US4518665A
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Sheet-shaped polymer secondary battery of layer built type
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1983-10-20
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Granted: 1985-05-21
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Expires: 2003-10-20
Abstract
Abstract The present invention provides a sheet-shaped polymer secondary battery of layer built type which is a laminate of plurality of sheet-shaped unit cells each of which comprising the following elements (a) to (c): (a) a positive electrode made of a film-shaped polymer having conjugated double bonds and provided with a thin metal layer at one side of the surface of the film and capable of reversibly doping and undoping negative ions, (b) a negative electrode made of a film-shaped polymer having conjugated double bonds and provided with a thin metal layer at one side of the surface of the film and capable of reversibly doping and undoping positive ions, and (c) an insulating porous separator supporting a dopant-containing electrolyte and existing between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. By the use of the sheet-shaped polymer secondary battery of layer built type according to the present invention, the current-collecting efficiency can be enhanced and also the charging-discharging efficiency can be increased.
Inventors
- 👤 Kazunori Fujita
- 👤 Shigeoki Nishimura
- 👤 Hiroyuki Sugimoto
- 👤 Noboru Ebato
- 👤 Shinpei Matsuda
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-29 21:17
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01M; H01M10/00; H01M10/05; H01M10/36; H01M4/00; H01M4/02; H01M4/36; H01M4/60; H01M50/00; H01M50/40; H01M50/409; H01M50/411; H01M50/414; H01M50/417; H01M50/431; H01M50/434; H01M50/44; H01M50/443; H01M50/449; H01M50/451; H01M50/454; H01M50/489; H01M2300/00; H01M2300/0017; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E60/00; Y02E60/10; Y02P; Y02P70/00; Y02P70/50
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
206 words
A sheet-shaped polymer secondary battery of layer built type characterized by being a laminate of a plurality of sheet-shaped unit cells, each of which comprises the following elements (a) to (c): (a) a positive electrode made of a film-shaped polymer having conjugated double bonds and provided with a thin metal layer at one side of the surface of the film-shaped polymer and capable of reversibly doping and undoping negative ions, (b) a negative electrode meade of a film-shaped polymer having conjugated double bonds and provided with a thin metal layer at one side of the surface of the film-shaped polymer and capable of reversibly doping and undoping positive ions, and (c) an insulating porous separator supporting a dopant-containing electrolyte and existing between the positive electrode and the negative electrode so as to be adjacent a side of each of the positive and negative electrodes not having said thin metal layer thereon, and wherein adjacent unit cells of the plurality of unit cells are laminated such that the thin metal layer at the one side of the surface of the positive electrode of one unit cell contacts the thin metal layer at the one side of the surface of the negative electrode of the adjacent unit cell.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
206 words
A sheet-shaped polymer secondary battery of layer built type characterized by being a laminate of a plurality of sheet-shaped unit cells, each of which comprises the following elements (a) to (c): (a) a positive electrode made of a film-shaped polymer having conjugated double bonds and provided with a thin metal layer at one side of the surface of the film-shaped polymer and capable of reversibly doping and undoping negative ions, (b) a negative electrode meade of a film-shaped polymer having conjugated double bonds and provided with a thin metal layer at one side of the surface of the film-shaped polymer and capable of reversibly doping and undoping positive ions, and (c) an insulating porous separator supporting a dopant-containing electrolyte and existing between the positive electrode and the negative electrode so as to be adjacent a side of each of the positive and negative electrodes not having said thin metal layer thereon, and wherein adjacent unit cells of the plurality of unit cells are laminated such that the thin metal layer at the one side of the surface of the positive electrode of one unit cell contacts the thin metal layer at the one side of the surface of the negative electrode of the adjacent unit cell.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
A sheet-shaped polymer secondary battery of layer built type according to claim 1, wherein the film-shaped polymer consisting of the positive electrode and the negative electrode is a polyacetylene.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
A sheet-shaped polymer secondary battery of layer built type according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the separator has adsorptivity.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
A sheet-shaped polymer secondary battery of layer built type according to claim 3, wherein the separator is a fibrous base material supporting an adsorbent powder.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
A sheet-shaped polymer secondary battery of layer built type according to claim 4, wherein the adsorbent powder is an inorganic or organic compound.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
