Abstract:
An electrode group for a battery including a positive electrode and a negative electrode wound into a spiral with a separator interposed therebetween, wherein the positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector and positive electrode material mixture layers formed on both sides of the positive electrode current collector, the negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector and negative electrode material mixture layers formed on both sides of the negative electrode current collector, a lead is connected to at least one of the positive electrode current collector and the negative electrode current collector, and at least one of step portions having difference in level formed in the electrode group by lengthwise ends of the positive electrode, the negative electrode and the separator and the periphery of the lead, respectively, is covered with an insulating member arranged on an inner circumference side or an outer circumference side of a turn of the electrode group.
Abstract:
A method for charging a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, the battery comprising a positive electrode that comprises a lithium-containing composite oxide, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The method comprises the step of detecting an open-circuit-voltage of the battery to determine which of voltage regions A, B and C the detected value is included in. The region A is not smaller than a prescribed value X. The region B is smaller than the prescribed value X and larger than a prescribed value Y (Y
Abstract:
The non-aqueous electrolyte-containing secondary battery of the present invention uses a non-aqueous electrolyte including at least one phosphoric ester derivative expressed by Formula (1): (R1aO)(R2aO)P(O)X and by Formula (2): R(1bO)P(O)X2, wherein R1a, R2a, and R1b independently denote aliphatic hydrocarbon groups having 1 to 12 carbon atoms and X denotes a halogen atom. This arrangement improves the high-temperature storage characteristics after charging and the charge-discharge cycle characteristics of the secondary battery.