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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2004
Shouichirou Sawa, Tokushima, JP;
Hiroshi Minami, Tokushima, JP;
Mariko Torimae, Kobe, JP;
Atsushi Fukui, Tokushima, JP;
Yasuyuki Kusumoto, Kobe, JP;
Katsunobu Sayama, Kobe, JP;
Maruo Kamino, Tokushima, JP;
Shouichirou Sawa, Tokushima, JP;
Hiroshi Minami, Tokushima, JP;
Mariko Torimae, Kobe, JP;
Atsushi Fukui, Tokushima, JP;
Yasuyuki Kusumoto, Kobe, JP;
Katsunobu Sayama, Kobe, JP;
Maruo Kamino, Tokushima, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A rechargeable lithium battery including a negative electrode made by sintering, on a surface of a conductive metal foil as a current collector, a layer of a mixture of active material particles containing silicon and/or a silicon alloy and a binder, a positive electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte, characterized in that the nonaqueous electrolyte contains carbon dioxide dissolved therein.