Battery having electrode made of polymeric compound having conjugated double bonds

Claim 2

A battery comprising as at least one electrode a polymeric compound having conjugated double bonds in the main chain, and an electrolytic solution comprising an organic solvent and an electrolyte therein, said organic solvent being at least one member selected from the group consisting of nitrile compounds represented by the following general formulae (I) and (II): R--CN (I) wherein R stands for an alkyl group having 2 to 7 carbon atoms, a saturated alicyclic hydrocarbon residue having 3 to 7 carbon atoms or a group CH 3 --(CH 2 ) x --O--(CH 2 --)-- y or NC--(CH 2 --)-- z in which x, y and z stand for 0 or a positive integer of up to 5, and ##STR12## wherein R 1 stands for a group --(CH 2 ) p --CN, --O--(CH 2 ) q --CN or ##STR13## in which R 3 stands for an alkyl group having up to 5 carbon atoms and p, q and r stand for 0 or a positive integer of up to 5, R 2 stands for an alkyl or alkoxy group having up to 5 carbon atoms or a group --(--CH 2 ) l --CN, in which l stands for 0 or a positive integer of up to 3, m is a positive integer of up to 3, and n is 0 or a positive integer of up to 3.

Claim 3

A battery according to claim 1, wherein the polymeric compound having conjugated double bonds in the main chain is polyacetylene.

Claim 4

A battery according to claim 1, wherein the polymeric compound having conjugated double bonds in the main chain is polythiophene.

Claim 5

A battery according to claim 1, wherein the polymeric compound having conjugated double bonds in the main chain is polypyrrole.

Claim 6

A battery according to claim 1, wherein the polymeric compound having conjugated double bonds in the main chain is poly-p-phenylene.

Claim 7

A battery according to claim 1, which comprises a positive electrode made of polyacetylene and a negative electrode made of polyacetylene.

Claim 8

A battery according to claim 1, which comprises a positive electrode made of poly(2,5-thienylene) and a negative electrode made of polyacetylene.

Claim 9

A battery according to claim 1, which comprises a positive electrode made of polypyrrole and a negative electrode made of polyacetylene.

Claim 10

A battery according to claim 1, which comprises TiS 2 as a positive electrode active material and polyacetylene as a negative electrode.

Claim 11

A battery according to claim 1, which comprises polyacetylene as a positive electrode and polyphenylquinoline as a negative electrode.

Claim 12

A battery according to claim 1, which comprises a composite material of polyacetylene with polythiophene or polypyrrole as a positive electrode and polyacetylene as a negative electrode.

Claim 13

A battery according to claim 1, wherein the organic solvent in an electrolytic solution is selected from the group consisting of benzonitrile, m-tolunitrile and valeronitrile.

Claim 14

A battery according to claim 1 wherein said electrolyte comprises a cation and an anion, said cation being selected from the group consisting of: (a) lithium ion, sodium ion, and potassium ion; (b) quaternary ammonium ions represented by the formula: R 4 N + wherein R is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; (c) pyrylium and pyridinium cations represented by the following formula (III): ##STR14## wherein X is an oxygen atom or nitrogen atom, R 4 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 15 carbon atoms or an aryl group having 6 to 15 carbon atoms, R 5 is a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or an aryl group having 6 to 15 carbon atoms, s is 0 when X is an oxygen atom or s is 1 when X is a nitrogen atom, and t is 0 or a number of from 1 to 5; and (d) carbonium cations represented by the following formulae (IV) and (V): ##STR15## wherein R 6 , R 7 , and R 8 are a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 15 carbon atoms, an allyl group, an aryl group having 6 to 15 carbon atoms or a group --OR 10 in which R 10 is an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or an aryl group having 6 to 15 carbon atoms, with the proviso that the case where all of R 6 , R 7 and R 8 are hydrogen atoms is excluded, ##STR16## wherein R 9 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 15 carbon atoms or an aryl group having 6 to 15 carbon atoms; and said anion being selected from the group consisting of: (i) anions of halides of elements of the groups IIIa and Va of the periodic table, (ii) halogen anions, (iii) perchloric acid anions, and (iv) a HF 2 - anion.

Claim 15

A battery according to claim 13, wherein said pyrylium and pyridium cations of the formula (III) are selected from the group consisting of: ##STR17##

Claim 16

A battery according to claim 13, wherein said carbonium cations of the formulae (IV) and (V) are selected from the group consisting of: ##STR18##

Claim 17

A battery according to claim 13, wherein said anions of halides of elements of the groups IIIa and Va of the periodic table are selected from the group consisting of BF 4 - , PF 6 - , SbF 6 - , AsF 6 - and SbCl 6 - .

Claim 18

A battery according to claim 13, wherein said halogen anions are selected from the group consisting of I - , Br - and Cl - .