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Nonaqueous secondary battery

US5482797A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 14, 1994
Grant dateJan 9, 1996
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Expiry dateFeb 14, 2014

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01M6/16
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A nonaqueous secondary battery comprising a cathode, an anode and a nonaqueous electrolyte disposed and sealed between the cathode and the anode wherein the anode is made of a carbon material as its active material, in which the carbon material comprises a fine core particle of a metal or an alloy thereof, and a carbon layer which is arranged and stacked in an onion-like shell configuration centering on the fine core particle, at least part of the carbon layer having a crystal structure in which graphite-like layers are stacked and the fine core particle having an average diameter of about 10 to 150 nm.

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