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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2006
Mashio Shibuya, Fukushima, JP;
Mashio Shibuya, Fukushima, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A gel electrolyte and a gel electrolyte battery are provided. The gel electrolyte includes a matrix polymer; a nonaqueous solvent; and an electrolytic solution having an electrolyte salt containing lithium dissolved in the nonaqueous solvent, in which the matrix polymer is swollen with the electrolytic solution. The matrix polymer comprises polyvinylidene fluoride copolymerized with at least hexafluoropropylene in an amount of 3 wt % or more and 7.5 wt % or less. The nonaqueous solvent comprises ethylene carbonate; and at least one solvent selected from the group consisting of dimethyl carbonate, ethylmethyl carbonate, diethyl carbonate, ethylpropyl carbonate, ethyl butyl carbonate, and dipropyl carbonate. The content of the ethylene carbonate in the nonaqueous solvent is 15 wt % or more and 55 wt % or less, and the total content of the at least one solvent in the nonaqueous solvent is 30 wt % or more and 85 wt % or less.