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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2011
Applicants:
Yoshihiro Uetani, Osaka, JP;
Yuki Kajisa, Osaka, JP;
Yasushi Tamura, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nitto Denko Corporation, Ibaraki-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides an anode of a lithium secondary battery comprising a current collector layer and an active material layer laminated on the current collector layer, wherein the current collector layer has a laminar structure without an opening, the active material layer has a network structure with an opening, and the shape of the opening in a planar view is a substantially regular polygon of pentagon or above and/or a substantial circle. The anode of the present invention can achieve charge-discharge-cycle property superior to that of the prior art.