Patent ID: 6627351
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
A non-aqueous electrolyte battery comprising:a positive electrode containing a positive-electrode active material; a negative electrode containing a negative-electrode active material to which lithium can be doped/dedoped; and a non-aqueous electrolyte disposed between said positive electrode and said negative electrode and containing non-aqueous solvent and an electrolyte, wherein a material expressed by general formula LiMn1âˆ’yAlyO2, where y has a value 0.06&lE;y<0.25, is contained as said positive-electrode active material, said positive-electrode active material is obtained from &ggr;-MnO2, Li2CO3 and Al(OH)3 and has a crystalline structure expressed by space group C2/m; and wherein said negative electrode active material is any one of lithium, a lithium alloy, a conductive polymer containing lithium doped thereto and an interlayer compound.