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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2008
Takakazu Hirose, Fukushima, JP;
Kenichi Kawase, Fukushima, JP;
Isamu Konishiike, Fukushima, JP;
Shunsuke Kurasawa, Fukushima, JP;
Masayuki Iwama, Fukushima, JP;
Koichi Matsumoto, Fukushima, JP;
Takakazu Hirose, Fukushima, JP;
Kenichi Kawase, Fukushima, JP;
Isamu Konishiike, Fukushima, JP;
Shunsuke Kurasawa, Fukushima, JP;
Masayuki Iwama, Fukushima, JP;
Koichi Matsumoto, Fukushima, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A battery capable of improving cycle characteristics and a manufacturing yield is provided. An anode includes: an anode current collector; and an anode active material layer arranged on the anode current collector, in which the anode active material layer includes an anode active material including a plurality of pores, and the rate of change in the amount of mercury intruded into the plurality of pores is distributed so as to have a peak in a diameter range from 80 nm to 1200 nm both inclusive, the amount of mercury intruded being measured by mercury porosimetry.