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Cell comprising polyaniline positive electrode and method for producing polyaniline powder therefor

Assignee: Nitto Denko Corp
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Filing: 1990-06-21
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Granted: 1993-04-13
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Expires: 2010-06-21
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Abstract

Abstract A cell comprising a negative electrode made of metal lithium or a lithium alloy, a positive electrode which comprises polyaniline and has a main peak around 3.0 V versus a lithium electrode and a sub-peak around 3.6 V versus a lithium electrode with a height ratio of the sub-peak to the main peak being not smaller than 0.25 in a discharge capacity distribution curve in the discharge voltage range between 3.8 V and 2.5 V versus a lithium electrode, and a non-aqueous organic electrolytic solution containing a lithium salt dissolved therein, which has long discharge life, high energy density, good charge-discharge cycle characteristics and improve load characteristics.

Inventors

  • 👤 Ryo Nagai
  • 👤 Hiroshi Hattori
  • 👤 Hiroyuki Higuchi
  • 👤 Masao Abe

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01M; H01M10/00; H01M10/05; C; C08; C08G; C08G73/00; C08G73/02; C08G73/026; C08G73/0266; H01M4/00; H01M4/02; H01M4/36; H01M4/60; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E60/00; Y02E60/10

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim 115 words
A cell comprising a negative electrode made of metal lithium or a lithium alloy, a positive electrode which comprises polyaniline particles which are homogeneously dispersible in a liquid medium selected form the group consisting of water and ethanol by the application of ultrasonic wave and has a main peak around 3.0 V versus a lithium electrode and a sub-peak around 3.6 V versus a lithium electrode with a height ratio of the sub-peak to the main peak being not smaller than 0.25 in a discharge capacity distribution curve in the discharge voltage range between 3.8 V and 2.5 V versus a lithium electrode, and a non-aqueous organic electrolytic solution containing a lithium salt dissolved therein.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 115 words
A cell comprising a negative electrode made of metal lithium or a lithium alloy, a positive electrode which comprises polyaniline particles which are homogeneously dispersible in a liquid medium selected form the group consisting of water and ethanol by the application of ultrasonic wave and has a main peak around 3.0 V versus a lithium electrode and a sub-peak around 3.6 V versus a lithium electrode with a height ratio of the sub-peak to the main peak being not smaller than 0.25 in a discharge capacity distribution curve in the discharge voltage range between 3.8 V and 2.5 V versus a lithium electrode, and a non-aqueous organic electrolytic solution containing a lithium salt dissolved therein.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 46 words
The cell according to claim 1, wherein said polyaniline consists of primary particles selected from the group consisting of rod-like or spherical and is prepared by oxidative polymerization of aniline or its water-soluble salt with an oxidizing agent in a reaction medium containing a protonic acid.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 40 words
The cell according to claim 2, wherein said protonic acid is selected from the group consisting of perchloric acid and borofluoric acid and said oxidizing agent is selected from ammonium bichromate and maganese dioxide. particles of said polyaniline is rod-like.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 24 words
The cell according to claim 3, wherein said protonic acid is perchloric acid and the shape of primary particles of said polyaniline is rod-like.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 42 words
The cell according to claim 3, wherein said protonic acid is borofluoric acid, said oxidizing agent is manganese dioxide, a molar ratio of manganese dioxide to aniline is 0.95 to 1.42, and the shape of primary particles of said polyaniline is rod-like.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 31 words
The cell according to claim 1, wherein said positive electrode comprises a mixture of polyaniline powder having an average primary particle size of not larger than 0.5 μm and carbon powder.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 24 words
The cell according to claim 3, wherein said oxidizing agent is manganese dioxide and the shape of primary particles of said polyaniline is rod-like.

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