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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2000
Masahisa Fujimoto, Osaka, JP;
Shin Fujitani, Hirakata, JP;
Masaki Shima, Uji, JP;
Hiromasa Yagi, Nishinomiya, JP;
Hisaki Tarui, Shijyonawate, JP;
Hiroshi Kurokawa, Katano, JP;
Shigeki Matsuta, Hirakata, JP;
Yoichi Domoto, Ikoma, JP;
Yoshio Kato, Hirakata, JP;
Hiroshi Nakajima, Hirakata, JP;
Hiroaki Ikeda, Hyogo, JP;
Kenji Asaoka, Sumoto, JP;
Ryuji Ohshita, Tokushima, JP;
Masahisa Fujimoto, Osaka, JP;
Shin Fujitani, Hirakata, JP;
Masaki Shima, Uji, JP;
Hiromasa Yagi, Nishinomiya, JP;
Hisaki Tarui, Shijyonawate, JP;
Hiroshi Kurokawa, Katano, JP;
Shigeki Matsuta, Hirakata, JP;
Yoichi Domoto, Ikoma, JP;
Yoshio Kato, Hirakata, JP;
Hiroshi Nakajima, Hirakata, JP;
Hiroaki Ikeda, Hyogo, JP;
Kenji Asaoka, Sumoto, JP;
Ryuji Ohshita, Tokushima, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In an electrode for a lithium battery having a lithium storing and releasing active thin film provided on a current collector, such as a microcrystalline or amorphous silicon thin film, the electrode is characterized in that the thin film is divided into columns by gaps formed therein in a manner to extend in its thickness direction and that the columnar portions are at their bottoms adhered to the current collector.