Fuji Photo Film Company, Limited

Yoshio Idota

Morio Yagihara

Masayuki Mishima

Tadahiko Kubota

Minoru Yamada

Yukio Miyaki

Tsutomu Miyasaka

Noriyuki Inoue

Haruo Shibaoka

Hiroshi Hayashi

Akihiro Matsufuji

Nobufumi Mori

Shoichiro Yasunami

Mitsutoshi Tanaka

Yukio Karino

Haruhiko Iwano

Hideki Tomiyama

Keizo Koya

Osami Tanabe

Makoto Ishihara

Akira Kase

Hajime Miyamoto

Sachio Matsushita

Yoshikatsu Kagawa

Kazuo Shirasu

Morio Yatihara

A nonaqueous secondary battery is disclosed, comprising a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode having a negative electrode material, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode active material is a transition metal oxide capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium, and the negative electrode material comprises at least one silicic material capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium selected from silicon, a silicon alloy and a silicide, and a process for producing the nonaqueous secondary battery is disclosed.

Nonaqueous secondary battery containing silicic material

A nonaqueous secondary battery comprising a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode active material, and a lithium salt is disclosed, in which the negative electrode active material contains (1) a compound capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium comprising an atom of the group IIIB, IVB or VB of the periodic table, (2) an amorphous compound containing at least two atoms selected from the elements of the groups IIIB, IVB, and VB of the periodic table, (3) a compound capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium containing at least one of the atoms of the group IIIB, IVB, and VB of the periodic table and fluorine, or (4) a compound of the metal of the group IIIB, IVB or VB of the periodic table, Zn, or Mg which is capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium. The nonaqueous secondary battery of the invention exhibits improved charge and discharge characteristics and improved safety.

Nonaqueous secondary battery

A non-aqueous secondary battery comprises a positive electrode-active material, a negative electrode material and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein an electrode mixture for positive electrode containing the positive electrode-active material comprises a compound in which anions can be inserted at a voltage of not less than 3.9 V (with respect to an Li.sup.+ /Li electrode). Moreover, the electrode mixture for positive electrode may further comprise at least one member selected from the group consisting of transition metals, elements of Group IIIB and IVB (except for C) and carbides thereof. The non-aqueous secondary battery can ensure safety against any overcharge and has a high discharge voltage. Moreover, the non-aqueous secondary battery permits increase in the charge capacity and discharge capacity without using any lithium compound in the electrode mixture for positive electrode, the reduction of the amount of the positive electrode-active material to be used and the improvement in the energy density of the resulting battery per unit volume.

Non-aqueous secondary battery

A non-aqueous secondary battery comprises a positive electrode-active material, a negative electrode material and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein the negative electrode material comprises a boron-containing compound, in particular, a compound represented by the following general formula: SiB.sub.n (wherein n ranges from 3.2 to 6.6). The non-aqueous secondary battery ensures high safety and exhibits a high capacity and a high discharge voltage.

A nonaqueous secondary battery is disclosed, which comprises a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode active material, and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a lithium salt, in which said negative electrode active material contains at least one chalcogenide compound mainly composed of a Group 14 element of the Periodic Table, a Group 15 element of the Periodic Table, In, Zn, or Mg.

A nonaqueous secondary battery comprises an anode active material, a cathode active material and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The anode active material is a transition metal oxide of which an inherent crystal structure has been changed by insertion of lithium ions, and is in the condition that the changed crystal structure is not changed during repeated charging and discharging.

A method for sorting images by silver salt diffusion transfer comprising

Method for forming images by silver salt diffusion transfer

A lithium secondary battery comprising an anode active material, an organic electrolytic solution containing an electrolyte, and a cathode active material, wherein the anode active material contains a lithium compound substantially insoluble in the organic electrolytic solution and represented by formula

Lithium secondary battery

A method of image formation by silver salt diffusion transfer in which a photosensitive element which contains an imagewise exposed photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer is developed, in the presence of a silver halide solvent, using an alkaline processing composition, in which at least a portion of the unexposed silver halide in the emulsion layer is converted to a transferable silver complex salt, and in which at least a portion of the silver complex salt is transferred into a silver precipitant containing image forming layer to form an image in the image receiving layer wherein a hydroxylamine developing agent is included in the processing composition and at least two stabilizing compounds having two different heterocyclic rings which are represented by the general formula (I) indicated below are included in the silver halide emulsion layer: ##STR1## wherein Q represents a group of atoms which is required to form a five or six membered heterocyclic ring, and wherein the heterocyclic ring which is formed by Q is selected from a substituted or unsubstituted indazole ring, benzimidazole ring, benzotriazole ring, benzoxazole rings, benzothiazole ring, imidazole ring, thiazole ring, oxazole ring, triazole ring, tetrazole ring, triazaindene ring, tetraazaindene ring, pentaazaindene ring, pyrazole ring, indole ring, triazine ring, pyrimidine ring, pyridine ring and quinoline ring. M represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal atom, a quaternary ammonium group, or a group such that M becomes a hydrogen atom or an alkali metal atom under alkaline conditions, and l represents 0 or 1.

Method of forming images by means of silver salt diffusion transfer

A lithium secondary battery comprising an anode active material which contains at least one member selected from the group consisting of lithium, a lithium alloy, and a compound capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium, a cathode active material, and an electrolyte which is an organic electrolyte containing a lithium salt, wherein said cathode active material is a crystalline compound obtained by mixing a lithium compound, a cobalt compound, and a vanadium compound in a molar ratio of x:y:z, respectively, wherein x is from 0 to 1.1, y is from 0.12 to 0.98, and z is 1-y, and heating the mixture.

Lithium secondary battery with a cathode comprising lithium, cobalt and

A method for forming an image by silver salt diffusion transfer is described, comprises processing an imagewise exposed photosensitive element provided with a layer of photosensitive silver halide emulsion on a support, and an image-receiving element provided with an image-receiving layer containing a silver-precipitating agent on a support, with an alkali processing composition in the presence of a silver halide solvent, to convert at least part of the unexposed silver halide in the emulsion layer into a transferable silver complex salt, to transfer at least part of said complex salt into the image-receiving layer, and to form an image in the image-receiving layer; the processing being carried out in the presence of at least one compound as described.

Method of forming an image by silver salt diffusion transfer

A method of forming an image by silver salt diffusion transfer comprising (a) developing a light-sensitive element including an imagewise exposed light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer with an alkali processing solution comprising a silver halide solvent to convert at least a portion of unexposed silver halide in the emulsion layer into a transferable silver complex salt, and (b) transferring at least a portion of the silver complex salt to an image-receiving element containing a silver precipitating agent to form an image on the image-receiving layer, wherein the processing is carried out in the presence of an organic phosphonic acid compound.

Silver salt diffusion transfer using organic phosphonic acid compounds

A method for forming an image with diffusion transfer of silver salts comprising processing a photosensitive element in the presence of a fogging agent.

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