Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the present invention includes a positive electrode plate 21 having an uncoated part along at least one long side of a continuous positive electrode substrate 211 coated with a positive electrode mixture layer 212 containing a positive electrode active material. In the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, the positive electrode mixture layer 212 includes a lithium transition-metal compound capable of insertion and separation of lithium ion and 5 to 15% by mass of a conductive material with respect to the positive electrode mixture, the conductive material contains 70% by mass or more of flaked graphite particles with an average particle diameter (D50) of 5 to 30 ?m and an average thickness of 0.1 to 1.0 ?m with respect to the whole amount of the conductive materials, and a packing density of the positive electrode mixture layer is 2.00 to 2.80 g/cc.

Abstract: The external terminal 19 has sword-guard portion 191 provided with a terminal portion 193 formed at one end thereof and a cylindrical crimping member 192 formed at another end thereof, the cylindrical crimping member 192 being inserted through openings each formed at a first insulating member 211, the opening-sealing plate 13, a second insulating member 212 and the collector 181, and being crimped in a diameter-enlarging direction, so that the sword-guard portion 191 of the external terminal 19, the opening-sealing plate 13 and the collector 181 are mechanically-fixed and a thin-walled portion made thinner than other portions formed in a tip portion of the cylindrical crimping member 192 is adhered to the collector, and the thin-walled portion 194 and the collector being welded with a high energy beam.

Abstract: A sealed battery including: an electrode assembly 11 having multiple positive electrode substrates exposed at one end and negative electrode substrates exposed at the other end; and collectors 181 and collector receiving parts 183 that are resistance-welded on both sides of the multiple positive or the multiple negative electrode substrates or both, grooves 23 being formed around the resistance-welded portion of at least one of the collector 181 and the collector receiving part 183. Due to the spattered particles 26 generated during the resistance-welding being captured within the grooves 23, few particles burst into the inside of the electrode assembly 11 or into the outside.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the invention uses as positive electrode active material a lithium transition metal compound expressed by Li1+aNixCoyMzO2 (where M is at least one element selected from among Mn, Al, Ti, Zr, Nb, B, Mg, Mo, and 0?a?0.3, 0.1?x?1, 0?y?0.5, 0?z?0.9, a+x+y+z=1) into/from which lithium ions are insertable/separable, and uses a negative electrode that has initial charge/discharge efficiency of 80% or over but no more than 90%. Thanks to these, the battery can be charged or discharged at large current of 50 A or higher and can have a superior output characteristics and input/output characteristics.

Abstract: The present invention's manufacturing method for a sealed battery includes: a process whereby a sealed battery application electrode assembly 11 is formed that has multiple positive electrode substrate exposed portions 14 at one end and multiple negative electrode substrate exposed portions 15 at the other end; a process whereby the negative electrode collector 181 and negative electrode collector receiving part 183 are brought against both surfaces of the part to be welded on at least the negative electrode substrate exposed portions 15, with tape 23a constituted of thermodeposited resin and having an opening 231 in the center being interposed; and a process whereby resistance welding is effected by passing current between the negative electrode collector 181 and negative electrode collector receiving part 183 positioned at the two sides.

Abstract: In a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using a layered lithium-transition metal composite oxide as a positive electrode active material, elevated-temperature durability, that is, elevated-temperature storage performance is enhanced without degrading battery capacity. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: a positive electrode including, as a positive electrode active material, layered lithium-transition metal composite oxide containing lithium, nickel, and manganese; a negative electrode active material capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium; and a non-aqueous electrolyte having lithium ion conductivity, and the lithium-transition metal composite oxide contains a group IVA element and a group IIA element of the periodic table.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode including a carbon material as an active material, and a nonaqueous electrolyte comprising a solute dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent in which ?-butyrolactone is the main solvent, wherein the carbon material has a ratio (ID/IG) of a Raman spectrum intensity (a peak intensity ratio) (R) obtained by Raman spectroscopy of 0.2 or greater, and the nonaqueous electrolyte includes at least 0.1 part by weight of vinylene carbonate and at least 0.1 part by weight of vinyl ethylene carbonate in 100 parts by weight of the nonaqueous electrolyte.

