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Secondary battery

Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1984-06-20
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Granted: 1985-10-29
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Expires: 2004-06-20
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Abstract

Abstract The disclosure is concerned with a secondary cell comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a liquidous electrolyte layer interposed between the electrodes, said electrolyte containing a dopant consisting of an anion and a cation, means for electrically insulating the electrodes, and an envelope for enclosing and for air-tightly sealing the electrodes and the electrolyte. The positive electrode or the negative electrode is made of a material, such as, phthalocyanine complexes, metal porphyrin complexes, chalcogenides of transition metals and an electrically conductive polymeric material such as polyacetylene. The secondary cell of the present invention has a long service life because of its good durability to charge and discharge operations.

Inventors

  • 👤 Tatsuo Horiba
  • 👤 Kazunori Fujita
  • 👤 Shinpei Matsuda
  • 👤 Kohki Tamura

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 19:07
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01M; H01M10/00; H01M10/05; H01M4/00; H01M4/02; H01M4/36; H01M4/60; H01M6/00; H01M6/14; H01M6/16; H01M6/162; H01M6/166; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E60/00; Y02E60/10

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim 119 words
A secondary battery comprising an anode, a cathode, and a liquidous electrolyte layer interposed between the anode and the cathode, said electrolyte containing a dopant consisting of anions and cations, wherein said anode inlcudes an anode active material of an organic polymer which is capable of being reversively converted into a highly conductive substance by doping cations thereinto, said cathode includes a cathode active material capable of forming an intercalation compound with the cations in said electrolyte and in said anode and selected from the group consisting of metal phthalocyanine complexes, metal porphyrin complexes, and transition metal chalocogenide compounds, and the anions in said electrolyte are non-oxyacidic polyatomic anions to thereby reduce degradation of the organic polymer by oxidation.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 119 words
A secondary battery comprising an anode, a cathode, and a liquidous electrolyte layer interposed between the anode and the cathode, said electrolyte containing a dopant consisting of anions and cations, wherein said anode inlcudes an anode active material of an organic polymer which is capable of being reversively converted into a highly conductive substance by doping cations thereinto, said cathode includes a cathode active material capable of forming an intercalation compound with the cations in said electrolyte and in said anode and selected from the group consisting of metal phthalocyanine complexes, metal porphyrin complexes, and transition metal chalocogenide compounds, and the anions in said electrolyte are non-oxyacidic polyatomic anions to thereby reduce degradation of the organic polymer by oxidation.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 54 words
A secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein the anions contained in the electrolyte are a member selected from the group consisting of BF 4 - , AlCl 4 - , AsF 6 - , PF 6 - , SCN - , SbF 6 - , NbF 6 - and TaF 6 - .
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 33 words
A secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein the cations contained in the electrolyte are a member selected from the group consisting of alkali metal ions, ammonium ions, phosphonium ions and arsonium ions.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 24 words
A secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein the cathode active material is a member selected from the group consisting of metal phthalocyanine complexes.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 31 words
A secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein said cathode active material is a member selected from the group consisting of metal phthalocyanine complexes of iron, copper, cobalt and mixtures thereof.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 32 words
A secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein said cathode active material is a member selected from the group consisting of metal porphyrin complexes of iron, copper, nickel, magnesium and mixtures thereof.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 35 words
A secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein said cathode active material is constituted by transition metal chalcogenide compounds selected from the group consisting of titanium disulfide, chromium oxide, niobium triselenide, and a mixture thereof.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 20 words
A secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein the electrolyte, and anode and cathode, are air-tightly sealed in an envelope.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 72 words
A secondary battery comprising an anode and a cathode, at least one of said anode and cathode including, respectively, an anode active material and a cathode active material of an organic polymer reversibly converted to a highly conductive substance through doping of cations and anions, respectively, and an electrolyte including anions and cations, wherein the anions in said electrolyte are non-oxyacidic anions to thereby reduce degradation of the organic polymer by oxidation.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 72 words
A secondary battery comprising an anode and a cathode, at least one of said anode and cathode including, respectively, an anode active material and a cathode active material of an organic polymer reversibly converted to a highly conductive substance through doping of cations and anions, respectively, and an electrolyte including anions and cations, wherein the anions in said electrolyte are non-oxyacidic anions to thereby reduce degradation of the organic polymer by oxidation.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 15 words
A secondary battery according to claim 9, wherein said non-oxyacidic anions are non-oxyacidic polyatomic anions.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 24 words
A secondary battery according to claim 10, wherein said anode and said cathode include, respectively, said anode active material and said cathode active material.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 49 words
A secondary battery according to claim 9, wherein said non-oxyacidic anions are selected from the group consisting of BF 4 - , AlCl 4 - , AsF 6 - , PF 6 - , SCN - , SbF 6 - , NbF 6 - and TaF 6 - .
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 31 words
A secondary battery according to claim 9, wherein said organic polymer is selected from the group consisting of polyacetylene, polyphenylene, poly(1,6-heptadiene), polypyrrole, polythenylene, poly(p-phenylenevinylene), poly(p-phenylene sulfide), poly(m-phenylene sulfide), and poly(p-phenylene oxide).
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 30 words
A secondary battery according to claim 9, wherein said cathode includes said cathode active material of an organic polymer reversibly converted to a highly conductive substance through doping of anions.

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