Abstract: This invention relates to novel applications for alliform carbon, useful in conductors and energy storage devices, including electrical double layer capacitor devices and articles incorporating such conductors and devices. Said alliform carbon particles are in the range of 2 to about 20 percent by weight, relative to the weight of the entire electrode. Said novel applications include supercapacitors and associated electrode devices, batteries, bandages and wound healing, and thin-film devices, including display devices.

Abstract: Disclosed are an electrolyte additive represented by the following Chemical Formula, an electrolyte including the same, and a rechargeable lithium battery. The electrolyte may have high dissolution capability in a non-aqueous organic solvent and high affinity for the surface of a negative electrode while promoting formation of a passivation film on the surface of a positive electrode and/or a negative electrode.

Abstract: Presented herein is a rechargeable lithium battery that includes a cathode, a liquid electrolyte, a solid electrolyte, and an anode. The anode is at least partially coated or plated with the solid electrolyte. The cathode may be porous and infiltrated by the liquid electrolyte. The cathode may also include a binder having a solid graft copolymer electrolyte (GCE). In certain embodiments, the liquid electrolyte is a gel that includes a PIL and a GCE. The battery achieves a high energy density and operates safely over a wide range of temperatures.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium battery including: a first additive having an oxidation potential of 4.1 to 4.6V; a second additive having an oxidation potential of 4.4 to 5.0V; a non-aqueous organic solvent; and a lithium salt.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolytic solution that provides a lithium secondary battery with excellent electrical capacity, cycling properties, storage properties and other battery characteristics and that maintains the battery characteristics for a long time; and a lithium secondary battery comprising it. A nonaqueous electrolytic solution comprising an electrolytic salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, containing 0.1 to 10% by weight of an ethylene carbonate derivative represented by the general formula (I), and 0.

Abstract: A lithium battery includes a cathode containing a lithium manganese oxide with a spinel structure; an anode; and an electrolyte. When stored at a temperature of about 50° C. or greater for about 7 days or longer in a charged state, the lithium manganese oxide with the spinel structure has a peak intensity ratio of the 660 cm?1 peak to the 590 cm?1 peak (I(660)/I(590)) in the Raman spectrum of about 0 to about 2. The electrolyte includes a mixed solvent of a high-k solvent and a low-boiling-point solvent in a volumetric ratio of from about 1:9 to about 4:6, and a lithium salt at a concentration of about 0.5M to about 2M.

Abstract: A rechargeable metal ion cell comprising: an anode comprising at least one metal; a charge-carrying electrolyte comprising a charge carrying medium and at least one metal salt; and an organic polymer cathode, wherein such cathode comprises at least one N-substituted polyphenothiazine polymer [polymer (P)], such polymer (P) comprising at least one N-substituted phenothiazine recurring unit of formula: wherein R? is an electron-withdrawing group comprising at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of O, S, P, and N.

Abstract: A non-aqueous secondary battery of the present invention includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a lithium-containing composite oxide as a positive electrode active material, expressed by a general compositional formula (1): Li1+yMO2 where ?0.5?y?0.5. M denotes an element group including Ni and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Co, Mn, Fe and Ti. And the non-aqueous electrolyte includes a cycloalkane derivative A having at least one alkyl ether group containing an unsaturated bond, and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an azacrown ether compound B having a functional group where at least one of nitrogen atoms contains an unsaturated bond and a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound C.

Abstract: The present invention provides composite anodes comprising particles composed of a silicon core and a lithium silicate outer layer, active and inactive anode materials, and a binder, ibr lithium rechargeable batteries, wherein the particles composed of a silicon core and a lithium silicate outer layer are prepared via treating silicon nanoparticles with lithium hydroxide in a wet process. A lithium rechargeable battery that comprises the composite anode is also contemplated. Cycle life and characteristics and capacity of a rechargeable battery adopting the composite anode can be greatly improved.

Abstract: The present invention provides a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery, comprising an ester-based compound having a branched-chain alkyl group; and a lithium secondary battery using the same.

Abstract: A method of manufacture an article of a cathode (positive electrode) material for lithium batteries. The cathode material Is a lithium molybdenum composite transition, metal oxide material and is prepared by mixing in a solid state m intermediate molybdenum composite transition metal oxide and a lithium source. The mixture is thermally treated to obtain me lithium molybdenum composite transition metal oxide cathode material.