Abstract: Storage performance in a charged state is improved with a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using gamma-butyrolactone as a solvent. A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode (2) containing a positive electrode active material including a lithium-containing transition metal oxide; a negative electrode (1) containing a negative electrode active material capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium; and a non-aqueous electrolyte including a solute and a solvent; wherein the solvent contains 50 volume % or more of gamma-butyrolactone with respect to the total volume of the solvent, and the positive electrode active material contains a phosphate salt M1PO4, where M1 is a metal element capable of having a valency of 3.

Abstract: A prismatic nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the invention includes a process whereby a cylindrical electrode roll is produced by spirally rolling negative electrode plates made of elongated sheet-like negative electrode substrates to which is applied a negative electrode mixture containing negative electrode active material, and positive electrode plates made of elongated sheet-like positive electrode substrates to which is applied a positive electrode mixture containing positive electrode active material, insulated from each other by separators; and then the cylindrical electrode roll is crushed to be formed into a flattened electrode roll; the process of crushing the cylindrical electrode roll to form a flattened electrode roll being controlled so that, in the flattened electrode roll the ratio of change in the separator gas permeability between the winding start and the winding end is 55% or less of the gas permeability at the winding start.

Abstract: The method for manufacturing a sealed battery of the invention includes an ultrasonic fusion process whereby layers of a positive electrode substrate exposed portion 11 are ultrasonically fused to form a positive electrode fused portion 11a at the positive electrode substrate exposed portion 11, and layers of a negative electrode substrate exposed portion 12 are ultrasonically fused to form a negative electrode fused portion 12a at the negative electrode substrate exposed portion 12; and an electrode body formation process whereby a high-energy beam is directed at the positive electrode fused portion 11a to weld a positive electrode collector to the positive electrode fused portion 11a, and a high-energy beam is directed at the negative electrode fused portion 12a to weld a negative electrode collector to the negative electrode fused portion 12a, thus forming an electrode body in which a positive electrode collector is welded to one end of the electrode group and a negative electrode collector is welded to th

Abstract: A battery including an electrode unit which is an electricity generating element housed in a battery can, in which the electricity can be taken out of the can via a pair of negative and positive electrode terminals which are exposed outside the can, and one of the negative and positive electrode terminals has a coating layer formed on a surface thereof that is the same material as the material of which the other of the negative and positive electrode terminals is made.

Abstract: The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to one aspect of the present invention includes a lithium-transition metal compound as a positive electrode active material that is capable of intercalating and deintercalating a lithium ion and is represented by Li1+aNixCOyMzO2 (wherein M is at least one element selected from Mn, Al, Ti, Zr, Nb, B, Mg and Mo; and 0?a?0.3, 0.1?x?1, 0?y?0.5, 0?z?0.9, a+x+y+z=1), and carbon as a negative electrode active material that is capable of intercalating and deintercalating a lithium ion and is added with a powder of a compound having an imide bond. In the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the present invention, by incorporating a compound having an imide bond, the initial efficiency of the negative electrode is lowered, so that at a low state of charge of 20% or less, an increasing rate of the IV resistance value becomes small.

Abstract: A battery including an electrode unit housed in a battery can and which generates electricity which can be taken out of the battery via a pair of negative and positive electrode terminals, wherein a terminal assembly is installed in the battery, a current collector plate is connected to an edge of an electrode of the electrode unit for connecting the electrode unit to the terminal assembly, and one or more than one connecting piece which is protrusively formed on a surface of the current collector plate is welded and secured to a base portion of the terminal assembly.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery has a pressure-sensitive elastic element reliably operating at a desired operating pressure. The battery includes an outer can having an opening; an electrode assembly which is housed in the outer can and comprises a positive electrode having a positive electrode current collector and a negative electrode having a negative electrode current collector; a sealing plate sealing the opening; an external electrode terminal whose one end is engaged with the throughhole of the sealing plate and whose other end projects outside the sealing plate; and a pressure-sensitive elastic element which is disposed inside the sealing plate in the battery and deforms in accordance with an increase in the gas pressure in the battery, the external electrode terminal. The external electrode terminal includes therein a hole connecting the outside of the battery and the space in contact with the outer side of pressure-sensitive elastic element.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery has a current interrupting mechanism with excellent impact and vibration resistance. The mechanism includes a fragile portion which breaks when the diaphragm deforms and rises upward, thereby interrupting current flow thereto; and an insulating current collecting tab holder into which a part of a current collecting tab is inserted. The tab holder has a tab receiving portion into which the insert member of the tab is inserted. The tab receiving portion is provided on the inner and outer surfaces thereof with a holder hole, which overlaps with a throughhole when the insert member is inserted. The diaphragm is disposed outside the tab receiving portion so as to cover the holder hole and electrically connected at its center bottom to the fragile portion via the holder hole. The gas pressure in the battery acts on the fragile portion and the inner side of the diaphragm.

