Patent ID: 7754390

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a negative electrode for a nonaqueous electrolytic rechargeable battery capable of storing and discharging lithium ions, the method comprising: forming a lithium metal layer on a carrier substrate by a gas phase method to provide a lithium-coated substrate; providing a negative electrode precursor including a collecting body, and a negative electrode active material layer formed on the collecting body: forming an integrated member by superimposing the lithium-coated substrate on the negative electrode precursor such that a whole surface of the lithium metal layer of the lithium-coated substrate is superimposed directly on the negative electrode active material layer of the negative electrode precursor, so that the integrated member includes the carrier substrate, the lithium metal layer, the negative electrode active material layer, and the collecting body; storing lithium metal from the lithium metal layer into the negative electrode active material layer by immersing the integrated member in nonaqueous electrolyte; and removing the carrier substrate from the negative electrode active material layer.