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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016

Filed:

Oct. 19, 2012
Applicant:

Showa Denko K.k., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yasuaki Wakizaka, Tokyo, JP;

Yuuichi Kamijou, Tokyo, JP;

Masataka Takeuchi, Tokyo, JP;

Takayuki Fukai, Tokyo, JP;

Chiaki Sotowa, Tokyo, JP;

Akinori Sudoh, Tokyo, JP;

Masako Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

SHOW A DENKO K.K., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 31/04 (2006.01); H01M 4/587 (2010.01); H01M 4/583 (2010.01); H01M 4/36 (2006.01); H01M 10/0525 (2010.01); H01M 10/0569 (2010.01); H01M 4/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/587 (2013.01); C01B 31/04 (2013.01); H01M 4/364 (2013.01); H01M 4/583 (2013.01); H01M 10/0525 (2013.01); H01M 10/0569 (2013.01); H01M 2004/021 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01); H01M 2300/0028 (2013.01); Y02E 60/122 (2013.01);
Abstract

A graphite material having pores which, when 200 rectangular regions of 6 μm×8 μm are randomly selected in a surface image of the graphite material observed by a scanning electron microscope, in the surface of the graphite material appearing in the regions, a pore appearing on the surface and having an aperture in a shape having a diameter of 15 nm to 200 nm, a circularity degree of 0.75 to 1.0 and a major axis/minor axis ratio of 1.0 to 1.5 is visible in two regions or more. Also disclosed is a carbon material for battery electrodes, a paste for electrodes, an electrode and a lithium ion secondary battery including the graphite material.


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