Patent ID: 6893775

Claim:
A battery for generating electric power through an electrode reaction, comprising: a pair of electrodes comprising two kinds of active material, at least one of said two kinds of active material comprising a neutral carbon radical compound, wherein said neutral carbon radical compound is expressed by general formula wherein each of the substituents R 1 , R 2 and R 3 for the neutral carbon radical compound is selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl group, a nitro group, a nitroso group, a cyano group, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aromatic group, an aralkyl group, an amino group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, an acyl group and a carboxyl group, wherein at least one atom of said substituents R 1 , R 2 and R 3 is substituted by another atom selected from sulfur atom, silicon atom, phosphorous atom and boron atom.