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Carbonaceous electrode material for secondary battery

US5741472A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 23, 1995
Grant dateApr 21, 1998
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Expiry dateAug 23, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E60/10
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A carbonaceous electrode having improved capacities for doping and dedoping of a cell active substance, such as lithium, and suitable for a non-aqueous solvent-type secondary battery, is constituted by a carbonaceous material having a specific microtexture. The carbonaceous material is characterized by an average (002)-plane spacing of at least 0.365 nm according to X-ray diffraction method, and also a ratio .rho..sub.H /.rho..sub.B of at least 1.15 wherein .rho..sub.H denotes a density measured by using helium gas as a substitution medium and .rho..sub.B denotes a density measured by using butanol as a substitution medium.

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