Secondary battery, secondary battery control system, and battery pack

Abstract

A secondary battery includes a partition, a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a positive electrode electrolytic solution, a negative electrode electrolytic solution, and a negative electrode capacity restoring electrode, a positive electrode capacity restoring electrode, or both. The partition is disposed between a positive electrode space and a negative electrode space, and allows an alkali metal ion to pass therethrough. The positive electrode is disposed in the positive electrode space and is an electrode which the alkali metal ion is to be inserted into and extracted from. The negative electrode is disposed in the negative electrode space and is an electrode which the alkali metal ion is to be inserted into and extracted from. The positive electrode electrolytic solution is contained in the positive electrode space and includes an aqueous solvent and the alkali metal ion. The negative electrode electrolytic solution is contained in the negative electrode space and includes an aqueous solvent and the alkali metal ion. The negative electrode capacity restoring electrode is disposed in the positive electrode space. The positive electrode capacity restoring electrode is disposed in the negative electrode space. The negative electrode capacity restoring electrode includes a hydrogen-generating material, an oxygen-reducing material, or both. The positive electrode capacity restoring electrode includes an oxygen-generating material, a hydrogen-oxidizing material, or both.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.