Gelled polymer electrolyte lithium secondary cell

Abstract

The battery of this invention includes a positive electrode including a gelled polymeric electrolyte (A) and using spinel type lithium manganese oxide as an active material; a negative electrode; a gelled polymeric electrolyte (B) in the shape of a film or sheet also serving as a separator, and both the gelled polymeric electrolyte (A) and the gelled polymeric electrolyte (B) are made from a polymer of poly(alkylene oxide) series impregnated with a liquid electrolyte. Since the battery includes the positive electrode using the specific gelled polymeric electrolyte (A), a contact area between the positive electrode active material and the gelled polymeric electrolyte is large, so as to attain large initial discharge capacity (at high rate discharge in particular). Also, since the battery includes the specific gelled polymeric electrolyte (B) as the electrolyte, manganese included in the spinel type lithium manganese oxide is minimally eluted, and hence, the discharge capacity is minimally degraded during charge-discharge cycles due to elution of manganese, resulting in attaining good charge-discharge cycle performance.

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