216 words
A sheet-shaped polymer secondary battery of layer built type characterized in that it is formed by laminating a plurality of sheet-shaped unit cells, each of which comprises the following elements (a) to (c), with an electrolyte-impermeable metal film placed between each of two adjacent unit cells: (a) a positive electrode made of a film-shaped polymer having conjugated double bonds provided with a thin metal film at one side of the surface of the film-shaped polymer and capable of reversibly doping and undoping negative ions, (b) a negative electrode made of film-shaped polymer having conjugated double bonds and provided with a thin metal film at one side of the surface of the film-shaped polymer and capable of reversibly doping and undoping positive ions, and (c) an insulating porous separator supporting a dopant-containing electrolyte and existing between the positive and the negative electrode so as to be adjacent a side of each of the positive and negative electrodes not having said thin metal film thereon, and wherein adjacent unit cells of said plurality of sheet-shaped unit cells are laminated such that each said electrolyte-impermeable metal film is provided between and adjacent to said thin metal film of the positive electrode of one unit cell and said thin metal film of the negative electrode of the adjacent unit cell.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
216 words
A sheet-shaped polymer secondary battery of layer built type characterized in that it is formed by laminating a plurality of sheet-shaped unit cells, each of which comprises the following elements (a) to (c), with an electrolyte-impermeable metal film placed between each of two adjacent unit cells: (a) a positive electrode made of a film-shaped polymer having conjugated double bonds provided with a thin metal film at one side of the surface of the film-shaped polymer and capable of reversibly doping and undoping negative ions, (b) a negative electrode made of film-shaped polymer having conjugated double bonds and provided with a thin metal film at one side of the surface of the film-shaped polymer and capable of reversibly doping and undoping positive ions, and (c) an insulating porous separator supporting a dopant-containing electrolyte and existing between the positive and the negative electrode so as to be adjacent a side of each of the positive and negative electrodes not having said thin metal film thereon, and wherein adjacent unit cells of said plurality of sheet-shaped unit cells are laminated such that each said electrolyte-impermeable metal film is provided between and adjacent to said thin metal film of the positive electrode of one unit cell and said thin metal film of the negative electrode of the adjacent unit cell.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
54 words
A sheet-shaped polymer secondary battery of layer built type according to claim 6, wherein each said electrolyte-impermeable metal film is provided in contact with said thin metal film of the positive electrode of the one unit cell and in contact with said thin metal film of the negative electrode of the adjacent unit cell.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
34 words
A sheet-shaped polymer secondary battery of layer built type according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the thin metal films of the positive and negative electrodes of the unit cells are vapor-deposited metal films.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
32 words
A sheet-shaped polymer secondary battery of layer built type according to claim 1, wherein the thin metal layers of the positive and negative electrodes of the unit cells are vapor-deposited metal films.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
18 words
A sheet-shaped polymer secondary battery of layer built type according to claim 6, wherein the separator has adsorptivity.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
25 words
A sheet-shaped polymer secondary battery of layer built type according to claim 10, wherein the separator is a fibrous base material supporting an adsorbent powder.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
41 words
A sheet-shaped polymer secondary battery of layer built type according to claim 11, wherein said adsorbent powder is made of a material selected from the group consisting of porous alumina, silica, aluminosilicate compound, styrene-divinylbenzene crosslinked gel, acrylic resin, and activated carbon.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
41 words
A sheet-shaped polymer secondary battery of layer built type according to claim 4, wherein said adsorbent powder is made of a material selected from the group consisting of porous alumina, silica, aluminosilicate compound, styrenedivinylbenzene crosslinked gel, acrylic resin, and activated carbon.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
66 words
A sheet-shaped polymer secondary battery of layer built type according to claim 1 or 6, further including a battery case having enclosed therein said plurality of sheet-shaped unit cells, and further including a shielding layer, surrounding the plurality of sheet-shaped unit cells and between the plurality of unit cells and the battery case, for preventing penetration of oxygen or moisture into the plurality of unit cells.
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