Abstract: Disclosed is a non-aqueous electrolyte including an electrolyte salt and an electrolyte solvent, the non-aqueous electrolyte further including a compound containing both a carboxy group and a (meth)acrylic group, and a secondary battery including the non-aqueous electrolyte. The use of the compound containing both the carboxy group and the (meth)acrylic group as a component for an electrolyte significantly reduces the increase of battery thickness at high temperature storage.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrolyte for a secondary battery comprising an electrolyte salt and an electrolyte solvent, the electrolyte comprising both a lactam-based compound and a sulfinyl group-containing compound. Also, disclosed is an electrode having a solid electrolyte interface (SEI) film partially or totally formed on a surface thereof, the SEI film being formed by electrical reduction of the above compounds. Further, a secondary battery comprising the electrolyte and/or the electrode is disclosed.

Abstract: In an anode material of a lithium-ion secondary battery and its preparation method, a natural graphite, an artificial graphite or both are mixed to form a graphite powder, and the graphite powder is mixed with a resin of a high hard carbon content and processed by a mist spray drying process, and finally added or coated with a special resin material after a carburizing heat treatment takes place to prepare a graphite composite of the anode material of the lithium-ion secondary battery and achieve a smaller surface area of an anode graphite composite of the battery and extended cycle life and capacity.

Abstract: An electrolyte for a lithium battery and a lithium battery including the electrolyte.

Abstract: The non-aqueous electrolyte solution of the present invention is a non-aqueous electrolyte solution comprising acetonitrile and a lithium salt, wherein the anion of the lithium salt has a LUMO (lowest unoccupied molecular orbital) energy in the range of ?2.00 to 4.35 eV, and a HOMO (highest occupied molecular orbital) energy in the range of ?5.35 to ?2.90 eV.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an ionic liquid having a chiral center in the structure of a cation contained therein, a lithium secondary battery electrolyte includes the ionic liquid, and a lithium secondary battery including the electrolyte.

Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery containing a negative electrode active material containing Si and O as constituent elements and exhibiting excellent charge-discharge cycle characteristics. The lithium ion secondary battery has a positive electrode having a positive electrode material mixture layer, a negative electrode, a separator and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing at least an electrolyte salt and an organic solvent, where the negative electrode has a negative electrode material mixture layer containing a negative electrode active material containing Si and O as constituent elements (the atomic ratio x of O to Si is 0.5?x?1.5). The nonaqueous electrolyte contains the electrolyte salt at a concentration exceeding a concentration at which conductivity in the nonaqueous electrolyte containing the electrolyte salt and the organic solvent is maximized, and the conductivity at 25° C. is 6.5 to 16 mS/cm2.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes: a cathode; an anode; and an electrolytic solution. The anode includes a carbon material and styrene-butadiene rubber. The electrolytic solution includes an unsaturated cyclic ester carbonate represented by the following Formula (1). (X is a divalent group in which m-number of >C?CR1R2 and n-number of >CR3R4 are bonded in any order. Each of R1 to R4 is one of a hydrogen group, a halogen group, a monovalent hydrocarbon group, a monovalent halogenated hydrocarbon group, a monovalent oxygen-containing hydrocarbon group, and a monovalent halogenated oxygen-containing hydrocarbon group. Any two or more of the R1 to the R4 are allowed to be bonded to one another. m and n satisfy m?1 and n?0.

Abstract: The present invention directs to a non-aqueous electrolyte solution, including (I) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of fluorinated linear sulfones and fluorinated linear sulfonic acid esters, and (II) an electrolyte salt. Such a non-aqueous electrolyte solution has high oxidation resistance, minimizes its decomposition even when hydrofluoric acid is produced. Also, the solution is less likely to cause, in the case of being used for a secondary cell, swelling of the cell and lowering of the battery performance.

Abstract: The invention relates to a lithium vanadium oxide which corresponds to the formula Li1+?V3O8 (0.1???0.25). It is composed of agglomerates of small needles having a length l from 400 to 1000 nm, a width w such that 10<l/w<100 and a thickness t such that 10<l/t<100. It is obtained by a process consisting in preparing a precursor gel by bringing ?-V2O5 and a Li precursor into contact in amounts such that the ratio of the concentrations [V2O5]/[Li] is between 1.15 and 1.5 and in subjecting the gel to a heat treatment comprising a first stage at 80° C.-150° C. for 3 h to 15 days and a second stage between 250° C. and 350° C. for 4 min to 1 hour, under a nitrogen or argon atmosphere. It is useful as an active material of a positive electrode.

