Japan Storage Battery Co., Ltd.

Gs Yuasa Corporation

Gs Yuasa International Ltd.

Takayuki Funato

Yuichi Okada

Katsuhiro Takahashi

Junpei Yamashita

A lead-acid battery which comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator and an electrolyte, wherein the electrolyte contains volatile organic acid and the content of volatile organic acid is 250 mg or lower per liter of the electrolyte. The present invention can improve the performance of the lead-acid battery.

Lead-acid battery and manufacturing method thereof

The present invention provides a valve-regulated lead-acid battery in which the theoretical capacity (Ah) of the negative active material in the battery is less than that of the positive active material, the amount of a conductive additive, such as carbon, added into the negative active material is in the range of 0.5 weight % to 7.5 weight % of the negative active material, and the conductive additive is carbon, acetylene black, polyaniline, tin powder, tin compound powder, etc. having an average particle diameter of 100.mu. or less.

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Kyoto, Japan

Takayuki Funato