Fuji Photo Film Company, Limited

Ube Industries, Inc.

Fujifilm Celltec Co., Ltd.

Hideki Tomiyama

Hiroshi Ishizuka

Masuo Kabutomori

Hiroshi Hayashi

Toshiaki Aono

Noriyuki Inoue

Yukio Miyaki

Mikihiko Kato

Mitsutoshi Tanaka

Yukio Karino

Masaki Satake

Kenichi Fukumura

Hiroshi Fujimoto

Koji Wariishi

Yukio Maekawa

Yoshio Idota

Ikutaro Horie

Akira Kase

Hajime Miyamoto

Yoshiaki Noda

Toshihiro Watanabe

A nonaqueous secondary battery comprising a positive electrode and a negative electrode both containing a material capable of reversibly intercalating and deintercalating lithium, a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a lithium salt, and a separator, which has a least one protective layer on the negative electrode and/or the positive electrode. The battery has a high discharge potential, satisfactory charge and discharge cycle characteristics, and high safety.

Nonaqueous secondary battery

A crosslinked polymer with high ionic conductivity, an electrolyte using the crosslinked polymer and a process for producing the electrolyte, and a nonaqueous secondary battery using the electrolyte. Crosslinked polymers obtained by a crosslinking reaction between a compound having at least two substituents, in total, of at least one kind selected from the group consisting of &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated sulfonyl, &agr;, &bgr;-unsaturated nitryl and &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated carbonyl groups in its molecule and a compound having at least two nucleophilic groups in its molecule.

Crosslinked polymer, electrolyte using the polymer, and nonaqueous secondary battery using the electrolyte

An electrode sheet having a current collector coated with electrode depolarizing mix on both upper and lower surfaces of the current collector, wherein: the electrode sheet has a portion of the current collector not coated with the electrode depolarizing mix; and the electrode depolarizing mix coated ends on both the upper and lower surfaces of the current collector are shifted by 0.3 mm or longer and 30 mm or shorter in a longitudinal direction of the electrode sheet.

Cell electrode sheet with displaced electrode depolarizing mixes

A nonaqueous secondary battery comprising a positive electrode and a negative electrode both containing a material capable of reversibly intercalating and deintercalating lithium, a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a lithium salt, and a separator, which has at least one protective layer on the negative electrode and/or the positive electrode. The battery has a high discharge potential, satisfactory charge and discharge cycle characteristics, and high safety.

A nonaqueous secondary battery is disclosed, comprising a positive electrode sheet containing a lithium-containing transition metal oxide as a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode sheet containing a negative electrode material capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium, and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a lithium salt, wherein a current collector of said positive electrode sheet is made of an aluminum foil containing 0.6 to 2% by weight of manganese and not more than 1.5% by weight of magnesium and has a thickness of 5 to 200 &mgr;mm. The positive electrode current collector has improved mechanical strength against stress imposed during activation and charge and discharge cycles.

A nonaqueous secondary battery is disclosed, comprising a positive electrode sheet containing a lithium-containing transition metal oxide as a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode sheet having at least one layer containing a negative electrode material capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium, and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a lithium metal salt, wherein the battery into which an electrolytic solution has been injected is sealed, subjected to charging treatment having at least two stages, and subjected to storage treatment having at least two steps. A process for preparing such the nonaqueous secondary battery is also disclosed.

Nonaqueous secondary battery and process for preparation thereof

Nonaqueous secondary battery and process for producing the same using a

In a non-aqueous lithium ion secondary battery comprising a positive electrode sheet which comprises a lithium-containing transition metal oxide film, a negative electrode sheet which has a film of material capable of receiving and releasing a lithium ion, a non-aqueous electrolyte which contains a lithium salt, and a container which seals the electrodes and electrolyte therein, the lithium-containing transition metal oxide film comprises at least two layers, one of which expands during discharging while shrinks during charging, and another of which shrinks during discharging while expands during charging.

