Abstract:
The lowness of the initial efficiency which is a drawback of lithium secondary batteries wherein a SiO negative electrode is used is largely made better without hindering a large initial charge capacity peculiar to the lithium secondary batteries. A fall in the cycle characteristic when the thickness of the SiO layer is made large is prevented. To realize these matters, a thin film of SiO is formed, as a negative electrode active material layer, on the surface of a current collector by vacuum evaporation or sputtering. The film is preferably formed by an ion plating process. The thickness of the SiO thin film is set to 5 µm or more. The surface roughness of the current collector is set to follows: the maximum height roughness Rz = 5.0 or more. After the formation of the thin film, the film is thermally treated in a nonoxidative atmosphere.
Abstract:
In order to remedy the drawback, i.e. low initial efficiency and improve the cycle characteristic, of a lithium secondary cell employing SiO in a negative electrode (30) significantly without sacrificing the large initial charging capacity, characteristic to the lithium secondary cell a thin film of a silicon oxide is formed, as a negative electrode active material layer (32), on the surface of a current collector (31) by vacuum deposition or sputtering. Preferably, the thin film is formed by ion plating. The silicon oxide is SiOx (0.5≤x