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Battery and electrode including an active material, an electrically conductive material and a conducting agent

US6696203B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 9, 2001
Grant dateFeb 24, 2004
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Expiry dateJan 18, 2022

Classification

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

Abstract

The battery of the present invention comprises the electrode which contains the pre-determined amount of electronically conductive material at which resistance increases in accordance with temperature rise and conductive agent; the electrode wherein the ratio of the total amount of the electronically conductive material and the conductive agent to the active material is set to a pre-determined value; and the electrode wherein the average particle size of the conductive agent based on the average particle size of the electronically conductive material is in a pre-determined range. The coducitive material contains an electrically conductive filler and a crystalline resin. The conductive material and the coductive agent are contacted with the active material. A significant reduction in short circuit current is achieved over a defined range of conductive agent particle size.

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