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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2000
Hiroaki Ikeda, Kobe, JP;
Masahisa Fujimoto, Osaka, JP;
Shin Fujitani, Kobe, JP;
Masaki Shima, Kobe, JP;
Hiromasa Yagi, Nishinomiya, JP;
Hisaki Tarui, Kobe, JP;
Hiroshi Kurokawa, Yawata, JP;
Kenji Asaoka, Sumoto, JP;
Shigeki Matsuta, Kobe, JP;
Yoichi Domoto, Ikoma, JP;
Ryuji Ohshita, Tokushima, JP;
Yoshio Kato, Kobe, JP;
Hiroshi Nakajima, Hirakata, JP;
Yasuyuki Kusumoto, Kobe, JP;
Hiroaki Ikeda, Kobe, JP;
Masahisa Fujimoto, Osaka, JP;
Shin Fujitani, Kobe, JP;
Masaki Shima, Kobe, JP;
Hiromasa Yagi, Nishinomiya, JP;
Hisaki Tarui, Kobe, JP;
Hiroshi Kurokawa, Yawata, JP;
Kenji Asaoka, Sumoto, JP;
Shigeki Matsuta, Kobe, JP;
Yoichi Domoto, Ikoma, JP;
Ryuji Ohshita, Tokushima, JP;
Yoshio Kato, Kobe, JP;
Hiroshi Nakajima, Hirakata, JP;
Yasuyuki Kusumoto, Kobe, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery which includes a thin film composed of active material that expands and shrinks as it stores and releases lithium, e.g., a microcrystalline or amorphous silicon thin film, deposited on a current collector, characterized in that said current collector exhibits a tensile strength (=tensile strength (N/mm) per sectional area of the current collector material×thickness (mm) of the current collector) of not less than 3.82 N/mm.