Abstract: A lithium-ion secondary battery capable of securing safety at a time of battery abnormality and restricting a drop in a high rate discharge property is provided. A lithium-ion secondary battery 1 has an electrode group 5 formed by winding a positive electrode plate 2 in which a positive electrode mixture including a positive electrode active material is formed at a collector and a negative electrode plate 3 in which a negative electrode mixture including a negative electrode active material is formed at a collector via a porous separator 4. A flame retardant is mixed to the positive electrode mixture of the positive electrode plate 2. The mode of pore diameters formed at the positive electrode mixture, which is measured by a mercury porosimetry, is set to a range of from 0.5 to 2.0 ?m. The moving path for lithium-ions and at the same time the moving path for electrons are secured at a charge/discharge time.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte battery capable of flattening of a voltage property and securing safety at a time of battery abnormality is provided. A lithium-ion secondary battery 20 has an electrode group 6 in which a positive and a negative electrode plates are wound. A non-aqueous electrolyte is formed by adding LiBF4 to a mixed solvent of EC and DMC. In the positive electrode plate, a positive electrode mixture layer W2 including a positive electrode active material is formed at both surfaces of an aluminum foil W1. A lithium manganese magnesium complex oxide having a spinel crystal structure is used as the positive electrode active material. A flame retardant layer W6 including a phosphazene compound is formed at a surface of the positive electrode mixture layer W2. In the negative electrode plate, a negative electrode mixture layer W4 including a negative electrode active material is formed at both surfaces of a rolled copper foil W3.

Abstract: An object is to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte and a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery which have excellent discharge load characteristics and are excellent in high-temperature storability, cycle characteristics, high capacity, continuous-charge characteristics, storability, gas evolution inhibition during continuous charge, high-current-density charge/discharge characteristics, discharge load characteristics, etc. The object has been accomplished with a nonaqueous electrolyte which comprises: a monofluorophosphate and/or a difluorophosphate; and further a compound having a specific chemical structure or specific properties.

Abstract: Disclosed is an inhibitor of the reduction of life cycle of a redox shuttle additive that undergoes oxidation-reduction cycling, the inhibitor being at least of one compound selected from the group consisting of vinylene carbonates, ethylene carbonates, cyclic sulfites and unsaturated sultones. Also, Disclosed is a non-aqueous electrolyte and secondary battery comprising the same inhibitor.

Abstract: Provided are (1) a novel phenyl sulfonate compound, (2) a nonaqueous electrolytic solution comprising an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent and containing a phenyl sulfonate compound of the following general formula (II) in an amount of from 0.01 to 10% by mass of the nonaqueous electrolytic solution, and (3) a lithium battery containing the nonaqueous electrolytic solution and excellent in low-temperature cycle property. (wherein X1 to X5 each independently represents a fluorine atom or a hydrogen atom, and from one to four of these are fluorine atoms; R2 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a linear or branched alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms in which at least one hydrogen atom is substituted with a halogen atom, or an aryl group having from 6 to 9 carbon atoms).

Abstract: An active material having high capacity and excellent charging/discharging cycle durability at high potential is provided. The active material has a layered structure and is represented by the following composition formula (1): LiyNiaCobMncMdOxFz1Pz2 ??(1) wherein the element M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Si, Zr, Ti, Fe, Mg, Nb, Ba and V, and 1.9?(a+b+c+d+y)?2.1, 1.0?y?1.3, 0<a?0.3, 0?b?0.25, 0.3?c?0.7, 0?d?0.1, 0.07?z1?0.15, 0.01?z2?0.1, and 1.9?(x+z1)?2.1 are satisfied.

Abstract: A battery capable of obtaining a high energy density and obtaining superior cycle characteristics is provided. A spirally wound electrode body 20 having a lamination structure composed of a cathode 21, an anode 22, and a separator 23 is contained in a battery can 11. In the cathode 21, a cathode active material layer 21B containing an ambient temperature molten salt and a cathode active material is provided on a cathode current collector 21A. The content ratio of the ambient temperature molten salt in the cathode active material layer 21B is in the range from 0.1 mass % to 5 mass %. The ambient temperature molten salt is, for example, a tertiary or quaternary ammonium salt that is composed of a tertiary or quaternary ammonium cation and an anion having a fluorine atom.

