Provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte solution for batteries, which contains an additive A that is composed of a boron compound represented by formula (1), and an additive B that has a lower reductive decomposition potential than the Additive A, in which n represents an integer from 1 to 5, M.sup.+ represents an Li.sup.+ ion or an H.sup.+ ion, and when n is an integer from 2 to 5, more than one M.sup.+ may be the same as or different from each other. ##STR00001##

The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a capacitor, comprising the method steps: a) provision of a porous electrode body made of an electrode material, wherein a dielectric at least partially covers a surface of this electrode material; b) introduction of a liquid composition which comprises an electrically conductive polymer, at least one high-boiling solvent; c) filling at least a part of the pores of the porous electrode body obtained in process step b) with an impregnation solution comprising at least one impregnation solvent, wherein the at least one impregnation solvent comprises at least one hydroxy group and has a molecular weight in the range from 70 to 180 g/mol; d) encapsulation of the porous electrode body obtained in process step c). The invention also relates to capacitor manufactured with this method, the use of an electrolytic capacitor and electronic circuits.

In a solid electrolytic capacitor having an electrolyte layer consisting of a solid electrolyte layer and a liquid, the solid electrolytic capacitor, which suppresses a dedoping reaction and which ESR thereof does not keenly increase, in particular, after a loading of heat stress, is provided. In the solid electrolytic capacitor, the electrolyte layer is formed in the capacitor element which is formed by opposing an anode foil and a cathode foil. This electrolyte layer includes the solid electrolyte layer and the liquid. The solid electrolyte layer includes a conductive polymer consisting of a dopant and a conjugated polymer. The liquid is filled in air gaps in the capacitor element on which the solid electrolyte layer is formed. The electrolyte layer includes ammonia as a cation component, and a molecular ratio of the cation component relative to 1 mol of a functional group which can contribute to a doping reaction of the dopant, in the electrolyte layer is 23 or less.

In a solid electrolytic capacitor having an electrolyte layer consisting of a solid electrolyte layer and a liquid, the solid electrolytic capacitor, which suppresses a dedoping reaction and which ESR thereof does not keenly increase, in particular, after a loading of heat stress, is provided. In the solid electrolytic capacitor, the electrolyte layer is formed in the capacitor element which is formed by opposing an anode foil and a cathode foil. This electrolyte layer includes the solid electrolyte layer and the liquid. The solid electrolyte layer includes a conductive polymer consisting of a dopant and a conjugated polymer. The liquid is filled in air gaps in the capacitor element on which the solid electrolyte layer is formed. The electrolyte layer includes ammonia as a cation component, and a molecular ratio of the cation component relative to 1 mol of a functional group which can contribute to a doping reaction of the dopant, in the electrolyte layer is 23 or less.

A capacitor includes a capacitor element that holds a predetermined solution between an anode foil and a cathode foil wound up with a separator in between, a body case that is formed in the shape of a bottomed tube closed at one end with a wall and open at the other end to have an opening, a liquid supply sheet that is arranged between the inner face of the case and the outer face of the element, and a sealing member that seals the opening. The solution has a sealing member deterioration preventing agent dissolved in a lipophilic solvent. The sheet has an absorption portion that makes contact with the separator to absorb the solution and a supply portion that makes contact with the sealing member to supply it with the solution.

A capacitor includes a capacitor element that holds a predetermined solution between an anode foil and a cathode foil wound up with a separator in between, a body case that is formed in the shape of a bottomed tube closed at one end with a wall and open at the other end to have an opening, a liquid supply sheet that is arranged between the inner face of the case and the outer face of the element, and a sealing member that seals the opening. The solution has a sealing member deterioration preventing agent dissolved in a lipophilic solvent. The sheet has an absorption portion that makes contact with the separator to absorb the solution and a supply portion that makes contact with the sealing member to supply it with the solution.

An external terminal for an electric energy storage device, which is coupled to an upper end of a cylindrical metal case to cap the metal case and has a hollow formed at a center thereof so that a safety valve is installed therein, wherein the metal case includes an outer part exposed to the outside in an erect state in a normal direction and an inner part positioned below the outer part, and wherein the inner part includes a first surface adjacent to the hollow and a second surface stepped higher than the first surface (112a) toward the outer part (111).

An external terminal for an electric energy storage device, which is coupled to an upper end of a cylindrical metal case to cap the metal case and has a hollow formed at a center thereof so that a safety valve is installed therein, wherein the metal case includes an outer part exposed to the outside in an erect state in a normal direction and an inner part positioned below the outer part, and wherein the inner part includes a first surface adjacent to the hollow and a second surface stepped higher than the first surface (112a) toward the outer part (111).

An electrolytic capacitor includes an anode member, a solid electrolyte layer, and a nonaqueous solvent or an electrolyte solution. The anode member includes a dielectric layer. The solid electrolyte layer includes a conductive polymer formed on a surface of the dielectric layer. The nonaqueous solvent or the electrolyte solution includes a first solvent and a second solvent different from the first solvent. The first solvent contains at least one selected from the group consisting of a carbonate ester and a derivative of the carbonate ester.

A wet electrolytic capacitor that contains a casing that contains a cylindrical sidewall is provided. The cylindrical sidewall defines an inner surface that surrounds an interior. First and second outer anodes are positioned within the interior of the casing. The first outer anode has a radiused sidewall and an opposing planar sidewall and the second outer anode has a radiused sidewall and an opposing planar sidewall. A central anode is also positioned within the interior of the casing between the first and second outer anodes. The central anode contains opposing first and second outer sidewalls intersecting with opposing first and second inner sidewalls. The first and second inner sidewalls are planar, and the first planar inner sidewall of the central anode faces the planar sidewall of the first outer anode and the second planar inner sidewall of the central anode faces the planar sidewall of the second outer anode.