Abstract: There is provided a lithium composite oxide which is composed of a lithium composite oxide having a layered rock salt structure containing Li, Ni, Co and Mn. The lithium composite oxide sintered plate has a porosity of 20 to 40%, a mean pore diameter of 3.5 ?m or larger and an interfacial length per 1 ?m2 of unit cross-sectional area of 0.45 ?m or shorter.

Abstract: There is provided a positive electrode active material containing a lithium composite oxide having a layered rock salt structure containing Li, Ni, Co and Mn, and further containing at least one additive selected from Li3BO3, Li3PO4 and Li2SO4.

Abstract: A garnet-type oxide sintered body according to the present invention includes crystal grains composed of a garnet-type oxide containing Li, La and Zr and a grain boundary composition containing boron and silicon and filling gaps between the crystal grains. The oxide sintered body has the characteristics of high density and high ion conductivity. A production method of the sintered body includes a step of providing a precursor material by mixing a garnet-type oxide powder containing Li, La and Zr with a sintering aid; a step of forming the precursor material into a formed body; and a sintering step of sintering the formed body. The sintering aid contains oxygen, boron, silicon and lithium. The oxygen and boron, or the oxygen and silicon, contained in the sintered aid form a compound.

Abstract: Provided is a sintered body which is a composite of an electrode active material and an oxide-based solid electrolyte. The sintered body used is characterized by containing lithium titanate having the spinel crystal structure and/or lithium titanate having the ramsdellite crystal structure, and lithium lanthanum titanate having the perovskite crystal structure. The sintered body can be obtained by, for example, a sintered body production method including a step for obtaining a molded body by molding a mixture of a precursor for lithium titanate and a precursor for lithium lanthanum titanate, or a mixture of lithium titanate and lithium lanthanum titanate, and a sintering step for sintering the molded body, or the like.

Abstract: A garnet-type oxide sintered body according to the present invention includes crystal grains composed of a garnet-type oxide containing Li, La and Zr and a grain boundary composition containing boron and silicon and filling gaps between the crystal grains. The oxide sintered body has the characteristics of high density and high ion conductivity. A production method of the sintered body includes a step of providing a precursor material by mixing a garnet-type oxide powder containing Li, La and Zr with a sintering aid; a step of forming the precursor material into a formed body; and a sintering step of sintering the formed body. The sintering aid contains oxygen, boron, silicon and lithium. The oxygen and boron, or the oxygen and silicon, contained in the sintered aid form a compound.

Abstract: Provided is a precursor with which it is possible to form a solid electrolyte and negative electrode active material while preventing loss of mass during firing at 1,000° C. or lower. A precursor for forming a composite product of lithium titanate and lithium lanthanum titanate by firing, wherein a precursor of a lithium titanate composite product is used that is characterized in comprising a solid material that includes a composite salt of Li and Ti and an La source compound. Such a precursor of a lithium titanate composite product is obtained by a production method that is characterized in including a step for forming a solid material by heating a mixture that includes at least a Ti source, a Li source, and solvent by solvothermal treatment.

Abstract: This invention provides the following: a solid-electrolyte precursor that yields a solid electrolyte when fired at a temperature lower than the firing temperatures used in solid phase methods and has a low mass reduction rate when thus fired; a method for manufacturing said solid-electrolyte precursor; a method for manufacturing a solid electrolyte; and a method for manufacturing a solid-electrolyte/electrode-active-material complex. This solid-electrolyte precursor, which is fired at a temperature less than or equal to 1,000° C. in order to synthesize a solid electrolyte that has a single-phase perovskite structure or a single-phase garnet structure and contains lithium, a group 3 element, and a group 4 element and/or a group 5 element, contains lithium, an oxide and/or hydroxide of a group 3 element, and an oxide and/or hydroxide of a group 4 element and/or a group 5 element.