Abstract: Electrodeposition and energy storage devices utilizing an electrolyte having a surface-smoothing additive can result in self-healing, instead of self-amplification, of initial protuberant tips that give rise to roughness and/or dendrite formation on the substrate and anode surface. For electrodeposition of a first metal (M1) on a substrate or anode from one or more cations of M1 in an electrolyte solution, the electrolyte solution is characterized by a surface-smoothing additive containing cations of a second metal (M2), wherein cations of M2 have an effective electrochemical reduction potential in the solution lower than that of the cations of M1.

Abstract: An organic cation for a battery, including a heteroatom-containing cyclic compound having at least (2) ring structures formed from rings that share at least one common atom, the cyclic compound having both a formal positive charge of at least +1 and a partial negative charge.

Abstract: The performance and the lifetime of energy storage devices can be hindered by the growth of metal dendrites during operation. Electrolytes having dendrite-inhibiting additives can result in significant improvement. In particular, energy storage devices having an electrode containing a metallic element, M1 can be characterized by a non-aqueous, liquid electrolyte having a first salt and a dendrite-inhibiting salt. The first salt can have a cation of M1 and the dendrite-inhibiting salt can have a cation of metallic element, M2, wherein the cation of M2 has an ionic size greater than, or equal to, the cation of M1.

Abstract: Provided is a technique of achieving a longer-life lithium ion secondary battery. The lithium ion secondary battery includes a cathode including a cathode active material containing Mn, an anode including an anode active material containing graphite and non-aqueous electrolytic solution including electrolyte, and LiBF4 and LiPF6 are allowed to coexist in the non-aqueous electrolytic solution. Especially preferably LiPF6 is contained more than LiBF4 in the electrolytic solution. Preferably the electrolytic solution further includes iodide salt. As a result, an oxide of phosphor and boron is deposited on the cathode, thus preventing elution of Mn included in the cathode. The amount of these electrolytes is preferably in the decreasing order of phosphor, boron and then iodine.

Abstract: Sodium metal-halide energy storage devices utilizing a substituting salt in its secondary electrolyte can operate at temperatures lower than conventional ZEBRA batteries while maintaining desirable performance and lifetime characteristics. According to one example, a sodium metal-halide energy storage device operates at a temperature less than or equal to 200° C. and has a liquid secondary electrolyte having MxNa1-yAlCl4-yHy, wherein M is a metal cation of a substituting salt, H is an anion of the substituting salt, y is a mole fraction of substituted Na and Cl, and x is a ratio of y over r, where r is the oxidation state of M. The melting temperature of the substituting salt is less than that of NaCl.

Abstract: An organic electrolyte solution including a solvent; an electrolyte including a metal-ligand coordination compound; and an additive including a hydrophobic group and a metal affinic group.

Abstract: A solid type secondary battery manufactured at low cost and which rarely causes an environmental problem by employing a silicon compound in a cathode and an anode, includes silicon carbide having a chemical formula SiC in a positive electrode 3, silicon nitride having a chemical formula of Si3N4 in a negative electrode 5 and a cationic or anionic nonaqueous electrolyte 4 between the positive electrode 3 and the negative electrode 5.

Abstract: An electrochemical device having an anode electrode, a cathode electrode, and an electrolyte. At least one of the anode electrode and the cathode electrode is provided with a substantially uniform superficial relief pattern formed by a plurality of substantially uniform projections and has an electrical conductivity gradient between peaks of the projections and valleys between the projections.

Abstract: A rechargeable lithium battery includes a negative electrode including a negative active material, a positive electrode including a positive active material, and an electrolyte including LiPO2F2 and a sultone-based compound.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte includes: a nonaqueous solvent; an electrolyte salt; a hydrocarbon compound having a nitrile group; and at least one of a heteropolyacid and a heteropolyacid compound.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte solution containing a cyclic sulfate compound represented by formula (I) is provided, wherein in formula (I), R1 represents a group represented by formula (II) or a group represented by formula (III); R2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a group represented by formula (II), or a group represented by formula (III); and in formula (II), R3 represents a halogen atom, an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a halogenated alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a group represented by formula (IV).

Abstract: A mixture useful as an electrolyte in lithium ion batteries and use thereof are provided. Lithium ion batteries with good performance, especially good cyclability after prolonged operation are obtained. The mixture contains an aprotic organic solvent, a cyclic compound containing C1-C10-alkyl, C3-C10-cycloalkyl, benzyl or C6-C14-aryl, water, optionally an additive and a lithium salt.