Non-aqueous lithium ion secondary battery

A nonaqueous secondary battery is disclosed, comprising a positive electrode sheet having on a current collector an electrode material mixture layer containing a lithium-containing transition metal oxide as a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode sheet having on a current collector an electrode material mixture layer containing a negative electrode material capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium, and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a lithium salt, wherein in at least one of said positive electrode sheet and said negative electrode sheet, in the case of the positive sheet, a layer containing no positive electrode active material is provided between plural electrode material mixture layers containing the positve electrode active material or between the electrode material mixture layer and the current collector; and in the case of the negative electrode sheet, a layer containing no negative electrode material capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium is provided between plural electrode material mixture layers containing the negative electrode material or between the electrode material mixture layer and the current collector.

A nonaqueous secondary battery containing at least one metal oxide as a positive electrode active material, at least one metal oxide as a negative electrode active material, and an ion conductive electrolyte is disclosed, in which the positive electrode material mixture and/or the negative electrode material mixture contain(s) a binder selected from a carboxyl-modified styrene-butadiene copolymer, a polymer of formula (I) , and a polymer of formula (II): ##STR1##

There is disclosed a silver halide color photographic material which comprises a compound selected from the group consisting of sparingly water-soluble epoxy compounds represented by formula (I), (II), or (III) given below and a dye-forming coupler in a layer on a base. ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 each represent an alkyl group or a halogen atom, L.sup.1 and L.sup.2 each represent a divalent aliphatic organic group, M represents an oxygen or nitrogen atom, A represents a polyvalent linking group, a, b, and c each are an integer of 0 to 4, x and y each are a real number of 0 to 20, l is 1 or 2, and m is an integer of 2 to 4.

Silver halide color photographic material

There is disclosed a silver halide color photographic material which comprises a hydrophilic colloid layer, on a paper base, containing a compound selected from the group consisting of sparingly water-soluble epoxy compounds represented by formula (I), (II), or (III) given below and a dye-forming coupler in a layer on a base wherein the pH of raw paper is 5 to 9. ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 each represent an alkyl group or a halogen atom, L.sup.1 and L.sup.2 each represent a divalent aliphatic organic group, M represents an oxygen or nitrogen atom, A represents a polyvalent linking group, a, b, and c each are an integer of 0 to 4, x and y each are a real number of 0 to 20, l is 1 or 2, and m is an integer of 2 to 4.

An image receiving element for use in a silver salt diffusion transfer process comprising at least an alkali neutralization layer, a neutralization timing layer and an image receiving layer containing silver precipitation nucleus material in regenerated cellulose obtained by saponfying a cellulose ester with a substantially water free alkaline solution after coating disposed on a support in the recited order, wherein the alkaline solution contains from 1 to 20% by weight of a polyhydric alcohol having two or more hydroxyl groups or a derivative thereof. Saponification carried out for forming the image forming layer can be kept from progressing into the layers situated below, thereby enabling the obtainment of satisfactory image receiving sheets with less increase in stains, less density lowering in the storage stability, and less change in the tone.

Image receiving element for use in a silver salt diffusion transfer

A color photographic element for use in color diffusion transfer photography comprised of a lightsensitive dye release and receiving sheet and a cover sheet, wherein development, dye release and dye transfer occur in the presence of an alkaline processing solution, and wherein the cover sheet is provided with a neutralizing system which causes neutralization by an alkaline processing solution to proceed by at least a first and a second stage, wherein the first stage is characterized in that neutralization (lowering) of the pH of an alkaline processing solution occurs to the extent to interrupt development and dye release reactions but at which the transfer of a dye for forming a transfer image can continue, and a second stage at which the pH of the processing solution is gradually lowered to a final value which is stably maintained over prolonged storage, the photographic element characterized in that the neutralizing system comprises at least a neutralizing layer, a 2nd neutralization timing layer, an auxiliary neutralizing layer, and a 1st neutralization timing layer as viewed from the support side, and that said auxiliary neutralizing layer contains 5 to 60% by weight of a cellulose acetate having an acetylation degree of 40 to 60.

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Hideki Tomiyama