Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
114 words
A secondary battery having a negative electrode composed of an active substance and a carrier carrying said active substance, characterized in that (1) said active substance is lithium or an alkali metal mainly composed of lithium, (2) said carrier is a mixture composed of (a) a carbonaceous material having (i) an atomic ratio of hydrogen/carbon of less than 0.15 and (ii) a spacing of (002) planes (d₀₀₂) as determined by X-ray wide angle diffraction of 3.37 Å or more and a crystallite size in the direction of c axis of 150 Å or less, and (b) a metal capable of forming an alloy with said active substance and/or an alloy with said active substance.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
114 words
A secondary battery having a negative electrode composed of an active substance and a carrier carrying said active substance, characterized in that (1) said active substance is lithium or an alkali metal mainly composed of lithium, (2) said carrier is a mixture composed of (a) a carbonaceous material having (i) an atomic ratio of hydrogen/carbon of less than 0.15 and (ii) a spacing of (002) planes (d₀₀₂) as determined by X-ray wide angle diffraction of 3.37 Å or more and a crystallite size in the direction of c axis of 150 Å or less, and (b) a metal capable of forming an alloy with said active substance and/or an alloy with said active substance.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
A secondary battery according to Claim 1, wherein a formulating amount of the carbonaceous material in the mixture is 10 to 97 % by weight.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
A secondary battery according to Claim 2, wherein a formulating amount of the carbonaceous material in the mixture is 40 to 95 % by weight.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
A secondary battery according to Claim 3, wherein a formulating amount of the carbonaceous material in the mixture is 50 to 93 % by weight.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
A secondary battery according to Claim 1, wherein a volume average particle size of the carbonaceous material is 100 µm or less and a specific surface area thereof is 1 m²/g or more.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
40 words
A secondary battery according to Claim 1, wherein said metal which is capable of being alloyed with said active substance and/or an alloy of said active substance is/are powder having a volume average particle size of 30 µm or less.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
A secondary battery according to Claim 1, wherein a while pore of said carbonaceous material is 1.5 x 10⁻³ ml/g or more.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
A secondary battery according to Claim 1, wherein a pore radius is 8 to 100 Å.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
13 words
A secondary battery according to Claim 1, wherein the mixture is in uniform.