Patent ID: 6277518
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
An electrode material for use in batteries which comprises a polymer comprised of structural units having a basic structure wherein said basic structure is a fused ring structure derived from a nitrogen-containing cyclic compound and a quinone compound represented by one of the following formulae: ##STR7##wherein each R independently represents a hydrogen atom, a carboxyl group, a nitro group, a cyano group, a halogen atom (X), --CX.sub.3, --NHCOR.sup.2, --OR.sup.2, a hydroxyl group, an amino group, --N(R.sup.2).sub.21 or a sulfonic acid group, wherein R.sup.2 is an alkyl group of 1 to carbon atoms;and an electrically conducting additive.