Abstract: A secondary cell comprises an electrode unit housed in a cell can comprising a cylinder having a bottom and a closed opening, and a current collector plate 50 is provided at one end of the electrode unit. The current collector plate 50 has a plurality of protrusions 52 extending radially thereof and joined to an edge of the electrode unit. The surface of the current collector plate 50 to be joined to the bottom wall of the cylinder has a flat region R extending on a predetermined closed-loop track on the surface, and the portions of the current collector plate 50 and the cylinder to be joined are subjected along the flat region R to laser welding from outside the cylinder.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a positive electrode 11 having a positive electrode active material that can intercalate and deintercalate lithium, a negative electrode 12 having a negative electrode active material that can intercalate and deintercalate lithium, and a nonaqueous electrolyte having lithium ion conductivity. The positive electrode active material is a layered lithium transition metal composite oxide (for example, one represented by Li1+x(NiyCozMn1-y-z)1-xO2 (where 0?x?0.15, 0.1?y?0.6, and 0?z?0.5)) to which an IVa group element (Zr) and a Va group element (Nb) are added. According to these features, it is possible to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery with a selected element to be added to the lithium transition metal composite oxide to reduce the I-V resistance (improve the I-V characteristic), and thereby improving the output/input characteristics.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the invention, a prismatic battery includes an electrode group 10 contained in a prismatic metal outer can. The electrode group 10 has a positive electrode substrate exposed part 11 at one end and a negative electrode substrate exposed part 12 at the other end. The positive and negative electrode substrate exposed parts 11 and 12 are bundled and welded to positive and negative electrode current collectors 13 and 14, respectively. The positive electrode substrate exposed part 11 and positive electrode current collector 13 and the negative electrode substrate exposed part 12 and negative electrode current collector 14 are covered with an insulating frame 16 having an angled U-shaped cross section and an angled U-shaped outline.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode comprising a graphite as a negative electrode active material, and a nonaqueous electrolyte including at least a saturated cyclic carbonic ester and containing a cyclic carbonic ester having a carbon-carbon double bond such that, when a content of the cyclic carbonic ester having a carbon-carbon double bond is x (g), a content of the graphite in the negative electrode is B (g), a specific surface area of the graphite is A (m2/g), a size of the crystallite of the graphite in a direction of the c axis is Lc, and a size of the crystallite of the graphite in a direction of the a axis is La, a condition expressed by 0.05×10?2?x/[A×B×2Lc/(2Lc+La)]?3×10?2 is satisfied.

Abstract: A prismatic battery according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a flat electrode group 10 stacked or rolled by mutually positive and negative electrodes with a separator therebetween, a pressing plate 13A, a current collecting body 18A or 18B and a plurality of exposed sections 16, at least one end of the positive and negative electrodes substrates in a width direction being uncoated with a positive or negative electrode mixture. The pressing plate 13A is welded to the exposed sections 16. The pressing plate 13A includes opposing surfaces with a space therebetween provided by folding back a metal plate, and includes a slit 15 along a folded back section at least to one of the opposing surface's side. The exposed sections 16 are inserted into a gap of the pressing plate 13A, and the exposed sections 16 and the pressing plate 13A are welded by a high energy beam from a transverse direction through the slit 15.