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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2003
Hiroshi Minami, Kobe, JP;
Katsunobu Sayama, Kobe, JP;
Hiromasa Yagi, Nishinomiya, JP;
Atsushi Fukui, Kobe, JP;
Mariko Torimae, Kobe, JP;
Yasuyuki Kusumoto, Kobe, JP;
Hisaki Tarui, Kobe, JP;
Hiroshi Minami, Kobe, JP;
Katsunobu Sayama, Kobe, JP;
Hiromasa Yagi, Nishinomiya, JP;
Atsushi Fukui, Kobe, JP;
Mariko Torimae, Kobe, JP;
Yasuyuki Kusumoto, Kobe, JP;
Hisaki Tarui, Kobe, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A lithium secondary battery comprising an electrode in which an active material layer which includes an active material that electrochemically occludes and releases lithium is formed on a current collector, wherein cracks are formed in the active material layer by occlusion and release of lithium ions and thereafter a solid electrolyte is formed in the cracks in the active material layer.