Abstract: An energy storage device including an active electrolyte, a first electrode and a second electrode is provided. The active electrolyte contains protons and ion pairs with a redox ability. The first electrode and the second electrode coexist in the active electrolyte and are separated from each other. The first electrode and the second electrode respectively include an active material producing a redox-reaction with the active electrolyte or an active material producing ion adsorption/desorption with the active electrolyte. The active electrolyte receives electrons from the first electrode and/or the second electrode so as to perform a redox-reaction for charge storage.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes: a cathode; an anode; and an electrolytic solution. The anode includes a material including Si, Sn, or both as constituent elements. The electrolytic solution includes an unsaturated cyclic ester carbonate represented by the following Formula (1), where X is a divalent group in which m-number of >C?CR1-R2 and n-number of >CR3R4 are bonded in any order; each of R1 to R4 is one of a hydrogen group, a halogen group, a monovalent hydrocarbon group, a monovalent halogenated hydrocarbon group, a monovalent oxygen-containing hydrocarbon group, and a monovalent halogenated oxygen-containing hydrocarbon group; any two or more of the R1 to the R4 are allowed to be bonded to one another; and m and n satisfy m?1 and n?0.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode containing a positive-electrode active material, a negative electrode containing a negative-electrode active material, and a non-aqueous electrolyte, and is characterized in that the non-aqueous electrolyte contains 1.0 wt % or less of a compound represented by formula (1) and 2.0 wt % or less of a cyclic sulfate ester represented by formula (2), based on the total weight of the non-aqueous electrolyte. By using the non-aqueous electrolyte including a specified amount of the compound represented by formula (1) and a specified amount of the cyclic sulfate ester, when the battery is used at a low temperature after being stored at a high temperature, the increase of the internal resistance is inhibited.

Abstract: Disclosed is a non-aqueous electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same. The non-aqueous electrolyte including an ionizable lithium salt and an organic solvent may further include (a) 1 to 10 parts by weight of a compound having a vinylene group or vinyl group per 100 parts by weight of the non-aqueous electrolyte, and (b) 10 to 300 parts by weight of a dinitrile compound having an ether bond per 100 parts by weight of the compound having the vinylene group or vinyl group. The lithium secondary battery comprising the non-aqueous electrolyte may effectively suppress the swelling and improve the charge/discharge cycle life.

Abstract: An electrolyte for a lithium ion battery is provided, including a carrier, a lithium salt dissolved in the carrier, and an additive uniformly dispersed in the carrier, wherein the additive is an inorganic clay modified by an organic quaternary phosphonium salt. Also provided is a method for fabricating an electrolyte solution and a lithium ion battery.

Abstract: Binary solvents that may be useful as electrolyte solvents for nonaqueous battery systems, such as lithium ion batteries are described. The electrolyte solvents consist of two components, an ionic liquid (preferably containing a fluorinated anion) and a fluoroether. Electrolyte compositions comprising the electrolyte solvents and electrochemical cells comprising the electrolyte compositions are also described.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is described, capable of inhibiting the raise of the internal resistance at a low temperature after use in a high-temperature circumstance, and having a good power performance at a low temperature. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery has a non-aqueous electrolyte, and is characterized in containing a sulfate ester with a specific structure in an amount of 4.0 wt % or less relative to the total weight of the non-aqueous electrolyte.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium battery and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same. The electrolyte includes a lithium salt, trialkylsilyl(meth)acrylate compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, a halogenated carbonate compound, and an organic solvent. In the above Chemical Formula 1, R1 is hydrogen or methyl, and R2 to R4 are the same or different and one selected from C1 to C6 alkyl.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for forming lithium hexafluorophosphate by reacting together phosphorus trichloride, chlorine and lithium chloride in a nonaqueous organic solvent and then making the reaction product formed in the solvent react with hydrogen fluoride. This method is characterized by that a lithium hexafluorophosphate concentrated liquid is obtained by conducting a filtration after making the reaction product formed in the solvent react with hydrogen fluoride and then subjecting the filtrate to a concentration by degassing. By this method, it is possible to easily produce a high-purity, lithium hexafluorophosphate concentrated liquid at a low cost.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium ion secondary battery includes a lithium salt and an organic solvent. The organic solvent includes a carbonate compound, a linear ester compound and a linear ester decomposition inhibitor. This non-aqueous electrolyte solution restrains swelling while improving low temperature charging/discharging characteristics of the secondary battery in comparison to a conventional electrolyte since it contains the linear ester compound and the linear ester decomposition inhibitor. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution may be used in making a lithium ion secondary battery.