a method for producing an electrode/separator laminate which, when producing the electrode/separator laminate by subjecting the electrode and separator with adhesive layer to thermocompression bonding, the separator and the electrode can be bonded with adequate adhesion, without detriment to ion conductivity. [Solution] This method for producing an electrode/separator laminate includes a step in which a separator with adhesive layer comprising a porous polyolefin film having an adhesive layer at least on one side, and an electrode which has an electrode active substance layer containing an electrode active substance and an electrode binder, are laminated in such a manner that the adhesive layer and the electrode active substance layer touch one another, and are subsequently subjected to thermocompression.

Abstract: The disclosed binder composition for the positive electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery includes a binder and an organic dispersion medium, a weight-average molecular weight of the binder being from 100,000 to 2,000,000, and the binder containing 10% to 35% by mass of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer unit containing an acid group, and includes 0.6 to 1.5 equivalents of lithium with respect to the acid group. The disclosed slurry composition for the positive electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery includes this binder composition, a positive electrode active material, and a conductive material.

Abstract: To provide a method for producing an electrode/separator laminate which, when producing the electrode/separator laminate by subjecting the electrode and separator with adhesive layer to thermocompression bonding, the separator and the electrode can be bonded with adequate adhesion, without detriment to ion conductivity. [Solution] This method for producing an electrode/separator laminate includes a step in which a separator with adhesive layer comprising a porous polyolefin film having an adhesive layer at least on one side, and an electrode which has an electrode active substance layer containing an electrode active substance and an electrode binder, are laminated in such a manner that the adhesive layer and the electrode active substance layer touch one another, and are subsequently subjected to thermocompression.